August 2011
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Chicago Alumni, Bigelows, and Law & Philosophy Candidates on the Teaching Market
MOVING TO FRONT The Placement Committee at the University of Chicago Law School–myself, Douglas Baird, and Lisa Bernstein–is ready to provide hiring schools with information about our nine alums, as well as our three Bigelows (Andres Sawicki, who is also a Chicago grad, Naomi Schoenbaum, and Julia Simon-Kerr), on the market this year. Feel free to start with me or Professor Bernstein, as Co-Chairs of this year's…
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Philosopher Steglich-Petersen Wins Major Multi-Year Grant from National Danish Research Council
Asbjørn Steglich-Petersen, Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Aarhus, Denmark, has been awarded a DFF Starting Grant worth approximately 1.5 millions U.S. dollars to direct a four-year research project on the epistemology of modality, which will support six full-time project members, including two PhD students. Of the 33 awards this year, only four…
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“The Demarcation Problem in Jurisprudence: A New Case for Skepticism”
Now published on-line from the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies for those interested; print copy to follow.
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“The Demarcation Problem in Jurisprudence: A New Case for Skepticism”
Now published on-line from the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies for those interested; print copy to follow.
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When is it OK to submit a new paper to a journal that has just rejected a prior paper?
An untenured philosopher writes: I have recently had a paper rejected from one of the most respected journals in my sub-field. Given the prestige of this journal, I am obviously keen to be published there. I am currently working on a different paper that falls within the journal's scope, and that ideally I would like…
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Retired Pitt Law Professor Sues for Age Discrimination
Seventy three year old University of Pittsburgh law professor William Brown, who retired from Pitt after 30 years in 1998, is now suing the law school for failing to rehire him. In 2006, he began teaching tax again at Pitt as a visiting professor. When he sought to return to his full-time tenured gig, in…
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New Appointments at Australian National University
Rachael Briggs (metaphysics, epistemology), currently a post-doc at the University of Sydney, has been appointed to a full-time tenured position, though for the first four years she will be half-time at the ANU and half-time at Griffith University in Queensland. Daniel Nolan (metaphysics), currently at the University of Nottingham, has accepted a Professorship at the…
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Radical transparency as a political doctrine
A colleague here writes: Back in college, I read a book which contained an argument in favor of radical transparency as a political doctrine. The author argued that if men lived in glass houses, they would always act virtuously, because otherwise they would be shunned by others. I could swear that the author was William…
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International Students Doing Graduate Work in Canada
Several readers sent this article on the plight of a PhD student at Western Ontario. Comments from Canadian faculty or students?
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More Free Journal Articles On-Line
This time from Dialectica.
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UCLA’s Stout Protests Mutli-Million Dollar Milken Gift to Law School
Story here; excerpt: While many faculty members welcomed the money, one of the University of California, Los Angeles’s top business law professors has said the gift poses deep ethical problems and reputational risks, given Mr. Milken’s run-in with securities regulators two decades ago. “The creation of a Lowell Milken Institute for Business Law and Policy…
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Why Tolerate Religion?
In Milan!
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Why Tolerate Religion?
In Milan!
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Resources for Teaching Intro Philosophy
This looks to be a useful site.
I wonder how feasible and time-intensive it would be to make it a standard policy check for undisclosed AI usage.…