April 2005
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Emory Law Dean Arthur Resigns
Story here.
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Philosopher Travis from Northwestern to King’s College, London
Charles Travis (metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of language) at Northwestern University has accepted a chair at King’s College, London to start September 1 (though he will be a visiting professor at Harvard in the fall semester). Together with the recent loss of Tom Ricketts, this is a real setback for Northwestern’s coverage in some of the…
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Leading Philosopher of Mind Cummins from UC Davis to Illinois/Urbana
Robert Cummins, the distinguished philosopher of mind and cognitive science, at the University of California at Davis has accepted a senior offer from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. That’s a big catch for Illinois, which, as we recently noted, has suffered a number of losses lately. Hiring Cummins is very likely to put the…
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Not much new before Monday…
…Hanoch Sheinman, a legal and political philosopher at Rice University, will be here tomorrow for one of our three-hour Law & Philosophy Program workshops, this one devoted to his paper, "Are Tradeoffs Between Justice and Welfare Possible? Calabresi and Dworkin on the Normative Foundations of Law and Economics."
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Did the New Pope Help Bush Win Re-Election Last Year?
This story suggests the possibility. I suppose since the new Pope has morally abhorrent views on a whole range of issues, it would be only fitting…
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David Horowitz’s Gang “Smears the Dead”
Details here; an excerpt: David Horowitz and gang never cease to amaze. From their crackpot intellectualism, to their red baiting antics — it’s clear the folks over at FrontPageMagazine.com are nothing short of fascist. On April 25, Ann Coulter wannabe and FrontPage darling, Debbie Schlussel, had this to say about the death of peace activist…
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More Evidence Regarding the Coming Military Draft
Details here; an excerpt: Several recent reports have documented the depth of the impending crisis, including a detailed analysis of troop strengths by Ann Tyson in the Washington Post. So far, over one million U.S. military personnel have served in Iraq and Afghanistan, with some 341,000 already doing the dreaded double-deployments (and many now entering…
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“Watching America”
This web site translates into English a variety of foreign news sources reporting on events related to the U.S.
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Stanford Making Bids for Philosophers Josh Cohen, Skyrms
Stanford University has made a senior offer to the distinguished political philosopher Joshua Cohen at MIT, which would have him jointly appointed in the Departments of Philosophy and Political Science and in the Law School (which has, historically, been a rather philosophy-unfriendly place, so this is a striking development). In addition, the Philosophy Department at…
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Waldron v. Yoo on Torture
You can watch their debate here. Guess who won?
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Since the U.S. is Now Spreading Democracy at Gunpoint, the U.S. Really Should Attack…
…the U.S. Consider: [T]he two-party Electoral College duopoly [in the U.S.] with its "wealth elections", exclusive control of debates, and ballot access barriers, have effectively stifled competition by third party or independent candidates. Our country is dominated by a two-party elected dictatorship that carves up most districts into one-party monopolies – re-districted either by Republicans…
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Philosopher of Language Ebbs from Illinois/Urbana to Indiana
Gary Ebbs (philosophy of language, history of analytic philosophy, epistemology) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has accepted a senior offer from Indiana University, Bloomington (to start in fall 2006); he is the fourth Illinois professor in recent years to make the move to Bloomington (others are Kate Abramson [early modern], Marcia Baron [ethics,…
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Rallies Across the Country Tomorrow to Protest the Attack on the Judiciary…
…by the fascist theocrats. Details here about the rally in your area (including Austin!).
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Hatefest Against Gays in Texas Legislature Continues
Having already tacked on an amendment to one bill to prevent gays from being foster parents (an amendment, which if enacted, would immediately deprive a couple of thousand children of their current caregivers [that’s what it means to be "pro-family" in Texas]), the anxiety-ridden repressed homosexuals, as well as the random hate-mongers, in the House…
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New Fellows of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences Announced
I’m on the run, but here, briefly, are the results: Newly elected philosophers are Robert Fogelin (emeritus, Dartmouth), Gilbert Harman (Princeton), Charles Larmore (Chicago), Keith Lehrer (emeritus [though still teaching], Arizona), and Peter van Inwagen (Notre Dame). In addition, philosopher Rebecca Goldstein (Trinity College) was elected in recognition of her literary works. Newly elected legal…
There is a lot to reflect on here but, having already commented enough, I won’t. Just one thing on climate…