Wide Scope A philosophy blog that ranges over philosophy and other fun stuff.

This is a heads up for readers who haven’t heard about academia.edu. Academia.edu is a social network site for all academics. This looks like it’s going to be pretty cool. Check it out. ...

Back in June I started posting BibTeX files for major philosophy journals. Mark Kalderon’s GitBib is inspiring me to continue posting BibTeX files for the major philosophy journals. Here’s what I have so far. Australasian Journal of Philosophy (1998-2008) Mind (1975-2008) Nous (1997-2008) Philosophical Review (2000-2008) Philosophy and Phenomenological Research (1960-2008) Zotero enabled me to create one for Journal of Philosophy ...

Consider the following theses. (A) For any person P, P exists iff P is alive. (B) For any person P, P is alive iff P is not dead. (C) Whether or not some person is dead is vague. (D) Whether or not someone exists is not vague. On the face of it, these four theses seem to be incompatible. If ...

Mark Kalderon has an excellent idea for sharing BibTex files! [HT: Brad Weslake] ...

is here ...

Attention metaphysicians and philosophers interested in the four-dimensionalist/three-dimensionalist debate. A few mathematicians have created some videos that are designed to help people try and visualize a four-dimensional object. Pretty cool. ...

I just discovered the best FireFox Plugin ever! Zotero is a free all-in-one reference/bibliography manager. This one is going to be very useful to help philosophers research and write! Here are some of the highlights that will help you see how great this plugin is. One-click reference addition. When you’re on a site with works that list ...

The journal mashups are still churning out interesting stuff. This article came up. Here’s the abstract. Presentism: Through Thick and Thin Abstract: Presentism is the view that whatever exists presently exists. Without defending Presentism, I argue first that Presentists should be Time-Free Presentists – Presentists whose views do not imply that there exist irreducible times. Second, I ...

Just a friendly reminder. The Young Philosophers Fall 2008 Lecture Series submission deadline is August 22. Spread the word to those you think might be interested. The call for papers is here. ...

Welcome to the 75th Philosophers’ Carnival. Doesn’t 75 seems like a number worthy of celebration? I thought so, and so I’ve been working quickly for the last month to make sure that I would have a special treat for everyone. It’s in the bonus section at the end. Metaphilosophy and Metaethics Chris Hallquist presents ...