January 2006
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UK RAE Panel Members Announced (Edmundson)
The criteria for RAE 2008 for philosophy, just announced, are here and here .Philosophy panel members are: Antony Duff, Stirling (Chair)Alexander Bird, BristolRuth Chadwick, LancasterRoger Crisp, OxfordJonathan Dancy, ReadingNicholas Davey, DundeeKatherine Hawley, St. AndrewsJoanna Hodge, Manchester MetropolitanChristopher Hookaway, SheffieldStephen Houlgate, WarwickPeter Lamarque, YorkRobin Le Poidevin, LeedsJonathan Lowe, DurhamMike Martin, University College LondonSuzanne Stern-Gillet, BoltonAlan Weir,…
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An Antidote to Bush’s “State of the Union Address” (Leiter)
Gore Vidal is a lot closer to the mark as to the state of this union: While contemplating the ill-starred presidency of G.W. Bush, I looked about for some sort of divine analogy. As usual, when in need of enlightenment, I fell upon the Holy Bible, authorized King James version of 1611; turning by chance…
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Electronic Frontier Foundation to sue AT&T … (Hellie)
For conspiring with the NSA to violate its privacy contracts with its customers: The government requires the collaboration of major telecommunications companies to implement its unprecedented and illegal domestic spying program. AT&T Corp. (which was recently acquired by the new AT&T, Inc,. formerly known as SBC Communications) maintains domestic telecommunications facilities over which millions of…
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International Law Scholar Spiro from Georgia to Temple
Peter Spiro (international law, foreign affairs law, immigration law), who moved from Hofstra to a chaired position in the law school at the University of Georgia in 2004, has now accepted a Chair in the law school at Temple University. That’s the second high-profile chaired appointment for Temple recently; last year, Temple recruited law and…
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Princeton makes bid for Mark Richard
The Department of Philosophy at Princeton has voted out an offer to the eminent philosopher of language Mark Richard (PhD, University of Massachusetts at Amherst). In addition to numerous distinguished and creative contributions to the philosophy of language and related areas, Prof. Richard has helped train a series of outstanding young philosophers at the masters…
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Is the AAUP Considering Endorsing an Academic Boycott of Israel? (Leiter)
Possibly. Let us hope they learn from the British experience with this stupid idea, one antithetical to the ideals of academic freedom and scholarly discourse.
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Philosopher of Biology Godfrey-Smith Full-Time to Harvard
Peter Godfrey-Smith (philosophy of biology, philosophy of science, philosophy of mind), who had been half-time at Harvard and half-time at the Australian National University the last couple of years, is now moving full-time to the Department of Philosophy at Harvard University. (He may still spend some time during Northern summers in Canberra, though will no…
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The Southern Strategy (Hellie)
Psychologists defend correlation between racism and voting Republican (big surprise). Another study presented at the conference, which was in Palm Springs, Calif., explored relationships between racial bias and political affiliation by analyzing self-reported beliefs, voting patterns and the results of psychological tests that measure implicit attitudes — subtle stereotypes people hold about various groups. {…}…
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Hollow Force? (Edmundson)
Shortfalls in U.S. armed forces recruiting have been widely publicized; but the Pentagon has recently pointed to improving re-enlistment numbers. A puzzle: fewer want to join, but fewer want to leave. Today, the Los Angeles Times (Jan. 30) reports–in "Army’s Rising Promotion Rate Called Ominous"– that Rumsfeld has resorted to what amounts to "social promotion"…
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Brian Leiter T-Shirt
Remarks by Jennifer Mnookin (UCLA) led me to think some law readers might also find this amusing.
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The Ominous Signs on Iran (Leiter)
The war clouds gather again; quoth Senator McCain (who represents the non-sociopathic wing of the Republican Party these days): "There’s only one thing worse than the United States exercising the military option," Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona, said, "and that is Iran having nuclear weapons." I do not know what moral or amoral calculus…
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“Secretly Reads Brian Leiter” (Leiter)
T-shirts here. A couple of folks have pointed this out to me recently, so I should note, publically, that I know about it, and I even get some modest payment per shirt sold. That being said, I don’t own one myself, and can’t vouch for their quality or long-term value. It’s the product of a…
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Italian Priest May Face Trial for Asserting the Existence of Jesus (Leiter)
Curious story: An Italian judge heard arguments Friday on whether a small-town parish priest should stand trial for asserting that Jesus Christ existed. The priest’s atheist accuser, Luigi Cascioli, says the Roman Catholic Church has been deceiving people for 2,000 years with a fable that Christ existed, and that the Rev. Enrico Righi violated two…
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Kripke Profiled in the NY Times (Leiter)
Amusing story here. (I’m told you can also get the story here without registering.)
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Minnesota Hirings and Retentions
The University of Minnesota Law School has made two lateral tenure-track hires recently: Alexandra Klass (environmental law, property) from William Mitchell College of Law, and Heidi Kitrosser (constitutional law, esp. First Amendment) from Brooklyn Law School. In addition, Minnesota has retained intellectual property law scholar Dan Burk in the face of an offer from Cornell…
I wonder how feasible and time-intensive it would be to make it a standard policy check for undisclosed AI usage.…