April 2014
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Joan Robinson’s forgotten introduction to modern economics
This sounds interesting.
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Modern philosophers who have had the most pernicious influence on philosophy
I closed the poll after 510 votes because it got linked by one non-philosophy site; as it is, it isn't clear to me that everyone voting was answering the question asked (about pernicious influence on philosophy), but perhaps we'll find out in discussion. In any case, here were the top 20 1. Martin Heidegger (Condorcet winner:…
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“Moms” vs. the NRA
It's a good public relations gimmick, and hopefully effective, but the reality is that it is civilization vs. the NRA, adults vs. the NRA, everyone who isn't a Nazi or sociopath vs. the NRA, etc. Readers outside the U.S., I know, find this all mystifying (how can a fringe group representing about 1.5% of the US population…
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Chat room devoted to law school bashing asks how grads from “Tier 2” and lower law schools fared
And lo and behold, lots of them are actually doing quite well (as someone reading Simkovic & McIntyre would have expected–economic/professional success isn't really measured nine months after graduation). Thanks to a colleague elsewhere for forwarding this remarkable thread:
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Tooley’s detailed reply to the Colorado Site Visit Report
Michael Tooley (Colorado) asked me to share this link. He makes some sound points, some less sound ones, or so it seems to me. Readers will judge for themselves.
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More Typepad hiccups
Starting last Friday, Typepad (the blog service I use) has been having some problems due to DOS attacks by cyber-miscreants. Fortunately, this blog has remained on-line almost the whole time (some other blogs that use Typepad disappeared for a couple of days!). Earlier in the week, I was unable to post anything new for several…
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Americans want philosophy and the liberal arts…
…according to a new study of popular attitudes about higher education. UPDATE: Justin Weinberg (South Carolina) scrutinizes the report and says it is not as positive for philosophy as it first appears.
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“Hope and optimism?”
$4.5 million worth! Project leaders are Cornell's Andrew Chignell and Notre Dame's Samuel Newlands. UPDATE: Prof. Chignell writes: "The question mark cracked me up… It’s Kantian hope (me) and Leibnizean optimism (Sam) of course! We can’t let the politicians and pop-business writers co-opt these concepts altogether… That said, the grant will also sponsor substantial work…
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Berkeley’s Acting Dean Gillian Lester named Columbia’s new Dean
Press release here. UPDATE: I should note also that Lester's husband, Eric Talley, a leading corporate law and law & economics scholar at Berkeley, will also be moving to Columbia. This will solidify Columbia's position as having one of the two best "business law" faculties in the U.S.
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Memorial for Anthony Brueckner, May 24, 2014
Nathan Salmon (UC Santa Barbara) writes: On April 7 the life of an outstanding philosopher, colleague, and friend, Tony Brueckner, came to an untimely end after a short illness. He will be, and is, sorely missed. Attached is a flyer announcing the Memorial Service. The three endearing videos hyperlinked in the flyer capture Tony's spirit.…
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American Academy of Arts & Sciences: the Rich Still Get Richer, but the 2014 class…
…seems unusually diverse in terms of institutional affiliation of those recognized. Here they are by school: 1. Harvard University (16) 2. Stanford University (11) 3. University of California, Los Angeles (8) 3. Yale University (8) 5. Massachussetts Institute of Technology (7) 5. Princeton University (7) 5. University of California, Berkeley (7) 5. University of Chicago…
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Five philosophers elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences
They are: John Broome (Oxford), Arthur Fine (Washington/Seattle), Ruth Garrett Millikan (Connecticut), David Velleman (NYU), and Gary Watson (Southern California). (Interestingly, this is the first year that Philosophy has been split [correctly] from Religious Studies.)
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“Apocalypse cow”
Jon Stewart makes fun of a right-wing crazy in Nevada who has taken up arms to defend his theft of federal land to feed his cattle, and, in the process, Stewart works in references to Descartes and Locke! (Thanks to Will Heusser for the pointer.)
People should understand what precipitated my remarks here at Leiter Reports. Also, a few replies and comments on the conversation:…