The following guest post* is by Marcus Arvan (Tampa). Marcus runs The Philosophers' Cocoon, a helpful blog aimed at early-career philosophers. Last week saw the posting of a report on philosophers' citation practices by Kieran Healy. Marcus has written on this topic a few times over the years at The Philosophers' Cocoon (the latest is here), and| Daily Nous - news for & about the philosophy profession
The following is a guest post* by Neil Sinhababu, Associate Professor of Philosophy at National University of Singapore. It concerns a publication crisis: how the number of new journal submissions outstrips the number of places to publish all of them, creating a backlog. 2,000 Spaces For 10,000 Papers: Why Everything Gets Rejected & Referees Are| Daily Nous - news for & about the philosophy profession
When the pandemic pushed professional activities online, "we organized the 'talks' of conferences, but neglected the conversation," writes Georgi Gardiner, assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Tennessee. Professor Gardiner has facilitated a large number of Zoom events, including workshops, research circles, pedagogy blathers, and Zoom-based circus and work out groups. In the following guest| Daily Nous - news for & about the philosophy profession
"A pandemic reverses the asymmetry of risk." In the following guest post*, Richard Yetter Chappell, a philosopher at the University of Miami, surveys some of the major philosophically interesting lessons from the pandemic and the U.S. response to it. (A version of this post first appeared at his blog, Philosophy, et cetera.) Lessons from the| Daily Nous - news for & about the philosophy profession