Philosophers and "big events"

Here's a rather varied sampling of tidbits from ten well-known
philosophers talking about "the response of philosophy to big events":

http://blog.talkingphilosophy.com/?p=296

(from Talking Philosophy - The Philosophers' Magazine Blog)

A Collection of Philosophy Majors

Gary Smith found this site, which relates to one of our recurring themes here:

http://www.mcdaniel.edu/5615.htm

Another Take on the Value of Philosophy Classes

Lots of people think philosophy courses have value, but not all agree on why.

Here's one view that differs a good deal from recent articles we've seen:
http://www.roanoke.com/editorials/stubblefield/wb/165122

Who was a philosophy major?

--Some people you might not expect:

http://www.ecommercetimes.com/rsstory/63180.html

Hope your summer's starting off well!

More on Philosophy Majors...

Yet another article on majoring in philosophy-- This one's from
Boston University's *Daily Free Press* (a student paper, by the way,
which I used to read quite frequently...).

http://media.www.dailyfreepress.com/media/storage/paper87/news/2008/04/18/News/Proponents.Say.You.Can.Do.A.Lot.With.B.a.In.Philosophy-3335294.shtml

Maybe it's possible that the public perception of majoring in
philosophy could change.

Philosophy of Sport

This might be of interest to some of you:

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A new blog, Philosophy of Sport, has just been launched.

http://philosophyandsports.blogspot.com/
<http://philosophyandsports.blogspot.com/>

With an international group of contributors including both
established and newer scholars in the field, the aim is to promote an
international discussion of the philosophical dimensions of sport
among scholars and others interested in this area
of philosophy. We encourage you to read the blog, post comments, and
direct your students to this forum. Thanks.

Mike Austin
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Case Annex 268
Eastern Kentucky University
Richmond, KY 40475

Morality and the Good Life <http://arunningabout.blogspot.com/>

Philosophy of Sport <http://philosophyandsports.blogspot.com/>

My EKU Homepage <https://owa.eku.edu/owa/people.eku.edu/Austinm/default.html>

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The Philosophy Major: Useful!

Here's another relatively recent article on why "philosophy graduates are suddenly all the rage with employers":

http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/news/story/0,,2213665,00.html

(from The Guardian)