July 2009
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10 Notable Philosophy Blogs
Blogs.com, run by Typepad, runs "top ten blog" lists, and they asked me to do one for philosophy (and to include my own philosophy blog). Here it is. Obviously there are more than ten philosophy blogs worth recommending, but ten was my limit. (Dave Chalmers maintains a huge list of philosophy-related blogs.) Some readers here may enjoy some…
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10 Notable Philosophy Blogs
Blogs.com, run by Typepad, runs "top ten blog" lists, and they asked me to do one for philosophy (and to include this blog). Here it is. Obviously there are more than ten philosophy blogs worth recommending, but ten was my limit. (Dave Chalmers maintains a huge list of philosophy-related blogs.) If some readers don't know…
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Visiting Professors at the Top Law Schools, 2009-10 (2nd Draft)
As I've done before, 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 the schools that also typically have the most visiting professors on a regular basis. While many visiting…
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The Texas Taliban Never Rest: Done Trying to Wreck Science Education, They Move on to History
The mindless nonsense continues; how sad for the children. (Thanks to David Warrington for the pointer on this.)
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“Naturalizing Jurisprudence”
Now everyone will surely want their own copy!
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And the first law prof blogger to write about his experience with swine flu is…
…Ian Ayres of Yale Law School, who appears to be on the road to recovery already, happily. Others are invited to weigh in with their experiences in the comments, below. Submit comment only once, it may take awhile to appear (they are moderated).
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Texas Tech’s Walter Schaller Spearheads Petition Protesting Appointment of Disgraced Former AG Alberto Gonzales
Kudos to philosopher Walter Schaller at Texas Tech University for organizing a petition to protest the appointment of disgraced former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to the faculty. (More information and supporting documents here.) The petition correctly challenges both the "procedure" by which he was appointed (there wasn't one!) and the merits of the appointment. So…
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DePaul Deanship Scandal Gets Worse
The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin has reported (no link available) and the Provost has confirmed that Judge Wolfson, who was appointed to a two-year term as Interim Dean by Provost Helmut Epp without any faculty consultation, has also been appointed to a three-year term on the faculty after the Deanship–again, without any consultation. This is…
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“Naturalizing Jurisprudence”
Now everyone will surely want their own copy!
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New Blog: Law and Neuroscience
Here–notwithstanding the title, there are several philosophers in the mix as well.
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My one and only comment on the arrest of Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
A few readers have asked whether I might have a comment on the arrest of Professor Gates of Harvard for "disorderly conduct" after someone phoned the police after seeing him and his car service driver forcing open the front door of the house, which was jammed. President Obama, who described the arrest of Professor Gates…
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The Arrest of Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Everyone has an opinion about this, so I guess I should too. The short version: Police do not like to be berated or challenged, period, and an incident like this should call more attention to police abuse of the charge of "disorderly conduct" as a way of trampling on the First Amendment rights of citizens…
Georgy Maksimovich pointed me to this article in Russian: https://novayagazeta.ru/articles/2026/05/25/antisovetskie-filosofskie-kontratseptsii