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This wiki-based home page has been my main home page since June 2013. If I decide that the experiment is a failure and shift to another page, I'll say so here and link to the new page.
This wiki-based home page has been my main home page since June 2013. If I move to another page, I'll say so here and link to the new page.
* Suggested short URL for this page = [http://bit.ly/petersuber bit.ly/petersuber]
* Suggested short URL for this page = [http://bit.ly/petersuber bit.ly/petersuber]


== My work ==
== My work and primary affiliations ==


* I work for the free circulation of knowledge and research in every field and region. In practice that means education, collaboration, research, writing, tool-building, direct assistance, and ''pro bono'' consulting for [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/hoap/Open_Access_(the_book) open access]. I wear several hats:
* I work for the free circulation of knowledge and research in every field and region. In practice that means education, collaboration, research, writing, tool-building, direct assistance, and ''pro bono'' consulting for [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/hoap/Open_Access_(the_book) open access]. I wear several hats:
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** Director of the [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/hoap Harvard Open Access Project] (based in the [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/ Berkman Klein Center]) <!-- since 7/11 -->
** Director of the [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/hoap Harvard Open Access Project] (based in the [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/ Berkman Klein Center]) <!-- since 7/11 -->
** Senior Researcher at the [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/ Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society] <!-- Faculty Fellow starting 6/09; Senior Researcher starting 9/15 -->
** Senior Researcher at the [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/ Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society] <!-- Faculty Fellow starting 6/09; Senior Researcher starting 9/15 -->
** Senior Researcher at the [http://sparcopen.org/ Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition] <!-- since 7/04 -->


* My primary field is philosophy (Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1978). I'm also a non-practicing lawyer (J.D., Northwestern, 1982).
* My primary field is philosophy (Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1978). I'm also a non-practicing lawyer (J.D., Northwestern, 1982).
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** One kind of exception is an older, print-only publication for which I don't yet have a digital edition. Over the years I've gradually created digital editions where I didn't have them, and I'm nearly done.  
** One kind of exception is an older, print-only publication for which I don't yet have a digital edition. Over the years I've gradually created digital editions where I didn't have them, and I'm nearly done.  
** Another kind of exception is a work for which I have a digital edition but not permission for open access. The only exception of this kind is [http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/writing/cse.htm ''The Case of the Speluncean Explorers: Nine New Opinions''] (Routledge, 1998). I published it before I started thinking hard about OA. I've asked Routledge to make the book OA, but it declined. I'm still willing to do so as soon as Routledge is. If Routledge doesn't make it OA while the book is still in print, then I'll make it OA as soon is it goes out of print and the rights revert to me.
** Another kind of exception is a work for which I have a digital edition but not permission for open access. The only exception of this kind is [http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/writing/cse.htm ''The Case of the Speluncean Explorers: Nine New Opinions''] (Routledge, 1998). I published it before I started thinking hard about OA. I've asked Routledge to make the book OA, but it declined. I'm still willing to do so as soon as Routledge is. If Routledge doesn't make it OA while the book is still in print, then I'll make it OA as soon is it goes out of print and the rights revert to me.
* I [https://google.com/+PeterSuber blog at Google+], and tweet as [https://twitter.com/petersuber @petersuber].
** I have accounts on LinkedIn, Diaspora, and other social-media platforms, but don't use them. I've deleted my Facebook account, and [http://www.businessinsider.com/10-reasons-to-delete-your-facebook-account-2010-5 recommend] that you do the same.
** OK, I'm picky about social-media sites. But that doesn't mean that the two I use have my unqualified endorsements. On the contrary, both are deteriorating, and the niche for something new and better grows larger all the time.
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* Also see the [[#Social_media | section on social media]] below.


== Interests ==
== Interests ==
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* When I was a teaching, publishing philosophy prof (c. 1982-2003), I specialized in Kant and German idealism; the history of modern European philosophy, roughly from Montaigne to Nietzsche; the history of western skepticism from Socrates to the 20th century; epistemological and ethical issues related to skepticism, such as fictionalism, ideology, self-deception, and the ethics of belief; the logical, epistemological, ethical, and legal problems of self-reference; the metatheory of first-order logic; the ethics of paternalism, consent, and coercion; and the philosophy of law. I retain an interest in all these topics, and have since added some new ones: the connections between ancient Greek skepticism and Buddhism (via Pyrrho), the naturalization of ethics, and concepts of randomness.
* When I was a teaching, publishing philosophy prof (c. 1982-2003), I specialized in Kant and German idealism; the history of modern European philosophy, roughly from Montaigne to Nietzsche; the history of western skepticism from Socrates to the 20th century; epistemological and ethical issues related to skepticism, such as fictionalism, ideology, self-deception, and the ethics of belief; the logical, epistemological, ethical, and legal problems of self-reference; the metatheory of first-order logic; the ethics of paternalism, consent, and coercion; and the philosophy of law. I retain an interest in all these topics, and have since added some new ones: the connections between ancient Greek skepticism and Buddhism (via Pyrrho), the naturalization of ethics, and concepts of randomness.


