Congratulations, Steve! This is fantastic.
David
On 2016-08-01 7:12 am, Steven Patterson wrote:
> 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 [1] (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 [2] and on Philosophy for
> Children [3].
>
> 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
>
> _________________________
> 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 ennis, robert h [[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2016 8:25 PM
> To: [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]> 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]>
> 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/
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ________________________________________
>>>>>>> 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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