August 2008
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Which Specialties are in Demand on the Teaching Market?
A law professor writes: I am a regular and enthusiastic reader of your blog. One topic I would welcome your addressing at some point, if you have the opportunity, is the relative demand for various specialties on the academic job market. My sense is that quite a few promising students and recent graduates have multiple…
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Woozley Memorial Updates
Here. UPDATE: There will be a Memorial Service for Tony Woozley on Sunday the 7th of September, at 2 PM in the Caplin Pavilion of the University of Virginia School of Law. You are cordially invited to join his friends, colleagues and relatives in remembering Tony and celebrating his life. There will also be some…
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Harvard and Stanford’s Teaching Candidates in 1997–Some Perspective on the Law School Teaching Market
Cleaning up my old office in Texas, I came upon the September 1997 "Teaching Candidates Resume Book" from Harvard Law School (I was Chair of appointments at Texas in 97-98). There were 56 candidates, of whom I recognize a little more than a half-dozen names as "established" academics more than a decade later. That…
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The Philosophical Lexicon: quaint diversion or instrument of hegemony? (Hellie)
The 2008 update of the Philosopher’s Lexicon is a bit exasperating. A preliminary concern is that the treatment of continental figures continues to be shabby — contemptuous and dismissive. Perhaps a bit more distressing is the PL’s continued heavy slant toward a certain generation of philosophers. It’s hard to find a philosopher on the list…
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Loeb v. Railton on Moral Realism
I haven’t had a chance to watch it yet, but knowing both debaters, I’m sure this will be a good one.
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Law Faculties with Most Scholarly Impact, 2008-09
MOVING TO FRONT FROM JULY 31: Just to be clear, this ‘update’ did not do new citation counts, but used the citation data from July 2007, but adjusted the results to reflect faculty moves in the interim (plus eliminating the untenured faculty, which was the single most frequent criticism of the earlier approach). I hope…
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Sarkar Has ID Apologist Steve Fuller for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
Here. From Professor Sarkar’s generous conclusion: [T]he lack of depth or insight in this book is more than compensated by the entertainment it provides, at least to a philosopher or historian of science. No one should begrudge us our simple pleasures. I’m happy to have read this book, and even more so not to have…
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Hunter from Brooklyn to Georgetown
Nan Hunter (health law, civil rights) at Brooklyn Law School has accepted a senior offer from Georgetown University.
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Where are the Assistant Professors of 1996-97?
MOVING TO THE FRONT FROM JULY 29, SINCE THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS. Cleaning up my office, I came across faculty lists for the top ten-ish departments of 1996-97. I thought it might be interesting to look at where those on tenure-track that year at the top departments are twelve years later. Please…
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Albert v. Carroll on Philosophical Issues in Quantum Mechanics
David Albert (Philosophy, Columbia) and Sean Carroll (Physics, Cal Tech) discuss the issues.
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A Testimony to the Power of Philosophy
Here: "Philosophy taught me that logic makes equals of us all." (Thanks to Bernard Kobes for the pointer.)
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The Philosophical Lexicon is Back!
And updated for 2008.
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Philosophy of Time
The blog.
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Goldberg from Vanderbilt to Harvard
John C.P. Goldberg at Vanderbilt, who has been a leading writer on tort theory over the last dozen-or-so years, has accepted a tenured offer from Harvard Law School.
I’m not sure whether an interactive, online logic textbook counts as an open-access philosophy book, but for those who might…