September 2011
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Does posting of ads at on-line resources satisfy EEO requirements under US law?
That question has arisen in connection with the creation of on-line repositories for job ads. Rebecca Kukla (Georgetown) forwards the following useful information, from the US Dept. of Labor: Is the employer permitted to use an electronic or web-based national professional journal instead of a print journal when conducting recruitment under 20 CFR 656.18, Optional…
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The Fake “Pluralist” Guide Digs Its Hole Deeper
They've now posted the letter from some faculty at Oregon defending the department–the letter we discussed here and that was demolished in the comments here. But those latter comments aren't in evidence needless to say at the fake "Pluralist" Guide site. (And, of course, Oregon is still "strongly recommended" for its "Climate for Women.") I do…
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Employment Law/EEO Experts…
…help out some philosophers trying to figure out whether on-line job ads (at a centralized source) will satisfy EEO and other requirements of U.S. law. Thanks!
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Employment Law/EEO Experts…
…help out some philosophers trying to figure out whether on-line job ads (at a centralized source) will satisfy EEO and other requirements of U.S. law. Thanks!
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Neuroscience, Philosophy, Free Will
In Nature.
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Good Career Paths for Undergraduate Philosophy Majors?
A young philosopher writes: I will be leading a Q&A session for our undergraduate philosophy majors who have professed interest in going to graduate school in philosophy. I feel that I must make them aware of the currently dismal job market in philosophy (which I am well acquainted with, having just gotten my PhD from [a top…
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Illinois News Release on Corrected Data on Student Credentials
Here. And more from the NLJ here.
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In Memoriam: William Tolhurst (1947-2011)
A longtime member of the Northern Illinois University faculty, there is an evocative memorial notice about his life and career here.
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“The Boundaries of the Moral (and Legal) Community”
This is the text for a public lecture I will give at the end of the month at the University of Alabama, that deals with some familiar meta-ethical issues in, I hope, a non-technical way, and without getting bogged down in the unfortunate tendency of much recent philosophical work, in which the semantic tail wags the metaphysical…
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Books by and on Nietzsche
I'm interviewed about Nietzsche for The Browser's "five books" feature.
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A rare triumph for decency in Cyberspace
We had noted aspects of this case previously, but judging from the statement now on the far right "Overlawyered" site, it looks like the victim has prevailed against the ideological zealots he claimed defamed him: Arthur Alan Wolk, Esquire, Walter K. Olson, David M. Nieporent, Esquire and Overlawyered.com agreed to settle Wolk's longstanding libel claims against Overlawyered.com, et al.…
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“The Boundaries of the Moral (and Legal) Community”
This is the text for a public lecture I will give at the end of the month at the University of Alabama, that deals with some familiar meta-ethical issues in, I hope, a non-technical way, and without getting bogged down in the unfortunate tendency of much recent philosophical work, in which the semantic tail wags the metaphysical…
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A New On-Line Listing of Philosophy Jobs Independent of the APA?
In discussion on the earlier thread, David Buller (Northern Illinois) and Harry Brighouse (Wisconsin) discussed the possibility of setting up (here or elsewhere) an on-line resource for departments to post job ads, with links to university or "human resources" websites (as a check on accuracy). (See the earlier discussion, at the link above, for some of…
I’m not sure whether an interactive, online logic textbook counts as an open-access philosophy book, but for those who might…