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/ >>>>>>> > 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. 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