News and views about philosophy, the academic profession, academic freedom, intellectual culture, and other topics. The world’s most popular philosophy blog, since 2003.
My general rule is that any book involving extensive mathematical or logical notation should be read in hard copy. Digital…
I’ve had to deal with a few of these HTML e-books from OUP. Aside from the usual annoyances, I have…
Just to share a personal observation on the state of academic freedom in mainland China: I spent seven years in…
(Not an academic, but I read a lot of PDFs of current philosophy publications). Besides the big-picture concerns (like undermining…
I’ve nothing to add except to reaffirm that Volker is right. It’s a mess, and likely to get messier. What…
Despite the inconvenience, this makes a lot of sense to me. Thousands of recently published philosophy books can be found…
Rich Hynes (bankruptcy, corporate law, contracts), Associate Professor of Law at the College of William & Mary, has accepted an offer from the law school at the University of Virginia.
Hynes from William Mary to Virginina
Why not publish open access? Are university presses such an important tool to generate money?