A friend of mine just created her webpage as a philosopher and I thought I'd post it for two reasons. First, she wants to get her google result up to page one and second, I thought it would be a good opportunity to promote women currently in the discipline. I looked through the posts and didnt't really see a listing of current philosophers' websites, so I thought maybe this would be an opportunity to start one.

http://www.evadadlez.com

New to reddit, so I'm not really even sure if this is the right place for my question--I'm sorry if it's not! I'm looking for podcasts on philosophy (I'm thinking The Partially Examined Life, Philosophize This, etc.) that are created by women or poc. Getting pretty tired of hearing white dudes talk about other white dudes! Let me know if you have any suggestions!

New program to support women in academic philosophy: "The Job Candidate Mentoring Program for Women in Philosophy matches job candidates with junior faculty mentors who have recently been on the market. The program provides mentoring and peer support to women candidates during their job search through videoconferencing and online forums." https://jobmentoringforwomen.wordpress.com/

I'm president this upcoming semester, and one of the few women who show up regularly to the club. I'd like to change that situation, and also be more inclusive of people of color (the club is entirely white right now).

I'm not entirely sure why more women don't come. Its possible that its because philosophy tends to focus on old white men, but club discussions tend to be centered around ideas more so than specific philosophers.

I don't see much overt sexism in the club. However, I do think that sometimes the guys in the club sort of strawman something that a woman says and then the woman doesn't really stand up for herself and her argument (even though she's right) - possibly because women are socialized to be passive and not confident in themselves. As president / facilitator of discussions, how can I handle that sort of situation? I don't want to make them feel patronized by arguing their points for them, but I also don't want to put women on the spot if they don't feel comfortable with that.

That in my department, 5/14ths of the professors have signed the open letter against Thomas Pogge, which is good. 4/5ths of them are women, which is less good but unsurprising. If you're interested, here's the letter, sign if you're a grad student or professional, and take advantage of Command-F to find the people from your department.

Hey folks,

/r/PhilosophyBookClub is starting our summer read—Anthony Kenny’s ‘New History of Western Philosophy’—and I thought some of you might be interested in joining us. It’s about the most comprehensive history of philosophy you’ll find (except for some much longer ones), and incredibly well-researched and well-written. I’m reading it to get a broader base before I start grad school, and I can’t imagine there’s an undergrad or grad student—or anyone else—who wouldn’t benefit from the book.

It’s a thousand pages, but not a terribly difficult thousand pages. To make sure everyone can keep up, we’re spreading it over the full summer, so there will be around 60 pages of reading and at least one discussion thread per week.

If you haven’t heard of the book, here’s an excerpt from the publisher’s blurb:

This book is no less than a guide to the whole of Western philosophy … Kenny tells the story of philosophy from ancient Greece through the Middle Ages and the Enlightenment into the modern world. He introduces us to the great thinkers and their ideas, starting with Plato, Aristotle, and the other founders of Western thought. In the second part of the book he takes us through a thousand years of medieval philosophy, and shows us the rich intellectual legacy of Christian thinkers like Augustine, Aquinas, and Ockham. Moving into the early modern period, we explore the great works of Descartes, Hobbes, Locke, Leibniz, Spinoza, Hume, and Kant, which remain essential reading today. In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Hegel, Mill, Nietzsche, Freud, and Wittgenstein again transform the way we see the world. Running though the book are certain themes which have been constant concerns of philosophy since its early beginnings: the fundamental questions of what exists and how we can know about it; the nature of humanity, the mind, truth, and meaning; the place of God in the universe; how we should live and how society should be ordered. Anthony Kenny traces the development of these themes through the centuries: we see how the questions asked and answers offered by the great philosophers of the past remain vividly alive today. Anyone interested in ideas and their history will find this a fascinating and stimulating read.

And the jacket-quote:

"Not only an authoritative guide to the history of philosophy, but also a compelling introduction to every major area of philosophical enquiry."

—Times Higher Education

I’m also hoping to do some primary-text readings, so if there’s anything you’d like to read or discuss that’s even tangentially related to the subject matter of Kenny’s book, we can make a discussion post for it when it comes up.

We’re reading the first section for May 2, and the full schedule is up at /r/PhilosophyBookClub. I hope some of you will join us, and if you have any questions, let me know.

-Cheers

(Thanks /u/mindscent for letting me post here.)