December 2009
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What were the most important contributions to legal scholarship since 2000?
As the decade ends, it might be fun and perhaps even interesting to identify some of the most important articles and books in legal scholarship since 2000. Nominations must be submitted with your full name and a valid e-mail address. A few words of explanation for why the work is significant are also required, and…
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2009: Philosophers Who Died
Here are the philosophers whose passing in 2009 was noted on the blog: William Alston, Brian Barry, Myles Brand, G.A. Cohen, Marjorie Grene, Leszek Kolakowski, Neil MacCormick, Edward Mahoney, Benson Mates, Julius Moravcsik, Arne Naess, David Pears, John L. Pollock, John E. Smith, Steven Strange, Stephen Toulmin. Please scroll through the "Philosophy Updates" category for…
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Handout for my APA Talk on Wednesday
For any readers who may be attending, here's a handout (Download FOUNDATIONS OF RELIGIOUS LIBERTY APA Handout) and here's the paper. Because I'm travelling, I'm not sure whether I'll be able to print out copies of the handout.
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Some Blog Highlights from 2009
These were posts that attracted unusual amounts of attention and discussion during the past year: Thomas Nagel Jumps the Shark, Part II (December) Does Academia, Including Philosophy, Exclude People Based on Class? (December) "Party-Line Continentalists" versus Philosophical Scholars of the Continental Traditions (November) Philosophy Referee Hand Signals (November) Nietzsche and Ayn Rand: A Brief Comment (November)…
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Where to Eat While at the APA in New York…
…and without necessarily spending a fortune. If you want to spend a bit more,Lattanzi, is a good Italian restaurant on restaurant row just about two blocks from the Marriott. There's more information on restaurant row restaurants (which, again, are fairly close to the conference hotel) here. UPDATE: Wesley Buckwalter, a grad student at CUNY, writes with…
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Best Philosophy Books/Articles of the Last Decade (2000-present), Part II
MOVING TO THE FRONT FROM DECEMBER 24 The last thread grew quite long, so I thought it might be useful to start a second thread on the same topic. Other blogs are doing similar things for particular specialties, featuring work in political philosophy and philosophy of action, for example; readers are certainly welcome to mention that work here…
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A Fair-Minded Survey of a Particularly Ugly Decade in the History of the American Plutocracy
Here; an excerpt: We have always had robber barons in American politics, but the Neoliberal moment created a new social class. At about 1.3 million adults, it is not too large to have some cohesive interests, and its corporations, lobbyists, and other institutions allow it to intervene systematically in politics. It owns 45 percent of…
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Eastern APA Marriott Hotel Apparently Has Rooms Available at Conference Rate
Chirs Surprenant (Tulane) writes earlier today: I just called the Marriott about the APA block and they have quite a few rooms that are now available for the entire conference period (or just selected days)–lots of cancellations in the past few days. I got this information by calling the group reservation number: 800-843-4898. I've posted…
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On the Idea of “Objectivity” in Journalism
This essay makes a number of good points, using The New York Times as its example.
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The Phenomenology of Inner Experience…
…makes The New York Times, discussing work by, among others, philosopher Eric Schwitzgebel (UC Riverside). (Thanks to Matt Lister for the pointer.)
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Pardo from Seattle to U of Washington
Rafael Pardo (bankruptcy, commercial law, contracts), Associate Professor of Law at Seattle University, has accepted a senior offer from the law school at the University of Washington, Seattle.
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Howard’s Frank Wu Named Dean at Hastings
The Hastings press release is here. Professor Wu had been Dean at Wayne State, though left somewhat abruptly. UPDATE: Did you know Professor Wu is also a "public intellectual"? I read it on Wikipedia, so it must be true! HERE'S SOMETHING CURIOUS: Professor (soon-to-be Dean) Wu's entry appears to have been created and almost entirely…
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The Health Care Bill–Probably is Better than Nothing
Here's the case, cleanly stated. (Thanks to Craig Duncan for the pointer.) Hope it's right! Although only mentioned in passing in the linked article, the need for the Democrats to have some legislative achievements, such as they are, may be important to preventing a Republican resurgence. Since the Republican Party is now fully the party of…
“given the actual number of career-worthy jobs (i.e. not per-course or adjunct positions)” The “id est” seems mistaken. Many tenure-track…