March 2018
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Memory and responsibility for wrongdoing
Philosopher Helen Beebee (Manchester) discusses.
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The “fascist mysticism” of Jordan Peterson
An amusing review of this world-historical simpleton who read Jung and never came back. (Thanks to David Zimmerman for the pointer.)
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In Memoriam: Ronald Rotunda (1945-2018)
Well-known for his treatises and textbooks in both constitutional law and legal ethics, he taught for a quarter-century at the University of Illinois, then at George Mason University, and, most recently, at Chapman University. There is an informative obituary from the ABA Journal here.
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Gutting on Pinker
A typically fair-minded takedown by Gary Gutting (Notre Dame) of the "public intellectual" blowhard du jour.
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Blast from the past: the first five laws of cyber-dynamics
From 2015. As true today as then.
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Hypocrisy watch: the case of Bari Weiss
Typical NY Times.
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Sunstein wins Holberg Prize
The New York Times story. The Holberg Prize has had its share of controversy, but I expect this year's prize will not contribute to it! (I've been travelling, hence the delay in getting to this.)
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19th-century Continental philosophy in the new PGR
The PGR has always given substantial attention to the Continental traditions in post-Kantian philosophy, reporting, much to the self-interested consternation of those affected, the generally low opinion philosophers hold of the SPEP departments that would like to maintain an exclusive claim to these areas. But the SPEP partisans are tireless in promoting the canard that…
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Stubblefield sexual assault case comes to end
Anna Stubblefield has pled guilty to a lesser sexual assault charge in return for a lighter prison sentence. Since Stubblefield, like her mother, appears to be a "true believer" in facilitated communication, I expect this is not the last we will hear from her: see the comments by psychologist James Todd in the update here.…
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“Responsibility without blame”
An e-learning project, courtesy of philosopher Hanna Pickard (Birmingham), aimed at the general public, rather than philosophers (though philosophers unfamiliar with the research may also find it of interest).
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Kant in the new PGR
The Kant evaluators were a mix of leading figures in Kant studies (e.g., Guyer, Keller, Pereboom, Proops, Watkins, Wood, among others) and leading historians of modern philosophy whose work intersects with Kant (e.g., Clark, Garber, McCann, Rosen, among others). The results, below the fold, are followed by some comments:
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Hartry Field (NYU) to be the 2018-19 Romanell Lecturer
The APA announcement is here.
David J. Gunkel «Person, Thing, Robot: A Moral and Legal Ontology for the 21st Century and Beyond» (MIT, 2023) Link:…