November 2018
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Michelle Catalano talks to Clifford Sosis…
…as part of his What is it like to be a philosopher? series. There's a lot of useful (and sobering) information for those exclusively interested in teaching philosophy.
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Today in fascist rhetoric from the monster-child
He never disappoints. If the Repugs aren't throttled tomorrow in the elections….
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Typepad has upgraded the “security” of all its websites (including this blog)…
…meaning that the address is now: https://leiterreports.typepad.com/.   If you know readers who had the site bookmarked at the old address (without the "s"), let them know please!
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The best journals specializing in moral and/or political philosophy
So with over 310 votes in our last poll, here are the results (the top 20 are bolded): 1. Ethics (Condorcet winner: wins contests with all other choices) 2. Philosophy & Public Affairs loses to Ethics by 201–60 3. Journal of Political Philosophy loses to Ethics by 243–18, loses to Philosophy & Public Affairs by 217–41 4. Journal…
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Vote Antonio Delgado in New York Congressional District 19
It's not just that he's the Democrat, he also studied philosophy at Colgate University and did fabulously well, earning a Rhodes Scholarship.
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Academia is not a cult, but certain segments of it are
You can guess which one this guy is writing about. (Thanks to James O'Connor for the pointer.)
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Is sex binary?
Philosopher Alex Byrne (MIT) comments.
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As the liberal order declines, what’s next?
Some provocative prognostications from the Vice-Chancellor of Ashoka University in India; some excerpts: Here are some elements of the new constellation that will characterise the politics of more countries. First, greater polarisation between Left and Right. The only object of consensus in global politics seems to be that relatively status-quoist centrist politics is anathema…. Second,…
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Which specialty journals publish the best work in moral and/or political philosophy
MOVING TO AGAIN–IF YOU WORK IN MORAL AND/OR POLITICAL, PLEASE VOTE A new poll, just with specialty journals, including several that were wrongly omitted from the last, more general poll. One reader who asked for a poll just with the specialty journals wanted something that promotion and tenure committees could point to. If you work…
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The right-wing “incitement industry”
That's what it is.
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NYU’s Tim Maudlin interviewed at Scientific American
Entertaining read, with funny comments about Kuhn and Popper, among other topics. With regard to his views about the free will debate, all one can say is, "Ignorance is bliss!"
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The only worrisome form of vote fraud in the United States is the suppression of minority voters by Republicans
Full stop. The rest is fantasy. The only hope for this benighted country is that the young, racial and ethnic minorities, the non-religious, and women either won't vote for Republicans or hate them. Those demographics might save America.
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The philosophy of horror
Noel Carroll (CUNY Grad Center) comments.
Thanks for posting this! I’ve been experimenting with putting A.I. into very structured set-ups like these Socratic questionnaires for teaching…