February 2012
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Smith from Yale to Leeds
Matthew Smith (moral and political philosophy), currently Associate Professor of Philosophy at Yale University, has accepted a permanent post in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Leeds.
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In Memoriam: Ruth Barcan Marcus (1921-2012)
I am very sorry to report that Professor Marcus passed away today. She was a wholly sui generis presence in philosophy of the last sixty years: she made seminal contributions to logic, metaphysics and philosophy of language; she rose to the highest levels of the profession at a time when sexist discrimination was utterly rampant; and she…
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The Republican War on Women
Law professor Tobias Wolff comments.
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“The Village Atheist”
I haven't watched the whole thing yet, but I gather philosopher Peter Boghossian (Portland State) is pissing off people (probably the right people) in Portland.
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High Quality Policing
Spying on students for being Muslim.
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Juvenile Jackass Watch: The Case of IP Address 12.218.204.2…
….which is either in South Dakota or the Hilton in Middletown, NJ (depending on which look-up service one uses), and submitted a false post to the jobs thread under the name "Dawn Keebals," which the juvenile jackasses who find cyberspace their natural habitat think is funny (google it to find out why). The fake Keebals…
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Marshall Talks to Lindemann…
…about feminist philosophy and bioethics (with a reference to Professor Kukla's blogging stint here last fall making an appearance!).
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Speaking of right-wingers with contempt for democratic freedoms…
…this Greenwald piece deserves to be widely read and linked.
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A member of the ruling class lets the secret out: we prefer authoritarianism to democracy
And it's in The New York Times no less! UPDATE: Bryan Van Norden, a leading expert on Chinese philosophy at Vassar College, writes: Thanks for the pointer in your blog to Eric Li's editorial in the NY Times. Li's view is an extremely common one in China, and not just among government apologists. My guess…
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“Media Matters”…Matters…
…which is driving the right-wing crazies crazier.
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Editorial Board Member Resigns from AJOB
Full letter of resignation from John Lantos here; an excerpt: [R]ecent events make it clear that the journal has lost credibility in ways that tarnish not just the names of people associated with it but also the reputation of the entire field of bioethics…. An academic journal in any field, and especially in a field as…
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The United States is the Most Morally Depraved Wealthy Nation on the Face of the Earth, Part 172: Access to Critical Healthcare
Thanks to Rob Rob Icezen for flagging this story for me.
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A 20-Year Low for Law School Applications?
Jeff Sovern (St. John's) comments.
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A 20-Year Low for Law School Applications?
Jeff Sovern (St. John's) comments.
Dear Roger of Invisible America, Your remarks towards the end of this comment about Nat Goldhaber (I’ve got a friend…