Category Archives: Academia

Google Scholar Blog

Google Scholar Blog Looks like a good new resource, if they keep it going. Two useful posts so far.

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King’s College London

Disturbing news: Leiter on King’ College London firing Shalom Lappin Shalom’s statement

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Four generations

This past weekend, my colleague Sally Haslanger and the rest of MIT’s Women’s and Gender Studies program put on a 25 Year Anniversary conference. One of the panels presented a continuous four-generation teacher-student link of women scientists at MIT. An … Continue reading

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The Decline of Civilization Again

In today’s Nature: The pleasure and importance of printed journals Sir I am shocked to read in Nature News online that the American Chemical Society intends to stop all personal subscriptions to its printed journals by 2010, and to start … Continue reading

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Friends of SEP

Shameless copying Greg Restall’s prose: Are you a Friend of the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy? So many of us — students, academics, interested readers — use it for our research, and it’s a great resource for everyone. If you’re a … Continue reading

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Where do you get your ideas?

An article by Robert L. Hampel in the Chronicle of Higher Education, “In Search of New Frontiers: How Scholars Generate Ideas”, has sparked some posts on science blogs: “Good Topics for Future Research – And How You Find Them” on … Continue reading

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