June 2011
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Philosophical Writing on the Centrality of Work (or Meaningful Work) to “Human Dignity” or Cognate Concepts
A colleague asked about this, and I drew a blank, apart from Karl Marx, who, of course, doesn't use the concept of human dignity. Any recommendations of philosophical work on this topic in the past 50 years or so? Thanks.
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Wisconsin Supreme Court Justices Physically Assaulting Each Other?
This is really weird! I gather it's now a police matter. Even faculty don't do this kind of stuff to each other!
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New Books in June
Publishers and/or authors kindly sent me the following books in June: The Existence of God: A Philosophical Introduction by Yujin Nagasawa (Routledge, 2011). Intelligent Virtue by Julia Annas (Oxford University Press, 2011). Essays on Anscombe's "Intention" edited by Anton Ford, Jennifer Hornsby & Frederick Stoutland (Harvard University Press, 2011). German Philosophy of Language: From Schlegel…
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Even anti-Muslim thugs in England know their place
"I'm not Oxford-educated. We're not idiots. We know who our masters are. We just want them to do their job." –a leader of the English Defense League (quoted in this article)
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Cognitive Science Catches Up with Sartre
Alva Noe (CUNY) has a nice discussion of some recent work (at the NPR site), especially related to gender roles. (Thanks to Hyacinth Piel for the pointer.)
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Some Good News from America: the Two Leading Republican Candidates for President….
…Michelle Bachmann and Mitt Romney are unelectable–the former because her deranged ignorance and ideological excesses will scare off the so-called "independent" voters (the ones who decide U.S. elections), and the latter because his Mormonism will scare off evangelical Christians, an essential part of the vote for a Republican victory in any national election. God Bless America!…
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The Restructuring of British Higher Ed: the Latest…
…from IHE and THES. A propos Grayling's New College of the Humanities in London, note the proposal to make student loans available to for-profit institutions. Thoughts from readers on the new 'white paper'? Signed comments will be preferred.
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What to read as preparation for reading some core “analytic” figures like Quine, Putnam, and Davidson?
A relatively new reader of the blog writes: The reason I'm writing was to solicit your reccomendations on how best to go about learning the basics of analytical philsophy. I was a philosophy minor in college, from which I graduated two years ago, but never got a chance to take many classes in logic and…
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Comments policy
A reminder–or pointer for new readers–that I do have one.
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Law School Enrollments and Jobs for Lawyers
The numbers are not pretty.
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Plutocracy Watch, Inequality Edition
A useful compilation, that highlights some of the extreme pathologies of American plutocracy.
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More Koch Brothers Gifts to Universities…with Strings Attached
IHE has the details.
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New GRE…or Old?
A reader thinking about grad school in philosophy writes: I am an undergrad looking to apply to philosophy departments for Fall 2013. Is there any reason for me to take the old GRE for what would be a year early? Is there reason to believe that professors who review applications would put more weight on…
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The Most Important American Judges of the 20th-Century
As we enter the dog days of summer, we might as well do a new poll for some amusement. This time readers are asked to rank order the most important American judges of the 20th-century. No doubt I've missed some really good ones, but hopefully there are enough of the major federal and state judges…
People should understand what precipitated my remarks here at Leiter Reports. Also, a few replies and comments on the conversation:…