December 2015
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“Normativity for Naturalists,” redux
I've enjoyed a lot of correspondence about this paper over the last year; for those who are interested, it's now out in Philosophical Issues (the supplement to Nous) in a special issue on "Normativity" edited by Ram Neta. A lot of interesting-looking papers, though I think most of the other contributors are "true believers," as…
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Harvard medical school professor David Silbersweig makes the best case for studying philosophy
And it's got nothing to do with money, and everything to do with how to think. (My thanks to Prof. Silbersweig for calling this very nice piece to my attention.)
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Oxford’s Les Green on the Sheinman affair at Bar-Ilan
Here. (Prof. Green has comments open at his site, so I will not open them here.)
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Hebrew U’s David Enoch replies to the Bar-Ilan Professors Regarding the Sheinman affair
Professor Enoch asked me to share his response: Download Following the nine Bar Ilan Professors response Enoch I am opening comments, but they will be moderated for relevant substance, and perhaps edited to that end. Only comments with a full name (in the name line) and a valid e-mail address (which will not appear) will…
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Lisitsa plays Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody #2
I'm not sure this is my favorite recording, but it is undoubtedly the best video of the piece, which allows one to see the demandingness of performing this Rhapsody (Lisitsa, like Liszt, has very long hands).
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Law Dean at Bar-Ilan University continues attack on speech and due process rights of Prof. Hanoch Sheinman (UPDATED)
MOVING TO FRONT FROM DEC. 23–UPDATED Details of this sorry episode are here. UPDATE: Several law faculty have sent me a statement disputing Prof. Sheinman's account; I have posted it at the original link, above. ANOTHER: Hebrew U's David Enoch responds to the preceding. DEC. 28 UPDATE: Alon Harel (Hebrew U) weighs in.
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Postmodern Xmas
Once again.
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Bar-Ilan University continues its war on academic freedom, speech and the due process rights of faculty (UPDATED)
MOVING TO FRONT FROM YESTERDAY–UPDATED The victim is the legal philosopher Hanoch Sheinman, one of the leading scholars in the field of his generation, who is a member of the law faculty. The persecutors are the Dean of the Faculty of Law, Shahar Lifshitz, aided and abetted by the University Rector Miriam Faust. Readers may recall…
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A blast from the past for the holidays
Politically correct and non-legally binding holiday wishes.
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In Memoriam: Joe Jamail (1925-2015)
Not a law professor, but a fabulously successful trial lawyer in Houston and a major benefactor of my former employer the University of Texas at Austin (I once held the Joseph D. Jamail Centennial Chair in Law). I recall a speech he once gave to the law faculty, he was extremely humble and complimentary towards…
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LA Review of Books on Frankfurt on inequality
Another useful and well-done review from the LARB, which, along with the Boston Review and the New Rambler, are my favorites these days.
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A rejection letter that is a real sign of the times
A reader on the job market sends along a portion of a rejection letter he got (from a top department), with the notable parts capitalized (by the reader): Thank you for applying for one of the tenure-stream positions that we advertised last fall. We regret that we will not be moving forward with your application…
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Wisconsin Tenure Watch
As Wisconsin goes, so goes the rest of the nation, which is why everyone in academia should be watching.
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Identity politics and “the perfection of capitalism”
More thoughts from Robert Paul Wolff.
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On being Noam Chomsky’s personal assistant
This is charming.
I respond to this report here https://jasonstanleyantifascist.substack.com/p/on-the-philosophical-muddle-that