October 2009
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Lash from Loyola/LA to Illinois
Kurt Lash, who holds a Chair in constitutional law at Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, will move to the University of Illinois College of Law next year, where he will also serve as co-director of a new Program in Constitutional Theory, History and Law with Larry Solum.
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ACLS Ryskamp Fellowship 2009
Not sure when these were announced, but one philosopher was among the winners: Anne Margaret Baxley (Wash U/St. Louis) for a project on Kant's ethics.
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Skepticism about Character Makes the NY Times
Here. 'Tis a shame Mr. Brooks did not give the proper credit, namely, to John Doris (Wash U) and Gilbert Harman (Princeton), for raising these issues, as Appiah (who is cited) himself does.
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Groups Devoted to Harassing Academic Critics of Israel…
…have long been familiar in the U.S., but they're now operating in Israel too. One target of these crypto-fascists is the Philosophy Department at Tel-Aviv University (note, in particular, the smear job on Anat Matar, who is author of a book on Dummett and co-author of the entry on Wittgenstein in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). (Thanks…
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Larry Laudan at Chicago on Monday at 4 pm
Given earlier budgetary troubles, this development (Download UC Hastings Law School Tuition Increase)–a 20% hike in the cost of a legal education–is not really surprising, though it is no doubt very painful for the students, especially in this job market. UPDATE: Judging from this, it looks like UC Davis has raised its fees even more…
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Ayn Rand Deserves Fans…
…like this. (Thanks to John Casey for the pointer.)
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Shannon Brownlee and Jeanne Lenzer: Dangerously Stupid Journalists of the Month
Many people will get sick and some may even die because these two are too stupid to be able to analyze and evaluate evidence. Share the preceding link with your friends who read The Atlantic. UPDATE: Another useful demolition of these two irresponsible hacks.
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British Bureaucrats are Insane, Part II
Case in point, of which this quote summarizes the problem: "A report in 2007 by the lobbying group Privacy International placed Britain in the bottom five countries for its record on privacy and surveillance, on a par with Singapore."
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The cost of higher education in the U.S.
This is a pretty bracing list, and it tells us something about which schools are particularly tuition-dependent (contrast, e.g., NYU and Columbia). UPDATE: A reader points out that my parenthetical example of the point is inapt when one looks at a list of just tuitions (and not other costs).
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Workshops in Which Students Enroll for Credit: Approaches
I presented two different papers at back-to-back law & philosophy workshops/seminars this week, at Columbia (run by Joseph Raz) and at Michigan (run by Scott Hershovitz and Don Herzog). (I don't generally like to discuss the details of academic events on the blog, so suffice it to say that both sessions were very rewarding, and I was grateful for…
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Sorry for the dearth of postings…
…but I've been on the road much of the last week. More soon!
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A Survey of Philosophers about Moral Judgments
Steve Stich (Rutgers) asked me to share this interesting new bit of experimental philosophy with readers: Dear Colleagues, In collaboration with Joe Henrich and Taylor Davis at the University of British Columbia, I’m conducting a study on philosophers’ views about normative judgments. Joe, Taylor and I would be very grateful if you would participate in…
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Sorry for the dearth of postings…
…but in the last 7 days I've been at Arizona State, Columbia, and Michigan/Ann Arbor. Now things are settling down, so expect more regular postings shortly.
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An Oxford Philosophy DPhil Exposes “Management Consulting”
More evidence of the "impact" of philosophy! (Thanks to Manyul Im for the pointer.)
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Lawsuit Against Autoadmit Harassers Settles
A reporter from a Connecticut newspaper left me a message today that the two women who were plaintiffs in the lawsuit against their harassers on the Autoadmit cyber-cesspool have settled their claims. I haven't yet seen an account of the settlement, though will post a link to a news story when someone sends me one. Meanwhile,…
@ The Pacific: Good questions. My point isn’t that journals can’t adopt that stance, only that I won’t referee for…