September 2014
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“The Invention of Low Value Speech”
Andy Koppelman (Northwestern) has a nice discussion of recent scholarship by our Bigelow Genevieve Lakier. UPDATE: I just learned that Lakier's paper will appear in the Harvard Law Review! Congratulations to Prof. Lakier!
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Partial PGR update, at least for now
I''m happy to report that Advisory Board member Berit Brogaard (Miami) has agreed to join me as co-editor of the 2014 PGR (assuming we go forward), and to take on some of the responsibilities involved. One other invitation is outstanding as well. I thank the members of the Advisory Board and many other philosophers, faculty and students, for their…
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Katherine Franke on Salaita and civility
Nice quote from her recent presentation in Urbana-Champaign. (My own views on this, as I noted before, are a bit different, though I fully agree with her about the Salaita affair.)
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And yet more bad climate change news…
…countries and populations most affected by sea level rises.
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Philosophers separated at birth from their celebrity look-alikes
This is quite entertaining, and some are remarkable (e.g., Derrida and Peter Falk!).
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“Moral Mondays” come to Indiana, in response to ALEC mischief
Interesting story here, with a nice conclusion: In his Saturday, September 20, afternoon speech to the 400 people rallying at the Indiana State House, Rev. Barber said he was told by his son, an environmental physicist, that if he ever got lost in mountainous territory he should walk to higher ground. This is necessary, Barber…
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“The Circumstances of Civility”
This topic has become timely again with the Salaita affair at Illinois, and various public addresses, including by the Berkeley Chancellor, about the topic. And for a different take, try this. (And Happy New Year to those celebrating!)
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Philosophy and Psychiatry
The blog.
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More mischief in the Salaita affair
This is the kind of stuff that will come out in litigation.
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Katherine Frank’s event about the Salaita case in Urbana-Champaign
A video here, for those who might be interested. (Prof. Franke had earlier withdrawn from a formal invitation to the Illinois campus as part of the boycott.)
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On “conceptual writing”…
…at Aesthetics for Birds.
We haven’t discussed this in our department (lower ranked PGR but tend to get highly competitive/very large applicant pool) but…