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/ >>>>>> 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. 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