April 2011
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The Breitbart Smear Machine’s Attack on Labor Educators in Missouri, Continued
The actual videos and their context are examined here. Meanwhile, as readers will recall, the adjunct co-teacher (Don Giljum) of the course in question, at the University of Missouri, St. Louis, was forced to resign in the wake of the fake scandal. You can e-mail UMSL Chancellor Thomas F. George at chancellor@umsl.edu to protest this decision, which violates…
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Two Senior Hires for USC: Uzquiano Cruz and Wedgwood, both from Oxford
Gabriel Uzquiano Cruz (philosophical logic, philosophy of mathematics, metaphysics, philosophy of language), CUF Lecturer in Philosophy at Oxforfd University, and Ralph Wedgwood (metaethics, epistemology), Professor of Philosophy at Oxford University have both accepted senior offers from the University of Southern California. Uzquiano Cruz will start this fall, Wedgwood will start in January 2012. (The addition…
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Synthese, Petition, Boycott
Although the focus of the current petition is on the disclosure of information and the editorial misconduct leading to the disclaimer, I do want to clarify (in response to a number of e-mailed questions) that a boycott is not yet off the table. I've already heard from some signatories to the current petition that they have declined to referee…
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“Philosophy Feeds” on Twitter
A colleague elsewhere points out this twitter account, that posts headlines from this blog and a few other philosophy sites. It seems like a useful service, though, to be clear, it's not my account, and I don't know who runs it. But those on Twitter may want to 'follow' it as a simple way of…
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Far Right Harassment of Academics, Missouri Edition
Andrew Breitbart is part of the large network of reactionary pundits (in cyberspace [Matt Drudge, Glenn Reynolds, etc.], on radio [Rush Limbaugh, Michael Savage, etc.], and on television [Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, Bill O'Reilly, etc.) so responsible for the intellectual and moral degradation of public life in America over the last two decades. The victims of…
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Philosopher Rachel Barney is a Green Party Candidate in Monday’s Canadian Election
Details here. I trust she'll corner the philosophy vote at least! Good luck to Professor Barney! (Thanks to Andy Lamey for the pointer.) UPDATE: More about Professor Barney's candidacy here.
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In Memoriam: Thomas Holdych
The sad week continues. Professor Thomas Holdych a faculty member at Seattle University School of Law – and a founding faculty member of that school's predecessor institution, the University of Puget Sound – passed away last Sunday from ALS. He was 66.
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Berman Named New GW Dean
Paul Berman, who has served as dean at Arizona State's Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law since August of 2008, will be heading back east. George Washington University School of Law announced that Berman will be its new dean, taking over July 1. Berman was previously on the faculty of the University of Connecticut School…
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The University of Minnesota “Clinical Trials” Fiasco–and the Apparent Attempt to Silence Faculty Critics
This is a somewhat complicated story, but here's the condensed version: a clinical trial of an antipsychotic medication at the University of Minnesota in 2003 resulted in the death of a patient; bioethicist Carl Elliott at Minnesota investigated, concluding that the patient should not have been enrolled, and that the clinical trial itself was run by…
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Another Reason to Support the Petition to the Synthese EICs
Aldo Antonelli (UC Davis) writes: After sitting on fence for a while (mostly out of respect for the reputations of the Synthese editors), I finally signed the petition. What clinched it for me was a fact that I have not seen mentioned on your blog (but was mentioned elsewhere): Beckwith's "rebuttal" published OnlineFirst on March…
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“Ontario Legal Philosophy Partnership”
This will be of interest to students of legal philosophy, involving York Universtiy (and its Law School, Osgoode) and McMaster University, which, together, comprise probably the strongest legal philosophy cohort in Canada and one of the best ones in North America.
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Clark Named Dean at Saint Louis
Saint Louis University School of Law has announced the appointment of Annette Clark as its new dean. She will take over on July 1. Clark is an Associate Professor at Seattle University School of Law, and formerly served as interim dean, vice dean, and associate dean there.
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Good Wishes to Our Colleagues at the U of Alabama
Tornados have whipped through the region today. Please post updates about the situation in the comments.
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Still More Thoughts on the AHRC, the “Big Society” and Other BS
Courtesy of philosopher Gordon Finlayson (Sussex).
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Scotland Skips the Tercentenary of Hume’s Birth!
Alas. (Thanks to Robert Melville for the pointer.) UPDATE: Hume's childhood home remembered! (Thanks to Elizabeth Radcliffe, President of the Hume Society, for the pointer.)
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