Journal Article

What Is the State of Blacks in Philosophy?

Bright, Liam Kofi, Mallarangeng, Guntur, Spencer, Quayshawn, Botts, Tina Fernandes, Cherry, Myisha

2014

Overview

This research note is meant to introduce into philosophical discussion the preliminary results of an empirical study on the state of blacks in philosophy, which is a joint effort of the American Philosophical Association's Committee on the Status of Black Philosophers (APA CSBP) and the Society of Young Black Philosophers (SYBP). The study is intended to settle factual issues in furtherance of contributing to dialogues surrounding at least two philosophical questions: What, if anything, is the philosophical value of demographic diversity in professional philosophy? And what is philosophy? The empirical goals of the study are (1) to identify and enumerate U.S. blacks in philosophy, (2) to determine the distribution of blacks in philosophy across career stages, (3) to determine correlates to the success of blacks in philosophy at different career stages, and (4) to compare and contrast results internally and externally to explain any career stage gaps and determine any other disparities.

• Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press,Penn State University Press
• Subject: African Americans / American Philosophical Association / American philosophy / Black People / black philosopher / Careers / Continental philosophy / Datasets / Demographics / Diversity / Empiricism / Ethnic Studies / Philosophers / Philosophical analysis / Philosophy / Scientific method / Society of Young Black Philosophers / underrepresentation / United States / Universities / Websites