Category Archives: CSID Publications

Publications by CSID directors, fellows, & students.

Leiter Reports: A Philosophy Blog: CHE: Where are your fact-checkers?

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Britt Holbrook

And where are yours, Professor Leiter? Your hit piece on two recent articles on the future of philosophy in the Chronicle of Higher Education, one of which was written by CSID’s own Adam Briggle and Robert Frodeman, needs to get … Continue reading →

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The CHE Review: “A New Philosophy for the 21st Century”

Posted on December 11, 2011 by Robert Frodeman

Just out at the Chronicle of Higher Education Reviw by Adam Briggle and me: We have devoted our lives to philosophy. We want the field to survive and, if possible, prosper. But it is increasingly doubtful that academic philosophy can … Continue reading →

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Broader Impacts Grab Bag

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Britt Holbrook

No, that’s not a commentary on the National Science Board’s proposed new Broader Impacts Criterion — which some might describe as including a grab bag of ‘national needs’! I’m referring instead to the fact that lots of folks have commented … Continue reading →

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The demise of expertise in the age of Google

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Britt Holbrook

Whether the internet is responsible for the erosion of trust in expertise is an interesting question. I believe, however, that a recent article by Josh Fischman in the Chronicle of Higher Education raises a related, but different claim: “The notion … Continue reading →

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SBE 2020

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Britt Holbrook

NSF’s Directorate for the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE) has just made available the White Papers that it received in response to a call from SBE Assistant Director Myron Gutmann. Here is the announcement: I am pleased to let … Continue reading →

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Special issue comparing national perspectives on interdisciplinarity

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Britt Holbrook

CSID Senior Fellow Julie Thompson Klein is a guest editor, along with Yves Lenoir, University of Sherbrooke, of a new special issue of Issues in Integrative Studies: Interdisciplinarity in Schools: A Comparative View of National Perspectives Special Number 28 — … Continue reading →

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Fuller’s Latest

Posted on December 29, 2010 by Robert Frodeman

Steve Fuller has a new book, Humanities 2.0, which looks at the historical and philosophical currents underlying the creation of a new biotechnological species. At one point he notes: …the idea is very much one of planning for both the … Continue reading →

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CSID’s New Blog & Progress Report

Posted on November 23, 2010 by Keith Brown

Welcome to the New Blog hosted by the Center for the Study of Interdisciplinarity at UNT. We will use this blog to engage with other thinkers who are doing inter & transdisciplinary research/pedagogy. Please help us with your comments and … Continue reading →

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