May 2011
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Steve Pyke’s “Philosophers” on Philosophy
The book is now out, and OUP has done a lovely production job on it, and the photos are as distinctive and memorable as anyone familiar with Pyke's work would expect. But new to me were a number of quotes about philosophy from the photographic subjects. We've touched on this topic before, but here's a few…
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In Memoriam: Laura Chisolm
Case Western Reserve School of Law reports the sad news that Professor Laura Chisolm has died of metastatic breast cancer. She was 63. Chisolm's primary area of scholarly focus was nonprofit organizations. She joined the Case faculty twenty seven years ago.
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A discussion of editing philosophy journals
Here, from the journal Theoria. You may need to access this from a university computer that subscribes. Issues discussed including the increasing rate of submissions, referee reports (and sometimes the difficulty of securing them), timeliness of decisions, and the European journal rankings.
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Is it in the self-interest of junior scholars to continue to submit to Synthese?
In light of the Synthese scandal, and the corresponding reputational hit the journal has taken, a couple of folks (PhD students and tenure-track faculty) have wondered whether publication in Synthese will have quite as much "CV value" as before. Time will tell, of course, but I think it is a reasonable bet that, while it will…
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A sociologist at the U of Houston thinks Opray Winfrey is…
…a great existential philosopher, which leads me to think the author should stick to sociology! (Thanks to David Leech for the pointer.)
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A two-tier associate track?
This is new, and not necessarily a bad thing for the reasons some of those interviewed report.
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If you’ve never seen the “London Philosophy Study Guide,”
MOVING TO FRONT AGAIN–SEE THE ADDENDA do check it out. It's quite useful for both undergraduate students and beginning graduate students. It's not au courant (at least not the on-line version), but it is a useful guide to major literature other than the most recent stuff. ADDENDUM: As an alert reader points out, this version…
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Sanctimonious Jackass Brad DeLong vs. Political Philosopher Chris Bertram
Here and here. Professor Bertram's response seems to me quite apt. Professor DeLong has a real complex about those to his left. Very odd. UPDATE: Brad Delong is not only a sanctimonious jackass, he's an underhanded and dishonest slimeball. Professor DeLong sent me the following e-mail, in response to the original post, which I reproduce in its…
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The Changing Cost of Legal Education
Some useful historical perspective here and here.
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More on Racism, Evolutionary Psychology-Style, at LSE
Mohan Matthen (Toronto) has produced some interesting information about the underlying data and its misuse.
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On the Synthese EICs
A colleague of one the two European EICs of Synthese writes in the comments of Professor Contessa's post about a subscription boycott the following: I know one of the EiCs fairly well on a professional level, and suspect that at least one of the other EiCs has a similar personality, and my guess is: threats and pressure…
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Post-Rapture Reflections
From "some grey bloke," of course.
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The AHRC’s “Big Society” Fiasco Redux
Thom Brooks (Newcastle) has the latest.
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On “Boycotting” Synthese
David Wallace, a leading young philosopher of physics at Oxford University, writes: A random thought on the topic of “boycotting Synthese”. A boycott, to me, sounds like a decision not to use some product or service so as to send a signal, independent of the usefulness of that product or service to the signaller. I’m…
My former colleagues at another university in Middle East have also been moved to online teaching indefinitely, with the students…