Ten Suggestions for Interviewing Job Candidates
A crucial step in making a faculty appointment is the initial interviewing of candidates. The process typically takes place at a professional conference or...
Three Reasons Why We Should Not Request Letters of Recommendation for Job Applications
A standard element for a job application for a philosophy tenure-track position is three (or more) letters of recommendation, requested up front. Just glancing...
Cultivating Philosophical Style
As a student in an analytic philosophy department in the ’70s and ’80s, I scarcely heard a word about the importance of style. I...
Yoga Philosophy, Part 2
Part 1 of this series can be found here.
After twenty years of research in and on the European and Indian traditions of philosophy, peer...
A Moment to Take Stock (and Keep Advocating)
For three years in a row, the Trump administration has called for the elimination of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and other...
Philosophy with Children and the Proprioception of Thinking
Proprioception is usually used in reference to body movement and the self-perception of body movement. Proprius in Latin means “one’s own,” or “self.” It refers...
We Have a Crisis in U.S. Higher Education
The teaching structure of higher education has altered drastically in the past two decades and those in power do not want to talk about...
Is It Time For the Humanities to Strike?
Note: The views and opinions expressed here are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the...
Why Graduate Schools Don’t Have Reunions
Several weeks ago I accompanied my wife to the 50th reunion of her medical school class at the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania, founded...
Yoga Philosophy, Part 1
After twenty years of research in and on the European and Indian traditions of philosophy, peer reviewed publications in and on both traditions, translating...