August 2013
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In Memoriam: Judge Joseph McLaughlin
Judge Joseph McLaughlin Jr., who joined the Fordham Law faculty in the early 1960's and served as the school's dean from 1971-81, died last week. Since 1981, he has served as a Federal Judge on the Eastern District of New York and the Second Circuit. He was 80.
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In Memoriam: Michael McIntyre
Professor Michael McIntyre of the Wayne State University School of Law passed away last week. He was 71. He joined the Wayne State faculty in 1975.
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Everything you wanted to know, but didn’t, about Delueze & Guattari
Actually, I did know 2 1/2 of the 13 items, but most was news to me, and the whole thing is an amusing read.
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New PhilJobs site
Here, a joint product of the PhilPapers Foundation and the APA.
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Kukla Guest-Blogging
I'm pleased to report that philosopher Rebecca Kukla (Georgetown) will again be a guest-blogger here for roughly the last week of August!
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Signing bonuses for Supreme Court Clerks
My colleague Will Baude has some interesting comments.
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“Nietzsche Brian Leiter”
A journal recently sent me an automated request to referee a manuscript, which, unfortunately, I could not do within the parameters offered. From the salutation, I learned how the editors keep track of me: "Dear Nietzsche Brian Leiter,"
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“Why study philosophy?”
Philosopher Tomas Bogardus (Pepperdine) has put together a very useful site!
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Tufts’s Ray Jackendoff Wins 100K Cog Sci Prize
Details here.
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Dead philosophers…
…on twitter! (Thanks to Rob Tempio for the pointer.)
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Should the ABA require faculty tenure for accreditation?
The relevant committee appears to be leaning against the requirement. I'm not sure it should be an accreditation requirement, but some of the comments attributed to committee members are pretty appalling: No one outside of academia understands why tenure exists, council member and accountant Edward Tucker argued, adding that tenure offers a level of job …
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In Memoriam: David Braybrooke (1924-2013)
I am sorry to report that Professor Braybrooke has passed away; there are biographical details and remembrances at the Facebook page created in his honor. He taught in both philosophy and political science departments at Yale, Dalhousie, and at the University of Texas at Austin, where I was fortunate to be his colleague. I will…
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There’s hope for Paul Krugman…
…he may yet end up a Marxist.
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Somewhat lighter blogging the rest of the month…
…for reasons noted here, though there will be usually be one or two items each day. (For those curious, the advertisers this month were notified in advance and the advertising rates were discounted accordingly!) And there will be a guest-blogger for roughly the last week of August, whom I will announce in about a week. It would…
I don’t think it’s that the philosophical debates will become irrelevant in your example, so much that your example demonstrates…