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"Fair, Frank" <[log in to unmask]>
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Neat! And, assuming you get a positive response, that then gives us a
prompt for proposing adding the OAC/OAS to PhilJobs.

Frank

On 7/8/16, 10:43 AM, "AILACT DISCUSSION LIST on behalf of Steven
Patterson" <[log in to unmask] on behalf of
[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>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 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 (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! 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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