January 2017
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New Books in January
Authors and/or publishers kindly sent me these new books this month: Social Contract Theory for a Diverse World: Beyond Tolerance by Ryan Muldoon (Routledge, 2016). The Animal Ethics Reader, 3rd edition edited by Susan J. Armstrong & Richard G. Botzler (Routledge, 2017). Philosophy of Molecular Medicine: Foundational Issues in Research and Practice edited by Giovanni…
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The observable evidence regarding Trump & Bannon admits of differing interpretations: they’re conniving fascists about to stage a coup, or inept incompetents flailing about
This is a sober counterweight to the rather melodramatic piece noted yesterday. (Thanks to Stefan Sciaraffa for the pointer.)
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Is information more fundamental than matter?
Philosopher James Ladyman (Bristol) and others discuss.
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Another strong statement on the Trump/Bannon wickedness on immigration…
…from the President of Macalester College. (Thanks to Ilya Winham for the pointer.)
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Trump, “Evil Baby”
The music video. (Thanks to Christopher Pellnat for the pointer.)
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Another way to resist Trump/Bannon/Pence while sitting at your computer
Participate in "notice and comment" on bad proposed regulations. (Thanks to Catherine Diehl for the pointer to this useful resource.)
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Supreme Court clerks by school, 1882-2017, 2005-2017 (UPDATED & CORRECTED)
Brad Hillis called this data compilation he did to my attention; I haven't verified its accuracy, but the recent (2005-17) data looks roughly right. Readers can weigh in at Wikipedia to correct the data if need be. Neither list is adjusted for class size. Here are the twenty law schools that have produced the most Supreme…
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New research on gender stereotypes about intelligence and their influence on children
Philosopher Peter Carruthers (Maryland) kindly calls my attention to this new work (co-authored by philosopher Sarah-Jane Leslie [Princeton]): You and your readers might be interested in this new paper from Sarah-Jane Leslie and Andrei Cimpian, following up on their earlier work with adults: Bian, L., Leslie, S. J., & Cimpian, A. (2017). Gender stereotypes about…
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One of the better university statements about the Bannon/Trump mischief…
….comes from Father Jenkins, President of the University of Notre Dame, who is also a philosophy professor there.
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Where elected representatives stand on the Bannon/Trump immigration order
Useful chart. Note that in addition to the 48 Democratic Senators, 10 Republican Senators have come out squarely against it (a half-dozen Republican Senators support it, most are just quiet). It remains to be seen how things shape up in the House.
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“Malevolence tempered by incompetence”
A useful take on Bannon & Trump's executive order regarding refugrees and visas. I vote for more incompetence, since we're guaranteed the malevolent intentions. Note that the author of this anlaysis is a pretty reliable apologist usually for so-called "counterterrorism" efforts. Note this from his assessment of this executive order: [I]n the rational pursuit of…
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Rousseau…and Trump?
Political theorist David Lay Williams (DePaul) comments.
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Trump and Bannon
This cartoon, if it makes the rounds, ought to drive him crazy (thanks to Michael Swanson for finding it–the source):
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Rallying Republicans against Trump
Here Eliot Cohen, formerly of the George W. Bush Administration, and a longstanding Trump skeptic: Precisely because the problem is one of temperament and character, it will not get better. It will get worse, as power intoxicates Trump and those around him. It will probably end in calamity—substantial domestic protest and violence, a breakdown of…
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Another federal court, this time in California, stays removal under the immigration ban…
…and suggests removal may constitute a violation of the Establishment Clause of the Constitution. According to the colleague from whom I got this, this is the first mention of the Establishment Clause being implicated in the Muslim ban.
Giovanni Molteni Tagliabue (Italy) Rationalized and Extended Democracy – The REDemo Project. Foreword by Gilberto Corbellini. Firenze University Press 2023.…