* In my post-prof life, my interests center on policies and technologies that foster knowledge, especially those that foster the growth, sharing, use, and usefulness of knowledge. In addition to promoting these policies and technologies, I want to understand how the internet has changed research and education, how it ought to change them, and what it would mean to take full advantage of the internet to improve research and education.
* In my post-prof life, my interests center on policies and technologies that foster knowledge, especially those that foster the growth, sharing, use, and usefulness of knowledge. In addition to promoting these policies and technologies, I want to understand how the internet has changed research and education, how it ought to change them, and what it would mean to take full advantage of the internet for research and education.


== Other current affiliations ==
== Other current affiliations ==
* Here are some of my affiliations other than the [[#My_work|primary affiliations above]] (most recent first):
* Here are some affiliations other than the [[#My_work_and_primary_affiliations|primary affiliations]] above (most recent first):
<!-- ** Member of the Advisory Board of Anna Clements' ORCID project, since September 14, 2017. If the project has a name or web site, I don't know about them yet. -->
<!-- ** Member of the Advisory Board of [http://libraria.cc/ Libraria]. Since September 1, 2016. Just waiting for link to advisory board. -->
<!-- ** Member of the Advisory Board of [http://libraria.cc/ Libraria]. Since September 1, 2016. Just waiting for link to advisory board. -->
** External Expert for [http://openminted.eu/ OpenMinTeD]. In the [http://openminted.eu/community/working-groups/ Working Group] on intellectual property rights and interoperability.
** Member of the [https://fairoa.org/about/ Board] of the [https://fairoa.org/ Fair Open Access Alliance] (FOAA)
<!-- since August 2017 -->
** External Expert for [http://openminted.eu/ OpenMinTeD], in the [http://openminted.eu/community/working-groups/ Working Group] on intellectual property rights and interoperability  
<!-- Since September 11, 2016. -->
<!-- Since September 11, 2016. -->
** Member of the [http://riojournal.com/board Advisory Board] of [http://riojournal.com/ Research Ideas and Outcomes] (RIO) <!-- Since sept 4, 2015 -->
** Member of the [http://riojournal.com/board Advisory Board] of [http://riojournal.com/ Research Ideas and Outcomes] (RIO) <!-- Since sept 4, 2015 -->
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** Member of the Advisory Board of the [http://web.archive.org/web/20020803111450/http://www.info-commons.org/project.html Information Commons] of the [http://www.ala.org/ American Library Association]
** Member of the Advisory Board of the [http://web.archive.org/web/20020803111450/http://www.info-commons.org/project.html Information Commons] of the [http://www.ala.org/ American Library Association]
** Director of the [http://web.archive.org/web/20051221233251/http://www.publicknowledge.org/about/what/projects/open-access.html Open Access Project] at [http://www.publicknowledge.org/ Public Knowledge] <!-- since 7/04 -->  
** Director of the [http://web.archive.org/web/20051221233251/http://www.publicknowledge.org/about/what/projects/open-access.html Open Access Project] at [http://www.publicknowledge.org/ Public Knowledge] <!-- since 7/04 -->  
** Author of the [http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/archive.htm SPARC Open Access Newsletter] (SOAN)
** Moderator of the [http://www.sparc.arl.org/publications/soan/ SPARC Open Access Forum] (SOAF)
** Author of the [http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/archive.htm SPARC Open Access Newsletter] (SOAN) (formerly the Free Online Scholarship Newsletter)
** Senior Researcher at the [http://sparcopen.org/ Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition] (SPARC) <!-- since 7/04; now clear when this ended, or even whether it ended-->
** Author and editor of the [http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/fosblog.html Open Access News blog] (OAN)
** Author and editor of the [http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/fosblog.html Open Access News blog] (OAN)
** Member of the Board of Directors of the [http://www.penbay.org/bagaduce.html Bagaduce Watershed Association]
** Member of the Board of Directors of the [http://www.penbay.org/bagaduce.html Bagaduce Watershed Association]
** Member of the Board of Governors of the [http://www.icaap.org/ International Consortium For The Advancement of Academic Publication]
** Member of the Board of Governors of the [http://www.icaap.org/ International Consortium For The Advancement of Academic Publication]
** Moderator of the [http://www.sparc.arl.org/publications/soan/ SPARC Open Access Forum] (SOAF)
** Moderator of the [http://threader.ecs.soton.ac.uk/lists/boaiforum/ BOAI Forum]
** Moderator of the [http://threader.ecs.soton.ac.uk/lists/boaiforum/ BOAI Forum]
** Editorial consultant to [http://noesis.evansville.edu/ Noesis: Philosophical Research Online]
** Editorial consultant to [http://noesis.evansville.edu/ Noesis: Philosophical Research Online]
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* [http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ogK4ZGQAAAAJ&hl=en Google Scholar profile].  
* [http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ogK4ZGQAAAAJ&hl=en Google Scholar profile].  
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* [http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3577-2890 ORCID profile]. My ORCID = 0000-0002-3577-2890.
* [http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3577-2890 ORCID profile]. My ORCID = 0000-0002-3577-2890.
* [http://isni.org/isni/0000000035796302 ISNI profile]. My ISNI ID = 0000 0000 3579 6302.
* [http://isni.org/isni/0000000035796302 ISNI profile]. My ISNI ID = 0000 0000 3579 6302.
* [http://viaf.org/viaf/41863008 VIAF profile]. My VIAF ID = 41863008.
* [http://viaf.org/viaf/41863008 VIAF profile]. My VIAF ID = 41863008.
<!-- * [http://bit.ly/cv-suber-short My curriculum vitae] (abridged and dated). Contact me if you need an unabridged and updated version. -->
* [http://bit.ly/cv-suber-short My curriculum vitae] (abridged and dated). Contact me if you need an unabridged and updated version.
 
