New Philosophical Journal: Thought

A new philosophical journal of "short, sharp philosophical essays" has just been established at the Northern Institute of Philosophy in Scotland and published by Wiley-Blackwell: Thought. Better still, the first two years of the journal will be open access.

Here's what the editors, Crispin Wright and John Divers have to say about its focus in their inaugural editorial:

Thought will specialise in the publication of short original analytical philosophical papers bearing within the following areas of the subject: Philosophical Logic, Philosophy of Mathematics, Philosophy of Language, Metaphysics, Epistemology (including formal epistemology and confirmation theory), and Philosophy of Mind. We intend that our readers will be exposed to the most central and significant issues and positions in contemporary philosophy that fall within this broad remit. We will publish only papers that exemplify the highest standards of clarity, and that promise to have significant impact on existing front-line debates or to lead to new ones. 

Lunch Chat for 11/10/11

John Perry

For the next lunch chat, let's talk about something we can all relate to: procrastination. Specifically, I think it's high time that we read a short article by John Perry from the Chronicle of Higher Education which was recently (and belatedly) honored by an Ig-Nobel prize in Literature: "How to Procrastinate and Still Get Things Done". As usual, we'll meet in Coleman 62 at noon where you'll find soup and homemade bread.

For a write-up on this year's Ig-Nobel Prize recipients, check out this article in the Chronicle.

Perry is one of the co-hosts of the terrific and widely syndicated radio show, Philosophy Talk: "The program that questions everything . . . except your intelligence." Every week, you can stream the current program for free.