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 to make [...]
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Sympoze- Indeterminate TruthmakingIf some claim is indeterminately true, then either there is something that makes that claim indeterminately true or there is not. If there is something that makes the claim indeterminately true, then what kind of thing is this indeterminate truth maker? Ross Cameron has some ideas.
- PEA Soup: Should graduate students be encouraged not to publish?Ralph Wedgwood summarizes three potential arguments against publishing before you finish your dissertation. He (and I agree) thinks they are bad, but asks for people to speak up on their views. If the comments get going, this will be a very useful post for graduate students.
- History, English Job Markets Off 15-20% More on the grim job market.
- 20 Reasons Why 2009 Will Be The Year of the EbookI don't know if 2009 will be the year, but it does seem like a major shift is on the horizon...
- Atoms Arranged MeaningwiseMore on David Foster Wallace and analytic philosophy
- Email Makes Lying More Likely?Interesting article discussing a recent study. The results suggest that people are more likely to lie to people over email than face-to-face communication.
- More on the "Uselessness" of the APAA lot of buzz in the philosophy blogosphere regarding the APA - Here is a recent installment. The discussion is worth the read.
- Men's Winter Fashion - Men's Style Advice - EsquireClick through to the fifth photo [HT: Leiter] - I'm totally adding a fashion tag for this one.
- Seven Suggestions for Future APA MeetingsFunny post from The Philosophy Smoker. Also good suggestions.
- Women Profs Spend More Time on Teaching, Less on ResearchIt'd be interesting to see whether this holds true of philosophy profs. Also, averages are one thing, but another interesting stat would be, what's the M/F ratio of, say, the top 20% of researchers. And of the bottom 20%.
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