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Top Posts from 2018
It has been over six and a half years since Justin Caouette founded A Philosopher’s Take. The blog surpassed 400,000 views and a quarter of a million visitors this year. Below we’ve highlighted then 10 most popular posts in 2018, as well as the five most popular posts published in 2018. But this is only […]
Congratulations to our Founding Editor: Dr. Justin Caouette
October 2, 2018 by Alison K McConwell
Bridgewater State University recently published a profile of our very own Dr. Justin Caouette outlining what many people close to him already know: Justin is currently making a difference in the lives of students attending BSU. Many of us (myself included) who are first generation college students–students with neither parent having attended college–are often faced […]
A Quick Update From Aaron
July 24, 2018 by Aaron Thomas-Bolduc
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Some of you may have noticed that I haven’t published a blog post in quite a while. There’s a good reason for that: I successfully defended my dissertation last month, and handed in my revisions a couple of weeks ago. That’s right, the whole editorial team here at APT are Doctors of Philosophy in philosophy! […]
Russell and Philosophy in Real Life
May 10, 2018 by Alison K McConwell
Bertrand Russell (May 18th 1872-February 2nd 1970) writes in the prologue of his autobiography “What I Have Lived For”: Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. These passions, like great winds, have blown me hither and […]
A Philosophy for Talking about Philosophy
September 19, 2017 by Joshua Stein
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Some people become philosophers (or academics, more generally) because they want to be able to teach; they want to be experts in a subject and engage with the world and influence the beliefs and actions of others in a positive way. I think that’s a great and admirable reason to become an academic; I have […]
‘A Philosopher’s Take’ Turns 5 Years Old
June 6, 2017 by Justin Caouette
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A few weeks ago ‘A Philosopher’s Take’ turned 5 years old! I just wanted to say thanks to our contributors, our editors, and most of all to our readers for checking in and engaging on the blog with the ideas of all of our contributors. I speak for all of us when I say that […]
Public Philosophy in the PhD
June 4, 2017 by Aaron Thomas-Bolduc
We in the philosophy blogosophere (especially) frequently discuss whether activities like blogging, podcasting, and other public philosophy activities or projects should count toward tenure. I fall squarely in the `yes’ camp – engaging audiences outside of our professional circles is vitally important for the discipline. And the APA officially agrees. It is also important for […]
Upcoming Features and Blog Update
April 25, 2017 by Justin Caouette
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Blog Update: Things are going fairly well here at the blog, though lately we’ve been posting a bit less than usual. Fortunately, that hasn’t stopped our traffic from picking up. As of today (April 26, 2017) we are closing in on 300k hits! Over the past 3 months we’ve seen our largest flow of traffic […]
Philosopher-Scientists, Scientist-Philosophers and Philosopher- Philosophers: An Exercise in Futurology
April 17, 2017 by Celso Neto
Futurology comprises the study of possible futures and, as such, it is a cheap thing: it does not require much to speculate about how things can be in the years to come. Futurology also produces inaccurate predictions most of the time, which could render this post useless. Nevertheless, here I am concerned with the future […]
Bleg: Short Video Lectures by Philosophers
January 23, 2017 by Aaron Thomas-Bolduc
Our friend Ted Shear (Queensland) is hoping to organize a collection of short video lectures by philosophers aimed at a general audience. This seems like a great idea, and if you’re at all interested, read on. UPDATE: We want to make it very clear that an important part of this project will to be to keep […]
On Breed Specific Legislation, Public Safety, and Why The Research Matters
July 16, 2016 by Alison K McConwell
There is recent nation-wide attention to animal control issues concerning dogs in Canada. The target is “pit bulls” or dogs with traits that resemble particular characteristics of breeds included in this generic term. One common response to serious dog bites and maulings is to lobby for a ban of particular breeds by enacting Breed Specific […]
New Contributor: Mike Steiner
July 13, 2016 by Alison K McConwell
I had the pleasure of meeting Mike during his presentation for UCalgary grads on philosophy and the industry job market. He shared valuable information concerning how to create a professional resume, explained the transferable skills one gains from philosophy, and ultimately demystified industry job postings and jargon. Mike’s perspective on how philosophy translates outside of […]
New Contributor: James DiGiovanna
June 2, 2016 by Justin Caouette
It brings me great pleasure to add Dr.James DiGiovanna to our growing list of contributors here at ‘ A Philosopher’s Take’ (APT). I first met James in Oxford at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Applied Philosophy in 2014 and we’ve been staying in contact (electronically) ever since. He and I share a number of […]
Summer Productivity and Relaxation: We Really Can Have It All
May 25, 2016 by Alison K McConwell
While thinking about how the month of May has zoomed by and engaging in a quasi-productive procrastination on the Daily Nous website, I conveniently stumbled upon a post concerning how to actually work during the summer. Here are some highlights from this hilarious, but scarily accurate article that truly resonated with my ‘summer self.’ Going […]
An Open Letter from a New Editor
May 15, 2016 by Alison K McConwell
Hi Everyone, As the new managing editor of this blog, I oversee blog activity for the foreseeable future. Business is as usual–we will continue sharing ideas with posts ranging from research that our contributors are interested in to topics concerning the profession. I also promise that Aaron’s Grinworthy quotes series will continue to be raw […]
The Future of ‘A Philosopher’s Take’
February 23, 2016 by Justin Caouette
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As readers are aware the posting here at ‘A Philosopher’s Take’ has been sparse. I’m hoping to remedy that situation over the next few months. The aim of this post is to keep readers and others in the loop for what’s in store moving forward and why things have been slow as of late. First, […]
New Contributor: Brandon Beasley
November 3, 2015 by Justin Caouette
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Great news! Yet another talented PhD student from the University of Calgary has joined us here at A Philosopher’s Take. Brandon Beasley is a PhD student in philosophy at the University of Calgary. Born and raised in Calgary, he holds a B.A. (Honours, First Class) in philosophy from the University of Calgary (2009) and a M.A. […]
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