January 2015
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New books in January
Authors and/or publishers kindly sent me these new books this month: Government Paternalism: Nanny State or Helpful Friend? by Julian Le Grand & Bill New (Princeton University Press, 2015). Happiness & the Law by John Bronsteen, Christopher Buccafusco & Jonathan S. Masur (University of Chicago Press, 2015). Plotinus, Ennead VI.4 and VI.5: On the Presence…
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“Monsters and Mysteries in America” to feature some research on people hit by lightning…
…from Berit Brogaard's lab at the University of Miami. The show's homepage is here, it airs on the Discovery Channel at 9 pm Eastern/8 pm Central tonight.
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Scott Austin memorial service
Lynn Manning, the sister of Professor Austin, who passed away in December, asked me to share the information that a memorial service will take place on Friday, Feb. 6 at 4 p.m. in the Memorial Student Center Ballroom of Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. Inquiries should be directed to Prof. Theodore George, Interim Chair…
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Philosophy of physics wiki
Here. One peculiarity is that retired faculty are listed, as are faculty who have announced their departure to other schools (but are still listed with the school they are leaving). In terms of the actual quality and reputation of these programs, see here.
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Is there a post-Eastern market now?
Spiros wants to know.
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Might the law make cyberspace less of a cesspool than it presently is?
Perhaps, starting with civil remedies for "revenge porn."
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Really no issues in the profession to discuss this week?
Monday's open thread has attracted a grand total of 2 comments (including 1 from me!). The first open thread, the week before, got over 100; I approved over 95% of the submitted comments. Traffic this week was the same as last week. Did we exhaust all the issues already?
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K&L Gates tackles “revenge porn,” files civil suit on behalf of a victim
Interesting developments, which may do something to make the Internet less of a cesspool than it presently is.
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Cambridge’s Tim Crane thinks Derrida is right…
…about at least one thing. But not Badiou.
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When philosophical “reasoning” touches matters that are deeply personal…
…in this case regarding philosophy of disability. Worth reading.
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Salaita files his lawsuit against the University, the Chancellor, 8 Trustees, unknown (at this point) donors and others today
News release here; still digesting the complaint, will post more after I'm through it. MORE: The complaint, which has been filed in federal court here, adds details about the initial offer and acceptance, and the conduct of the defendants that I had not seen previously. Salaita is suing the University of Illinois Trustees and administrators for…
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PGR 2014-15 update
As a number of readers have noted, the 2014-15 PGR is not yet finished; my co-editor Brit, and her RA, are at work on the remaining content, including the summary of each department's specialty rankings. Thanks for your patience.
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Latest LSAC report on law school applications
As of January 23, 2015: As of 1/23/15, there are 168,887 fall 2015 applications submitted by 24,097 applicants. Applicants are down 7.3% and applications are down 9.8% from 2014. This represents a smaller drop in applicants compared to the last report, consistent with the apparent trend towards more applications later in the cycle.
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Scott Walker adds insult to injury
Not only does he plan massive budget cuts for the University of Wisconsin, he thinks faculty need to work harder. Could a craven imbecile like Walker really have any idea what faculty actually do? (Thanks to Michael Swanson for the pointer.)
Tom was a member of my dissertation committee at UNC, where I received my PhD in 2014. Even though I…