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 > > >________________________________________ >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. 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