February 2014
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In Memoriam: Theodore Eisenberg (1947-2014)
I am sorry to report the startling and unhappy news that Professor Eisenberg, a longtime member of the Cornell faculty and a pioneer in "empirical legal studies," has passed away. The Cornell memorial notice is here.
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Colorado Site Visit Committee was given access to ordinarily confidential sexual harassment complaints
Some members of the Philosophy Department are not happy about it.
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Oppression of the ugly?
Johnny Thakkar comments.
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I succumb…
…I'm on Twitter, for the time being, and after much urging. I'm not sure how much use I'll make of it. Advice welcome.
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“It’s tragic and embarrassing”
It sure is. Disgraceful is more like it.
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Northwestern answers complaint in Title IX lawsuit
I have been sent a copy of Northwestern's answer to the Title IX lawsuit noted earlier. (Filings in lawsuits like this are public documents.) Note that the admissions in the lawsuit represent Northwestern's position, not Professor Ludlow's. According to the answer: 1. Northwestern admits that it "substantiated some, but not all, of [the plaintiff's allegations…
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Pickard from Oxford to Birmingham
Hanna Pickard (philosophy of mind, philosophy of pyschiatry), currently Wellcome Trust Biomedical Ethics Clinical Research Fellow at Oxford University, will take up a half-time Readership in Philosophy at the University of Birmingham, effective January 2015. She will continue with the other half of the time her work as a clinical therapist.
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Barnes, Cameron from Leeds to Virginia (UPDATE: and Walter Ott from Virginia Tech)
Elizabeth Barnes and Ross Cameron, both Associate Professors of Philosophy at the University of Leeds, and both leading young figures in metaphysics, have accepted tenured offers from the Department of Philosophy at the University of Virginia, where they will start this fall. That's a big investment in metaphysics for UVA and, given its existing strengths,…
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Roger Scruton, paid shill for the tobacco industry?
Bizarre. UPDATE: Faux Philosophy News to the rescue! ANOTHER: David Gordon points out to me that this is an old news story, not current.
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Law firm hiring, the latest NALP report for fall 2013
Here. Good, not great: much better than the depths of the recession, and holding steady or improving from last year in most parts of the country, but not close to being back to pre-recession levels (no surprise there).
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Harvard’s own survey of employers about what classes students should take
Here. Unsurprisingly, "experiential" learning of the kind a minority is trying to force upon everyone does not loom large. UPDATE: Blog Emperor Caron breaks out charts showing the results.
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First there was the sensationalistic UK tabloid “The Daily Mail”…
…and now there is "The Philosopher's Mail." (Thanks to Rob Tempio for the pointer.)
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A new open access journal: “Science, Religion & Culture”
Here. A timely topic, as readers of this blog will know, and an impressive editorial board (which is why I was honored to be asked to join).
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More philosopher videos: Stephan Hartmann
Once again, courtesy of the Humboldt Foundation.
I respond to this report here https://jasonstanleyantifascist.substack.com/p/on-the-philosophical-muddle-that