Hi Steve,
It is a very good idea. I would note that SEP added (after a significant discussion) an article on fallacies. I have found them quite selective in picking topics (they need to be convinced of a significant connection to philosophy). I will bring up this idea with the editors when I chat with them (probably next month).
Cheers,
Leo.
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From: AILACT DISCUSSION LIST [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Steven Patterson
Sent: Monday, August 01, 2016 7:13 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: address, critical thinking and "Jobs for Philosophers"
Thanks Bob and everyone for the kind words.
As I think about good next steps, it occurs to me that an entry on Critical Thinking at the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__plato.stanford.edu_index.html&d=CwMF-g&c=mRWFL96tuqj9V0Jjj4h40ddo0XsmttALwKjAEOCyUjY&r=KTO-67piPlkvVwpkegE90CPhOOUVOHyNkd2ycJxraVlOjFMzr4s8w_Q89bvfLZgJ&m=pIIUu6j0D8otMGhUL8N80x6yW6spvxjOHNjb-YSKW3I&s=jBRW5qIPtVW80vACcDjpqhTBU0W2lC0E7nKLczEs5Jw&e=> (SEP) would be a wonderful thing to have. At present there's nothing there, though there is mention of critical thinking in a couple of entries, most notably the entries on Informal Logic<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__plato.stanford.edu_entries_logic-2Dinformal_&d=CwMF-g&c=mRWFL96tuqj9V0Jjj4h40ddo0XsmttALwKjAEOCyUjY&r=KTO-67piPlkvVwpkegE90CPhOOUVOHyNkd2ycJxraVlOjFMzr4s8w_Q89bvfLZgJ&m=pIIUu6j0D8otMGhUL8N80x6yW6spvxjOHNjb-YSKW3I&s=E9ZySDln4YLmRiotegAxOuNjwRf7AshSh0nKk73S3m0&e=> and on Philosophy for Children<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__plato.stanford.edu_entries_children_&d=CwMF-g&c=mRWFL96tuqj9V0Jjj4h40ddo0XsmttALwKjAEOCyUjY&r=KTO-67piPlkvVwpkegE90CPhOOUVOHyNkd2ycJxraVlOjFMzr4s8w_Q89bvfLZgJ&m=pIIUu6j0D8otMGhUL8N80x6yW6spvxjOHNjb-YSKW3I&s=pSXk-Vy2Mcj6qRMU7tiZLNDZcSOt-G16NaXaKLQnOC4&e=>.
The SEP is another widely used and respected, online resource in philosophy. A thorough, well-written page on CT there could do a lot for the field's visibility within philosophy and further bolster the argument for Critical Thinking as an AOS/AOC. Another plus is that a link from the SEP page to the AILACT page could eventually be added too, thus helping to promote our merry band of adventurers. It would also be a place, eventually, to reference the "Supertext" that Scriven, Johnson & Blair are working on, once it's complete.
Just a thought.
Cheers all,
Steve
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From: AILACT DISCUSSION LIST [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of ennis, robert h [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2016 8:25 PM
To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: address, critical thinking and "Jobs for Philosophers"
Congratulations, Steve.
Bob
> On Jul 31, 2016, at 6:41 PM, Mark Weinstein <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>
> We have been talking about this for decades. Congratulations Steve for doing what seemed unlikely if not impossible,
>
> Mark
>
> On 7/31/16 3:52 PM, Peter Facione wrote:
>> Excellent news!
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On Jul 31, 2016, at 11:46 AM, Wagner, Paul <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Bravo!
>>>
>>> ________________________________________
>>> From: AILACT DISCUSSION LIST [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Siegel, Harvey [[log in to unmask]]
>>> Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2016 1:24 PM
>>> To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>>> Subject: Re: address, critical thinking and "Jobs for Philosophers"
>>>
>>> Congratulations and well done, Steve!
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Jul 31, 2016, at 1:03 PM, Steven Patterson <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hello all,
>>>>
>>>> Just following up. Had a brief e-mail exchange with David Chalmers over the past week or so and there is now a "Critical Thinking" area at PhilPapers: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__philpapers.org_browse_critical-2Dthinking_&d=CwIF-g&c=y2w-uYmhgFWijp_IQN0DhA&r=srcAKVXGlgq-EGy4yMzdPmGUox7sOGJn6ivEUxBrRCY&m=SQizdrpHNaT_4NbXyJ3mWbEyo0m-lTyjOyokULUX7UA&s=zGwPw3eDJ_p-o_yuNi1wdGh72xIQtoivceDXJSmZ_CA&e= . I've accepted their offer to edit the category.
