August 2015
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Illinois Provost involved in the misconduct against Salaita resigns
More here. Another hopeful sign–Chancellor Wise is gone, Board Chair Chris Kennedy is gone, now the Provost. With the original micreants out of the way, this will make it much easier to reach a settlement with Salaita, involving reinstatement, and rescuing the reputation of the University (and saving it millions).
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Brennan on Singer on the drowning child and what the example shows
This is clever. There's also a useful exchange between Richard Yetter Chappell, Brennan, and others in the comments.
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A typical day on the Internet…
.,.courtesy of philosopher Nick Riggle (San Diego).
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Law Schools’ Four Billion Dollar Collective Action Problem (Michael Simkovic)
Earlier this month, I charted the overwhelmingly negative press coverage of law schools and the legal profession over the last 5 years and discussed the disconnect between the news slant and economic reality. To the extent that news coverage dissuaded individuals from attending law school for financial reasons, or caused them to delay attending law school,…
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Was Lamarck right after all?
This is an astonishing finding. Any biologists or philosophers of biology care to interpret its meaning for us?
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Pressure mounts for U of Illinois/Urbana-Champaign to reinstate Steven Salaita
Given the recent legal developments, the University will save itself a lot of money by following this advice.
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Apparently everyone is plagiarizing Gabriel Vacariu
Bizarre. Keep scrolling. (Just for the record: not me! But I'm in the minority, it appears.) (Thanks to Bryan Frances for the pointer.) UPDATE: He's taken to YouTube with his grievance!
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Reaction formation watch, Josh Duggar edition
Dr. Freud strikes again!
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In Memoriam: William L. Rowe (1931-2015)
Emeritus at Purdue University, Professor Rowe was a leading contributor to philosophy of religion and metaphysics. There is a memorial from a colleague here. (Thanks to Michael Bergmann for the pointer.)
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NYU retains Sharon Street (ethics, metaethics) in face of Harvard offer
Good news for NYU; no word yet on Harvard's other outstanding senior offer to A.J. Julius at UCLA.
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Another philosopher has a new blog…
…Massimo Pigliucci at CUNY!
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The first FAR distribution: only 410 candidates, down from over 600 about five years ago
Sarah Lawsky (UC Irvine) has the numbers. In the past, I would estimate that 50% of those in the FAR were non-starters wasting their time and their money. That percentage has probably gone down with the amount of information easily accessible via the Internet. But does the drop in total applicants represent the casual/tourist candidates…
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There is no bottom to dumb, Marco Rubio edition
Marco Rubio (who is really dumb) vs. Aristotle. I figured I couldn't let this pass. (Thanks to Jeff Roland for the pointer.)
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USD’s Vic Fleischer proposes universities spend more of their endowment each year
Fund managers won't be happy.
To be worth using, a detector needs not only (A) not get very many false positives, but also (B) get…