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On the MAP
15/03/23
Since last year, UAlbany has had a chapter of Minorities and Philosophy (M.A.P.). The organization is largely student run, and they've gotten funding from several sources to bring in a guest speaker for a symposium this Friday.
Readers in the capital region should note that it's -
Hiring news
15/03/22
PhilJobs, which hosts the on-line incarnation of Jobs for Philosophers, also hosts PhilJobs: Appointments. I just got an e-mail asking me to confirm a bit of news, so they could post it. If it's fit for them to post, it's fit for me to post.
I'm happy to say that Monika Pio -
Reputation evaluation gesticulation
15/03/12
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings reputation evaluation for 2015 has been released. After the top 100, they just group schools in brackets of 25. UAlbany's ranking is in the 226-250 bracket.
This is more or less consistent with other rankings and with a rough sense -
Cleaning Chekhov's Gun
15/03/01
I wrote most of this years ago, and I stumbled across the file recently while working on something else. I'm sticking it here, like you do.
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There is a rule of thumb about stories which is now just typically referred to as Chekhov's Gun. The Wikipedia article notes th
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