May 2006
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Rorty on Naturalism and Quietism (Leiter)
This interesting essay by Richard Rorty on "Naturalism and Quietism" (in another format here)–which is, in effect, an extended set of reflections inspired by two collections of essays, mine on The Future for Philosophy (OUP, 2004) and DeCaro’s and Macarthur’s on Naturalism in Question (HUP, 2004)–presents, I thought, a nice opportunity to assess some themes…
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More Scrutiny of the U.S. News Rankings…
…courtesy of Tom Bell (Chapman): here and here. UPDATE: And one more!
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Media bias against progressives (Wilson)
You knew it was bad, but did you know it was this bad?
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Treatment of Philosophy in Planned National Research Council Rankings (Leiter)
Ned Block (NYU) alerts me to the fact that the new National Research Council study of graduate programs (the last one came out in 1995) proposes to divide Philosophy into the following subfields for evaluation purposes: Continental Philosophy Epistemology Esthetics Ethics and Political Philosophy Feminist Philosophy History of Philosophy Logic and foundations of mathematics Metaphysics…
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Reginster on Nietzsche (Leiter)
I want to commend to the attention of those interested in Nietzsche a new book by Bernard Reginster on The Affirmation of Life: Nietzsche on Overcoming Nihilism (Harvard University Press, 2006), which I had the privilege of reading for the press some time ago. This is certainly a book that all students and scholars of…
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Jeff Goldstein, “the third stupidest guy on the planet” (Leiter)
So says Atrios, and this philosophy student has some fun making the case: "I get off on seeing people with absolutely no training in linguistics or analytic philosophy of language bloviate about meaning." His post-mortem reflections on this little "blog war" are also amusing.
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Are You a “Problem” Researcher? (Leiter)
The political philosopher Jonathan Wolff at University College London, who is also a monthly columnist for The Guardian, sets out the warning signs!
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New Study of Placement in Law Teaching
This newest study looked at which schools were most successful at placing their graduates in the "best" law teaching jobs. The results are not significantly different from the results based on aggregating Larry Solum’s data on all placements, though there are some clearer lines to be drawn.
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New Paper: “Why Tolerate Religion?” (Leiter)
MOVING TO THE FRONT FROM FRIDAY, MAY 26, since that was the start of a holiday weekend in the US (I appreciate the strong interest and comments already received). ======================= A working draft of this essay of mine–reworked a fair bit from the version I gave as the ‘Or ‘Emet Lecture at York University in…
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No College Dropout Left Behind (Leiter)
From The Harvard Crimson: A 26-year-old college dropout who carries President Bush’s breath mints and makes him peanut butter-and-jelly sandwiches will follow in his boss’s footsteps this fall when he enrolls at Harvard Business School (HBS). Though it is rare for HBS—or any other professional or graduate school—to admit a student who does not have…
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Chappell from Dundee to Open U
Timothy Chappell (ancient and medieval philosophy, ethics, philosophy of action), previously Reader in Philosophy at Dundee University in Scotland, has accepted appointment as Professor of Philosophy at The Open University in Milton Keynes.
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Yale Poli Sci Prof Denied Book Award After Allegations of “Threatening” Grad Students Involved in Unionization Efforts (Leiter)
Curious story here (this is subscription-access only for the Chronicle of Higher Ed); an excerpt: Two Yale University professors, Ian Shapiro and Michael J. Graetz [in the Law School], expected to receive a 2006 Sidney Hillman Award on Tuesday at a ceremony in New York City. Instead, they got phone calls on Tuesday morning telling…
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“Chuck Norris Secretly Reads Brian Leiter” (Leiter)
Who knew? But does he have the T-shirt? UPDATE: More on the T-shirts and their origin here.
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Memorial for Peter Strawson
Galen Strawson asked that I pass this information on to readers: A memorial for Sir Peter Strawson will take place on Saturday 8th July 2006, at 2pm in the Auditorium at Magdalen College Oxford. All those who wish to attend will be very welcome.
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Robinson Turns Down Davis, To Stay at Cincinnati
Jenefer Robinson, a leading figure in aesthetics and philosophy of the emotions at the University of Cincinnati, has turned down a senior offer from the University of California at Davis.
Dear Roger of Invisible America, Your remarks towards the end of this comment about Nat Goldhaber (I’ve got a friend…