>>>>
>>>> I'll get started developing the category tomorrow (writing the basic description, going through the papers that are already classified there, etc.) tomorrow. Just wanted to pass along the good news.
>>>>
>>>> Hopefully this takes us towards next steps for getting CT recognized as an AOS/AOC?
>>>>
>>>> All best,
>>>>
>>>> Steve
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> _________________________
>>>> Steven W. Patterson, Ph.D.
>>>> Professor, Philosophy
>>>> Chair, Division of Letters
>>>> Marygrove College
>>>> 8425 W. McNichols Rd.
>>>> Detroit, MI 48224
>>>> USA
>>>> www.linkedin.com/in/swpatterson/<http://www.linkedin.com/in/swpatterson/>
>>>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__marygrove.academia.edu_StevenPatterson&d=CwIF-g&c=y2w-uYmhgFWijp_IQN0DhA&r=srcAKVXGlgq-EGy4yMzdPmGUox7sOGJn6ivEUxBrRCY&m=SQizdrpHNaT_4NbXyJ3mWbEyo0m-lTyjOyokULUX7UA&s=3dkoPCQPc8KEjJkADZHn7lcimbvJrxr1I8cM8Krzrvc&e=
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ________________________________________
>>>> From: AILACT DISCUSSION LIST [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Fair, Frank [[log in to unmask]]
>>>> Sent: Friday, July 08, 2016 11:22 AM
>>>> To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Subject: Re: address, critical thinking and "Jobs for Philosophers"
>>>>
>>>> Go for it, Steve.
>>>>
>>>> Frank
>>>>
>>>> On 7/8/16, 10:20 AM, "AILACT DISCUSSION LIST on behalf of Steven
>>>> Patterson" <[log in to unmask] on behalf of
<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>>>> [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Frank, all,
>>>>>
>>>>> I believe I can simply email David Chalmers and co. and ask for this. I
>>>>> think the case is an easy one to make.
>>>>>
>>>>> Steve
>>>>> _________________________
>>>>> Steven W. Patterson, Ph.D.
>>>>> Professor, Philosophy
>>>>> Chair, Division of Letters
>>>>> Marygrove College
>>>>> 8425 W. McNichols Rd.
>>>>> Detroit, MI 48224
>>>>> USA
>>>>> www.linkedin.com/in/swpatterson/<http://www.linkedin.com/in/swpatterson/>
>>>>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__marygrove.academia.edu_StevenPatterson&d=CwIF-g&c=y2w-uYmhgFWijp_IQN0DhA&r=srcAKVXGlgq-EGy4yMzdPmGUox7sOGJn6ivEUxBrRCY&m=SQizdrpHNaT_4NbXyJ3mWbEyo0m-lTyjOyokULUX7UA&s=3dkoPCQPc8KEjJkADZHn7lcimbvJrxr1I8cM8Krzrvc&e=
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ________________________________________
>>>>> From: AILACT DISCUSSION LIST [[log in to unmask]] on
>>>>> behalf of Fair, Frank [[log in to unmask]]
>>>>> Sent: Friday, July 08, 2016 11:17 AM
>>>>> To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>>>>> Subject: Re: address, critical thinking and "Jobs for Philosophers"
>>>>>
>>>>> I like Steveıs suggestion for a subcategory of Critical Thinking to be
>>>>> added under Critical Reasoning in PhilPapers. That sounds like a handy way
>>>>> to start marking out a field of specialization. Plus those of us who
>>>>> teaching critical thinking classes year in and year out may find it a bit
>>>>> easier to locate relevant research.
>>>>>
>>>>> Who do we need to ³petition² to make the addition?
