May 2012
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Two McGill Philosophers on the Student Strike in Quebec
Here. (Thanks to Nick Serpe, Dissent's on-line editor, for the pointer.)
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New Books in May
Authors and/or publishers kindly sent me these new books in May: The Harm in Hate Speech by Jeremy Waldron (Harvard University Press, 2012). Introductions to Nietzsche edited by Robert Pippin (Cambridge University Press, 2012). [I'm a contributor to this volume, I should note.] An Introduction to Rights, 2nd edition by William A. Edmundson (Cambridge University…
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Department Meeting Rules
Spiros has them.
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One Thousand Years of Changing Borders in Europe
I thought this video was rather neat. (Thanks to Jim Nichols for the pointer.)
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Your Royal Mounties at Work
Keeping tabs on Sartre! (Thanks to Spencer McKay for the pointer.)
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On Being “Mean”
Needless to say, I have a lot of sympathy with Jonatha Chait's apologia. (Thanks to Jason Walta for the pointer.)
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For your amusement…
Knowing my affection for law professor blogs by right-wing crazies, several different readers sent me this link, so I dutifully post it for your amusement.
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Immanuel Kant or…
…Mean Aunt Milk? And Wittgenstein is a Tweeting Snit. I shan't comment, however, on Latrine Brie. Enjoy.
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On the Pitfalls of Social “Science”
Gary Gutting (Notre Dame) and Eric Schwitzgebel (UC Riverside) comment on aspects of the issue.
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DeFranco for Senate
I was interested to learn that Elizabeth Warren (Harvard) has a challenger for the Democratic nomination for Senate in Massachussetts, whom I would gladly vote for given her stands on actual issues relevant to human well-being. Of course, Professor Warren is preferable to any Republican, but Ms. DeFranco seems the better candidate on the issues.
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Tuition and the Politics of Language in Quebec
McGill political theorist Jacob Levy comments. (Thanks to Matt Kramer for the pointer.)
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Free Will, XPhil…
…and Eddy Nahmias (Georgia State) at 3AM.
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Colin McGinn Didn’t Like Terrence Deacon’s Book
The cycle begins anew! UPDATE: Fritz Allhoff (Western Michigan) points to some additional context here, and notes that the full review is available here (at least right now, I'm not certain whether this posting doesn't violate the copyright).
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Law School Dean Searches – Final Update
I've posted my final update to this year's dean search list here. There were roughly 25 searches by existing law schools, which suggests that the oft repeated rule of thumb – the average law dean lasts five years – is probably a canard. Based on this year, at least, that the average tenure appears more…
Giovanni Molteni Tagliabue (Italy) Rationalized and Extended Democracy – The REDemo Project. Foreword by Gilberto Corbellini. Firenze University Press 2023.…