* My entire Earlham web site, including my courses, blog archive, and many of my publications, is preserved and annually refreshed at a [http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.ARCH.WAX:9361440 section] within [http://wax.lib.harvard.edu/collections/collection.do?coll=201&lang=eng Harvard's H-Sites]. H-Sites will soon preserve and mirror the [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/hoap wiki] of the [https://cyber.harvard.edu/hoap/Main_Page Harvard Open Access Project] and my [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/~psuber/wiki/ personal wiki] containing this home page.
 
== Social media ==


* My entire Earlham web site, including my courses, blog archive, and many of my publications, is preserved and annually refreshed at a [http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.ARCH.WAX:9361440 section] within [http://wax.lib.harvard.edu/collections/collection.do?coll=201&lang=eng Harvard's H-Sites]. H-Sites will soon preserve and mirror the [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/hoap wiki] of the Harvard Open Access Project and my [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/~psuber/wiki/ personal wiki] containing this home page.
* I tweet as [https://twitter.com/petersuber @petersuber] and blog at Google+ as [https://google.com/+PeterSuber +petersuber].
** I have accounts on Diaspora, LinkedIn, Mastodon, and other social-media platforms, but don't use them. I deleted my Facebook account for reasons like those laid out in this [http://www.businessinsider.com/10-reasons-to-delete-your-facebook-account-2010-5 2010 article].
** Although I'm picky about social-media sites, that doesn't mean that the two I use have my unqualified endorsements. On the contrary, Twitter and Google+ are both deteriorating, and the niche for something better grows larger all the time.
** If you have a serious question for me, please consider a channel that gives me space for a serious answer, like email or Google+, [[Not on Twitter please | not Twitter]].
* Nowadays I post little to social media. But from 2002 from 2010 I blogged intensively at [https://legacy.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/fosblog.html Open Access News] &mdash; roughly 18,000 posts over 8 years, with occasional partners. OAN was my attempt to stay on top of all that was happening with OA, and share what I learned. It was useful while it lasted, but it didn't scale with the growth of OA. I laid it down soon after I launched the crowd-sourced and tag-based [https://cyber.harvard.edu/hoap/Open_Access_Tracking_Project Open Access Tracking Project]. I explained why I was making the transition in a May 2009 [https://dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/4322586 article] in my newsletter. The [https://legacy.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/fosblog.html OAN archive] remains online for searching, with another copy preserved in a [http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.ARCH.WAX:9361440 section] of [http://wax.lib.harvard.edu/collections/collection.do?coll=201&lang=eng Harvard's H-Sites].


== Contacting me ==
== Contacting me ==
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** I no longer use <peters@earlham.edu> or <psuber@law.harvard.edu>. If you have them in your address book, please replace them with one of the above.  
** I no longer use <peters@earlham.edu> or <psuber@law.harvard.edu>. If you have them in your address book, please replace them with one of the above.  


* Email is the best way to reach me. If you don't want to go through the Harvard Office for Scholarly Communication, and want to contact me by phone, fax, snail mail, or some other way, then send me an email and I'll tell you how. If you tweet me a message, I probably won't see it.
* Email is the best way to reach me. If you don't want to go through the Harvard Office for Scholarly Communication, and want to contact me by phone, fax, snail mail, or some other way, then send me an email and I'll tell you how. If you send me a message by social media, I probably won't see it.





