November 2018
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“Fake Nous”
Philosopher Mike Huemer (Colorado) has started a blog. Unlike the other philosophy blog with "Nous" in its name, this one will certainly not be a "safe space" blog.
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Reviewer #2
Thanks to philosopher Clayton Littlejohn (KCL) for the brilliant image:
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Great moments in obscure rock ‘n’ roll: Tomorrow, “My White Bicycle,” 1967
British psychedelic band (featuring, among others, future Yes guitarist Steven Howe), this tune (later covered by Scottish hard rock band Nazareth in the 1970s) comes from their debut album:
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In Memoriam: Lawrence C. Becker (1939-2018)
Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the College of William & Mary, Professor Becker also taught for many years at Hollins University, where he remained a Fellow at the time of his death. He wrote widely in moral, political and legal philosophy. You can learn more about his work here. I will add links to memorial…
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Democrats, Trump and white working-class voters
Law professor Joan Williams (UC Hastings) takes another stab at the topic, this time in The Atlantic. An excerpt: An important, largely overlooked 2017 study by the Democracy Fund’s Voter Study Group identified five distinct types of Trump voters. Two of them—Staunch Conservatives and Free Marketeers, who together account for more than half of Trump…
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Liberal freedoms serve self-discovery as much as self-creation
Philosopher les Green (Oxford) comments.
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“Transgender: a dialogue” between two philosophers…
…Sophie-Grace Chappell (Open U) and Holly Lawford-Smith (Melbourne). A serious, substantive discussion. (Recall Professor Chappell's earlier essay.)
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Race…and philosophy of race
This informative review of what sounds like a very good book by philosopher Michael Hardimon (UC San Diego) begins on an odd note: Back in 2011, a petition was launched urging the Philosophical Gourmet Report (PGR) to include Philosophy of Race as a specialty, in view of its being a "vibrant and important area of…
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Is this a joke?
Even by the ordinary passive-aggressive standards of the "safe space" philosophy blog, it seems hard to believe that this could be meant seriously. But more than one reader has sent it along expressing varying degrees of incredublity, so maybe it's not a joke?
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Eleven lateral moves that made law professors take notice during 2017-18
Judging from my inbox and other conversations, these were the lateral moves during 2017-18 that readers thought were most significant, for either the hiring or the losing school, and sometimes both. *William Boyd (environmental law, energy law) from the University of Colorado, Boulder to the University of California, Los Angeles. *Samuel Bray (remedies, property,…
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Who said Donald Trump was a Mafia Don?
Not me, obviously. But reports like this might make one think twice. When will Secretary Mattis save us from this nightmare? The leadership of the U.S. military has more regard for the rule of law and the Constitution than the monster-child in the White House. Even Carlo Gambino had more regard.
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Blast from the past: the REAL “pluralist” guide to PhD programs
Back in 2013. We miss you Spiros!
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Laws of nature: realism or anti-realism?
Philosopher Helen Beebee (Manchester) and others discuss.
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Abolish billionaires
This is amusing. (Thanks to Aaron Baker for the pointer.)
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USNews.com to change the way it ranks law schools in specialties
Blog Emperor Caron has the details. The existing specialty rankings are mostly garbage, bearing little relationship to faculty quality in the area, but quite a lot to how well a school advertises having a "program." Will this new method be better? Probably not, but we'll see.
@ The Pacific: Good questions. My point isn’t that journals can’t adopt that stance, only that I won’t referee for…