July 2014
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New Books in July
Authors and/or publishers kindly sent me these new books this month: Omissions: Agency, Metaphysics, and Responsibility by Randolph Clarke (Oxford University Press, 2014). Faith & Wisdom in Science by Tom McLeish (Oxford University Press, 2014). Equal Recognition: The Moral Foundations of Minority Rights by Alan Patten (Princeton University Press, 2014). Why Not Capitalism? by Jason…
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One more lateral hire for the 2013-14 season
I've added it to the earlier list, but am happy to report that Dhammika Dharmapala (tax law & policy, corporate law & finance, law & economics) from the Universityi of Illinois has accepted a tenured offer to join the faculty here at Chicago, beginning this academic year (14-15).
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Henry Siegman on Gaza: an interview at “Democracy Now”
Here. An excerpt: [Israel] has what seems on the surface a justifiable objective of ending these attacks, the rockets that come from Gaza and are aimed—it’s hard to say they’re aimed at civilians, because they never seem to land anywhere that causes serious damage, but they could and would have, if not for luck. So, on…
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Senators unveil new legislation addressing sexual assault on campus
IHE has an account.
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Philosopher Samir Chopra and other academics arrested in New York at protest against slaughter in Gaza
Prof. Chopra's account here.
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The reader polls so far: a summary of the results
The chart below summarizes the reader poll conducted over the past month or so–all got between 1200 and 1700 responses, roughly. Readers can scroll through to find the precise wording, but in each case there were five choices: a "central, foundational" part of the discipline; a major area of research; "useful when" either integrated with…
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Petition in support of Hanoch Sheinman
I would urge readers to sign this well-crafted petition in support of Prof. Sheinman, drafted by philosophers Matthew Kramer (Cambridge) and Sergio Tenenbaum (Toronto).
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Plato in Michigan?
Jason Stanley (Yale) comments on "Detroit's Drought of Democracy."
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Petition in support of Hanoch Sheinman
I would urge readers to sign this well-crafted petition in support of Prof. Sheinman, drafted by lawyer/philosopher Matthew Kramer (Cambridge) and philosopher Sergio Tenenbaum (Toronto). UPDATE: An editorial in Haaretz criticizes the Bar-Ilan Dean, rightly so.
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Statement by Israeli academics opposed to the slaughter in Gaza
Here. (Thanks to Huw Price for the pointer.)
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Bar-Ilan legal philosopher Hanoch Sheinman generates “outrage” by sending e-mail…
…expressing the hope that his students and their friends and families are not among the victims of the violent conflict in Gaza and the surrounding areas. The Dean at Bar-Ilan, whose reaction is quoted at the link, is a disgrace.
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Another Israeli legal academic in the news, this time for sending an e-mail expressing some recognition of the suffering in Gaza (but not only there)
I am grateful to Prof. Ariel Katz (Toronto) for translation of the pertinent parts of this news item concerning Prof. Hanoch Sheinman, a well-known legal philosopher at Bar-Ilan University. Prof. Sheinman sent an e-mail announcing another exam date to his students. The message opened by expressing the hope that the message, finds you in a safe…
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Comedians talk about philosophers
Free podcasts! (Thanks to Kylie Wakefield for the pointer.)
Georgy Maksimovich pointed me to this article in Russian: https://novayagazeta.ru/articles/2026/05/25/antisovetskie-filosofskie-kontratseptsii