April 2015
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Guess who’s running for President?
A large pile of cash.
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Henwood on Clinton’s Presidential run
This all seems so obviously true, but since the billionaires have spoken, it’s not up to us anyway. (Thanks to Ruchira Paul for the pointer.)
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In Memoriam: Eduardo Galeano (1940-2015)
Two days late, apologies. A wonderful writer, and scathing critic, who knew what mattered.
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Philosophers win ACLS support
Johnny Brennan from the ACLS kindly writes with news about philosopher winners in the last ACLS competitions: ACLS Fellowship Jacob Beck, Assistant Professor at York University, “Beyond Language” How the Mind Represents the World” Tim Maudlin, Professor at New York University, “Space-Time and the Theory of Linear Structures” Christia Mercer, Professor at Columbia University, “Feeling…
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So with over 1300 votes, the Leiter Reports readership has spoken…
…so we can just cancel the election season: Of the current actual or likely candidates for President in 2016, whom do you plan to support? Jeb Bush 2%28 Ben Carson 1%7 Chris Christie 1%16 Hillary Clinton 49%641 Ted Cruz 1%15 Bobby Jindal 1%8 Martin OMalley 3%40 Rand Paul…
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“The rise of adjuncts is the most toxic force in higher ed in a generation”
Reader Robert McGarvey sent along this piece, and added the following all too apt observations: No real news here…but the rise of adjuncts plainly is the most toxic force in higher ed in a generation. It is gutting the protection of tenure (although most profs seem too narcissistic and/or dumb to see it), it is…
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Signs of the times: Loyola Law School (Los Angeles) shrinking enrollment by 25%…
…and getting $20 million from the university for student scholarships.
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A previously unpublished letter from Quine to Benardete…
…via Schliesser. (Thanks to Eric for pointing it out.)
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Alan Turing’s Notebook garner $1 million in auction…
…now we know it must be important! (Thanks to Jeff Roland for the pointer.)
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Chicago’s Dean Mike Schill to become next President of U of Oregon
It breaks my heart to have to post this, since Mike Schill has been a terrific Dean here the last 5 1/2 years, but we all knew he was in demand elsewhere: he will be the new President of the University of Oregon, come July 1. Oregon is damn lucky, and I know I speak for…
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Thus spoke Nietzsche
Beyond Good and Evil, sec. 287: Was ist vornehm? Was bedeutet uns heute noch das Wort "vornehm"? Woran verräth sich, woran erkennt man, unter diesem schweren verhängten Himmel der beginnenden Pöbelherrschaft, durch den Alles undurchsichtig und bleiern wird, den vornehmen Menschen? – Es sind nicht die Handlungen, die ihn beweisen, – Handlungen sind immer vieldeutig,…
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“Nietzsche and Moral Psychology”
Forthcoming in The Blackwell Companion to Experimental Philosophy, co-authored with Daniel Telech, a PhD student here who is very knowledgeable not only about Nietzsche, but about empirical and philosophical moral psychology (Dan is the lead author on this piece).
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Melbourne’s Neil Levy blogging…
…at Brains.
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Gender bias in STEM hiring…
…in favor of women?
Nietzsche’s Ecce homo, Notebooks and Letters: 1888-1889. Translation by Daniel Fidel Ferrer. ©2023 Daniel Fidel Ferrer. All rights reserved. Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs…