Sam Elgin

College Majors With the Lowest Unemployment Rates: Report | Entrepreneur Wondering what to major in? A recent analysis by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York shows that recent art history college graduates are employed at higher rates than computer science majors.

Why should undergraduates major in philosophy? Not only the intrinsic value of understanding the true and ultimate structure of reality - but also because it helps avoid unemployment!

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Extremely proud of my husband - Gareth Nellis - who received tenure today!!!

trolley problem variations YouTube video by Zoe Larkin

The trolley problem from my former professor - Shelly Kagan:

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I'm attending the Hands Off protest against the Trump administration in San Diego today - it starts at noon in Civic Center Plaza.

There are similar protests planned across the country: there is likely one near you. I would caution anyone who is not a US Citizen against coming.

NYT says we’re wise…

In honor of pi day, my favorite pi-related fact:

If you were to estimate the circumference of the observable universe with its radius and the first 40 digits of pi, you would be off...but you would be off by less than the width of a single hydrogen atom.

Kansas City Chiefs had a bad day…but Drake had a worse one.

Definition by proxy - Philosophical Studies I take some initial steps toward a theory of real definition, drawing upon recent developments in higher-order logic. The resulting account allows for extremely fine-grained distinctions (it can disti...

Happy to say that the online version of my paper ‘Definition by Proxy’ just became available.

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I'm excited to say we are expecting our first child! Today marks the end of the first trimester of pregnancy - so it seems a traditional time to make an announcement. I cannot wait to meet her in just a few months!

There’s a lot of competition, but this strikes me as the most horrific action of the current administration (so far):

I had a similar experience. I started grad school dissatisfied with philosophy, but unable to articulate why. He shaped the topics I work on more than anyone else.

I was saddened to hear about the death of my committee member, George Bealer. He had a formative role in my development as a philosopher, and will be sorely missed.

Why Philosophy Matters Its true and final value: a rant

Why does philosophy matter?

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Early draft of a new paper - as always, comments/feedback are much appreciated!

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Kripke resigns as report alleges he faked results of thought experiments Saul Kripke resigned yesterday from his position as Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the CUNY Graduate Center.  While similar allegations have been circulating in unpublished form for years…

Not new, but still funny:

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I’m heading to the APA in a couple of days - I’m embarrassed to say I won’t be around for very long, but looking forward to seeing those who are around!

I feel like the word ‘phonetically’ should be spelled with an ‘f’.

The Year in Math | Quanta Magazine Landmark results in geometry and number theory marked an exciting year for mathematics, at a time when advances in artificial intelligence are starting to transform the subject’s future.

I found this very interesting

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Never seen a bumper sticker like this…