May 2015
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Graphing the history of philosophy
Here. (Thanks to Ravi Sama for the pointer.)
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Google and creationist mischief
Egads! (Thanks to Dean Rowan for the pointer.)
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Oxford Don Anil Gomes worried about the mischief his students will do with philosophy
I wonder what his students make of this: Here’s a depressing thought that sometimes occurs to me: someone I teach may, one day, end up in a position of elected power. It’s not an unreasonable fear. The Houses of Parliament are stacked with former Oxford PPE students, shiny-faced and slick of hair, trumpeted by the…
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At last, Facebook behavior explained
Sounds plausible to me.
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In Memoriam: Daniel Meltzer (1951-2015)
The Harvard memorial notice is here.
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UChicago’s over-active spam filter
If you've sent me a conference invitation or referee request to which I have not responded, please contact me again at bleiter-at-uchicago-dot-edu. I have in recent months caught one of each that somehow landed in "junk mail" for unknown reasons. I do check junk mail periodically, but I worry I may also miss things. My…
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Our obsession with photographs
Irish philosopher Robert Grant comments.
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May 28 is “Thales Day” here in Chicago
You heard that right. (Thanks to Michael Swanson for the pointer.
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“Primates of Park Avenue” in Manhattan
Totally believable and totally disgusting. In a civilized society, these pointless people would be separated from the money that makes their excesses possible. (And it's an illusion that this behavior is confined only to the Upper East Side.)
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More on McGinn, Miami, and sexual harassment
When Colin McGinn was forced to resign from the University of Miami, I can still recall Sally Haslanger's cry of victory on Facebook and shout-out to UM President Shalala; the lawyer for the victim does not see it that way, it turns out: Feminist lawyer Ann Olivarius, who is representing the alleged student victim of…
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10,000 sing Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy”
This is lovely, and I confess I often play it, repeatedly, while writing. The "truth is terrible," but these 18 minutes justify existence.
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Charleston Law School will enroll students this fall…
…while undertaking additional cost-cutting measures. It appears the School enjoys some strong support in the local Charleston community.
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The odds your job will be automated in the future
A curious website, I can not vouch for its reliability. Lawyers, doctors, pharmacists, occupational therapists, and college professors have very little chance of being displaced by robots (3% or less); economists, on the other hand, have worse odds (over 40%!). Go figure.
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Robert DeNiro’s graduation speech to new graduates of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts
This is both funny and charming.
“Freedom’s just another word for Je est un autre.”