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 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 (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! 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. 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