Revision as of 10:00, 5 October 2017

This wiki-based home page has been my main home page since June 2013. If I move to another page, I'll say so here and link to the new page.

My work and primary affiliations

  • My primary field is philosophy (Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1978). I'm also a non-practicing lawyer (J.D., Northwestern, 1982).

Writings

 

My latest book is Knowledge Unbound (MIT Press, 2016). It's available in paperback, hardback, and many open-access editions (same text, different file formats).

 

My last book before that is Open Access (MIT Press, 2012). It's available in paperback and many open-access editions (same text, different file formats). I keep it alive with frequent updates and supplements. Choice named Open Access an Outstanding Academic Title for 2013.
  • Nearly all my publications are open access from my section of DASH (the Harvard open-access repository), my Earlham web site, a publisher's site, or some combination of these.
    • One kind of exception is an older, print-only publication for which I don't yet have a digital edition. Over the years I've gradually created digital editions where I didn't have them, and I'm nearly done.
    • Another kind of exception is a work for which I have a digital edition but not permission for open access. The only exception of this kind is The Case of the Speluncean Explorers: Nine New Opinions (Routledge, 1998). I published it before I started thinking hard about OA. I've asked Routledge to make the book OA, but it declined. I'm still willing to do so as soon as Routledge is. If Routledge doesn't make it OA while the book is still in print, then I'll make it OA as soon is it goes out of print and the rights revert to me.

Interests

  • When I was a teaching, publishing philosophy prof (c. 1982-2003), I specialized in Kant and German idealism; the history of modern European philosophy, roughly from Montaigne to Nietzsche; the history of western skepticism from Socrates to the 20th century; epistemological and ethical issues related to skepticism, such as fictionalism, ideology, self-deception, and the ethics of belief; the logical, epistemological, ethical, and legal problems of self-reference; the metatheory of first-order logic; the ethics of paternalism, consent, and coercion; and the philosophy of law. I retain an interest in all these topics, and have since added some new ones: the connections between ancient Greek skepticism and Buddhism (via Pyrrho), the naturalization of ethics, and concepts of randomness.
  • In my post-prof life, my interests center on policies and technologies that foster knowledge, especially those that foster the growth, sharing, use, and usefulness of knowledge. In addition to promoting these policies and technologies, I want to understand how the internet has changed research and education, how it ought to change them, and what it would mean to take full advantage of the internet for research and education.

Other current affiliations

Background and past affiliations

  • In May 2003 I gave up my position as a tenured, full professor of philosophy at Earlham College, where I had taught since 1982. I also taught computer science and law. I left my professorship in order to work full-time on open access to research, which I've done ever since. However, I'm still a research professor at Earlham and still work full-time in the academic universe.

Related pages

Social media

  • I tweet as @petersuber and blog at Google+ as +petersuber.
    • I have accounts on Diaspora, LinkedIn, Mastodon, and other social-media platforms, but don't use them. I deleted my Facebook account for reasons like those laid out in this 2010 article.
    • Although I'm picky about social-media sites, that doesn't mean that the two I use have my unqualified endorsements. On the contrary, Twitter and Google+ are both deteriorating, and the niche for something better grows larger all the time.
    • If you have a serious question for me, please consider a channel that gives me space for a serious answer, like email or Google+, not Twitter.
  • Nowadays I post little to social media. But from 2002 from 2010 I blogged intensively at Open Access News — roughly 18,000 posts over 8 years, with occasional partners. OAN was my attempt to stay on top of all that was happening with OA, and share what I learned. It was useful while it lasted, but it didn't scale with the growth of OA. I laid it down soon after I launched the crowd-sourced and tag-based Open Access Tracking Project. I explained why I was making the transition in a May 2009 article in my newsletter. The OAN archive remains online for searching, with another copy preserved in a section of Harvard's H-Sites.

Contacting me

  • My primary email addresses are peter_suber@harvard.edu and peter.suber@gmail.com.
    • I also use <psuber@cyber.law.harvard.edu>.
    • I no longer use <peters@earlham.edu> or <psuber@law.harvard.edu>. If you have them in your address book, please replace them with one of the above.
  • Email is the best way to reach me. If you don't want to go through the Harvard Office for Scholarly Communication, and want to contact me by phone, fax, snail mail, or some other way, then send me an email and I'll tell you how. If you send me a message by social media, I probably won't see it.


"To have no time for philosophy is to be a true philosopher."

     Pascal, Pensées.
     Trans. A.J. Krailsheimer, Penguin, 1966, §513