April 2013
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Is the job market for new lawyers, even from lower-ranked schools, really that bad?
Some interesting contrarian evidence from Ben Barros (Widener).
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New Books in April
Authors and/or publishers kindly sent me these new books this month: Punishment by Thom Brooks (Routledge, 2012). Freedom, Responsibility, and Determinism: A Philosophical Dialogue by John Lemos (Hackett, 2013). Philosophical Foundations of the Nature of Law edited by Wil Waluchow & Stefan Sciaraffa (Oxford University Press, 2013). Reference and Existence: The John Locke Lectures by…
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Academic identity theft: if you are one of the 2,000 people invited to contribute to a volume supposedly co-edited by Garry Hagberg, you’ll want to read this
Philosopher Garry Hagberg (Bard College) writes: It has come to my attention that my name has been used without my knowledge or permission to support a project in which I have no involvement whatsoever. Recently, 2,000 invitations have gone out asking for contributions to a planned series of edited volumes devoted to the writings of Mr.…
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What do philosophers believe?
Bourget & Chalmers on the sociology of the profession.
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Law schools with JD Alumni on the Teaching Market
MOVING TO FRONT FROM SEPTEMBER 13, 2012–AS HIRING SEASON NEARS ITS END, AND PRAWFS COMPILES HIRING DATA, THIS INFO IS TIMELY AGAIN (candidates who accepted offers, please submit your info at the Prawfs site–I knnow the information there is not complete as it presently stands) UPDATED AND CORRECTED This is from the first FAR distribution,…
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Lots of on-line philosophy videos collected…
…here. (Thanks to Dirk Felleman for the pointer.)
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Your free market at work
God bless freedom.
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Fischer on Immortality…
…on the radio.
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Turner from Leeds to Saint Louis
Jason Turner (metaphysics), Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Leeds, has accepted a tenured appointment as Associate Professor of Philosophy at Saint Louis University, effective fall 2014.
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Brooklyn Law’s Dean Allard Replies to Concerns about Academic Freedom
Dean Allard's constructive reply is here.
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Brooklyn Law’s Dean Allard Replies to Concerns about Academic Freedom
On Friday, Dean Nicholas Allard at Brooklyn Law School, sent me a constructive reply to the concerns raised on Thursday about the proposed definition of "adequate cause" (and, in particular, "demonstrated incompetence") for termination of tenured faculty. Dean Allard also kindly gave me permission to share his response with the academic community. I post it below…
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“Why Tolerate Religion?” in DC Tomorrow
I look forward to meeting a number of longtime readers there.
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Happy Birthday David and Ludwig!
Varol Akman (Bilkent) calls my attention to Garrison Keillor's entries from The Writer's Almanac on the two philosophers who were born on April 26: It's the birthday of the man who said: "The truth springs from arguments among friends," and "The life of man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of…
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The American Academy: not as many of the rich got richer this year
Sure the schools rich in members got richer, but not as much as in prior years, and it seemed to me there was a wider distribution of academic institutions represented (which is as it should be, given the wide distribution of academic talent over the last thirty years); here are the schools ranked by the…
I’m not a philosopher, just a mathematician who reads a lot. I do work in AI, though, and I hope…