July 2013
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Repetitive (and avoidable) mistakes
At the American Lawyer, Matt Leichter repeats many misrepresentations of our research that originally appeared in the tabloid Above the Law, even after Above the Law posted corrections and after we refuted many of these misrepresentations. He also refers to anonymous comments attacking our research from people who did not read it. He erroneously claims that we…
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Against charity
I suppose The New York Times would not have printed this except for who the author is. If he believes what he's written, I trust he will allocate his Foundation's resources to radical political parties. (The increasing number of philosophers who seem to think charitable giving is an ethical imperative would do well to contemplate…
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In Memoriam: Arthur Szathmary (1916-2013)
A longtime member of the Princeton faculty (from which he retired in 1986), Professor Szathmary specialized in aesthetics. The Princeton memorial notice is here.
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Brian Tamanaha’s Straw Men (Part 3): We use better (and more) data than studies Tamanaha praised in his book
BT Claim 3: 16 years of data is not enough “S&M’s bold assertion that their 16-year study establishes valid ‘historical norms’ on law degree earnings would be scoffed at by social scientists who take the notion of ‘historical norms’ seriously. That is more than enough time to confirm norms governing the mating behavior of fruit…
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Reminder: Mike Simkovic is still guest-blogging…
…about his important paper with Frank McIntyre, and will continue blogging into next week. I may have a few items too, including some reflections on the remarkable display of cyber-stupidity their serious research has elicited. UPDATE: As if on cue, we now have this from an adjunct law professor who has been riding the "don't…
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Larry Summers’ Mismanagement of Harvard
This is interesting.
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“Nietzsche” for the Oxford Handbook of 19th-Century Philosophy
MOVING TO FRONT FROM YESTERDAY–SSRN SITE WAS DOWN FOR AWHILE, BUT IS NOW WORKING AGAIN This is the revised (and penultimate, subject to copyediting) version of an essay which attempts in 11,000 words to give an overview of the main themes of Nietzsche's philosophical corpus. For those who have read my other work on Nietzsche…
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Memorial for Joe Camp at Pitt in September
Another memorial conference announcement from Pitt: The Philosophy Department at the University of Pittsburgh will be hosting a memorial gathering on Friday September 20th in honor of our former colleague Joe Camp. We invite you to join us in our remembrance and celebration of the many ways in which, as friend, colleague, and mentor, Joe…
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Brian Tamanaha’s Straw Men (Part 2): Who’s Cherry Picking?
BT Claim 2: Using more years of data would reduce the earnings premium BT Quote: There is no doubt that including 1992 to 1995 in their study would measurabley reduce the 'earnings premium.'" Response: Using more years of historical data is as likely to increase the earnings premium as to reduce it We have…
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Missouri/St. Louis’s Berit Brogaard profiled…
…here. (Scroll down a couple of pages.)
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More triumphs of the “humanitarian” war in Iraq
Impressive! No doubt apologists for these atrocities like Norman Geras will comment.
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In Memoriam: Fred Dretske (1932-2013)
I'm sorry to report that Professor Dretske has passed away. Most recently, he was a Senior Research Scholar in Philosophy at Duke University, and before that he taught for many years at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, and then at Stanford University. He made many well-known contributions to epistemology and the philosophy of mind…
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TAing…for other graduate students?
A new philosophy graduate student writes: In a PhD program, how common is it for grad students to TA for other, current grad students? It immediately strikes me as awkward, but I am unfamiliar with the common practice. If you have any insight into this, or would care to ask your readers, it would be…
Nietzsche’s Ecce homo, Notebooks and Letters: 1888-1889. Translation by Daniel Fidel Ferrer. ©2023 Daniel Fidel Ferrer. All rights reserved. Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs…