The New York Times had a short article on women in philosophy. I’ve heard a lot of speculation about why this might be so. Indeed, I’ve participated in such speculation. But a lot of that speculation isn’t linked up to empirical facts, such as the facts in the Australasian Association of Philosophy’s studies on women in philosophy in Australia. Here are two key graphs.
The AAP’s study (authored by Eliza Goddard) included four reports:
- Executive Summary
- Report A: Staffing by Gender in Philosophy Programs in Australian Universities
- Report B: Appointments by Gender in Philosophy Programs in Australian Universities
- Report C: Students by Gender in Philosophy Programs in Australian Universities
I’d really like it if a similar study was run in America, though I suspect that wouldn’t be cheap.
Here are two links to Scottish Philosophy:
- Arché has a Twitter feed.
- The Northern Institute of Philosophy has a blog.
I’ve in the past quoted a lot of citation counts from Google Scholar. Language Log suggests that data is too muddled to be relied on.
There will be a cross-disciplinary Online Compass conference happening shortly. The conference begins October 19, and you can register for free here.
We’ve published a lot of new articles in Philosophy Compass recently. These include:
- Buck Passing Accounts of Value by Jussi Suikkanen.
- Cartesian Sensations by Raffaella De Rosa.
- God and the Natural World in the Seventeenth Century: Space, Time, and Causality by Geoffrey Gorham.
And we’ve also published some free to download teaching and learning guide. These include:
- Teaching & Learning Guide for: Frege on Definitions by Sanford Shieh.
- Teaching and Learning Guide for: Recent Work on Propositions by Peter Hanks.
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