October 2016
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New Books in October
Authors and/or publishers kindly sent me these new books this month: Debating Gun Control: How Much Regulation Do We Need by David DeGrazia & Lester H. Hunt (Oxford University Press, 2016). Ten Neglected Classics of Philosophy edited by Eric Schliesser (Oxford University Press, 2017). The Ethics of Sport: Essential Readings edited by Arthur L. Caplan…
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Indiana Tech Law School to close…
…despite recently getting conditional accreditation. But given the enrollment figures and lack of demand, this is not a surprising development.
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Manchester Metropolitan University may close entire Cheshire campus
Philosopher Michael Loughlin from MMU Cheshire writes: [P]hilosophy is one of a number of academic subjects currently offered on the Cheshire campus of Manchester Metropolitan University. The whole campus is potentially facing closure as part of a commissioned "review" of its "financial sustainability" by a team of management consultants. The board of governors is considering options that…
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Democracy, Epistocracy, and the philosophers David Estlund and Jason Brennan…
…discussed in a rather intelligent essay in The New Yorker.
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Explaining the inexplicable
Nancy Cartwright (Durham/UC San Diego), James Ladyman (Bristol) and others discuss.
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Enrollment trends, 2010 to 2016
Blog Emperor Caron has been tracking them at various schools. At almost all the schools covered, enrollment is down substantially since 2010 and, even so, the numerical credentials of the enrolled students are also down.
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Halloween is for Irish people only
Philosopher Jason Brennan (Georgetown) comments.
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Democracy in America is a disaster: the case of Trump
This sums it up quite nicely. Do read Achen & Bartels, Demoracy for Realists, which I am grateful to Jason Brennan for flagging. Pretty grim.
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FBI Director Comey, Clinton, and the latest e-mail brouhaha
This is informative (by two legal scholars).
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Great moments in obscure rock ‘n’ roll: James Gang, “Funk #48,” 1969
Everyone knows that staple of "classic rock" radio, "Funk #49," from the James Gang's 1970 Rides Again (one of the best rock albums of that era), but how many know its precedessor from the 1969 debut album by Joe Walsh's first band:
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The Yale Halloween fiasco, a year later
Worth remembering, given the attempt to whitewash what happened in some circles (bolding added): Nearly a thousand students, faculty and deans called for my and my husband’s immediate removal from our jobs and campus home. Some demanded not only apologies for any unintended racial insensitivity (which we gladly offered) but also a complete disavowal of…
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A very amusing, short interview with UC San Diego’s Manuel Vargas…
…at the APA blog. Do not mention mangos!
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Best PhD Programs for Feminist Philosophy, 2016-17
Following up on this post, and once again taking account of faculty changes since the fall 2014 PGR, here's an attempted update of the top programs for Feminist Philosophy for 2016-17, again by rough "clusters" of peer programs: Group 1 (1-10) Birkbeck College, University of London Cambridge University City University of New York Graduate Center Massachussetts…
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More support for the Humanities Center at Johns Hopkins…
…from PhD alumni, who hold an impressive array of positions nationally and internationally.
My former colleagues at another university in Middle East have also been moved to online teaching indefinitely, with the students…