The Chase Center is currently advertising for postdocs. 2 year position open to economics, English, history, law, philosophy, political theory/science, theology/religious studies, and sociology

I grew up the son of a Baptist preacher. Unsurprisingly, the first time I read the word ‘philosophy’ was in the Bible. The message was not a positive one. And somehow I still ended up a philosophy professor!

Our first full year at @thephilosopher.bsky.social just wrapped, and what a year it was. It has been humbling, building a website and teaching library from scratch. For helping me learn that there are many, many things I don't know how to do, thank you to everyone who made it possible!

The good news: There is a new movie about philosophy professors out on @primevideo.bsky.social The bad news:

A Korean translation of my @1000wordphilosophy.bsky.social article on epistemic arguments for democracy is now available. Unfortunately I can't read it to see if they translated me correctly. An overlooked application for Google translate

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I was interviewed for the Classical Commons podcast on @thephillibrary.bsky.social. The question - can the Library be a good resource for classical educators? www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ud-Z...

New @thephillibrary.bsky.social promo video just dropped. Enjoy the drone shots of @notredame.bsky.social's campus!

NBC came to my class! Proud of my students for stepping out of their comfort zones and discussing difficult issues with their peers.

Interested in what we are doing at the Chase Center? We will be hiring several faculty members this year at all levels. Deadline is the end of the day on October 10th (link in comments)

1 year down. And we're just getting started

From my wife Laura on political signaling while mourning Charlie Kirk. There's no need for "even though I don't agree with his politics..." "The psychological impulse of our culture has become to see a person’s politicized identities before we see the person who possesses them."

Can't say enough good things about @edutmer.bsky.social scholarship in ancient philosophy. Glad we could feature him on @thephillibrary.bsky.social !

Judah’s first tailgate. Go Buckeyes!

Somehow they chose a philosopher to teach the first Chase Center class on the Declaration of Independence. Good luck to all involved (including myself!)

Have heard complaints that there are not good, accessible teaching materials on conservative political thought. Here is just that from @tristanjrogers1.bsky.social

With commitment, anything can be a bed

The Center for Practical Ethics at @olemiss.bsky.social is hiring a Director of Strategic Ethics Education Initiatives. The Center "models and facilitates civil discourse" and "develops the skills needed for character-building". PhD in philosophy a plus! Job listing can be found in the link below:

I was honored to speak at the Thomistic Institute’s student leadership conference at @catholicuniversity.bsky.social. For me, this is an experience of coming full circle. In just 2018, I was one of those student leaders, starting a chapter of TI at the @uarizona.bsky.social.

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CALL FOR PAPERS: Come join us at Ohio State for the Chase Center's first annual conference on Civic Thought, Education, and Leadership. A limited number of $500 travel stipends available. Application details below!

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Having a baby, finishing your dissertation, and landing a tenure-track professor job are daunting tasks. You accomplished all of them in just the past year. It is fitting that this past Sunday was Mother’s Day because Judah is lucky to have a mother as impressive as you. I love you, Laura!

Yours truly, over at the Philosophers' Cocoon: Want Your Work To Be Widely Read? Contribute to the Philosophy Teaching Library

Two-Body Problem: Solved This fall, Laura and I will be starting as tenure-track Assistant Professors at The Ohio State University in the newly established Chase Center for Civics, Culture, and Society.

Meditations 1 and 2 now up @thephillibrary.bsky.social. Any takers for Meditation 3?

*New Mentoring Article* Designing an Undergraduate Philosophy Mentoring Program: A Response to the Leaky Pipeline | Teaching Philosophy (link below)

The Sheedy Family Program in Economy, Enterprise, and Society at @notredame.bsky.social is advertising a permanent Director of Student Engagement position. Having worked closely with the Director Paul Blaschko, I know this is a chance to join an exciting initiative! apply.interfolio.com/165720

New achievement unlocked. Let’s not talk about how many of them were self-citations

It's officially online! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

*New Teaching Article* This one is for those who want to introduce their students (or themselves!) to Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics but need some support for them to make the most of primary texts. philpapers.org/rec/SISTGL

The factivity of knowledge, out in the wild @davidsinclairphd.bsky.social

Proof that baby yoda was a merch sales psyop

PhilPeople is a social media network for philosophers. Very nerdy, I know. You would have thought that such a small social media platform would be spam- and scam-free. That was true, until today:

*New Paper* The Unity of the Ideal Virtues | Pacific Philosophical Quarterly (abstract below) philpapers.org/rec/SISTUO

Interested in innovative philosophy pedagogy? Apply to fund your idea through the @plato-philosophy.bsky.social grants program. Deadline is January 31st, and funding can be up to $5,000! www.plato-philosophy.org/plato-grants/

New year, new action at The Philosophy Teaching Library. If you teach the Allegory of the Cave, this piece might be worth checking out

Should we have a naughty and nice list? Just for the holidays, some thoughts on why measuring virtue might be actually be counterproductive: www.prindleinstitute.org/2023/12/naug...

Final grades are in from my first full semester at Bowling Green. Time to play this game on repeat till the new year

More funding for the Philosophy Teaching Library? Yes please

Need funding for creating higher ed programs centered on human flourishing? The Educating Character Initiative at Wake Forest has grants at all levels up to $1,000,000! leadershipandcharacter.wfu.edu/eci/grants/

Love this new piece by @tobiasflattery.bsky.social! Managed to explain Leibniz's pre-ordained harmony using Chuck E. Cheese and World of Warcraft... First and last article to reference all of those in one paper!😂

Interested in cultivating character in the classroom? The Virtues & Vocations Integrating Virtue Together workshop is second to none! Applications due December 13

*New Piece: Can Voting Make You a Bad Person?* prindleinstitute.org/2024/11/can-... Even if we have a duty to vote, the wrong approach can make us worse people. Voting behavior inevitably becomes a habit, and our habits play a role in determining who we become.

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