May 2017
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New Books in May
Authors and/or publishers kindly sent me these new books this month: Does Anything Really Matter? Essays on Parfit on Objectivity edited by Peter Singer (Oxford University Press, 2017). The Human Predicament: A Candid Guide to Life's Biggest Questions by David Benatar (Oxford University Press, 2017). Heretics! The Wondrous (and Dangerous) Beginnings of Modern Philosophy by…
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APA elections: where do the candidates stand on academic freedom and freedom of expression and inquiry?
MOVING TO FRONT–ORIGINALLY POSTED MAY 26–FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION/INFORMATION: NOTE THAT THREE OF THE CANDIDATES (ANDERSON, TIRRELL, AND MILLER) WERE SIGNATORIES TO THE OPEN LETTER DEFAMING TUVEL An untenured philosopher writes: Perhaps these are waters into which you would rather not wade, but after receiving an email notice to in APA Eastern Division elections, I realized that…
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Evergreen State students behaving badly
IHE has the details. The students are clearly in the wrong. The professor's troubles started earlier this year when he challenged, correctly, a new policy requiring faculty to report on their progress with regard to "racial diversity." (Thanks to Jake Fraser for the pointer to this.) Is Evergreen State crazy? The University President, as quoted by…
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George Fletcher sues Columbia and his Law School Deans for age discrimination
The complaint is here. Fletcher has apparently enjoyed an arrangement in which he teaches his 10 credits in the fall and then spends the Spring in Israel. His new Dean, Gillian Lester, and the Associate Dean, Avery Katz–both defendants in the suit–had concerns about student enrollments and evaluations of some of his classes. Fletcher claims they want…
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An open letter about L’Affaire Hypatia and a good bit more
Julian Vigo, a writer and filmmaker and cultural theorist, asked me to share this open letter (which is soliciting signatories) about the Hypatia/Tuvel affair, but which raises many broader issues as well. I have mixed feelings about broaching the broader issues, but readers should take a look for themselves. (Vigo, by the way, had a quite…
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Blast from the past: “On Academic Bad Manners”
Before the arrival of the politeness police and "be nice" crowd, one could laugh about things like this (not even ten years ago!).
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Jose Bermudez, philosopher…
…and cycling superman! Amazing.
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Great moments in obscure rock ‘n’ roll: Shiloh, Simple Little Down Home Rock ‘n’ Roll Love Song for Rosie, 1969
Before he gained fame and fortune with the (saccharine) Eagles in the 1970s, Don Henley played in this country-rock band–this was the lead song from their one and only album:
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Representation of female authors in leading philosophy journals
A new empirical paper has appeared in Phil Studies (thanks to Isaac Wilhelm for sending it to me). There's some useful commentary on the findings here.
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Things don’t look good for the CEU in Budapest
Philosopher Katalin Balog (Rutgers) kindly flagged this piece, which she describes as a "highly detailed, and alas, realistic assessment of the CEU situation." From the article's conclusion: If the CEU moves—already there is talk of Vienna and Prague as alternative locations—it will be to the shame of all those who believe in liberal democratic ideals.…
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Trump’s body language
Leave it to The Daily Mail to get to the heart of the matter.
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Kierkegaard and…Tinder?
Philosopher of religion Christopher Hamilton (KCL) comments.
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What is it like to be a philosopher? Chris Lebron edition
Courtesy, as always, of Clifford Sosis.
I first met Professor Hoy when I returned to UC Santa Cruz in Fall of ’92 to finish my undergraduate…