January 2009
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Great New On-Line Resource for Philosophers: PhilPapers
The site is here and David Chalmers (ANU) explains it here.
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My legal philosophy blog is slowly coming back to life…
…for those who might be interested.
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Two More Senior Hires for DePaul: Smith from Fordham, Tuerkheimer from Maine
DePaul University has made two more senior hires with tenure: Terry Smith (employment law, voting rights, Critical Race Theory) from Fordham University and Deborah Tuerkheimer (criminal law and procedure, domestic violence) from the University of Maine.
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Statement on Gaza
An orthodox Jewish philosophy professor and a colleague have crafted a fine statement on the Israeli atrocities in Gaza, which I commend to the attention of interested readers. (I learned of it, obviously, from my philosophy colleagues.)
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PGR Update
Most of the 2009 PGR has been delivered to Blackwell. I may continue to post a few excerpts of the results over the next few weeks, until it all appears on-line at the current URL. My sincere thanks to the 300+ philosophers who participated in the surveys and provided their expert input. I am thinking…
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My legal philosophy blog is slowly coming back to life…
…for those who might be interested.
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Two Signs of the Perilous Financial Times
Brandeis University is selling its entire art collection to raise money. And university endowments continue in free fall.
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Two Signs of the Perilous Financial Times
Brandeis University is selling its entire art collection to raise money. And university endowments continue in free fall.
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Philosopher Cheryl Misak Appointed Provost of the University of Toronto
The Toronto press release is here. Professor Misak has also been a longtime member of the Advisory Board of the PGR, and provided invaluable input on many occasions. I'm sure she will be an outstanding Provost.
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Legal Scholars Challenge Obama’s Choice of Cass Sunstein as Regulatory Czar
Several leading scholars of administrative and environmental law have raised questions about Sunstein's views on cost-benefit analysis in connection with his nomination to be "Regulatory Czar" for Obama: their report is here. One of the authors is my former colleague, and one of the nation's leading progressive voices in administrative and environmental law, Thomas O.…
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The Effect of the Financial Crisis on the Elite Law Firms
One story here. How the crisis affects the elite law firms will also have ramifications for how it affects the elite law schools as well, needless to say.
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Biggest Drops in “Overall” Ranking in the New PGR
Those faculties that saw the most dramatic drops in overall rank in the 2009 surveys compared to the fall 2006 surveys were Stanford University, which fell from 6th to 9th; Columbia University from 9th to 13th; University of Texas at Austin, from 13th to 20th; Johns Hopkins University from 35th to 43rd; University of Washington at Seattle from…
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An Important New Ranking…
…of every song by the Beatles. Somebody had time to burn it appears.
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An Important New Ranking…
…of every song by the Beatles. Somebody had time to burn it appears.
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Top Four Faculties “Overall” in Canada
The numbers in parentheses are the mean score, followed by the median. 1. University of Toronto (3.6, 3.5) 2. University of Western Ontario (2.7, 3.0) 3. McGill University (2.5, 2.5) 4. University of British Columbia (2.4, 2.5) No other Canadian faculty scored above 2.1.
This is a load of cobblers. Philosophers need to read more Searle & watch less 2001. Computers, however fancy, are…