March 2014
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Mearsheimer on Ukraine
This is about the most sober item to appear on Ukraine in a major American newspaper. (Thanks to Philippe Lemoine for the pointer.)
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Wolff on Piketty on inequality
This is very funny. UPDATE: And some more substantive commentary.
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Leiter Reports “World Thinkers” in Philosophy Poll, 2014
While Prospect Magazine does its thing, I thought it might be interesting to ask readers of this blog to vote on the same question concerning only philosophers, namely which ones are "engaging most originally and profoundly with the central questions of the world today." You can vote here. I've included all those Prospect included, and…
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Good places for on-line philosophy discussion for undergraduates?
Philosopher Barbara Montero at the City University of New York writes: Some of my undergraduates are interested in engaging in online philosophy discussions and would like a recommendation as to where to go. As I am untraveled in the blogosphere, I was wondering if you might post a request for recommendations. Comments are open for…
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“What is love?”
450 high school students showed up for a philosophy conference at the University of New Hampshire on the topic. Impressive. (Thanks to Nick Smith for the pointer.)
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Prospect Magazine’s “World Thinkers” poll, 2014
A lot of philosophers on the list, including Elizabeth Anderson, Thomas Nagel, Martha Nussbaum, Derek Parfit, Rae Langton, Daniel Dennett, and Patricia Churchland, among others.
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Parfit and procrastination
Here. (Thanks to John Komdat for the pointer.)
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In Memoriam: John Bennett Bacon (1940-2014)
Professor Bacon worked primarily in logic, philosophy of language and ontology, and taught for many years at the University of Sydney and, most recently, at the University of Toledo, where he was emeritus. There is a brief obituary here. (Thanks to John Sarnecki for notifying me.)
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Schaffer, Wilson win Phi Beta Kappa’s 2014 Lebowitz Prizes
From PKP's press release (which does not appear to be on-lline yet): WASHINGTON, D.C. – Jonathan Schaffer and Jessica Wilson are the 2014 honorees of the Martin R. Lebowitz and Eve Lewellis Lebowitz Prizes for Philosophical Achievement and Contribution for their symposium titled “Grounding in Metaphysics.” The Lebowitz Prizes offer significant, tangible recognition for excellence in philosophical…
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Philosophy trivia quiz…
…from MIT. Some funny and some really trivial.
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Statement by Jeffrey Ketland
Dr. Ketland, a lecturer and Fellow in philosophy at Pembroke College, Oxford, asked me to share the following statement, drafted on March 25, 2014, relating to the events we originally noted a few weeks ago: I knew Ms Charlotte Coursier, formerly Ms Charlotte Marklew, since 2008 at the University of Edinburgh. In June 2011, on graduation,…
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More on the harassment of RIT Philosopher Torcello
We noted last week the "right-wing crazy storm" that enveloped Professor Torcello after misrepresentation by various far right blogs of an essay he had written; this post documents the harassment in some gory detail. Back when I wrote more about politics, I would periodically get linked from right-wing crazy blogs, like InstaIgnorance, and would then…
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What sexual harassment does to its victims
Philosopher Heidi Lockwood collects some harrowing statements from victims. Harassers ought to read this, in particular.
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What is REALLY going on at Denver (contrary to ATL’s fabrications)
In typically irresponsible fashion, ATL yesterday posted factually inaccurate rumors about Denver (which they are slowly correcting). Here is what a tenured colleague at Denver wrote to me: The truth is that we are reducing our tenure and tenure-track faculty by 10 over multiple years. This is consistent with a long-term plan to shrink the…
Georgy Maksimovich pointed me to this article in Russian: https://novayagazeta.ru/articles/2026/05/25/antisovetskie-filosofskie-kontratseptsii