Complementing an academic’s freedom to dissent is the maximal removal of impediments to her pursuit of hypotheses and matters of fact about the stuff that furnishes the universe and of the universe itself. This stuff undergirds the core investigations of… Read More ›
Guest Posts
Guest Post: Dissoi Logoi (cf Aristotle), the Devil’s Advocate (Mill), and comments.
Guest Post by Pamela Lindsay. Way, way back in the day — a couple millennia ago — students receiving a classical education would have learned the necessity of Dissoi Logoi to constructing their arguments. That is, they’d throw themselves full… Read More ›
Guest Post (forwarded message): Free Online Conference on EDI and Academic Freedom.
Note from Viminitz’ research assistant: Viminitz is not involved with organising this conference, nor is he a panelist. PLEASE CIRCULATE WIDELY Dear colleagues, Please join us on April 20 & 21, 2023, for a free, online conference on EDI (equity,… Read More ›
Guest Post. EDI Concepts: Research Excellence (Updated August 25, 2023)
This post is an annotated bibliography. But rather than list citations in alphabetical order, I’ve organised them under subheadings comprised of research questions. As such, I provide a possible framework for a research project. An alphabetised non-annotated bibliography corresponding to… Read More ›
Guest Post. EDI Concepts: Unconscious/Implicit Bias (Updated Aug 25, 2023)
This post is an annotated bibliography. But rather than list citations in alphabetical order, I’ve organised them under subheadings comprised of research questions. As such, I provide a possible framework for a research project. An alphabetised non-annotated bibliography corresponding to… Read More ›
Addendum to Pamela Lindsay’s Bibliography on Implicit Bias
The following is an addendum to my Guest Post, “Bibliography: Implicit Bias.” It’s designed to serve as a segue to my next bibliography, on EDI and research excellence, to be released tomorrow, March 7, 2022. Here, find three considerations concerning… Read More ›
Guest Post. Saturday Morning Pam-toons. Why would I lie on my mandatory diversity pledge?
Universities Canada principles on equity, diversity and inclusion, October 26, 2017 “Universities Canada make an explicit public commitment to seven principles [on equity, diversity, and inclusion],” available here. (accessed 11 February 2022) “A Guide to Preparing Your Diversity Statement,” Algonquin… Read More ›
Guest Post by Pamela Lindsay: A Crash Course in Rhetoric.
Apropos Paul’s post Of Decolonisation and Marranos , re: the perlocutionary force of language. The extent to which language controls thought is a hotly debated topic. John McWhorter, for one, argues language doesn’t control thought as much as some believe. … Read More ›
Guest Post. Saturday Morning Pam-toons. A Speakeasy in the Age of Prohibition
What fascinates me about Speakeasies was the mingling between and relative equality of rich, poor, women, men, black and white. These illicit clubs helped with the momentum and success of civil rights movements. The current Prohibition with its categories of prohibited… Read More ›
Guest Post. Saturday Morning Pam-toons. Paranormal Activism. (scroll past image)
When you deny my ‘lived experience’, you deny my existence! We, the undersigned, petition our flesh and bone (zombies excluded) oppressors to recognize the following, Article 1. We are beings who refer to ourselves as ghosts. All other terms of… Read More ›
Paulosophical Vimplications 