September 2012
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The 200th (!) Episode of Philosophy Bites
This one with Richard Sorabji.
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New Books in September
Authors and/or publishers kindly sent me these new books this month: Framing Democracy: A Behavioral Approach to Democratic Theory by Jamie Terence Kelly (Princeton University Press, 2012). On Settling by Robert E. Goodin (Princeton University Press, 2012). The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Social Science edited by Harold Kincaid (Oxford University Press, 2012). On Global…
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Keynesian utopia
Interesting "big picture" essay about economic trends and theories by Australian economist John Quiggin.
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“Philosophers’ Cocoon”
A "safe and supportive" blog for "early career" philosophers. If you visit, be nice!
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“The Economics of Law School”
Ohio State's Davidoff in The New York Times; the key paragraph: The problem of law school is one that is ubiquitous to higher education — the current model is inherently expensive but even today, lower-priced alternatives don’t seem to meet the standards or be desired by many students.
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“Being and Time” Summarized for Hip-Hoppers…
…or something like that. In a lot of ways, it's clearer than the original. UPDATE: A reader has kindly informed me that my title just betrays my complete ignorance of trends in popular culture. "Bro Culture," which the linked site parodies, has to do with (in the words of my correspondent)"polo shirts with popped collars,…
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NYU in Crisis?
When faculty groups effectively sue the school, there's trouble. And most departments apparently oppose President Sexton's development plans. Wow! (Thanks to Vicky Brandt for the pointer.)
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NYU in Crisis?
When faculty groups effectively sue the school, there's trouble. And most departments apparently oppose President Sexton's development plans. (The Law School and Philosophy Department, two big beneficiaries of the Sexton era, are not signatories.) Wow! (Thanks to Vicky Brandt for the pointer.)
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The John Silber Myth
Silber, who began his career as a Kant scholar (!), but was best-known as a serial violator of academic freedom as the tyrannical ruler of Boston University for more than a quarter-century, has passed away. It's curious how gullible journalists repeat the myth that he enhanced BU's academic stature, and cite as evidence a few…
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Brown from Edinburgh to Glasgow
Campbell Brown, a moral philosopher at the University of Edinburgh (one of whose papers was recognized in this year's Philosopher's Annual), has accepted a permanent post in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Glasgow, effective January 2013. This is the second recent lateral hire for Glasgow this year.
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A new journal…
…and its blog.
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2012 APA Article Prize to Stanford’s Malmgren
Details here.
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In Oxford, people take their intuitions *very* seriously…
…and thus have their doubts, shall we say, about Experimental Philosophy.
To be worth using, a detector needs not only (A) not get very many false positives, but also (B) get…