January 2008
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Law Dragon Magazine Names 9 Law Profs Among the Nation’s “500 Leading Lawyers”
Complete lists here, including a description of what may be loosely described as the "methodology." Those recognized this year: Lucian Bebchuk (Harvard), Jack Goldsmith (Harvard), Neal Katyal (Georgetown), Kenneth Klee (UCLA), Harold Koh (Yale), Mark Lemley (Stanford), Geoffrey Stone (Chicago), Jonathan Turley (George Washington), and Elizabeth Warren (Harvard). Judge Richard Posner, who still teaches part-time…
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Philosopher Hendricks Receives Leading Research Excellence Prize in Denmark
Vincent Hendricks, Professor of Formal Philosophy at Roskilde University, Denmark and the Editor of Synthese, has received the "Elite Research Prize" from the Danish Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation and the Crown Princess of Denmark. The prize (valued roughly at US $200,000) is Denmark’s largest and most prestigious prize, awarded annually to "the most…
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New Chinese Philosophy Blog
Here, courtesy of my old friend Manyul Im, a well-known specialist in Chinese philosophy, now teaching at Fairfield University.
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Misleading or Informing with Data about Graduates in Law Teaching?
We noticed a couple of weeks ago Michigan’s surprising claims about alumni in law teaching, and now another reader has pointed out this from Columbia Law School: Columbia Law School ranks third among law schools in the number of it’s [sic] J.D. alumni in teaching positions at American law schools. This is particularly striking, since…
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Supreme Court in Need of Philosophy of Language Class (J Stanley)
Apparently, a good paper on the phenomenon of quantifier domain restriction might be helpful for the Supreme Court.
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Publishing Advice for Graduate Students
Thom Brooks (Newcastle) has produced an updated version of his helpful guide, which we discussed last year (and Professor Brooks acknowledges the help he got from this feedback in the new version). You can discuss the new version with him at his blog.
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“Secular Philosophy”…
…is a new web site, featuring Daniel Dennett (Tufts) and Colin McGinn (Miami), among others, which also includes audio interviews that can be downloaded. In the interview with Professor McGinn, he expresses the view that there are fewer and fewer "Christian philosophers," and that "Christian philosophy" is not a growth movement. I actually think this…
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So How Does NYU Recruit Hard-to-Get Faculty (esp. from a certain school in Morningside Heights)?
Here’s how: Columbia University, in a never-ending search for a larger campus, has long had an outpost for faculty housing at 455 Central Park West — 53 apartments in an 26-story tower attached to the French Renaissance chateau at West 106th Street. So it was something of a surprise when a foundation associated with New…
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Initial Set of Finalists for University of Washington Dean Search Announced
Here; they are Mary Anne Bobinski, currently Dean of the law faculty at the University of British Columbia; Gregory Hicks, currently Interim Dean at Washington; Steven Willborn, currently Dean of the Law School at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln; and Lawrence Zelenak, a law professor and tax scholar at Duke. It’s fair to say…
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Tom Smith’s Lovable, Smelly Dog
Law professor Tom Smith (San Diego) really must be the funniest blogger in legal academia.
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The Best Philosophy Papers of 2007?
Via Keith DeRose (Yale), I see that the Philosophers’ Annual is coming back to life, and so will try to pick some of the best philosophy papers of 2007. Their process is a bit opaque (but their track record is pretty good), but I believe that members of the editorial board nominate papers, and then…
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Obama’s “Endorsement” of Ronald Reagan
Robert Lipkin (Widener) comments.
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The Democratic Contest…as Seen from Britain
This is more illuminating and direct than anything I’ve seen in the U.S. media of late. It gives a good sense of some of the ugliness to come, and confirms some of my earlier comments. The quotes from voters in South Carolina are priceless. First, the elderly racist:
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Calhoun from Colby to Arizona State
Cheshire Calhoun (ethics, philosophy of the emotions, feminist philosophy, philosophical issues related to sexuality), previously at Colby College, has accepted a senior offer from the Department of Philosophy at Arizona State University, effective January 2008.
I only just learned of Barry’s passing, and I’m enormously saddened at the news. I wrote my PhD on his…