February 2005
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Ted Honderich, Persona Non Grata
Ted Honderich, now emeritus at University College London, is best-known to philosophers for his work on free will and determinism. More recently, his views on the moral right of Palestinians to utilize terrorism against Israel have attracted considerable attention and controversy. Professor Honderich here describes a curious series of events involving conference invitations that were…
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New Legal Ethics Blog
Here, featuring my colleague John Dzienkowski, as well as Cornell’s Brad Wendel, and attorney John Steele (who also lectures part-time at Boalt).
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Philosophy Grad Student Seeking Advice: How Important is a “Continuous” CV?
A grad student writes with a question that probably affects other as well; here is her question (I’ve removed personal details): From what you know about the philosophy job market, how important is it to have a continuous CV? If I am aiming at a tenure-track research position am I shooting myself in the leg…
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A Sharp Response to Ward Churchill…
which calls him and his critics and Bush & his bestiary of madmen on their shared moral depravity. An excerpt: Mr. Churchill, what I want you to see is the human face behind the rhetoric. Human beings are not symbols, and your essay’s dehumanization of the victims of 9/11 reduces them to mere symbols —…
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Northwestern Law School Not Accessible to the Disabled
My colleague Frank Cross, who visited at Northwestern in the fall, tells me that "some classrooms, a suite of faculty offices (among the best ones, too) and the building cafeteria are inaccessible. And even the accessible parts are served by only a single elevator." This is rather surprising, especially for a wealthy institution like Northwestern…
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Transcript of Larry Summers’s Speech on Dearth of Senior Women in the Sciences
Here. An excerpt: So my best guess, to provoke you, of what’s behind [this dearth of women in the sciences] is that the largest phenomenon, by far, is the general clash between people’s legitimate family desires and employers’ current desire for high power and high intensity, that in the special case of science and engineering,…
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Pacific APA Papers On-Line
Here. Not all of them, but many. (Thanks to Brian Weatherson for the pointer.)
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The Right-Wing Media, Again
Apt comments here.
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Philosopher of Biology Ariew from Rhode Island to Missouri
Andre Ariew (philosophy of biology) at the University of Rhode Island has accepted a senior offer from the Department of Philosophy at the University of Missouri, Columbia, to start in 2006. This is the latest in a string of senior and junior appointments for the Missouri department, which seems likely to crack the US "top…
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Twerski to be new Hofstra Law Dean
Aaron Twerski, a leading authority on torts and products liability at Brooklyn Law School, will be the new Dean of Hofstra University’s law school on Long Island (where Twerski taught in the 1970s and 80s, before moving to Brooklyn).
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Nietzsche, Montaigne, and Ancient Skepticism
I was pleased to discover that this first-rate, and groundbreaking, article by a former student, on the influence of ancient skepticism on Nietzsche via Montaigne, is now available on-line via Muse; it has recently appeared in the Journal of the History of Ideas. Anyone working on Nietzsche should read it.
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‘Tis the Season for Philosophy Offers: A Roundup
Louise Antony (philosophy of language, mind, and cognitive science; feminist philosophy) and Joseph Levine (philosophy of mind), both Professors at Ohio State University, have been voted senior offers by the Philosophy Departments at the University of Arizona and the University of Massachussetts at Amherst. Matti Eklund (metaphysics, philosophy of language and logic), currently an Assistant…
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Roscoe Pound, Plagiarist?
Several months back, the Harvard Law School was racked with faculty plagiarism scandals. Roscoe Pound was, of course, one of the great figures in the history of Harvard Law School, and a major influence in American legal education and scholarship. But now Professor Brian Tamanaha (Law, St. John’s) writes: I recently read Roscoe Pound’s book,…
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“Fascists in the making”
Pharyngula writes: The right wingers are insane. First Glenn Reynolds solemnly equates leftists with Islamofascists, then the loons at PowerLine accuse Carter of treason. Where they aren’t slandering, they’re lying: Brit Hume distorts Roosevelt’s words on Social Security to imply the exact opposite of what FDR intended. Now take a look at what Michael Bérubé…
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Harvard Faculty Uprising Against Larry Summers?
Story here; an excerpt: University President Lawrence H. Summers will now face a battle to keep command of the Faculty—if not his presidency—after professors assailed him at yesterday’s Faculty meeting for intimidating colleagues, tarnishing the Harvard name, and abusing his power. Over 250 faculty members crowded University Hall for the meeting, many of them forced…
I respond to this report here https://jasonstanleyantifascist.substack.com/p/on-the-philosophical-muddle-that