December 2011
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In Memoriam: Alfonso Gomez-Lobo (1940-2011)
A longtime member of the Georgetown faculty, and a specialist in ancient Greek philosophy, Professor Gomez-Lobo passed away yesterday morning. There is more information about his work here.
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New Books in December
Authors and/or publishers kindly sent me the following new books this month: The Bodhisattva's Brain: Buddhism Naturalized by Owen Flanagan (MIT Press, 2011). Well-Being and Fair Distribution: Beyond Cost-Benefit Analysis by Matthew D. Adler (Oxford University Press, 2012). Philosophy of Science Matters: The Philosophy of Peter Achinstein edited by Gregory J. Morgan (Oxford University Press,…
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2011: Philosophers who died
Here is a list of philosophers and historians of philosophy whose passing during 2011 was noted on the blog: Michael Dummett, Bernard Gert, Peter Goldie, Alfonso Gomez-Lobo, Mike Harnish, John Hospers, Gareth Matthews, Ernan McMullin, Sara Ruddick, Bede Rundle, Frederick Stoutland. You can see a list of prior years' deaths of philosophers here.
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In Memoriam: Robert M. (“Mike”) Harnish (1941-2011)
Radu Bogdan (Tulane) just alerted me that Professor Harnish, a long-time member of the philosophy and linguistics faculties, as well as the cognitive science program, at the University of Arizona, passed away in October. There is more information about his career and work here.
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In Memoriam: Bernard Gert (1934-2011)
Professor Gert, who taught for fifty years at Dartmouth College (from 1959 to 2009), was well-known for his work in moral philosophy. I will post links to memorial notices as they appear. UPDATE: A nice story marking Professor Gert's final year of teaching at Dartmouth, with information about his family of philosophers! A MEMORIAL NOTICE…
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2011 in Review
A few highlights from the year past: Certainly the two most widely discussed items from the blog this year pertained to unfortunate incidents involving professional misconduct by philosophers. First, there was the Synthese scandal, for which those primary responsible, Vincent Hendricks and Johan van Benthem, have yet to apologize or even make amends. I hope philosophers as appalled as…
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Your “defense” dollars at work…
…and other highlights from the year's news.
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Glymour, Grants, and Academic Philosophy
Eric Schwitzgebel (UC Riverside) comments.
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20 Years After the End of the Soviet Union
Interesting essays by Stephen Cohen and Mikhail Gorbachev. A more pointed version of Gorbachev's theme was sounded by John Mearsheimer in a prescient essay back in 1990 (remember, this was before the bloody wars in the Balkans and the mass murder that ensued).
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The APA is Incompetent, Part 131
The sad saga continues.
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What if the federal loans for legal education become harder to get?
It seems inevitable.
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What if the federal loans for legal education become harder to get?
It seems inevitable.
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In Memoriam: Michael Dummett (1925-2011)
Formerly Wykeham Professor of Logic at Oxford University, he was certainly one of the most influential English philosophers of the last fifty years. The Guardian obituary is here.
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Gilbert on the “Occupy Movement, Militarism, and the Meanings of Plato’s Cave
A lot of interesting material here.
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And now Michigan posts its employment stats…
…in more or less the Yale/Chicago format. One thing surprising here is that Michigan has salary data on only a bit more than half of the class of 2010, which seems rather low. CORRECTION: A colleague at Michigan tells me that Michigan has posted employment stats in this format for a number of years.
I never met Alan, sadly, but his work leading the charge in making philosophy of sex “a thing” in contemporary…