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Steven Patterson <[log in to unmask]>
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Done! I will let you all know when I have a reply.

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://marygrove.academia.edu/StevenPatterson


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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/
>http://marygrove.academia.edu/StevenPatterson
>
>
>________________________________________
>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 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]>
>wrote:
>
>>One place to start might be PhilPapers (http://philpapers.org/). 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
>>(http://philjobs.org/), 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://marygrove.academia.edu/StevenPatterson
>>
>>
>>________________________________________
>>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! 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]> 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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