There is a rather vigorous exchange (although one that fails my test for a "dialogue" in a number of ways) going on in the comments on my post about Kay Weber's efforts to keep going forward with her lawsuit against...
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Posted on April 10, 2008 11:39 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Hey, today is the third anniversary of my first post on "Adventures in Ethics and Science" at the original digs. I can honestly say that when I started the blog as a virtual extension of class discussions in my "Ethics...
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Posted on February 10, 2008 10:09 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
By way of Abel and DrugMonkey (among others), I see that today is Blogroll Amnesty Day. Jon Swift has the must-read post on the origins of the day and what it means now: The idea that links are the capital...
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Posted on February 3, 2008 6:07 PM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
I'll be offline until Sunday evening (California time). This means comments you submit between now in then will dangle in the aether until I'm back online, but please don't let that put you off from commenting if you have something...
Posted on July 6, 2007 3:33 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
As you might guess, my site is one of the sources of content. If you're reading this post at New York Articles (or at "Articles", whose tagline is even more grammatically incorrect) rather than at my actual site, you are...
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Posted on June 15, 2007 9:00 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
To address an issue that came up in discussion of posts on other blogs, I want to make clear the principles I follow when dealing with real-world scenarios here or via email:...
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Posted on June 14, 2007 5:41 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Since I'll be in transit much of the day today, it may take longer than usual for your comments to appear. Imagine yourself in soladarity with me in a line at an airport. In the meantime, here's who's on notice:...
Posted on January 19, 2007 10:12 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
I've retired my old profile picture, but I thought I'd give you a peek at the larger photo from which it was taken. That's me in biology class, my senior year of high school, doing stuff with slides and an...
Posted on February 9, 2006 11:59 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Janet D. Stemwedel (whose nom de blog is Dr. Free-Ride) is an assistant professor of philosophy at San Jose State University. Before becoming a philosopher, she earned a Ph.D. in physical chemistry. Email her at dr.freeride@gmail.com.