>>>>>
>>>>> Frank Fair
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 7/8/16, 9:36 AM, "AILACT DISCUSSION LIST on behalf of Steven Patterson"
>>>>> <[log in to unmask] on behalf of [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]@MARYGROVE.EDU>>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> One place to start might be PhilPapers (https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__philpapers.org_&d=CwIF-g&c=y2w-uYmhgFWijp_IQN0DhA&r=srcAKVXGlgq-EGy4yMzdPmGUox7sOGJn6ivEUxBrRCY&m=SQizdrpHNaT_4NbXyJ3mWbEyo0m-lTyjOyokULUX7UA&s=zREgPNDgJuyop_lNnmnvjOhsZZtLFmO5uQfA2w4-ONo&e= ). I manage
>>>>>> the categories for Informal Logic, Argument, and Fallacies there and I
>>>>>> can say for sure that there is a lot of research on critical thinking out
>>>>>> there in philosophy on critical thinking. I see it all the time when I'm
>>>>>> doing my housekeeping for my categories on the site.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Right now at PhilPapers the closest thing to a critical thinking category
>>>>>> is a category called "Critical Reasoning" It has no definition at present
>>>>>> but it is distinguished from other sorts of research with 'critical' in
>>>>>> the title (e.g. Critical Race Theory') in a way that seems to mark it out
>>>>>> as a potentially good place for critical thinking papers to live. One
>>>>>> thing we might do (and I'd be willing to do this) is to ask for a
>>>>>> Critical Thinking subcategory to be added under Critical Reasoning.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Given that PhilPapers is a sister site to PhilJobs
>>>>>> (https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__philjobs.org_&d=CwIF-g&c=y2w-uYmhgFWijp_IQN0DhA&r=srcAKVXGlgq-EGy4yMzdPmGUox7sOGJn6ivEUxBrRCY&m=SQizdrpHNaT_4NbXyJ3mWbEyo0m-lTyjOyokULUX7UA&s=u6wOCrmm-ffSDqVDuHh7B429gjuHaU01QXXurTrkXQA&e= ), and given that PhilJobs is used by the APA to do
>>>>>> what the Jobs for Philosophers publication used to do, it seems that if
>>>>>> the research has a place to live, then having CT recognized at PhilPapers
>>>>>> might be one small step towards getting CT recognized as an AOC/AOS.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Just a thought.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Steve
>>>>>> _________________________
>>>>>> Steven W. Patterson, Ph.D.
>>>>>> Professor, Philosophy
>>>>>> Chair, Division of Letters
>>>>>> Marygrove College
>>>>>> 8425 W. McNichols Rd.
>>>>>> Detroit, MI 48224
>>>>>> USA
>>>>>> www.linkedin.com/in/swpatterson/<http://www.linkedin.com/in/swpatterson/>
>>>>>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__marygrove.academia.edu_StevenPatterson&d=CwIF-g&c=y2w-uYmhgFWijp_IQN0DhA&r=srcAKVXGlgq-EGy4yMzdPmGUox7sOGJn6ivEUxBrRCY&m=SQizdrpHNaT_4NbXyJ3mWbEyo0m-lTyjOyokULUX7UA&s=3dkoPCQPc8KEjJkADZHn7lcimbvJrxr1I8cM8Krzrvc&e=
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ________________________________________
>>>>>> From: AILACT DISCUSSION LIST [[log in to unmask]] on
>>>>>> behalf of Siegel, Harvey [[log in to unmask]]
>>>>>> Sent: Friday, July 08, 2016 10:00 AM
>>>>>> To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>>>>>> Subject: Re: address, critical thinking and "Jobs for Philosophers"
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks Jim! Bobıs is a good question. Anyone have any good ideas? <Harvey
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Jul 7, 2016, at 8:26 PM, ennis, robert h <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Jim and all,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks, Jim, for clearing up a confusing situation. I hope I can
>>>>>>> remember AILACTD-L, including that the dash goes between the D and the
>>>>>>> L. My memory isnıt as good as it used to be.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have a question for discussion:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What can we do about the fact that critical thinking is not recognized
>>>>>>> as an area of competence or specialization by "Jobs for Philosophers"?
>>>>>>> Many philosophy jobs do include at least teaching critical thinking, and
>>>>>>> a number of topics considered by philosophers are relevant to what is
>>>>>>> taught in critical thinking, such as causality, inference to best
>>>>>>> explanation, speech acts, the fact-value distinction, etc.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Bob Ennis
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> PS. By the way Jim, I would rather that you use the address I am using
>>>>>>> now than the one to which you sent your communication. The one I am
>>>>>>> using now seems to be more reliable and is more appropriate for the
>>>>>>> subject.
>>>>>>>
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