August 2008
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“The State of the Vocation”
The Philosopher’s Magazine asked me awhile back to write an essay for their 10th anniversary issue reflecting on the state of the discipline in light of the passing of so many of the ‘greats’ of post WWII philosophy during the last decade. That essay, "The State of the Vocation," is now finally on-line.
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Visiting Professors at the Very Top Law Schools, 2008-09
MOVING TO FRONT FROM JULY 17, FOR THOSE WHO MAY HAVE MISSED IT DURING THE SUMMER As I did last year, I’m posting a list of the visiting professors (who hold university appointments elsewhere) at the top six law schools, the schools that are "top six" by almost all measures of faculty quality–which are also…
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Bainbridge Skewers the So-Called “Socratic Method”
Rightly so, of course!
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Why So Few Female Authors in the Top Law Reviews?
Minna Kotkin (Brooklyn) documents the phenomenon here and canvasses a variety of possible explanations.
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L.A. Paul, the political blogosphere’s favorite…
…"trained professional mereologist." Will Senator McCain retain her services, I wonder? Or is she really a charter member of "Mereologists for Obama"? (Thanks to Tad Brennan for the pointer.)
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Adelman from Arizona to Texas
David Adelman, Associate Profesor of Law at the University of Arizona and a leading young scholar working on issues at the intersection of environmental law, law and science, and patents, has accepted a tenured offer from the University of Texas at Austin, where he will join the faculty in fall 2009.
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The Differences Between “Liberals” and “Conservatives”
Psychologist Jonathan Haidt (University of Virginia) and experimental philosopher Joshua Knobe (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) discuss the topic here.
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Programs Discouraging Graduates From Applying to Non-Research Institutions?
A philosopher at a selective liberal arts college writes: I am a tenure-track faculty member in a relatively small philosophy department (4-6 tenure lines) at a highly selective college on the East Coast. Given that our department is so small, in the past 4 years I have had the pleasure of serving on 3 searches…
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The Differences Between “Liberals” and “Conservatives”
Psychologist Jonathan Haidt (University of Virginia) and experimental philosopher Joshua Knobe (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) discuss the topic here.
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Philosopher’s Annual 2007 Winners
The Philosopher’s Annual has come back to life and announced its selections for the "ten best" papers published in 2007. They are: Adam Elga (Princeton University), "Reflection and Disagreement," Nous 41 (2007), 478-502. Justin C. Fisher (University of British Columbia), "Why Nothing Mental is Just in the Head," Nous 41 (2007), 318-334. Michael N. Forster…
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Oxford DPhil in Philosophy of Language Wins Olympic Silver in Rowing!
Story here and here. (Thanks to Jessica Wilson for the pointer.)
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UVA’s Walt to Take Up Half-Time Post at Ohio State
Steven Walt (commercial law, jurisprudence) at the University of Virginia has accepted a half-time post at the Moritz College of Law at Ohio State University, where he will teach each fall semester. That’s a nice pick-up for OSU!
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A Map of PhD Programs in Philosophy in the U.S.
Thanks to Marijo Cook, a student at LSU, for this neat map showing the location of most of the PhD programs in philosophy in the U.S. This is likely to be especially useful for those with real geographic constraints on where they attend grad school.
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PGR Update
The complications of moving and settling the family in a new place mean that there isn’t going to be a new PGR this fall, and it may not appear until fall 2009. I will post in September a very detailed update on faculty changes since the fall 2006 surveys, which should help prospective students use…
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