September 2009
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Richard from Tufts to Harvard
Mark Richard (philosophy of language, philosophical logic, metaphysics, epistemology), a longtime faculty member in the Department of Philosophy at Tufts University, has accepted a senior offer from the Department of Philosophy at Harvard University. (Jason Stanley [Rutgers] wrote about the earlier effort a few years ago of Princeton to recruit him here.)
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Fascist America, Redux
This is a sober and mostly careful analysis, though its conclusion seems to overreach the author's own concession: It's so easy right now to look at the melee on the right and discount it as pure political theater of the most absurdly ridiculous kind. It's a freaking puppet show. These people can't be serious. Sure,…
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Stein from Alabama to Drexel
Norman Stein (tax, ERISA), a chaired professor at the University of Alabama, has accepted a senior offer from the law school at Drexel University, where he will start next fall.
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Why are Vegans Vegans?
Luis Chiesi (Pace) has conducted a useful poll of his readers about the moral views of his (mostly vegan) readers. It confirms, interestingly, that the target of my earlier critique was probably correct, namely, the view that it is wrong to kill non-human animals, even if it is done painlessly. (That prompted my question: how are…
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Posner on Keynes, and the Krugman-Cochrane Debate Continued
Richard Posner, repentant free-market utopian, has writte a nice overview of the main ideas of John Maynard Keynes, which also confirms a number of Krugman's charges against the "Chicago School" of macroeconomics: Until last September, when the banking industry came crashing down and depression loomed for the first time in my lifetime, I had never thought…
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Law Profs in the Obama Administration
Nan Hunter (Georgetown) gives a final accounting.
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Best Law School Faculties in Law & Economics
So with more than 300 votes cast, the 'top ten' faculties in law & economics are as follows (*indicates a vote tally quite close to the school ranked ahead of it): 1. Harvard University 2. University of Chicago 3. Yale University 4. New York University 5. University of California, Berkeley 6. Columbia University *7. Stanford…
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Listings of Philosophy Conferences and Calls for Papers
As readers know, I don't post these as a matter of course, but this great resource, created by Buffalo grad students, will post them. Another useful item to remember as a new academic year begins (at least here in the Northern Hemisphere!). UPDATE: And don't forget the Google e-mail group, Philosophy Updates, a mailing list for…
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“Advice for Wannabe Philosophers”
I have not linked to Aidan McGlynn's useful page of links in awhile, so I thought early fall is a good time to flag it again.
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“Myths about Nietzsche”
A bit far afield of our standard fare, but this podcast might be of interest to some readers. And even if Nietzsche is not your cup of tea, do check out the Philosophy Bites site for lots of fun interviews with philosophers. (And if you enjoy it, as I expect you will, make sure to…
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“Myths about Nietzsche”
I discuss them with Nigel Warburton and David Edmonds on Philosophy Bites. I can imagine that some of those who write on Nietzsche won't view some of these as myths, however! Nietzsche studies is comprised, alas, of a somewhat, shall we say, eclectic cast of characters.
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Zombie Karl Popper Attacks!
A quick take on our recent discussions about economics. (Thanks to Ben Burgis for the pointer.)
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The Top Ten Law Faculties in Constitutional Law & Theory: The Results
With 241 votes cast, the top ten are as follows (an * indicates a vote tally very close to the school ranked ahead of it): 1. Harvard University *2. Yale University 3. New York University 4. University of Chicago *5. Columbia University *6. Stanford University *7. Georgetown University 8. University of California, Berkeley *9. University…
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Do We Need More Law Schools?
Gary Rosin (South Texas College of Law) looks at the data.
I respond to this report here https://jasonstanleyantifascist.substack.com/p/on-the-philosophical-muddle-that