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Thanks for chiming in! Sweet! Malebranche is fun for a host of reasons. I honestly haven't gotten into Arnauld much, except in the context of Descartes (and it has been very brief). What has drawn you to Malebranche, personally? Or, better yet -- what are your interests? They are more the Medieval period, no? Prompted by your post, I have just gone to my seminary's library and picked up some books by Lonergan and a book which has Przywara's analogia entis. Thanks for pointing me in this direction; I'm interested Great question! Unfortunately, I don't have a good answer. I really have no idea why I didn't investigate UW-Milwaukee. I checked out so many programs, I don't know why it never jumped out to me. About a week before the deadline for the MA, one of my references emailed me and said that UW-M was a good program (specifically for Atherton) as well... But by then I knew I couldn't get the app with the letters of recommendation in on time. That said, I regret I did not apply there. She is fantastic and I would love to study under her. If there is a round-two of applications, UW-M will definitely be in the mix and a priority.

So, it's been almost a month for this reply. Sorry! (I have no excuse; I have simply been looking at results, not really spending much time on the forum -- the opposite of what my preoccupation should be, right?) I am interested in early modern guys. I am hoping to study more on Berkeley than anyone else, which will mean interacting with the major philosophers related to him, e.g. Augustine, Ockham, Locke, Malebranche, Reid, Hume, etc. (Btw, did you notice that the people reviewing the PGR rankings for 17th cent were almost exclusively faculty who were interested in Leibniz and Spinoza? I can't remember a single reviewer who didn't have an explicit interest or expertise/publications in one or the other, or both) I got an MA at a seminary, and, when I had opportunity, I wrote some of my major term papers on Bishop Berkeley (examining his life/context, his apologetic method, his epistemic model in comparison and contrast with an important figure in the seminary's founding). In my spare time, I spent a lot of time in reading groups where we discussed Scholastic metaphysics (particularly, Thomistic) -- Aquinas, Scotus, Etienne Gilson, John Owens, and John Wippel (CUA). We interacted a little with Rudi Te Velde. I loved those discussions; I'm co-leading the group now even after I've graduated. The seminary I went to emphasized a particular version of analogia entis that fits with Presbyterian/Reformed circles (rejecting that the divine can be subsumed under esse commune, contra Scotus). A major topic on our campus has been regarding the popular analytic revision of divine simplicity, where possible world semantics is supposed to help resolve issues of transcendence/immanence. A lot of my time has been spent on these topics, which has shifted some of my original interests of philosophical study, but I haven't sorted out what that would look like.

On my OSU application it says that it can take several days for a letter submitted to reflect on the app. Like, up to 5 days. I wouldn't worry, though, as the Adcomm will have a timestamp either way and they don't start the review (I imagine; I speculate) until some time after the deadline. The departments have to talk to one another.

Context: after applications are in, not recruitment fairs or prospective student days Have you been encouraged by any departments to visit the campus? Which schools are more known for flying you over to their school to check them out? Are interviews common (or at least, not uncommon) for philosophy PhD programs? If so, do they normally give you a chance to talk with someone who would likely become your faculty advisor? Or are you usually connected with current grad students? Do they give you a chance to sit in on classes?

Hey all. I've been lurking a little bit. My friend recommended me to the site, and I finally signed up and started posting. Here's my profile: Undergrad Institution: Central Michigan University Major(s): Philosophy, Psychology Major GPA: 3.96 (phil), 3.84 (psy) Cumulative GPA: 3.74 (at graduation, 3.75 after taking more courses) Honors: Cum Laude Graduate (if applicable; delete if not) Institution: Westminster Theological Seminary Program: MA in Religion GPA: 3.67 Research experience: None. Publications: None. GRE (revised, non-revised) Quantitative: 155 Verbal: 157 Analytic: 5.0 Schools applied to PhD: Ohio State, Purdue MA: Ohio University, Purdue, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Western Michigan Interests, thesis, focus: Early modern history of philosophy, philosophy of religion, philosophy of science, (realist) metaphysics, epistemology

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This is my first round of applications in my discipline, and there are two more schools I could apply to if I went ahead to ask the reference. Even outside of the practicality of the first round, if I have to apply next year, it is worth knowing. I thought about asking a colleague, but I didn't know whether that would be a faux pas. I heard somewhere that people aren't supposed to know who is recommending whom, as a matter of etiquette. I am unsure asking the prof directly either. I guess one thing that could work in my favor is randomness (in either direction: that I did not include that reference may not matter much; if I did, maybe no one would notice the charges) This is a huge part of my question. I don't even know. As far as the charges, let me say that the question is not over whether the prof did immoral acts but rather whether there was due process in charging appropriately. The reality of the former is front and center in the headlines, the technicalities of the latter are subtle and brief.

I had a professor in philosophy write me a letter of recommendation for a program in a related humanities field (which I entered, completed the MA), and now I am looking to return to the same discipline. Since the first program, the reference has been arrested. It made such news that the top 3 hits on Google for the professor's name are for the charges (which were dropped, by the way). I have not asked for a letter of recommendation this round, but I have this nagging feeling I should have since one of my references did not know me nearly as well and another reference knew me but was in the related humanities field. I feel like I shot myself in the foot.