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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 through this year’s PhilJobs, I see...

Syllabus Showcase: Angela Bolte, Unicorns, Vampires & Aliens: Philosophy & Speculative Fiction

...you do not receive Honors credit. Topics and Readings Setting the Scene January 17: Introductions January 22: De Smedt & De Cruz, “The Epistemic Value of Speculative Fiction” January 24:...

Tell Us How to Fix the Lack of Diversity in Philosophy Departments

...York University) Andrew Chignell (Princeton University) Helen De Cruz (Oxford Brookes University) Steve Downes (University of Utah) Carrie Figdor (University of Iowa) John Lysaker (Emory University) Anna-Sara Malmgren (Stanford University)...

Women in Philosophy: Aiming for Greater Inclusiveness in Academic Philosophy

by Helen De Cruz I’ve shifted institutions several times over the years (from Leuven to Oxford University to the VU Amsterdam to Oxford Brookes University). Each time I had to...

Discussion: The Relationship Between Philosophy, Science & Religion

In an interview for What Is It Like to Be a Philosopher?, Clifford Sosis asks Helen De Cruz (Oxford Brookes University) about the relationship between philosophy, religion, and science. She...

Women in Philosophy: Notes from philoSOPHIA Conference 2018

...might include Myisha Cherry’s UnMute Podcast or Helen De Cruz’s discussion of ‘prestige bias’). James suggested in her keynote that we should not seek a balm or salve when there...

Where the Philosophical and Literary Collide

...don’t need to abandon my creative writing – but draw from and feed into it – to develop as a fully-fledged philosopher. Tremendous thanks to organiser Helen De Cruz at...

A Novelist’s Tips for Writing Philosophical Fiction

The APA grant funded Fiction Writing for Philosophers Workshop was held at Oxford Brookes University on June 1-2, 2017.  It was organized by Helen De Cruz, and featured presentations and...

Philosophy Through Fiction Winner!

...will be published in the June issue of Sci Phi Journal. This competition was organized by Helen De Cruz (senior lecturer in philosophy at Oxford Brookes University), and funded by...

Philosophy Through Fiction Competition (Update)

UPDATE (April 1, 2017): We received a very large number of submissions (704 eligible entries) and given that our judges and readers are a small team, we will need a...