May 2009
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This is just beyond alief!
Philosopher Gendler v. psychologist Bloom.
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Advertising Opportunities on This Blog and the Law School Ranking Site Starting in June
Beginning June 1, this blog, and the law school ranking site, will have advertising spots available. (I will be running them independently of Blog Emperor Caron, with whom I've enjoyed working these past several years, but the changing economics of the blogosphere necessitated going my own way. Aspen will be running regular ads on both…
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Bone from BU to Texas
Robert G. Bone, a leading scholar in both the civil procedure and intellectual property fields at Boston University, has accepted a senior offer from the law school at the University of Texas at Austin, where he will start in 2010 (perhaps as soon as January).
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Sorry about the light posting…
…but there's a lot going on, including preparing for this excellent event at Riverside. A bit more next week I expect….
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A Few Thoughts on Judge Sotomayor (Obama’s Pick for the US Supreme Court)
Here, for those who might be interested.
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And Now for Something Completely Different: Some Philosophically Nuanced Work in the NY Times!
Robin Jeshion (UC Riverside) writes: You often cite newspaper articles that are philosophically uninformed or dimwitted. Here's one that is terrific — sort of a mix of up-to-the-minute relevant Heidegger and a bit of Marx, with no jargon at all, and its well- written and extremely thought-provoking. Perhaps you'll find it as engaging as I…
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The Much More Interesting Line from Judge Sotomayor’s Berkeley La Raza Law Journal article
Earlier today, Jess Bravin, the Wall Street Journal Supreme Court reporter, asked me to look at the piece, which I did, and it seems to me the line that is getting most of the attention from easily excitable white male conservatives–"I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more…
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Vanderbilt’s Chris Guthrie Named Dean
No press release yet, but I was forwarded the e-mail announcement. That was certainly quick, and may set a world's record for selecting a new Dean!
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Epistemology Comes to Bloggingheads TV…
…with Littlejohn (UT San Antonio) and Comesana (Wisconsin, en route to Arizona).
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In Memoriam: John Cribbett (1918-2009)
The well-known property scholar was also a longtime Dean and Chancellor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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Foreclosure Defense Fellowships at Miami
An interesting idea.
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John Perry (Stanford & UC Riverside) Interviewed
Here. (Thanks to Varol Akman for the pointer.) UPDATE: And Jeremy Waldron too!
This is a load of cobblers. Philosophers need to read more Searle & watch less 2001. Computers, however fancy, are…