A New Journal Survey: the PJIP Operations Survey
One of the most useful resources on philosophy journals is the Blog of the APA’s Journal Surveys Project. It shows the average wait time,...
Should We Continue to Read and Honor Immoral Historical Philosophers?
In 2020, the University of Edinburgh renamed what was then called Hume Tower, removing the name of the eighteenth-century Scottish Enlightenment philosopher David Hume...
Treading Water, or Self-Care and Success as a Graduate Student
'caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.'
Audre Lorde
As I near the end of...
I Don’t Read Enough
Steve: I don’t read enough. This thought plagues me. I don’t know how much reading would constitute enough, but I feel certain that I...
The Ancient Practice of Rest Days
They say Wall Street never sleeps, but that’s not entirely true. A more accurate idiom is,“Wall Street never rests.” Some people sleep. As a...
Finding Meaning in Moving: My Experiences as an Aussie Grad Student
Whether I would pursue graduate education was never a question for me, it was always more of a question of what subject I would...
Philosophers at the CIA? An Insider’s Account
Congratulations!
You’ve finally completed the requirements for the PhD, including dissertation and oral defense, and graduation is only a few weeks away. Your folks will...
Teaching with Sci-Fi Stories: Empathic Imagination and Meta-reflection
If you know you will divorce your partner and your daughter will die at a very young age in the future, would you still...
The Trials and Triumphs of a Single Parent in Grad School
Completing a doctoral program is sufficiently difficult on its own. Now add to that parental responsibilities for a newborn child. But if that’s not...
Anxiety
“I only have a day left to send off this draft.”
“Why can’t I think of a question to ask?”
“I wish people would just stop...