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Doctoral Program Attrition

...doctoral program in philosophy, then they likely have the ability to interpret that program’s attrition data as well. In a recent Blog of the APA post Kevin Zollman argues that...

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To view a contributors bio, click Hsiang-Yun Chen Hsiang-Yun Chen is an assistant research fellow at The Institute of European and American Studies (IEAS) at Academia Sinica and works primarily...

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Why We Shouldn’t Shrink Our PhD Programs

Every so often—especially on Twitter—academic philosophers call to reduce the size of philosophy PhD programs. The reasoning is usually altruistic, if also a bit paternalistic. “There are so many PhDs...

Kevin Zollman

Kevin Zollman is a professor of philosophy and social and decision sciences at Carnegie Mellon University. His research focuses on the use of mathematical and simulation models in the social...

Three Reasons Why We Should Not Request Letters of Recommendation for Job Applications

...with a candidate (e.g., in terms of their ability to finish up the dissertation), and how candid should you be about this? The following tweet by Kevin Zollman, a philosophy...

Creating a Philosophical Culture of Engagement

There appears to be a growing consensus that philosophers should be doing more to connect with audiences outside academia. Whether it’s the slow war on philosophy (and other humanities) being...

APA Announces Winners of the 2018 Public Philosophy Op-Ed Contest

...Danielle Wenner and Kevin Zollman, “How to End International Tax Competition,” The New York Times The APA committee on public philosophy sponsors this annual contest, which includes a $100 monetary...