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Aryeh Kosman (1935-2021)

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Professor Kosman came to Haverford in 1962 and retired in 2010, holding visiting appointments at various institutions during this time, including Princeton University, the University of California, Los Angeles, and the University of California, Berkeley. He earned his Ph.D. from…

New Canada Research Chairs in Philosophy

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The Canada Research Chairs program funds scholars to support “research excellence in engineering and the natural sciences, health sciences, humanities, and social sciences” and “improve our depth of knowledge and quality of life, strengthen Canada’s international competitiveness, and help train…

Philosophy Enrollment Grows — a Little — in Canada

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It may be that increased efforts by philosophy departments to counter stereotypes about the career prospects of philosophy majors (with information such as this or this or this or this), or perhaps philosophy’s increased visibility in popular culture (tv, podcasts,…

Underappreciated Philosophical Friendships

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(Professor Kremer also includes biographical information showing the “striking contrast” between Ryle’s relatively easy life and the challenging circumstances of MacDonald’s upbringing, education, and career; she was born into poverty, it appears she never met her father, and “at the…

Intuitive Expertise in Moral Judgments (guest post)

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The most popular response to the x-phi challenge has been the expertise defense, which starts from the assumption that professional philosophers are experts in their areas of specialization—in analogy to other disciplines, like law or math. However, x-phi studies until…