
jailbreak
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Not all areas of study are equal to each other? Wow. Just wow.
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Part of the purpose of his blog is to provide updates on events and programs within the philosophical community. Given recent events, obviously some of those events and programs will regard climate issues, bias, and discrimination -- sharing them is just an extension of his blog's overall function, and means little about who he is as a person. Additionally, I'm not claiming that Leiter "specifically targets" persons in vulnerable positions -- this isn't a question of intent. It's just that the individuals most likely to see and speak out about disparities in philosophy *are*, in fact, in disadvantaged positions -- historically, it's been harder for POC or women to advance through the academic ranks in philosophy. On top of this, even those with a feminist outlook or even, in fact, women or minorities are susceptible to implicit bias, which makes everyone more likely to react more negatively to, e.g., an opinion voiced by a woman or person of color -- caring about gender issues (though I'm not sure Leiter does care that much) and reinforcing bias and discrimination are not mutually exclusive. Finally, Leiter may not feel as many qualms about harassing individuals who he does not see as his colleagues, given that his blog and the PGR would have little meaning or value without broad support from well-respected philosophers. If you can find evidence that Leiter targets just as many of his well-established white male colleagues with legal threats and attacks to their personal emails, then by all means, please share. As a female applicant, I feel that Leiter has done a lot in the past year or more to make the philosophical community a hostile one. I'm not interested in continuing this tiresome debate further, given that I've unfortunately had to engage in it many times already. If you think those posts are good enough to make up for his history of lashing out at members of the philosophical community, that's your prerogative, but I firmly disagree.
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He has a history of harassing and intimidating members of the philosophical community, particularly those in a more vulnerable position than him (because they're students, or because they're female professors or adjuncts making potentially unpopular but necessary comments on climate issues in philosophy): https://files.nyu.edu/dv26/public/Statement_of_Concern.htmlThe fact that you've had a few nice exchanges with him doesn't compensate for that.
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Opinion on master's in bioethics or philosophy
jailbreak replied to randoperson's topic in Philosophy
Have you considered anthropology? Berkeley Anthropology has Paul Rabinow, for instance, and I know anthropology departments have plenty of people working on this topic. For one anecdote, a friend of mine majored in anthro and is now working on a project in China on the differences between perceptions of Western and Chinese medicine and hospice care there. Given your topic's connections with Foucault, I think your project would be equally well-embraced. Plus the shift from psychology to anthropology will be easier than from psychology to anthropology. Hilary Putnam is solidly in philosophy, that's true, but my impression is that anthropologists are open to a variety of approaches and won't have any qualms about your being influenced by Putnam (in fact, that might help set you apart). -
I'm confused why people keep saying that nothing can be done. Overduephil says clearly that they are applying next fall to be admitted in 2016, so no applications have yet been submitted and they will have at least another semester of coursework on their transcript...
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"Pretty well-ranked in general"?
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Philosophy of Literature/Philosophy and Literature
jailbreak replied to holdsteady's topic in Philosophy
Whoops, you're right. Sorry about that. -
Philosophy of Literature/Philosophy and Literature
jailbreak replied to holdsteady's topic in Philosophy
Martha Nussbaum is good. Additionally, read Cora Diamond's essays on literature: "Moral Differences and Distances," "The Difficulty of Reality, The Difficulty of Philosophy," "The Importance of Being Human" are some that come to mind. And I second the recommendations for Cavell, who is one of my favorite contemporary philosophers. "The Avoidance of Love" is a (very long and famous) essay in The Claim of Reason about King Lear. -
It doesn't include sometimes not using a condom. It includes sometimes using a condom incorrectly.
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What do you analytics like about Merleau-Ponty?
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Do you really not see the problem with coming into a thread directed at women applying to graduate school in philosophy and then insinuating that perhaps there are just fewer smart women than smart men?
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Doesn't change the fact that you felt the need to hijack a thread that very clearly wasn't for you (and that, in particular, very clearly wasn't the place for "challenging" posters' experiences with sexism and climate issues).
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Yes. Very interested. Thanks
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Says the white man who hijacks the thread entitled "Women applicants?" (a thread for FEMALE APPLICANTS to express their own private concerns!) (If you are still too thick: You say it's ridiculous to suggest that "the power-hungry white man is asserting his dominance" and "making women and minorities feel unwelcome." Maybe you should reflect on what draws you, a white man, to assert YOUR dominance -- or try to! -- by coming into the only thread currently active in the philosophy forum for female applicants to discuss their concerns and trying to make US feel uncomfortable about expressing those concerns. Is our position really so absurd, in the end? And might it be possible that, as women in philosophy, we might have epistemic authority on what the issues keeping women out of philosophy might be? And might it be a little presumptuous for you, a white man in philosophy, to claim to know better than us what the climate is really like?) TL;DR: STFU.
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Was your undergraduate institution ranked around #20 (US News), or your department (PGR)? When talking about the impact of "prestigious" institutions on application outcomes, the distinction seems important... Thanks for the info you've given so far.