A few days ago, I mentioned that I really like the philosophy journal wiki, but it would be nice to have more automated system that presents the data in an easier to digest format. I have since been experimenting with various ways to do this, and I think I’ve settled on a method.
The following will do what philosophers want the journal wiki to do. It combines the easy submission style of a survey with the easy data presentation of a spreadsheet.
Continue reading 'Best Journal Survey Method So Far'»
I may have found a slightly better way to run journal surveys. It’s inspired by the discussions of the journal wiki here and here.
I found a spreadsheet plugin for Wordpress that may resolve some of the issues discussed in those posts, but I want to post a spreadsheet in this post and see what it looks like. Continue reading 'Spreadsheet Plugin for Journal Surveys?'»
UPDATE: I think I’ve found the method I’m going to go with. I’ve got a sample survey with corresponding data table here. I’d appreciate any feedback.
I really like the philosophy journal wiki, but it would be nice to have more automated system that presents the data in an easier to digest format. I’ve been planning on experimenting with the best way to do this for a while. Now is as good a time as any.
I’m adding a page to this blog called “Journal Surveys”. Any journal that I create a survey post for will automatically show up on that page. Survey posts for a journal ask people to provide four pieces of information on a single paper that they submitted to that journal: Initial Verdict, Review Time, Comment Quality, and Verdict after a Revise and Resubmit (if an R&R was given in the initial verdict). Continue reading 'Rate My Philosophy Journal - Surveys'»
It’s the end of June. Here are the top 10 submissions for the month over at Sympoze. If you’re a philosopher and you don’t have a Sympoze account, email me and I’ll set you up. You’re missing out on all the fun! Continue reading 'Sympoze - Top 10 in June'»
In this post (Google Phone = Pocket Xerox Machine), I discussed some web apps that can turn an Android phone (and other smart phones) into a pocket xerox machine. These services include Evernote and Qipit.
I’ve recently found an app on the Android Market that I think is even better for this purpose. Continue reading 'Scan2PDF Mobile'»
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I’ve said it a couple of times before, and I’ll say it again - Twitter makes it suprisingly easy to keep up with what’s going on in philosophy. It’s my favorite thing about Twitter.
One neat thing we’re seeing now is philosophers twittering about what’s going on at a conference they’re attending…live. You don’t get tons of details, but it’s still kind of nice to get an occasional tweet about what’s going on at a conference.
With all these philosophers getting smart phones, I think think the potential to keep up with what’s hot at a conference could be even better.
Continue reading 'Qik, Twitter, and Philosophy Conferences'»
I’m back from the Boundary Waters. While on my trip, I was pleasantly suprised to bwin a little Twitter contest that sponsored by the Android Guys. Continue reading 'Sweet Victory'»
We’re driving to the Boundary Waters in Minnesota - all the way to the end of the Gunflint Trail.
I doubt I’ll be doing much blogging while I’m there. Even if I wanted to, I’ll have limited internet access and no phone reception. So, I’ll basically be totally unplugged for about 7 days.
We are driving for the next 15 hours (through the night) - I may post some stuff in that time.
Joshua Knobe has run a series of experiments that suggest that our intuitions about whether or not an action was intentional may be influenced by whether or not the effects of the action were harmful/bad. Here’s a brief summary of one of those studies.
In a case where an exec sought to max company profits knowing that the actions would harm the environment, a majority of people judged that the exec intentionally harmed the environment. In a second case where the only difference was that the exec knew the actions would benefit the environment, a majority of people judged that the exec did not intentionally benefit the environment.
In his paper “The Concept of Intentional
Action” Knobe addresses some alternative explanations of the data.
Continue reading 'The Concept of Intentional Action'»
I like to make note of real life Gettier cases. Yesterday I was in one.
Continue reading 'Gettier in Real Life'»
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