Hello,

The Rebus Community is looking for contributors to a new open textbook on Introduction to Philosophy.

The book is targeted at 100-level college courses, and is being put together by Christina Hendricks of the University of British Columbia, with the support of The Rebus Community, a non-profit initiative, developing new collaborative models for publishing free/open textbooks and other academic works.

We are seeking faculty interested in contributing to the book. Particularly, we are looking for:

1. Chapter authors for the following areas:

   1. Ethics
      

   2. Aesthetics
      

   3. Logic
      

   4. Social and Political Philosophy
      

   5. Metaphysics
      

   6. Philosophy of Religion
      

   7. Philosophy of Mind
      

We are looking for people with a PhD in philosophy, ideally with teaching experience at the first-year level. PhD students in philosophy may also be considered as authors, or can contribute in other ways to the book.

Interested faculty or PhD students can sign-up using the links above. Each chapter will be around 3000 words. Alternatively, if you would like to write about a section that is not listed, we can discuss the possibility of additions.

You can find more information about the project here: https://forum.rebus.community/topic/204/project-summary

The Rebus Community is looking for forward-thinking academics, students, and citizens to come help us reimagine publishing and its impacts on education.

We are currently working towards releasing the first few parts of the textbook, which will cover core concepts in Western philosophy and other traditions, with faculty joining us from institutions across North America, Africa, and Europe. The book will be freely available to students and faculty and openly licensed to enable reuse.

Please contact Zoe Wake Hyde or Apurva Ashok if you have any questions about this project or the Rebus Community. Alternatively, you can contact the general editor for the book Christina Hendricks: christina.hendricks@ubc.ca.