July 2013
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UCSD’s Patricia Churchland talks about her new book…
…on NPR. (Thanks to Clifford Sosis for the pointer.)
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Brian Tamanaha’s Straw Men (Part 1): Why we used SIPP data from 1996 to 2011
BT Claim: We could have used more historical data without introducing continuity and other methodological problems BT quote: “Although SIPP was redesigned in 1996, there are surveys for 1993 and 1992, which allow continuity . . .” Response: Using more historical data from SIPP would likely have introduced continuity and other methodological problems SIPP does…
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Brian Tamanaha’s Straw Men (Overview)
Brian Tamanaha previously told Inside Higher Education that our research only looked at average earnings premiums and did not consider the low end of the distribution. Dylan Matthews at the Washington Post reported that Professor Tamanaha’s description of our research was “false”. In his latest post, Professor Tamanaha combines interesting critiques with some not very interesting…
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“How to fix law schools”? TNR asked six “experts” [sic]…
…meaning one gossip columnist who went to law school, one longtime law professor, two journalists who went to law school, one "journalist moonlighting as a law professor", and one in-house counsel. In short, they asked no experts on legal pedagogy, the economics of legal education, or the legal profession, just a group of pontificators (plus…
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Maibom from Carleton to Cincinnati
Heidi Maibom (philosophy of mind, psychology & cognitive science; moral psychology), Associate Professor of Philosophy at Carleton University, has accepted a senior offer from the Department of Philosophy at the University of Cincinnati, to begin in Spring 2014. This is the second senior hire for Cincinnati in roughly the last year.
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Annette Baier Memorial Conference at Pitt in October
From the Department at Pitt: The Philosophy Department at the University of Pittsburgh will be hosting a one-day memorial conference on Saturday October 12th in honor of our former colleague Annette Baier. We invite you to join us in our remembrance and celebration of the many ways in which, as friend, colleague, and mentor, Annette…
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“Encyclopedia of Ethical Failure”
It has been produced, without irony, by the U.S. Department of Defense (what used to be called, in the good 'ole days, the Department of War). No entry for "war of aggression," alas. (Thanks to Dean Rowan for the pointer.)
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Above the Law Needs to Read More
Elie Mystal and Joe Patrice at Above the Law misrepresented the contents of The Economic Value of a Law Degree. Mr. Mystal and Mr. Patrice are entitled to disagree with us but it would help if they would first carefully read what we wrote. I realize the paper is long, but a lot of…
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More on the economic value of a law degree
The paper co-authored by law professor Michael Simkovic has had every blowhard and know-nothing in cyberspace frothing at the mouth for the last week; he has a sharp series of replies here. The Dunning-Kruger Effect lives!
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Philosophical pop song
With a cameo by Nietzsche even. (Thanks to David Livingstone Smith fror the pointer.)
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Are top journals hostile to formal and/or experimental work?
A young philosopher writes: I have heard some more senior philosophers say that the best philosophy journals are less likely to publish papers that have experimental content, less likely to publish papers that have formal content, and much less likely to publish papers that have both experimental and formal content. I'm not sure what to…
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“Social Theory Through Complaining”
A required course!
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Isaiah Berlin’s letters, 1960-1975…
…the short version. (Thanks to Michael Weisberg for the pointer.)
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An apt and hard-hitting essay on women’s healthcare…
…and the Texas Repugs.
There is a lot to reflect on here but, having already commented enough, I won’t. Just one thing on climate…