May 2016
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Great moments in obscure rock ‘n’ roll: Red Dirt, “Memories” and “I’ve Been Down So Long,” 1970
Another piece from the one and only 1970 album of this late 1960s Yorkshire band that started in the blues, branching out into psychedelic and folk styles. Here's the opening song, "Memories": And here's the closing item from the same album:
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For readers in Los Angeles
I'm supposed to be on Gurvey's Law today from 2-3 pm Pacific time, 790 KABC talk radio. Not sure whether it is live-streamed. I had an enjoyable conversation with Mr. Gurvey, who studied philosophy as an undergraduate Brown (wrote a senior thesis with Dan Brock I learned on omissions and consequentialism) before becoming a lawyer.…
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Crane from Cambridge to Central European University
Tim Crane (philosophy of mind), currently Knightbridge Professor of Philosophy at Cambridge University, has accepted appointment as Professor of Philosophy at the Central European University in Budapest beginning in 2017-18. CEU has long had a strong department, but this will be a big boost for their international visibility. (Thanks to Steve Hales for the pointer.)
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Thomas from Tilburg to York
The moral philosopher Alan Thomas, currently at the University of Tilburg, has accepted appointment as Professor of Philosophy at the University of York in the U.K., where he will also be Head of Department, effective September 1. That's a great hire for York!
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Aristotle’s tomb found?
So says this news report. Does this have any significance? (Thanks to Dean Rowan for the pointer.)
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On Oberlin College
In The New Yorker; it really sounds like an unhappy and dysfunctional environment. What a shame for what used to be a major liberal arts college in the Midwest.
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Finally, an arrest in the murder of Florida State law professor Dan Markel (moving to front–updated)
Initial news item, more details coming later today. UPDATE: So the police are investigating this as a "murder for hire," and indicate more arrests are expected. No details yet on who would have hired the killer. You can see the police press conference here. The original link, above, is being updated.
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A Freudian take on the Trump phenomenon
This essay has some good insights. (Thanks to Michael Swanson for the pointer.)
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Frankfurt on “bullshit”
The video. (Thanks to Rob Tempio for the pointer.)
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“Many times we rise up for injustices that are not the most oppressive”
Comedian and civil rights activist Dick Gregory on a recent controversy about his autobiography.
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15 Most-Cited Faculty in Law & Economics (incl. behavioral law & economics), 2010-2014 (inclusive)
This is a list of leading scholars who deploy the tools of law & economics, or law & behavioral economics, across a range of subjects, drawing, once again, on the data from the 2015 Sisk study: Rank Name School Citations Age in 2016 1 Eric Posner University of Chicago 2470 51 2 Steven Shavell Harvard University 1340…
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On what really goes on in college admissions…
…as told, quite honestly and accurately, by a former Admissions Dean at the University of Chicago. Having now been through two rounds of college applications, one for a child applying mostly to top private research universities, and one applying mostly to top private liberal arts colleges, I've gained a lot of insight into this process. …
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Elizabeth Warren is going to drive Dopey Donald Chump crazy…
…with these appropriately condescending attacks. She's got three big advantages: she's smarter, she's more articulate, and she's not a pathological liar. As this perceptive game-theoretic analysis of Dopey Donald Chump's modus operandi makes clear, Senator Warren's relentless, belittling attacks will drive him to distraction and self-destruction.
Nobody uses the NS equations to find their *real actual solutions* in engineering problems. They use approximations. The math question…