Andrew Cullison

I’m seeing a lot of conferences now that result in edited volumes. This might be an easy way to start a high quality open access publication. Suppose we set up some kind of society (e.g. The Society for Open Access Philosophy) to throw a yearly summer philosophy conference. The process for getting into the conference [...]

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I just received a really sad email. William Alston passed away earlier today. I didn’t know Alston very well, but I’m still a bit shook up. This is the first time a philosophical hero of mine has passed away at a time when I’ve been active long enough in philosophy to fully appreciate their excellence. [...]

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I woke up this morning to discover that I’m a 3 Quarks Daily Philosophy Prize 2009 Finalist. The contest started out with about 60 nominees, and now it’s down to 9 finalists. The finalists will be judged by Daniel Dennett. He’ll pick three winners and write up little comments about each of his choices. Thanks [...]

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I just got the word from Goldman. My paper “On the Nature of Testimony” has been accepted for publication at Episteme! I need to make some minor stylistic changes and correct a few typos. As soon as I do that, I’ll post the penultimate version here. For now, I’ll post the abstract. On the Nature [...]

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There’s been a lot of discussion around the philosophy blogs since Leiter brought everyone’s attention to this illuminating read by Lou Marinoff. I finally got around to reading the Marinoff piece today today. One issue that some have seized on is that Marinoff confesses to taking academic pedigree into account.

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Attention ABDs and recent Ph.Ds: The deadline for submitting a paper to the Young Philosophers Podcast Lecture Series is just 4 DAYS AWAY! Why don’t you take that paper that you submitted to the Pacific APA and send it our way too? If you didn’t submit something, take that polished piece that you’ve been sitting [...]

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I was checking out Ethics Etc today, and I notice a poll they have up. Here’s the question. In deciding whether to recommend acceptance or rejection of a paper for a journal, should one base one’s decision in part on the reputation, editorial policies, etc. of the journal? As of today 187 people have voted. [...]

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More and more philosophers are calling for open access philosophy journals, but just like academics can move away from proprietary publishers when it comes to journal articles, I think they can do the same thing when it comes to entire books.

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