December 2007
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Secunda from Mississippi to Marquette
Paul Secunda, an expert on employment law who is assistant professor at the University of Mississippi, has accepted a tenured offer from the law school at Marquette University, where he will start in 08-09.
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A Google Curiosity
The top two results for a Google search of "Leiter" are my philosophy blog and this blog. Take that Al Leiter and Felix Leiter!
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The “Best” of 2007
Here’s some of the blog postings from 2007 that still seem to me most interesting (of course, what do I know?). If you missed them the first time, you might enjoy checking them out now (most are by me, but I’ve included a handful by some of the others who occasionally blog here): The…
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Farewell to Hellie and Wilson’s “For the Record” Blog!
Details here. They’ll be missed!
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Law School
For those readers who might be thinking about law school, the other Brian Leiter has everything (or at least a good deal of what) you need to know.
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How is the Eastern APA Going?
The Philosophy Job Market Blog has some funny postings (and be sure to read the comments too, which are often more amusing).
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Are Law Professors Unhappy?
Stephen Bainbridge (UCLA) disputes (convincingly to my mind) that they are. Of course, everyone knows why Professor Bainbridge is happy!
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Remembering Some of the Philosophers Who Died During 2007
These were the memorial notices posted for philosophers who passed away during 2007: J.L. Ackrill John Arthur Antonio Cua Michael Frede Susan Hurley Henry Kyburg, Jr. Peter Lipton Richard Rorty Robert C. Solomon Timothy L.S. Sprigge
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A Dangerous Piece of Legislation
It is the "Prevention of Violent Radicalism and Homegrown Terrorism" act, whose provisions and implications are discussed here. As the author notes: Promoted as a relatively innocuous public safety measure, the bill directs money to the Department of Homeland Security for research on homegrown terrorist-Americans in our midst. While this may seem to make sense,…
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“Santa Claus Comes to Wall Street”
Both funny and incisive.
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Texas to Consider Licenscing Creationist Institute to Grant Degrees to Science Teachers!
Story here. Hopefully, the state agency will reject the bid by the crackpots to "train" teachers. (To get a flavor for how far out this particular group of creationist conmen are, take a look at their FAQ page.)
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Lipkin on Edwards and “class war”
Robert Lipkin (Widener) has an interesting statement about John Edwards’s Presidential candidacy.
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“How the APA Stole Christmas”
Here, courtesy of bioethicist Carl Elliott at Minnesota.
I first met Tom around 2002. I was a graduate student in Philosophy at UVA and dating someone who was…