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Hello, The following event may be of interest to you: On Making Progress in Philosophy (All Other Things Not Equal) Tuesday, March 11, 2014 Nancy BauerDean of Academic Affairs for Arts and SciencesAssociate Professor, Department of PhilosophyTufts UniversityPhilosophers have recently become interested in two questions having to do with progress in our field: (1) What counts as advancing the intellectual enterprise called philosophy? (2) How do we ameliorate the present sorry state of the profession of philosophy? These questions are usually taken to be independent of one another: how to construe and measure what counts as progress in the enterprise of philosophy is one thing; how to make the profession more welcoming and inclusive to people who have traditionally been excluded or alienated from the profession quite another. I will suggest that the two questions are closely linked and that there are reasons to think that expanding our understanding of what counts as progress in philosophy is critical to diversifying our community. Location: Olin Humanities, Room 205 Sponsor: Philosophy Program Contact: Marie Balogh. E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 845-758-7895 If you would like to see more events please visit the following URL: http://socialstudies.bard.edu/calendar/