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Would straight to on-campus interviews be better? - The Philosophers' Cocoon

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A safe and supportive forum for early-career philosophers. (Email Marcus Arvan at 'marvan@ut.edu' to become a contributor). Laquo; Job Market Boot-Camp, Part 19: Skype and Telephone Interviews. Reader query: how many recommendation letters? Would straight to on-campus interviews be better? As someone who was on the job-market for seven years, I really appreciate the concerns expressed by some commenters at this Daily Nous thread. Is this a good thing? To attend a conference for an interview or two. A...

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Call for paper recommendations - The Philosophers' Cocoon

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A safe and supportive forum for early-career philosophers. (Email Marcus Arvan at 'marvan@ut.edu' to become a contributor). Laquo; Philosophy and public relations. De Cruz on philosophical ruts ». Call for paper recommendations. In any case, because its hard for me to follow everything thats uploaded to their site (this is, or so they told me, why theyre introducing the program! Posted by Marcus Arvan. On 08/05/2015 at 10:31 AM. You can follow this conversation by subscribing to the comment feed. To my k...

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Reforming refereeing: carrots and sticks? - The Philosophers' Cocoon

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A safe and supportive forum for early-career philosophers. (Email Marcus Arvan at 'marvan@ut.edu' to become a contributor). Laquo; Skilled perception and mystical percepion. Philosophy and public relations ». Reforming refereeing: carrots and sticks? A number of posts at different blogs recently have raised concerns about prevailing peer-review practices, and what might be done to improve things. Among other things, concerns have been expressed about excessively  long turnaround times. First, heres one w...

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Job Market Boot-Camp, Part 19: Skype & Telephone Interviews - The Philosophers' Cocoon

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A safe and supportive forum for early-career philosophers. (Email Marcus Arvan at 'marvan@ut.edu' to become a contributor). Laquo; Featured Early-Career Author Schedule. Would straight to on-campus interviews be better? Job Market Boot-Camp, Part 19: Skype and Telephone Interviews. My initial plan in the Job-Market Boot Camp. And  campus visits. Heres what Ill say about content. As I explained here. Generally speaking, I think Ive learned that effective answers (A) dont ramble, (B) firmly hit 3-4 t...

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How to love philosophy - The Philosophers' Cocoon

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A safe and supportive forum for early-career philosophers. (Email Marcus Arvan at 'marvan@ut.edu' to become a contributor). Laquo; Job market well-wishes. Featured Early-Career Author Schedule ». How to love philosophy. This posts title is intended to be tongue-in-cheek. Following some comments at this Daily Nous post. Second, as I explained several years ago. I once fell out of love with philosophy but was eventually able to find my love for it again. . 0160;played according to rules that were anathema ...

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A safe and supportive forum for early-career philosophers. (Email Marcus Arvan at 'marvan@ut.edu' to become a contributor). Academic Philosophy and the Good Life. Campaign for Better Citation and Credit-Giving Practices. Long Journeys into Print. New Work by Early-Career Philosophers. Notes from both sides of the market. Notes from Search Committee Members. Philosophers' Cocoon Philosophy Conference. Real Jobs in Philosophy. Recent Work by Cocooners. State of the Cocoon Address. What it is like to be.

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Job-Market Boot Camp, Part 18: The Campus Visit - The Philosophers' Cocoon

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A safe and supportive forum for early-career philosophers. (Email Marcus Arvan at 'marvan@ut.edu' to become a contributor). Laquo; Guest post on the costs of applying to grad school. Skilled perception and mystical percepion ». Job-Market Boot Camp, Part 18: The Campus Visit. Although its a bit early to discuss fly-outs/campus visits, I suppose now is as good of a time as any to turn to them in our Job-Market Boot Camp. And (B) provide some suggestions based on my experiences on fly-outs. Most of us come...

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Featured Early-Career Author Schedule - The Philosophers' Cocoon

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A safe and supportive forum for early-career philosophers. (Email Marcus Arvan at 'marvan@ut.edu' to become a contributor). Laquo; How to love philosophy. Job Market Boot-Camp, Part 19: Skype and Telephone Interviews ». Featured Early-Career Author Schedule. Id like to thank Helen De Cruz. 0160;for kicking off our resurrected  Featured Early-Career Author Series. 0160;in such strong fashion. I, for one, learned a lot from her posts on skilled epistemic practices. Central Florida) will take over. Your com...