December 2007
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Ubermunsch Snacks!
Something to snack on while watching the Kant attack ad.
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In Memoriam: Peter Lipton (1954-2007)
MOVING TO FRONT FROM NOV. 26–SEE TODAY’S UPDATE Peter Lipton, the well-known philosopher of science at Cambridge University, died suddenly yesterday of natural causes. There is a brief announcement at the Cambridge HPS page. I will add a link to a memorial notice when one is available. UPDATE: An initial memorial notice from Cambridge University…
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Ferejohn from Stanford Poli Sci to NYU (Law & Politics)
John Ferejohn, professor of political science at Stanford University and a regular half-time visitor at New York University for many years, will move full-time to NYU starting in 2009-10, where he will hold appointments in the Law School and the Department of Politics. Ferejohn is a leading scholar in the areas of positive political theory…
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Think of the Search for a Job as a “Marathon,” Not a “Sprint”
Some useful advice for job seekers posted here.
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$25 Million Gift to the Law School at Indiana/Bloomington!
Press release here.
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Freeman’s Rawls Favorably Reviewed…
…on a blog, but by someone who actually knows something, the political philosopher Harry Brighouse (Wisconsin). Rawls was one of three titles published this past year in the Routledge Philosophers series I edit: the others were the volumes on Aristotle by Christopher Shields (Oxford) and Husserl by David Woodruff Smith (UC Irvine). Coming in 2008…
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Where Tenure-Track Faculty at the Top 20 U.S. Departments, 2007-08, Earned Their PhDs
REVISED once more (evening 12/13) Here is where the current tenure-track faculty (pre-tenure decision) at the PGR top 20 departments (based on the fall 2006 surveys) earned their PhD (or DPhil) (this list includes only those who earned the degree from a philosophy or HPS faculty and whose tenure home is in the top 20…
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Longuenesse on “Analytic” and “Continental” Philosophy
From an interview conducted by Stanford faculty and students with Beatrice Longuenesse, the scholar of Kant and German Idealism, who now teaches at NYU: I have never been all that convinced by the so-called division between “two” traditions. As a student, one of my first ground-breaking experiences was reading Kant and becoming interested in Kant’s…
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Some Originalism about Religion: A Lesson for Mitt Romney (and others)
From Geof Stone (Chicago).
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In Memoriam: Stanton Wheeler (1930-2007)
The Yale Law School memorial notice is here.
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WTO Director Recommends Marx to Understand Contemporary Capitalism
Curious story here. It seems to me a more robust defense of Marx could, in fact, be given on this score.
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Advice about Submitting Manuscripts to Publishers
A philosopher writes: I noticed that an old thread about editorial practices of philosophy journals (delay, etc.) is generating new interests. I was wondering if you would consider creating a similar thread on editorial practices of philosophy book publishers. I am a young philosopher who recently sent a manuscript to an important press and who…
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Ham for Hanukkah?
This isn’t specifically legal humor, but it is still pretty funny. You would think a store in Manhattan, of all places, might have been a bit more attuned to, shall we say, "local" customs!
I only just learned of Barry’s passing, and I’m enormously saddened at the news. I wrote my PhD on his…