April 2017
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New Books in April
Authors and/or publishers kindly sent me these new books this month: In Defense of Moral Luck: Why Luck Often Affects Praiseworthiness and Blameworthiness by Robert J. Hartman (Routledge, 2017). The Beginning of Politics: Power in the Biblical Book of Samuel by Moshe Halbertal & Stephen Holmes (Princeton University Press, 2017). Glimpse of Light: New Meditations…
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A few notes on FERPA, the law protecting the privacy of the educational records of students, and other issues related to the Kipnis book
MOVING TO FRONT FROM THE EVENING OF 4/28–A COUPLE OF UPDATES/CLARIFICATIONS Several philosophers have written me this week asking about the references to FERPA in both the letter from the Northwestern graduate students and in Prof. Kipnis's reply. In particular, the Northwestern students noted: Students have rights not only under Title IX but also under…
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Great moments in obscure rock ‘n’ roll: Quicksilver Messenger Service, “3 or 4 Feet From Home,” 1969
Quicksilver was part of the late 1960s psychedelic scene in San Francisco–they enjoyed more commercial success than Moby Grape, but not nearly as much as the Jefferson Airplane or Grateful Dead. To the extent one hears them on "classic rock" radio these days, it's usually for "Fresh Air" from their third studio album in 1970. …
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Allen from Indiana to Pitt
Colin Allen (philosophy of biology and cognitive science, animal behavior and cognition), Professor of History and Philosophy of Science and of Cognitive Science at Indiana University, Bloomington has accepted appointment as Distinguished Professor in the History and Philosophy of Science Program at the University of Pittsburgh, effective this fall.
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Medina from Vanderbilt to Northwestern
Jose Medina (philosophy of race and gender, political philosophy, social epistemology, philosophy of language & mind), Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University, has accepted a senior offer from the Department of Philosophy at Northwestern University, where he will start this fall. (Prof. Medina earned his PhD at Northwestern not quite twenty years ago.)
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Religious liberty and anti-discrimination law
A new series on YouTube from philosopher John Corvino (Wayne State). (This is related to themes from his recent co-authored book that is advertised currently on the left on this blog.)
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Blast from the past: rise of the cyber-mobs in philosophy
March 2014, the first signs that the philosophy profession was going off the rails.
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Four law professors win Carnegie fellowships in 2017 (Michael Simkovic)
Winners of Carnegie Fellowships for 2017 include: Katerina Linos (U.C. Berkeley) Polly Price (Emory) Emily Ryo (USC) Mila Versteeg (University of Virginia) The Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program provides fellowships advancing research in the social sciences and humanities. 35 winners are selected from among hundreds of candidates.
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LePen is not Trump…
…and other thoughts on the French election, which seems to have been oddly reported in the U.S. One of the weirder ones is the idea that the election was a revolt against "the Establishment." Yet Establishment candidates got 60% of the vote–Macron having been a leading figure in the Socialist party and government until running…
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A good bit of news from the dysfunctional state of Illinois
Governor Bruce "country club" Rauner has withdrawn the utterly unqualified hack he nominated for the State Education Board. Readers may recall philosopher Christopher Pynes's post about this some time ago.
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Raising moral robots
I'm not sure the author (philosopher Regina Rini [NYU]), knows a lot about raising children, but I like her discussion of the "Celestial" and "Organic" views of morality.
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Sports and national identity
Philosopher David Papineau (KCL/CUNY) comments.
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Daniel Bonevac (Texas) on his (lonely) support for Trump in academia
A nice write-up in THES.
Giovanni Molteni Tagliabue (Italy) Rationalized and Extended Democracy – The REDemo Project. Foreword by Gilberto Corbellini. Firenze University Press 2023.…