Category: Public philosophy

  • In our newest "how can we help you?" thread, a grad student writes: What are the ethics of publishing a paper/idea that originated from someone else, given that they consent? Suppose I came up with a paper for class X. The paper would contribute positively to the debate, and so there are good reasons (independent…

  • In our January "how can we help you?" thread, a reader asks: Has anyone heard logic based therapy and is it legit? I saw a friend who had become certified or something on social media and I am somewhat skeptical. Honestly, I hadn't heard of this until now, so I looked it up! Apparently, it's…

  • Earlier this week, we discussed how public philosophy is perceived on the job-market. Perhaps surprisingly (to some of us, at least), most commenters seemed to think that public philosophy is a positive, at least if a candidate has a good record of peer-reviewed academic publications. As a follow-up to that discussion, I'd like to run…

  • An interesting question was raised on social media the other day about public philosophy counting against candidates on the academic job-market, the idea being that it is not considered 'serious' philosophy. Is this true? I assume that by 'public philosophy', the issue is publishing philosophy-related pieces in places like Aeon, Slate, etc. Does this kind…