December 2013
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2013: Philosophers who passed away
The passing of the following philosophers was noted on the blog during 2013: Edwin B. Allaire, David Braybrooke, Joseph L. Camp, Jr., Arthur Danto, Fred Dretske, Ronald Dworkin, Peter Geach, Keith Gunderson, R.I.G. Hughes, Edward McClennen, Avrum Stroll, Arthur Szathmary, D. Burnham Terrell, Dallas Willard. You can click on the "Philosophy Updates" category and scroll down for…
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Signs of the times: 2013 in review
A useful wrap-up from Karen Sloan at The National Law Journal. Happy New Year to all readers!
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New Books in December
Authors and/or publishers kindly sent me these new books this month: Inventing Falsehood, Making Truth: Vico and Neapolitan Painting by Malcolm Bull (Princeton University Press, 2013). Killing by Remote Control: The Ethics of an Unmanned Military edited by Bradley Jay Strawser (Oxford University Press, 2013). How We Hope: A Moral Psychology by Adrienne M. Martin…
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Judges do read law reviews, after all!
A propos our topic du jour, Stephen Diamond (Santa Clara) comments.
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Should a noxious cyber-harasser be identified by name?
In yesterday's post about the jackass harassing Prof. Leong on-line, I referred to him only as "M," since Prof. Leong had not named him on her blog. His identity is not in doubt: he is named in her ethics complaint to the bar, and he even admitted on his "scam" blog that Prof. Leong had contacted…
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AAUP correctly condemns new Kansas Regents’ policy on faculty use of social media
Details here, via law professor Stephen Diamond (Santa Clara).
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Just when you thought you couldn’t have a lower opinion of the Republican Party…
…along comes this news: Over the last four years, the percentage of Democrats who said they believe in evolution has risen by three points, from 64 percent to 67 percent. But the percentage of Republicans who believe in the theory has dropped 11 points, from 54 percent to 43 percent. So while there was a…
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Judge Rakoff on the failure to prosecute any high-level executives in the wake of the financial crisis
Any student of the criminal justice system will find Judge Rakoff's remarks intriguing.
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A different take on the Turing pardon
Phil Gasper calls my attention to this piece, which makes an apt point: In announcing the pardon today, the justice secretary, Chris Grayling, said: "A pardon from the Queen is a fitting tribute to an exceptional man." Turing was certainly an exceptional man but the tribute could not be less fitting. It says that the…
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“Why Tolerate Religion?” at Philosophy Talk radio
Here this week (middle column, click on the free live stream). John Perry, Ken Taylor and I had fun!
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Reworking some articles for a book: a bad idea for junior faculty?
A young philosopher writes: I’m an assistant professor at a small private university in the south. I recently told the chair of my department, along with another associate professor, of my forthcoming book. As you might imagine, I was proud about it and thought it would be a great bit of information to share. When…
David J. Gunkel «Person, Thing, Robot: A Moral and Legal Ontology for the 21st Century and Beyond» (MIT, 2023) Link:…