Bad Open Access Idea

I just stumbled upon this over at Taylor and Francis (publisher for Australasian Journal of Philosophy). Their plan is called iOpenAccess. They will make any articles that you publish with them freely available to the public, but… All authors whose manuscripts are accepted for publication in one of these iOpenAccess journals will have the option [...]

Is Something Wrong with the APA?

There have been a litany of complaints about the organization of American Philosophical Association (APA) since the close of the Eastern APA. I thought I’d gather them here. Philosophers Anonymous has several complaints here and here Leiter posted a complaint by David Velleman here. That thread is still generating interesting discussion. The Philosophy Smoker has [...]

Top Sympoze Posts in 2008

Happy New Year! It’s been slow here, but philosophy resume in the very near future. Until then, I thought it would be nice to post the top stories from 2008 over at Sympoze. Top 9 Sympoze Posts in 2008 Tips for Publishing as a Graduate Student Excursus: Philosophy Feeds Fetishes and Russell’s Paradox Philosophers on [...]