In the age of big data, crowdsourcing, and the philosophy hive mind, why not let the entire philosophical community contribute to showcasing all the great work going on in philosophy graduate programs around the world — and by extension how well trained are the people teaching undergraduates at liberal arts and other colleges and universities? Thanks to Shawn A. Miller, this alternative is rolling and I am delighted to be a part of it.
http://philwiki.net/index.php/PhilWiki.net
UPDATE: I think the philwiki that I am overseeing, on twentieth century continental philosophy, will be live in about a week, maybe sooner. It will be able to list all the PhD programs in the world with at least one faculty member specializing in some area of 20th century continental philosophy (substantiated by a university website or publicly accessible CV). That is the baseline. Then there is the capacity to find out how numerous the faculty is and what sub-areas are specialized in. And there will be links to faculty websites and philpapers profilles. All this will depend on the philosophical community updating the wiki. I’ll put forward a really good start, then it will be up to all of us to keep making it better.
UPDATE: The philwiki on 20th century continental philosophy is available here: http://philwiki.net/20thcenturycontinental/. Note that this is not a finished product — not at all — but the start of an ongoing project for those doing work in continental philosophy to continue filling out and improving. If you do not see yourself or your program here, and you think you or it should be, please go into the edit mode and make the additions. There are lots of instructions on the site. And I’m happy to help too.
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