March 2016
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New books in March
Authors and/or publishers kindly sent me these new books this month: How Physics Makes Us Free by J.T. Ismael (Oxford University Press, 2016). The Philosopher: A History in Six Types by Justin E.H. Smith (Princeton University Press, 2016). Action, Knowledge & Will by John Hyman (Oxford University Press, 2015). Nietzsche on Mind & Nature edited…
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George Mason’s law school to be named in honor of Justice Scalia…
…in recognition of 20 million dollars from an anonymous donor and 10 million dollars from the Koch Foundation. WSJ story here.
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“If 100 people lived on earth”
This is a nice way of visualizing the distribution of resources, opportunities, living conditions, and cultures on the planet:
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More on the standard of proof in Title IX
There's a lively debate in the comments between Jamie Dreier and others regarding the standard of proof question at the FP blog. I linked in my original piece to the arguments of my colleague Geoffrey Stone, but let me quote his analysis here, since I think it states the case clearly and thus identifies the issues…
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The influence of Rawls
Via Bob Talisse comes this photo, apparently taken from a bathroom in Auburn. UPDATE: Bob writes with a proposed caption: “Jack is solving the problem of dirty hands, one man at a time.”
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Say goodbye to New York, Miami, Shanghai, and Sydney…
…within a century or so.
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Lawyer salaries rising according to the latest from BLS
Stephen Diamond (Santa Cara) has the details.
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Why do women leave philosophy at the undergraduate level?
A new study. (Thanks to several different readers for sending this along.)
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What “philosophy” looks like when it ceases to be a Wissenschaft…
…and becomes a set of sophomoric slogans and confusions. Quite amazing, as we've had occasion to note before.
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Fitelson from Rutgers to Northeastern (with visiting posts as well at Munich and Amsterdam)
Branden Fitelson (formal epistemology, logic, decision theory, philosophy of science), formerly Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University at New Brunswick, has accepted appointment as Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Northeastern University, along with Visiting Professor posts at both the University of Munich and the University of Amsterdam.
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The rise of philosophy of race
In talking with the CHE reporter for the article about Penn State, one question that came up was how seriously philosophy of race was taken at top PhD programs. (This did not make it into the article, alas, but it is perhaps of interest, since Penn State churning out PhDs in the area is not…
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Has the Continuum Hypothesis been solved?
Philosopher Chris Gifford (Bristol) writes: I have been hearing some interesting news about developments in the philosophy of mathematics. Can you do a thread on your blog on the question: "Has the Continuum Hypothesis been Solved? If, so, who solved it? If not, what has been the best attempt?". Informed readers, please educate us!
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Still more on the AAUP report on the abuse of Title IX
There is an interesting, mostly substantive, but, alas, quite misleading post about the recent AAUP report over at the FP blog which deserves some comment. The author is not a lawyer, and this shows in the one glaring mistake, which someone not reading carefully might not realize is not a point made either by Catherine…
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A nice piece on empirically-informed philosophy
Here. (Link fixed now.)
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Marquette University is also a disgrace…
….though for different reasons than the U of Califorrnia! The University, which has been persecuting a political science professor for his lawful extramural speech, decided not to fire him, but only to suspend him for awhile, but also demanding that he do a mea culpa. That is simply bizarre. Why not demand that he wear…
I’ve only just heard this news and am sorry to read it. I was taught as an undergrad and postgrad…