The Philosophy Career Guru

Dialogues #37

“I barely made it by the skin of my teeth. There were many times that I thought I was never going to make it through and get the doctorate. I thought I was going to have spent the better part of a decade in a graduate program and be a dropout and have no career prospects because I didn't have a Plan B. I knew students that didn't make it through, or fell by the wayside. And I came very close to doing that.” – Dr. Marcus Arvan

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My second guest this season is Dr. Marcus Arvan, who is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Tampa. He received his PhD from the University of Arizona and works in ethics, social-political philosophy, cognitive science, philosophy of AI, and metaphysics.

As I mention in this episode, Marcus’s site, The Philosophers’ Cocoon, was a lifesaver for me as I was trying to navigate through the many pitfalls of a philosophy PhD program, from trying to publish while in graduate school to the soul-crushing process of applying for jobs. (I mention some of those pitfalls in this previous solo episode.) And a couple years ago, Marcus was kind enough to feature a post of mine, "Why a PhD Program Is a Hostile Environment for a Family" on his site, where I talked about how absurdly difficult it is to do a PhD with a family.

The episode gives you a raw look into the unique world of turning philosophy into a career. As a relatively new father, even Marcus himself is trying to navigate what that looks like as a successful philosopher by any measure.

We need philosophers to teach. But the road to get there is psychopathically difficult. And it doesn’t look like either of those facts are going to change anytime soon.

Until next time.

Jared

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