Teresa Kouri Kissel

I'm so pleased to say that I (along with Holly Handley and Brian Payne) have been awarded a @NEHgov Humanities Connections Implementation grant to add a humanities-focused concentration and minor to our new School of Data Science! Woo-hoo!

Please come work with us! Full-time Lecturer focusing on (a) Africana Philosophy, (b) Postcolonial Philosophy, or (c ) Critical Philosophy of Race. Application due 4/28 Happy to answer any questions kpeterse@odu.edu Please help spread the word jobs.odu.edu/postings/18304

@andrewaberdein I think I'll be able to make great use of the intentional mistakes angle.

@teresakouri A revealing discussion of BJ’s special qualities as an orator (and of his use of intentional mistakes): reaction.life/jeremy-vine-my…

Friends! I need your help. What are your favorite examples of political speeches where folks made mistakes (intentionally or not)? Or of advertisements that try to be vague in order to sell a product? Or of newspapers that cover different stories in different ways?

@andrewaberdein This is great! (or, rather, not great, but great for my project!)

@teresakouri Not sure what Susan Stebbing would have made of this tbh... youtube.com/watch?v=Q4AzGi…

I'm working on a book on a Susan Stebbing's kick ass notion of common sense. I want to apply her notion to things going on today. Stebbing wrote a textbook on logic using motsly examples from politics, the media and advertising, and I want to mimic that.

New Cambridge Element Classical First-Order Logic by Stewart Shapiro and @teresakouri out now! Read for free for 2 weeks #cambridgeelements #philosophy ow.ly/2t4X50IUaoi

In it, we provide the details of a classical first-order system and compare it to some alternatives (higher-order, intuitionistic, and some paraconsistent stuff).

I'm super excited to say that the Element Stu Shapiro and I wrote on classical first-order logic is now out! Check it out here doi.org/10.1017/978110…. Access is free until May 12!

This week in the Logic Colloquium: Teresa Kouri Kissel @teresakouri (Old Dominion) on “Distinguishing between merely verbal disputes and metalinguistic negotiations”. Friday, Feb 18, 2:30 EST, on Zoom. Details on how to join and abstract here: logic.uconn.edu/calendar/

I'm going to write a book giving a precise definition of common sense (for Stebbing), showing how it can inform directional analysis, and using that to develop new (or, rather, revitalize old) teaching methods for critical thinking classes.

I am so excited to say that I'll be starting an @NEHgov fellowship in the fall. I'll spend the year working on Stebbing, common sense and critical thinking. I cannot wait to get started!

@RrrichardZach Thanks, @RrrichardZach! I definitely wouldn't have made it this far without your help :)

My better half is running a conference on Friday to celebrate the completion of his @NEH_ODH grant. Come learn about VR and Philosophy! More info: vprl.org.

@a_kissel is not really on here anymore, but he just won a @NEH_ODH Digital Humanities Advancement Grant! I am so impressed by him! @OduPhilosophy @NEHgov

@RrrichardZach @remarkablepaper @wacom I wound up with an iPad and pencil in the end at the suggestion of @larkofadefinite. So far they're working great!

Well, this feels silly (but hopefully not in poor taste): I have some money which was meant to go towards travel this year that I need to spend by June. I can use it for books and other research-related things. I'm taking suggestions! What would you buy? I'm open to anything!

On June 10th, the Logic Supergroup participated in #ShutDownAcademia in support of #BlackLivesMatter and the protests against racial injustice. I wrote a summary of it. Check it out: sites.google.com/site/teresakou…

@Bkouri05 Wish I could - but somehow I don't think "buying brother nice things" is very research related :)

@teresakouri Buy me nice things