April 2011
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The Lifecycle of the Academic Philosopher
This is both very funny and perceptive (courtesy of the Philosiologist).
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To the student who e-mailed me an interesting question about studying ancient philosophy in a Philosophy Dept. vs. a Classics Department
I am afraid I deleted your e-mail and can't locate it, would you please resend it to me at bleiter at uchicago-dot-edu. Thanks.
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With friends like this who needs enemies? “Synthese boycotts stop” enters the fray!
A number of philosophers, some of whom forwarded it to me, received the following e-mail from "Synthese boycotts stop" (not kidding, that was the name): Dear colleagues and friends, Brian Leiter has publicly requested that the philosophic journal Synthese be Boycotted. The request was motivated by Synthese’s preface of the latest special edition on Intelligent Design. In the…
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Branch and Fetzer Reply to the EICs of Synthese
The Guest Editors of the Synthese issue on "Evolution and Its Rivals" have asked me to post the following open letter in reply to the 'non-response' of the Synthese Editors-in-Chief: RE: "Evolution and Its Rivals", SYNTHESE 178:2 (January 2011) Dear Members of the Philosophy Community, We write in response to the reply from the Editors-in-Chief…
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A poll about the Synthese Affair
Please take a moment to review the record of what has transpired, especially here, here, and here. Given the evidence now available, please take this poll [POLL CLOSED] to record your opinion of the conduct of the Editors-in-Chief of Synthese. Obviously an on-line poll is fraught with difficulty in this context, but if there are enough votes,…
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Todd Gitlin on the Synthese Scandal in CHE
Here. It is, perhaps, instructive to see how these matters look to scholars in other fields. A brief excerpt: The guest editors say they’re “shocked and chagrined” at the editors-in-chiefs’ “insults.” Reasonably so. Having read the article in question [Barbara Forrest's], Beckwith’s reply, and the exchanges among the editors, I’m appalled too to learn that…
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“Humanities at Risk in Britain”
A THES/IHE report.
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Dean Search Updates
It appears that Fordham law school dean search is down to three finalists, GW to two, and Brooklyn to, well, none. The skinny is here.
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The Non-Response of the Synthese Editors
COMMENTS NOW OPEN, SINCE I HAVE TIME TO MODERATE Philosopher of science Eric Schliesser (Ghent) also offered to post a response by the Synthese editors to the earlier item here, and they have now sent him one (on which he and Mark Lance usefully comment). I think it fair to say that the response of the…
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Lawrence Mitchell Named Dean at Case
Lawrence Mitchell, the Theodore Rinehart Professor of Business Law, and Executive Director of the Center for Law, Economics & Finance at George Washington University School of Law, has been named the new dean of Case Western Reserve School of Law. He has been at GW since 1991 and previously taught at Albany Law.
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PGR Faculty Lists for Fall 2011 Surveys: *2nd* Draft
I believe I've incorporated all corrections to the first draft of the faculty lists for the fall 2011 surveys. To that end, here is the second draft: Download PGR Faculty Lists 2011-12. If I failed to incorporate a previously posted correction, my apologies: please either post again or e-mail me. Two points to note: (1) …
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Two Philosophy PhD Students Win NSF Fellowship Support
They are: Shay A. Logan (Minnesota) and Emily Carter Parke (Penn).
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Three Philosophy PhD Students Win Newcombe Fellowships in 2011 Competition
They are: Marcus Hedahl (Georgetown), Caroline Lundquist (Oregon), and Stephen White (UCLA).
To a large degree, Kuhn’s Structure is an attempt to deliver on the descriptive task of epistemology as Reichenbach conceived…