May 2009
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Fitting Company for Michael Savage
Michael Savage, a not-so-crypto fascist and racist talk show host in the US, has been put into some appropriate company, thanks to the British Government. Of course, it will just have the perverse effect of gaining him more attention in the U.S.
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So who should President Obama Pick to Replace Justice Souter?
With nearly 470 votes from readers of this blog, the results are in: 1. Elena Kagan (Condorcet winner: wins contests with all other choices) 2. Sonia Sotomayor loses to Elena Kagan by 187–143 3. Diane Wood loses to Elena Kagan by 189–159, loses to Sonia Sotomayor by 170–161 4. Kathleen Sullivan loses to Elena Kagan by 224–104, loses to…
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New On-Line Resource: Philosopher’s Digest
Here, featuring short accoutns of the arguments of recent journal articles.
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Karlan for the Supreme Court
Bill Stuntz (Harvard) makes the case. Unfortunately, I fear that President Obama does not, in fact, want a "Scalia of the left." Alas.
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You knew it was coming: who were the most important philosophers of the pre-modern era?
The poll is here; 37 choices from the Renaissance back to antiquity, with a no doubt inadequate sampling of non-Western figures, but there are some. The "top 20" choices will be bolded in the results. UPDATE: Several readers have already flagged some ambiguities and misspellings. "Zeno" is the Zeno of Elea, of paradoxes fame. And…
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Girona, May 2010
It's the place to be for legal philosophers.
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The 20 “Most Important” Philosophers of the Modern Era
At last we know the truth, thanks to input from nearly 750 readers: 1. Immanuel Kant (Condorcet winner: wins contests with all other choices) 2. David Hume loses to Immanuel Kant by 409–209 3. Rene Descartes loses to Immanuel Kant by 474–138, loses to David Hume by 351–242 4. Ludwig Wittgenstein loses to Immanuel Kant by 497–123, loses to…
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Mann from Columbia Back to Texas
Ronald J. Mann, one of the leading scholars in commercial law of his generation, at Columbia Law School has accepted a senior offer to return to the law faculty at the University of Texas at Austin, where he taught prior to moving to Columbia. (Mann may not return full-time until 2010-11.) That's a big coup…
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Girona, May 2010
It's the place to be for legal philosophers. Girona is lovely, the food is great, and Bulygin, Guastini, Shapiro, and Waluchow will be worth the price of admission! Some of the others are OK too!
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Otsuka Turns Down Pittsburgh, To Remain at UCL
Michael Otsuka (political philosophy), Professor of Philosophy at University College London, has turned down the senior offer from the Department of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh.
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Siewert from UC Riverside to Rice
Charles Siewert (philosophy of mind), Professor of Philosophy at the University of California at Riverside, has accepted a chair in philosophy at Rice University, where he will start in July 2010.
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Who Should Replace Justice Souter on the U.S. Supreme Court?
I have it on good authority that President Obama's advisors will be watching the results of this poll carefully. I have listed all the obvious choices, plus some dark horse candidates.
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Happy May Day…
…from the Virtual Stoa. UPDATE: On the history of the song (thanks to Jerry Dworkin for the pointer).
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Chicago’s Nussbaum Wins Phillips Prize for Lifetime Achievement in Jurisprudence from the American Philosophical Society
The Chicago press release is here and a list of past winners is here.
Don’t click the transcript – it’s a mis-transcription that makes Harvey sound unhinged. The bit of it that’s visible without…