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The #Pali Text Society (PTS ) <palitextsociety.org> is seeking to appoint a part-time (25 hs/week) office administrator to take over the management of the PTS office from 1 July 2023.
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The main responsibilities of the position will be the day-to-day management of the PTS office, including the processing of book sales and management of PTS membership. The PTS currently has a small office in Bristol where the officer administrator would be able to work, but 2/
the position would also be suitable for someone wishing to work from home. Please note, however, that the position is only open to those who have the right to live and work in the UK. The salary will be in the range £32,411–£36,333 a year, pro-rata. Letters of application, 3/
together with a CV and the names of two referees, should be emailed to the PTS Office info@palitextsociety.org by 3 May 2023. Further particulars of the position are available in the linked PDF document:

palitextsociety.org/wp-content/upl…
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Apr 20
#HudHudson's chapter on #omnipresence is really well done and offers a balanced approach, quoting from Thomas Aquinas and Anselm, as well as from Hartshorne, Swinburne, Wierenga and Taliaferro. It also discusses theories of omnipresence that do not think of God as occupying a 1/
space as well as "occupation theories". In discussing the latter, HH refers to Josh Parsons' discussion of relations and location.
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—1. The problem of simplicity. How can a simple entity be present in multiple locations? (NB: Easy to answer if you think in terms of #SanskritPhilosophy, think of ātman and ākāśa as being simple and vibhu).
—2. The problem of multilocation. How can sth occupy
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Apr 17
A Q concerning eligibility to study a certain philosophy: Let us exclude from the discussion ppl who are doing it for selfish purposes (e.g., ppl engaging w feminist philosophy just to gain "diversity points" on their cv). 1/4
Should only ppl from a certain nation/class (broadly conceived) be eligible to study the texts of said n/c? A practical argument in favour of that would be that this would encourage hires of ppl of such n/c bc a university who wants to offer courses in philosophy X would have 2/4
to hire ppl from n/c X. However, if ppl of n/c X are not hired bc of racism/sexism/…, this is a general problem, and we should encourage more hires of them in whatever field they are specializing, and not just in the philosophy of their own n/c. Should one not want to remove 3/4
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Jan 16
I am grateful to Simona Vucu for having recommended to me "The Case of the Animals versus Man Before the King of the Jinn" (10th c.). A few excerpts:

Animals: ``Your vaunted powers of perception & fine discrimination are not unique, for there are animlas with finer senses 1/10
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May 16, 2022
Short thread on "Introduction to Philosophy".
My ideal curriculum is the one implemented by Jay Garfield and others and taught by @sutrasandstuff and others, namely a completely non-Eurocentric introductory class.
But, what to do until we get there? 1/
Intro classes are (in the universities I know of) meant both for outsiders who only take 1 class of philosophy & students who will chose philosophy as their major. Thus, the Intro class has at least also the purpose to put students in the position to follow their next classes 2/
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May 16, 2022
Some of my favourite comments from this year's #StudentEvaluations:
—I don't lecture enough: "students talk more than the professor because participation is required"
—I am a good substitute for coffeine: "The professor was always enthusiastic in presenting the material 1/
regardless of the 9am lecture. It helps the student wake up"
—I make them tolerate religion: "As someone who knew nothing abt religion she was able to not only make me understand but to enable me to be able to make good Q on the philosophical aspects of it. The prof was one 2/
of the best I've had in university and she allowed me to thoroughly enjoy a class I thought I would end up hating".
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May 10, 2022
Ongoing thread on #HansVermeer's 1984 (Skopos Theory explained), on #Translation. Let me start with some of my favourite quotes:
"Language is a system" (p. 19)—>Hence, discussing about how to translate a single word is a misunderstanding of the way language works. 1/
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A word in one language can correspond to a phrase in another" (p.19).
"Signs delimit, determine, condition and define each other's meanings. Signs form language- and culture-specific fields"(p. 20) 3/
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