http://venus.powerblogs.com/ The unofficial USC Philosophy Graduate Student Blog en-us 2008-08-08T22:08+00:00 http://venus.powerblogs.com/posts/1218232935.shtml Is seems to me that abstracts are much less common in philosophy than in other disciplines. Whenever I look into, say, some psychology literature, nearly every paper on ingenta, etc. has... Josh May 2008-08-08T22:08+00:00
Of course, there are philosophers who house drafts of their own papers with abstracts on their own sites. Take Richard Holton or Stephen Finlay, for example. (Thanks guys!) But I'd really like to see the movement more widespread in the discipline.

Am I way off on my claim about the lack of abstracts in philosophy? If so, I still maintain that abstracts should be more common in any discipline. But if I'm not wrong, then why are there not more abstracts in places where philosophy articles are housed? I know journals very often require an abstract with submission, but then they just dump the abstract and publish the article. Is the abstract the philosopher's kryptonite? Is there something inherently evil about abstracts?]]> http://venus.powerblogs.com/posts/1217394722.shtml Check out the new site that Andrew Cullison is putting together. It's a social bookmarking site which allows users (professional philosophers and graduate students) to submit and vote-up philosophy-related blog... Justin Snedegar 2008-07-30T05:07+00:00 new site that Andrew Cullison is putting together. It's a social bookmarking site which allows users (professional philosophers and graduate students) to submit and vote-up philosophy-related blog posts, unpublished papers, and journal articles. There is a ton of stuff on there already, and it's awesome.

Also, I hope everyone is OK after the earthquake today. Lewis and I were together here in LA, and didn't even notice. One of my friends from back east called to check on us, and that's how I found out about it. ]]>