November 2014
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New books in November
Authors and/or publishers kindly sent me these new books this month: Duns Scotus on Time & Experience: The Questions on Aristotle's "De interpretatione" trans. with introduction & commentary by Edward Buckner and Jack Zupko (Catholic University of America Press, 2014). Reading Nietzsche Through the Ancients by Matthew Meyer (De Gruyter, 2014).
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More PGR specialty rankings: “top ten” in Political Philosophy
They are: POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY Group 1 (1-1) (rounded mean of 4.5) University of Arizona (4.5, 5) Group 2 (2-10) (rounded mean of 4.0) Brown University (4.5, 4.5) Harvard University (4, 4) London School of Economics (4, 4.5) New York University (4, 4.5) Oxford University (4, 4.0 & 3.0) Princeton University (4, 4.5 & 4.0) University…
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In Memoriam: Jean Braucher (1950-2014)
Henderson Professor of Law at the University of Arizona, Professor Braucher was a leading scholar in the areas of contracts, bankruptcy and commercial law. There is a memorial notice here. (Thanks to Keith Rowley for the pointer.)
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Whiting from Toronto to Pitt
Jennifer Whiting, a leading scholar of ancient philosophy at the University of Toronto, has accepted the senior offer from the Department of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh, where she will start effective January 1, 2015. Toronto will continue to be a strong choice in ancient philosophy, but this hire, had it taken place prior…
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Attrition rates in philosophy PhD programs in the U.S.
The median is around 60%! It's fairly high across other fields too. (Thanks to Brad Wray for the pointer.)
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Excellent and moderately priced Japanese restaurant in Chicago
This place was great, for both hot dishes and sushi; it's in the West Loop. BYOB.
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More PGR results: the “top 9” in Philosophy of Action
They are: Group 1 (1-2) (rounded mean of 4.5) Florida State University (4.5, 5) University of California, Riverside (4.5, 4.5) Group 2 (3-7) (rounded mean of 4.0) Cornell University (4, 3.5) Ohio State University (4, 3.5) University of Arizona (4, 4) University of Southern California (4, 4) University of Notre Dame (4, 4) Group 3…
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Punitiveness, justice and proportionality
I was astonished to learn that some people thought it was inappropriate for Peter Ludlow to be an evaluator in the current PGR. Ludlow has been a regular respondent to the surveys for many years; we have always invited past participants (except when they ask to be removed), and we did so this year as well…
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Calgary’s Kenneth Waters elected to Amer. Assoc. for Advancement of Science
The Calgary news release is here. (Thanks to several readers for sending this.) UPDATE: Thanks to philosopher Brad Wray for pointing out that philosopher of science Joseph Pitt (Virginiia Tech) was also elected.
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More PGR results: “top 11” in Ethics (including normative ethics, moral psychology, and practical reasoning, but not applied or meta-ethics)
Group 1 (1-4) (rounded mean of 4.5) Harvard University (4.5, 5) New York University (4.5, 4.5) University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (4.5, 4.5) Yale University (4.5, 5) Group 2 (5-11) (rounded mean of 4.0) Oxford University (4.5, 4.5) Princeton University (4, 4) Rutgers University, New Brunswick (3.5, 3.5) University of Arizona (4, 4) University of…
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More PGR results: top 5 in Philosophy of Mind
They are (see earlier posts for an explanation of the ranking): Group 1 (1) (rounded mean of 5.0) New York University (5, 5) Group 2 (2) (rounded mean of 4.5) Rutgers University, New Brunswick (4.5, 5) Group 3 (3-5) (rounded mean of 4.0) City University of New York Graduate Center (4, 4.5) University of California,…
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A different perspective on September’s smear campaign
My former colleague, the moral philosopher and former editor of Ethics, John Deigh (Texas) wrote: I regret that so many…are unable to separate your private email correspondence from your editing the PGR and to see that what's deplorable in all this is the behavior of the two individuals who made public, without your consent and with the intention of harming you, private correspondence…
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Wilson Named Dean of Tennessee
Professor Melanie Wilson, the associate dean ofacademic affairs at Kansas Law, has been named the new dean of the University of Tennessee School of Law.
Georgy Maksimovich pointed me to this article in Russian: https://novayagazeta.ru/articles/2026/05/25/antisovetskie-filosofskie-kontratseptsii