Transforming scholarly communications in philosophy: challenges and solutions

Researchers face several challenges associated with the accelerating growth of the research literature. In this talk, David Bourget will outline the specific challenges that academic philosophers face, and the services and technologies that are being developed at the Centre for Digital Philosophy to help researchers cope with these challenges. David will discuss two specific projects: PhilPapers.org, a search index that has operated since 2009 and that continues to improve with ever more powerful technology, and PhilSurvey, a new project currently under development that aims to transform scholarly communications in philosophy.

David Bourget is an assistant professor in the philosophy department and director of the Centre for Digital Philosophy at the University of Western Ontario. He is also co-editor of the PhilPapers research index and a member of the board of directors of the PhilPapers Foundation. Dr Bourget is the software architect and lead programmer behind PhilPapers, PhilEvents, and PhilJobs. He has published on a range of topics from the philosophy of mind to the future of publishing and the structure of philosophical debates.