May 2013
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Three New Professorial Fellows at Aberdeen’s Northern Institute of Philosophy
They are J.C. Beall (Connecticut), Oystein Linnebo (Oslo), and Greg Restall (Melbourne), effective September 1 of this year. All three work in and around logic and philosophy of mathematics, and will contribute, among other things, to the AHRC project on "The Metaphysical Basis of Logic" led by Franz Berto (Aberdeen). Professorial Fellows are in residence…
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Interesting developments at “Philosophy of Brains” blog…
…including a new cooperative arrangement for blog discussion of articles in Mind & Language.
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Geu Named Dean of South Dakota
Professor Thomas Geu of the University of South Dakota School of Law has been named the school's new dean. Geu holds a JD from the University of Nebraska and joined the school's faculty in 1990.
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Exeter’s John Dupre Awarded roughly Two Million Euros by the European Research Council…
…for a project on philosophy of biology and process ontology.
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Templeton and Philosophy, Redux
This time in IHE.
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“Why isn’t there more progress in philosophy?”
David Chalmers (ANU, NYU) airs the "dirty laundry" of the "philosophy club." The late Burton Dreben had an answer to this question as well. (Thanks to Dirk Felleman for the pointer.) I'm opening this for discussion, but please listen to the Chalmers talk first. Signed comments will be preferred.
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What’s going on at Ball State University?
A strange story indeed.
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Dennett’s Seven Tools for Thinking…
…in The Guardian. A curious list; not clear Dennett has always honored all of them! (Thanks to Phil Gasper for the pointer.)
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On realism and moralism in political theory
David Miller on justice.
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The comments policy
Haven't mentioned it in awhile, but here it is for those new to the blog.
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Are the QS Rankings a Fraud on the Public? QS’s Head of Public Relations Responds
I print, in its entirety, a response I received from Simona Bizzozero, the Head of Public Relations at QS. I intersperse her response with some comments and corrections of my own, and then conclude with some questions that are still unanswered: Dear Professor Leiter, In response to the concerns that you raise about the QS academic…
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Only one philosophy PhD student wins Newcombe Fellowship for 2013-14
The winner is Nathaniel Sharadin (North Carolina) for his project "Understanding Reasons." I can't recall the last time only one philosophy graduate student received a Newcombe. Past lists of winners can be found here (and follow the links).
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Special issue of Inquiry on Nietzsche’s Moral Psychology
MOVING TO FRONT For those who might be interested, the submission deadline is May 31, 2013. All papers will be sent out for blind review, and they must also be submitted via the electronic submission process specified at the Inquiry homepage. (Lots of other special issues of Inquiry coming up too, though submission deadlines vary.)
Georgy Maksimovich pointed me to this article in Russian: https://novayagazeta.ru/articles/2026/05/25/antisovetskie-filosofskie-kontratseptsii