October 2013
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Who is no longer applying to law school?
Story here (and follow the links).
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“Philosopher”
Lots of links and good photos as well!
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Chomsky on Zizek, again
This is quite funny, even if Zizek seems increasingly pathetic.
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Fall 2013 Update to the Philosophical Gourmet Report for 2011-12
UPDATED NOVEMBER 22, 2013 MOVING TO FRONT FROM OCT. 13–a couple more minor corrections. These are the major changes at the (primarily) tenured faculty level since the fall 2011 surveys for programs ranked then or in 2009. I've generally omitted short-term part-time appointments. I try to always list areas of specialty under the appointing school's entry (sometimes under the…
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A philosophy of computer science textbook…
…on-line, courtesy of Buffalo's William Rapaport. (Thanks to Mike G. for the pointer.)
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Rank the 50 best law faculties in the U.S.
It's the time of year for our annual Condorcet poll about law schools–but this years, I want to emphasize that the question is about the best law faculties, in terms of the scholarly quality of their work. Here's the poll: have fun! (We've included every school that is either "top 50" in U.S. News or…
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On the transformation of British higher education
A recent review essay. Thoughts from readers?
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Leonard Linsky Memorial Conference
It's coming up here at Chicago.
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Should recommenders “explain” weaknesses in a PhD applicant’s record?
A student considering graduate school in philosophy writes: I was hoping to receive comments on the attitude of admissions committee members towards the attempts of a letter-writer to defend a weak element of a student's packet. For example, when professor X vouches for student Y, despite Y having something like low GRE scores or a…
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Cyberwar ethics?
Fritz Allhof (Western Michigan), Patrick Lin (Cal Poly) and B.J. Strawser (Naval Postgraduate School) will investigate. (Thanks to Joe Hatfield for the pointer.)
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A parody of Zizek…
…who is a parody of a philosopher. (Thanks to Guy Elgat for the pointer.)
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It turns out that practitioners of successful sciences don’t have to write op-eds…
…claiming their field is a "science." Yes, economics is a science, just like folk psychology: both are failed sciences, as we have had occasion to note before.
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Yet another news article trashing student-edited law reviews
Yawn. Mr. Liptak, however, missed the real story, which is that peer-edited journals of legal scholarship are not "rare" any longer, but increasingly common, and increasingly the leading fora for work in several areas of interdisciplinary scholarship (especially law & economics, and law & philosophy). A REJOINDER from Frank Pasquale, who makes several fair points. That…
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Jerry Dworkin: the funniest Dworkin…
…and the _______ Jerry?
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In Memoriam: Keith Gunderson (1935-2013)
A longtime member of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Professor Gunderson was best-known for his work in philosophy of mind. A brief memorial notice is here.
@ The Pacific: Good questions. My point isn’t that journals can’t adopt that stance, only that I won’t referee for…