March 2012
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New Books in March
Publishers and/or authors kindly sent me these new books this month: Deep Control: Essays on Free Will and Value by John Martin Fischer (Oxford University Press, 2012). Groundless Grounds: A Study of Wittgenstein and Heidegger by Lee Braver (MIT Press, 2012). Crime and Punishment: A Concise Moral Critique by Hyman Gross (Oxford University Press, 2012).
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Pincock from Missouri to Ohio State University
Chris Pincock (philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of science, history of analytic philosophy), Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Missouri at Columbia, has accepted a senior offer from the Department of Philosophy at Ohio State University.
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Ulysses S. Grant and American Jews
This is a curious historical episode about which I was unaware.
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The constitutional challenge to the Affordable Care Act
My colleague Geof Stone has a clear explanation of what's going on. If the Supreme Court does invalidate any portion of the act, this will be the most nakedly political action by the super-legislature know as the Supreme Court since they installed George W. Bush as President more than a decade ago.
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Philosophy professor questioned by FBI over syllabus!
This is pretty shocking. His university's lawyers should be stepping in to defend core academic freedom, and free speech. (Thanks to Daniel Weiskopf for the pointer.)
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Stanford Dean Kramer Leaving Academia to Head Hewlett Foundation
This certainly took me by surprise. He had, by all accounts, a very successful run as Dean of Stanford Law School, and before that was a prolific and highly respected scholar. On a personal note, I'll add that he's always been a very helpful and candid correspondent about matters pertaining to legal education and legal scholarship. …
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Stanford Dean Kramer Leaving Academia to Head Hewlett Foundation
This certainly took me by surprise. He had, by all accounts, a very successful run as Dean of Stanford Law School, and before that was a prolific and highly respected scholar. On a personal note, I'll add that he's always been a very helpful and candid correspondent about matters pertaining to legal education and legal scholarship. …
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U.S. News Punishes St. Thomas for Promptly Reporting an Error
Remarkable arrogance. It's worth noting that in the past when U.S. News has made the errors, they've never adjusted the rankings to correct for them. And U.S. News, of course, continues to report the fictional job placement numbers that most schools are self-reporting, as though they were consumer information.
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U.S. News Punishes St. Thomas for Promptly Reporting an Error
Remarkable arrogance. It's worth noting that in the past when U.S. News has made the errors, they've never adjusted the rankings to correct for them. And U.S. News, of course, continues to report the fictional job placement numbers that most schools are self-reporting, as though they were consumer information.
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Allard Named Dean of Brooklyn Law
Nicholas Allard, a partner at Patton Boggs and a former Rhodes Scholar, has been named the dean at Brooklyn Law School.
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Allard Named Dean of Brooklyn Law
Nicholas Allard, a partner at Patton Boggs and a former Rhodes Scholar, has been named the dean at Brooklyn Law School.
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The latest controversy over “universal grammar”
Several people have sent me the CHE write-up. I'd be grateful if some of the experts in the readership could share their perspective on all this.
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True negation of true claims, plus Buddhism
It has to be an interview, of course, with Graham Priest (CUNY/Melbourne)!
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Philosophy Bites: 176 Episodes!
Impressive.
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Realistic versus “Nonsense” Jurisprudence
Which side are you on?
Georgy Maksimovich pointed me to this article in Russian: https://novayagazeta.ru/articles/2026/05/25/antisovetskie-filosofskie-kontratseptsii