2 Abstract The lack of gender parity in philosophy has garnered serious attention recently. Previous empirical work that aims to quantify what has come to be called " the gender gap " in philosophy focuses mainly on the absence of women in philosophy faculty and graduate programs. Our study looks at gender representation in philosophy among undergraduate students, undergraduate majors, graduate...

Abstract Among the passages which are suggestive of a philosophy language in Kant’s writings his remarks and arguments on appropriate terminology for philosophical concepts. I ask what it is Kant that makes some words more suitable than others. reconstruct from Inquiry concerning distinctness principles natural theology morality (1764) Critique Pure Reason (1781/1787) defend there no such thing...

A recent focus of Philip Kitcher’s research has been, somewhat surprisingly in the light of his earlier work, the philosophical analyses of literary works and operas. Some may see a discontinuity in Kitcher’s oeuvre in this respect—it may be difficult to see how his earlier contributions to philosophy of science relate to this much less mainstream approach to philosophy. The aim of this paper i...