As I learned when I was in Uppsala last August, the situation for academic freedom in Sweden is somewhat mixed. Philosopher Erik Olsson (Lund), whom I had the pleasure of meeting at the Swedish Congress of Philosophy, recently called to my attention this report from the primary watchdog group on academic freedom in Sweden. It seems some, but not all of the threats, to academic freedom are coming from other members of the academy, as in the reported case.
To be worth using, a detector needs not only (A) not get very many false positives, but also (B) get…




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