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kristopher g phillips, Ph.D.

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Asst. Prof (Philosophy), Eastern Michigan University Editor: @P4Journal.bsky.social 2023 APA/AAPT Prize for Excellence in Philosophy Teaching co-winner OG #BskyCartesians Co-founder of the Iowa Lyceum and Utah Lyceum programs he/him

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kristopher g phillips, Ph.D. @kristophergphillips.com · Oct 30

I’m really proud of this little piece. I’ve been working on it in various ways for a few years now and it’s nice to see a popular version in (digital) print!

#philsky

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Metaphilosophical Teaching - The Philosophers' Magazine

Kristopher Phillips argues that teaching philosophy is a way of doing philosophy.

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kristopher g phillips, Ph.D. @kristophergphillips.com · Aug 17

Yes you do! I added you!

kristopher g phillips, Ph.D. @kristophergphillips.com · Jul 24

Of course it still has grades! What is this, some sort of new-age feel-goodery?

kristopher g phillips, Ph.D. @kristophergphillips.com · Jul 24

I still assign final grades, and I give copious feedback on where and how to improve. Numbers and letter grades don’t tell a student how to do better.

Ugh. This is such lazy writing.

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kristopher g phillips, Ph.D. @kristophergphillips.com · Jul 24

It’s hilarious because the first paragraph pretty well describes me, right up to the, “they are frauds” and then literally everything that follows is a straw-person of the actually thoughtful pedagogical choices I make.
But also, my rejection of grades has nothing to do with “who am I to judge?”

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kristopher g phillips, Ph.D. @kristophergphillips.com · Jul 24

I actually pretty much exclusively use Garamond. And my jeans are blue, but cuffed, so.. you know. Trying too hard.

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kristopher g phillips, Ph.D. @kristophergphillips.com · Jul 24

Fuck man. That really is me.

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Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · Jun 30

Descartes gave us all the tools we need to survive in an era of misinformation. Simply begin with the understanding that you are real but everything else is fairly likely to be the cruel games of a demon sent to torment you specifically.

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kristopher g phillips, Ph.D. @kristophergphillips.com · Jun 27

Since January, I’ve written 38,811 words.

They’re pretty good words in what I take to be an interesting order.

Gotta keep going. October 1 is fast approaching.

kristopher g phillips, Ph.D. @kristophergphillips.com · Jun 13

Oh shit! I’m here for it

kristopher g phillips, Ph.D. @kristophergphillips.com · Jun 13

Not to be too much of a hipster, but the Taxi theme song popped up on my Spotify and honestly, it slaps.

Great writing music!

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Angela (Theme From 'Taxi') - Bob James (1978)

YouTube video by djbuddylovecooljazz

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kristopher g phillips, Ph.D. @kristophergphillips.com · May 30

I have a productivity app that I use to track my writing time. While I’m not always great about making sure I use it, it’s tracked 77+ hours of writing since Jan.

I have somewhere around 40k words, which puts me at ~519.5 words/hour.

Can I finish this book by September? We will see!

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kristopher g phillips, Ph.D. @kristophergphillips.com · Apr 21

Be careful what you wish for!

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kristopher g phillips, Ph.D. @kristophergphillips.com · Apr 20

OOOOH. Good idea!

kristopher g phillips, Ph.D. @kristophergphillips.com · Apr 20

I thought this would streamline my feedback process because I assumed few students would pick 5.

All but one of my students picked 5 this term.

Side note: I just spent 90 minutes on one paper.

kristopher g phillips, Ph.D. @kristophergphillips.com · Dec 13

I also developed a feedback meter. With each assignment, I asked students to tell me on a 1-5 scale how much feedback they want.
1. Rubric only
2. Rubric + summary paragraph
3. Rubric, paragraph, 3 in-text comments
4. Rubric, paragraph, up to 10 in-text comments
5. Rubric, paragraph, line-by-line

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Luvell Anderson @luke-rage.bsky.social · Apr 14

CFP: Special Issue: AI and Public Philosophy

The Public Philosophy Journal invites contributions for a special issue focused on AI and public philosophy.

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Special Issue: AI and Public Philosophy

CFP: Special Issue: AI and Public Philosophy  The Public Philosophy Journal invites contributions for a special issue focused on AI and public philosophy.  The rapid evolution of artifi...

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Cassie @angrycassie.bsky.social · Apr 9

Happening soon! Going to be a great discussion! Register here to receive the Zoom link: philosophyteachers.org/talking-teac...

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kristopher g phillips, Ph.D. @kristophergphillips.com · Mar 7

I have a lot to say about that as a definition and purpose of higher ed, but I’ll let you read the rest of the chapter before I respond, as I suspect a lot of what I’d say here has already been said in the second half of the chapter.

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kristopher g phillips, Ph.D. @kristophergphillips.com · Mar 7

My partner is so damn amazing!! She’s cooler than you (and me).

Cassie @angrycassie.bsky.social · Mar 7

Some incredibly exciting life updates:
This fall I will be joining Harvard University's Ethics Center as a Postdoctoral Fellow in Civil Discourse, & I have also accepted a position in the Philosophy Department at the University of Cincinnati as an Assistant Professor-Educator beginning fall 2026!

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kristopher g phillips, Ph.D. @kristophergphillips.com · Mar 7

Dude, you’re not alone. Getting students to do philosophy without AI is just getting students to do philosophy. And it’s important. I feel you.

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kristopher g phillips, Ph.D. @kristophergphillips.com · Mar 6

I’ve seen a handful of articles about how humanities programs need to focus on “practicality”.

In 2017 I published a chapter arguing that a focus on practicality in higher ed is a mistake. It seems especially relevant right now

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Phillips Kristopher, Is Philosophy Impractical? Yes and No, but That's Precisely Why we Need It - PhilArchive

This chapter makes the argument for both the practicality and impracticality of philosophy as it relates to liberal education. An exploration of the history of science in the seventeenth and eighteent...

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Robin Z @firepile.bsky.social · Mar 6

This is a great thread and I agree with all of it. Reviewing takes a ton of time but it's important work, even when I hate the paper I reviewed. Editors can confirm I send lengthy details about every decision and I'd be wracked with guilt not doing that. It's the entire point of the process!

Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · Mar 6

Let's talk about this Nature piece in more detail.

I've rarely read something so anti-scientific anywhere short of the National Review.

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Three AI-powered steps to faster, smarter peer review

Tired of spending countless hours on peer reviews? An AI-assisted workflow could help.

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kristopher g phillips, Ph.D. @kristophergphillips.com · Feb 26

I’m a recent meta study, we scoured 2550 lists of things with which one fucks.

We found a number of things appearing on multiple lists & most things appeared at least once.

Conspicuously absent from *all* lists was the Wu Tang Clan.

We conclude that Wu Tang Clan is, in fact, nothing to fuck with.

kristopher g phillips, Ph.D. @kristophergphillips.com · Feb 25

As someone who has published many things that make interesting contributions to human knowledge, but who has VERY few citations, I’m frustrated by this characterization

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kristopher g phillips, Ph.D. @kristophergphillips.com · Feb 25

a man with a mustache is wearing a white shirt that says ted lasso on it

Alt: a man with a mustache is wearing a white shirt that says ted lasso on it

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kristopher g phillips, Ph.D. @kristophergphillips.com · Feb 19

He was the master of that particular gesture. No question.