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. 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