Issues in Philosophy

How Can I Be a Philosopher in a Non-Academic Career? (Part 2)

Answers from Matthew Barrett, PhD, Consultant in the Life-Sciences Industry Matthew Barrett (photo right) earned a doctorate in philosophy from Stanford University, and is...

How Can I Be a Philosopher in a Non-Academic Career?

Answers from Gina Helfrich, PhD, Program Officer for Global Technology in International Development Gina Helfrich (photo right) earned a doctorate in philosophy from Emory University...

How Can I Be a Philosopher in a Non-academic Career?

New series from the Blog of the APA ... How Can I Be a Philosopher in a Non-academic Career? Answers from philosophers in tech, industry, media,...

Why You Should Self-Archive and How to Do It

Photo by DAVID ILIFF. License: CC BY-SA 3.0. New York Public Library research room (via Wikimedia Commons) I earned my PhD in 2015. While I...

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...

Statement on Equity and Teaching During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The following is a statement from the Advisory Board of Tenure for the Common Good regarding contingent faculty. The COVID-19 pandemic presents significant...

Fighting with UC Santa Cruz for a Cost of Living Adjustment: An interview with...

In the wake of the recent firings of 54 graduate students by UC Santa Cruz following their wildcat strike, the Blog of the APA...
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Kathleen Higgins: What Is It Like to Be a Philosopher?

This is an excerpt of an interview with Kathleen Higgins, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin, in which she talks...
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Study the Humanities: Articulating Career Pathways

Commentators have offered a variety of explanations for the widely observed decline in humanities majors and enrollments. Evidence suggests the primary cause is a dramatic reordering of student priorities away...

Why Should Professors Care About Their Students?

Years ago at a meeting of the American Philosophical Association, I passed a group of graduate students who were responding enthusiastically as one described...