January 2013
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Cyber-misogyny, redux
The sad saga, that became infamous with Autoadmit, continues.
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Starting an undergraduate journal of philosophy?
A student writes: I am an undergraduate student majoring in philosophy at St. Mary's College of Maryland. I'm interested in creating an undergraduate philosophy journal but don't know how to proceed. One of my professors suggested that I email you to ask if you would post my question on your blog, asking for advice from…
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Law school applications likely to hit an all-time low this year since records were kept (going back to 1983)
Details here. This essentially guarantees that next year's job market for law teachers will be even more difficult than this year's. Until enrollments stabilize (or increase), the majority of schools have to put off or limit full-time faculty hiring.
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Diamond on Tamanaha
A different take on Failing Law Schools. (My own, briefer view.)
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Ned Block on the Mind-Body Problem
The video.
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Self-publication as an established philosopher?
Spiros asks a serious question.
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Philosophy at Cedarville, Once Again
The philosophy major has been eliminated, but a philosophy minor retained, which I assume means the two philosophy faculty lines are not being elimionated. UPDATE: Unfortunately, the last assumption was mistaken: one of the two faculty lines will be eliminated. What a terrible shame.
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First the architects, now the lawyers?
A cautionary tale.
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What is philosophy, round 372
Here is Peter Hacker's take: We must challenge the thought that philosophy aims to contribute to human knowledge of the world. Its task is to resolve philosophical problems. The characteristic feature of philosophical problems is their non-empirical, a priori character: no scientific experiment can settle the question of whether the mind is the brain, what…
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More on the re-trial of Socrates
On NPR. (Thanks to Clifford Sosis for the pointer.)
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The goals of graduate education
Thus spoke Nietzsche: "What is the task of all higher schooling?–To turn people into machines.–"What method is used?"–The student must learn to be bored.–"How is this done?"–Through the concept of duty."Who is the model for this?"–the philologist: he teaches how to grind away at work.–"Who is the perfect human?"–The civil servant.–"What philosophy gives the highest formula for the civil…
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GOP Governor Urges Fellow Republicans to Stop Saying “Stupid” and “Offensive” Things…
…but doesn't make clear what would be left for them to say.
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Rescher Prize for “Systematic Philosophy”
The second and third winners (for 2012-13) have been announced: they are Alvin Plantinga (Emeritus, Notre Dame) and Jürgen Mittelstraß (Konstanz). Unfortunately, I have not found an annoucement or details on-line. The first winner was Ernest Sosa (Rutgers).
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Heideggerian wrist watch
You gotta face it.
I respond to this report here https://jasonstanleyantifascist.substack.com/p/on-the-philosophical-muddle-that