December 2012
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Lane Named Dean of Hofstra
Eric Lane, who was serving as interim dean at Hofstra Law, has been named to the position permanently. Lane is a graduate of Fordham Law and joined the Hofstra faculty in 1976.
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U of Rhode Island Historian Latest Target of Right-Wing Smear Campaign…
…this one designed to deflect attention from the real consequences of NRA opposition to meaningful gun control. There is a good statement on the matter, and contact information, here. (I disagree with the statement, however, that there is an issue of academic freedom here, except indirectly; it is, however, very much a First Amendment issue about…
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MIT’s Thomson Honored with APA’s Quinn Prize for “service to philosophers and philosophy.”
The APA announcement and the MIT news release. (Thanks to Sally Haslanger for the pointer to the latter.)
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In Memoriam: Robert Bork (1927-2012)
Chicago's memorial notice is here. It correctly emphasizes his most important scholarly work, in the field of antitrust. In the legal academy, he was probably more widely known for his 1971 paper, "Neutral Principles and Some First Amendment Problems," a forceful argument for the proposition that, "Where constitutional materials do not clearly specify the value to be…
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Facebook Campaign to get TIAA-CREF to Stop Investing in…
…gun manufacturers. If you're on Facebook and have any retirement money in TIAA-CREF, please join.
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Naturalists of the world unite!
Scientists and philosophers discuss the future.
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Glenn Reynolds wants to have a “conversation” about guns
InstaIgnorance strikes again!
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Where big firm partners really come from…
…the saga continues. (Related data on "big firm" associates, though it is now a bit dated.)
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Seven Philosophers Win NEH Fellowships for 2013-14
They are: Stephen Dumont (Notre Dame) for "The Two Affections of Will From Anselm to Canterbury to John Duns Scotus"; Marilyn Fischer (Dayton); "Hull House Founder Jane Addams as an International Intellectual"; Jonathan Gilmore (Visiting Scholar, Columbia) for "Evaluating Emotional Responses to Works of Art and the Imagination"; Scott Jenkins (Kansas) for "Friedrich Nietzsche and the…
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Religious affiliations worldwide
Interesting data.
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The Job Market and the “Stale” PhD Issue, Once Again
We've touched on this issue in the past, but it's worth revisiting in light of this e-mail from a job seeker: I'm on the job market (not for the first time) and I worry I'll be perceived as "stale". From what I hear, lots of philosophers think it looks very bad that, after a few…
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A love song based on lyrics using the names of German philosophers
Several readers sent this amusing item. "I Nietzsche so bad."
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Bridgeman Named Dean at Willamette
Curtis Bridgeman, the associate dean for academic affairs at Florida State School of Law, has been named the new Dean of Willamette College of Law. He takes over in July. Bridgeman, who has been on the FSU faculty since 2004, holds a JD and Ph.D in Philosophy from Vanderbilt.
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Glenn Reynolds wants to have a “conversation” about guns
I'm happy to have it. His questions, and my answers, follow: Reynolds: Why do people who favor gun-control call people who disagree with them murderers or accomplices to murder? Leiter: To drive home the consequences of advocating against serious gun control in the United States, given recent experience. Reynolds: Is that constructive? Leiter: Hard to know; it may have…
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Democracy in action: the mass slaughter of children…
…can inspire even neanderthals in Congress to consider obvious responses.
“Freedom’s just another word for Je est un autre.”