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A MANIFESTO FOR PHILOSOPHY

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 October 2021

Rebecca Buxton  and
Lisa Whiting
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Abstract

Most academics in philosophy departments accept that the discipline needs to change for the better. In this piece, Rebecca Buxton and Lisa Whiting offer several proposals for how to make philosophy a more inclusive place for everyone.

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Think , Volume 20 , Issue 59 , Autumn 2021 , pp. 9 - 24
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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Philosophy, 2021

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1 <https://www.theconversation.com/one-way-to-fix-the-gender-gap-in-academia-only-hire-women-25845>.

2 <https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/jun/15/its-what-students-look-for-the-dutch-university-thats-only-hiring-women>.

3 <https://www.wiseli.wisc.edu/>.

4 <https://www.diversityreadinglist.org/about/>.

5 <https://www.dailynous.com/2020/10/21/lecturer-fired-sexual-misconduct-allegations/>.

6 <https://www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/sexual-harassment-in-academia>.

7 <https://www.uab.cat/doc/recomanacions-egera>.

8 An example of a conference anti-harassment policy can be found here: <https://www.geekfeminism.wikia.org/wiki/Conference_anti-harassment/Policy>.

9 <https://www.pnas.org/content/117/37/22614>.

10 <https://www.ucu.org.uk/media/10336/Counting-the-costs-of-casualisation-in-higher-education-Jun-19/pdf/ucu_casualisation_in_HE_survey_report_Jun19.pdf>.

11 <https://www.journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0950017019887097>.

12 <https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jul/19/call-for-vice-chancellors-earning-more-than-may-to-prove-their-worth>.

13 <https://www.ucu.org.uk/media/10681/second_class_academic_citizens/pdf/secondclassacademiccitizens>.

14 <https://www.thetab.com/uk/bristol/2019/11/25/strikes-students-and-staff-march-in-solidarity-38485>.

15 <https://www.researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-8716/CBP-8716.pdf>.

16 <https://www.ucas.com/data-and-analysis/undergraduate-statistics-and-reports/ucas-undergraduate-end-cycle-reports/2020-end-cycle-report>.

17 Linda Croxford and David Raffe, ‘Social Class, Ethnicity and Access to Higher Education in the Four Countries of the UK: 1996–2010’, International Journal of Lifelong Education 33 (2014): 77–95.

18 <https://www.nyu.edu/life/global-inclusion-and-diversity/learning-and-development/toolkits/trans-inclusive-classrooms.html>.

19 There is an informative video as to why pronouns matter at <https://www.mypronouns.org/>.

20 <https://muse.jhu.edu/article/641844>.