May 2015
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New Books in May
Authors and/or publishers kindly sent me these new books this month: The Power of Ideals: The Real Story of Moral Choice by William Damon & Anne Colby (Oxford University Press, 2015). Plotnius, Ennead IV.4.30-45 & IV.5: Problems Concerning the Soul trans. with introduction & commentary by Gary M. Gurtler, SJ (Parmenides Publishing, 2015). Rethinking Language,…
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“Jezebel” blog weighs in on Kipnis case at Northwestern
Here. (Thanks to Clifford Sosis for the pointer.)
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Brennan on the “New Campus Censorship”
A propos today's madness: NCC isn't as catchy as "the New Infantilism," but he owns the trademark now! But I like the idea: create colleges to cater to "the New Infants." Why not, we already have blogs that do so!
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Speaking of Title IX “madness”… (MOVING TO FRONT FROM YESTERDAY–UPDATED)
…a Northwestern radio, television and film professor had a Title IX "retaliation" complaint filed against her after writing an opinion piece in CHE about sexual politics and paranoia on campus; her chilling account of this appalling Kafkaesque ordeal is behind a paywall [UPDATE: A free version, for 24 hours is here], but here is an…
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AAUP Committee A recommends “censure” of University of Illinois over treatment of Steven Salaita
Rightly so. I assume the full AAUP will approve the censure when it meets on June 13.
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PhD student, accused of scientific fraud, says it isn’t
I'm not sure this is the best strategy, especially after his senior co-author bailed on the project due to failure to produce the data. (Thanks to Sam Elgin for the pointer.)
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The 85 (or so) most cited living philosophers with public Google Scholar pages (CORRECTED)
MOVING TO FRONT, WITH ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS This omits some philosophers who do not have such pages (like Tyler Burge [circa 8,000 cites], Allan Gibbard [circa 8,000 cites], Alvin Goldman [circa 15,000 cites], Philip Kitcher [circa 10,000 cites], Alasdair MacIntyre [circa 25,000 cites], John McDowell [circa 10,000 cites], Thomas Nagel [circa 25,000 cites], Martha Nussbaum [circa…
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Applying to graduate school with an uneven academic record
A prospective PhD student writes: I am a reader of your blog and your philosohy gourmet report -and a philosophy student. I found both resources very illuminating in thinking about grad school. I have seen that people sometime email you questions. I myself have two questions that I seek some guidance with. Maybe you…
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Cudd from Kansas to BU
Ann Cudd (political philosophy, feminist philosophy, philosophy of economics), University Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Vice-Provost at the University of Kansas, has accepted appointment as Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences at Boston University, where she will also hold an appointment in the Department of Philosophy.
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Leading feminist legal theorist Janet Halley (Harvard) takes on the current Title IX madness
And her views have apparently prevailed at Harvard Law School, perhaps providing a model that other schools still concerned with truth, due process and fairness might adopt: The [Harvard Law School] committee ultimately proposed a set of procedures that closely resembled what Halley and her colleagues requested: it featured an independent adjudicatory body and attorneys guaranteed…
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Advertising update: June
There's still a 3rd from the top spot for $200 available. As noted previously, ates will be lower this summer ($300/top spot, $250/2nd from top), because I will be blogging a bit less regularly. There is at least one top spot still available in both July and August as well.
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More on McGinn, Miami, and President Shalala
Here, following up on this. ADDENDUM: Because the FP blog is hosted in the United Kingdom, and this item was posted by a resident of the United Kingdom, its postings are subject to English libel law, which includes takedown provisions and is much less friendly to defamation than US law. If, in fact, the allegations by…
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SSRN Downloads: plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose
Haven't looked at SSRN downloads in a couple of years, but here's the top ten US law professors by downloads in the last 12 months as of May 1: 1. Cass Sunstein (Harvard) (28,599 downloads, 24 new papers) 2. Dan Kahan (Yale) (18,796 downloads, 5 new papers) 3. Daniel Solove (George Washington) (18,503 downloads, 2…
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More bad behavior by New York City primates
Identity politics…for kids!?!? If only it was a Marxist school, they'd appreciate the cosmopolitan ideal. (Thanks to Chris Morris for the pointer.)
“Freedom’s just another word for Je est un autre.”