Excellent news!
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> On Jul 31, 2016, at 11:46 AM, Wagner, Paul <[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]
> 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]> 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/
>> 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]
>> 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
>> [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/
>>> 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]
>>> Subject: Re: address, critical thinking and "Jobs for Philosophers"
>>>
>>> I like Steve¹s 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]>
>>> 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/
>>>> 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]
>>>> Subject: Re: address, critical thinking and "Jobs for Philosophers"
>>>>
>>>> Thanks Jim! Bob¹s 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]> 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 isn¹t 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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