December 2018
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New Books in December
Authors and/or publishers kindly sent me these new books this month: Academic Freedom edited by Jennifer Lackey (Oxford University Press, 2018). The Tryanny of Opinion: Conformity and the Future of Liberalism by Russell Blackford (Bloomsbury Academic, 2019). Cricket Ball: The Heart of the Game by Gary Cox (Bloomsbury Academic, 2019). Articulating the Moral Community: Toward…
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2018: well-known law professors whose passing was noted on the blog
We noted the passing of these well-known legal scholars during 2018: David Caron, Robert W. Hamilton, Geoffrey Hazard, Jr., Robert O'Neil, Robert Pitofsky, Ronald Rotunda, Lynn Stout, and Alan Watson. If you click on the "memorial notices" category (in which this post also appears) and scroll through, you can often find more information, including…
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2018: Philosophers who passed away
The passing of the following philosophers was noted on the blog during 2018: Stefan Bernard Baumrin, Lawrence C. Becker, Sylvain Bromberger, Stanley Cavell, Robert Coburn, Fiona Cowie, Herbert Fingarette, C. Michael Gelven, Adolf Grunbaum, Isaac Levi, John J. McDermott, Mary Midgley, Marilyn Pearsall, George W. Pitcher, Vincent Shen, John Tienson, Yirmiyahu Yovel. You can find…
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Great moments in obscure rock ‘n’ roll: the five best finds of 2018…
…in my opinion, anyway. Glad to hear yours in the comments (click on the category, "Great Moments in Obscure Rock 'n' Roll" to see this year's selections). Here's mine (with apologies to The Nazz, Bloodrock, Poobah, and The Frost, who almost made it): Hawkwind, "Mirror of Illusion," 1970 Toad, "Vampires," 1972 Fat Mattress, "Black Sheep…
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Sylvain Bromberger (1924-2018) in the NYT “Lives They Lived” issue for 2018
Here. ADDENDUM: There's more about how the Bromberger family was saved by the remarkably courageous Aristides de Sousa Mendes, including remarks from Professor Bromberger, here. (Thanks to David Velleman for the pointer, who tells me that his father's story is also available at the same site. Prof. Velleman notes that his father's "'testimony' wasn't written…
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“The Truth is Terrible,” my on-line essay on Nietzsche, was the most-read article…
…at the TLS on-line for 2018. A pleasant surprise–thanks to many here who no doubt were among those who read it. (Thanks to Bill Edmundson for the pointer.)
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University of Southern California has the worst on-line system in the Anglophone world
I've dealt with the idiotic colleges at Oxford and Cambridge, and most U.S. universities with major philosophy departments: but USC's system is so dysfunctional I fear they are going to miss out on lots of applicants. I've uploaded my letter in the right format, and yet they won't let me submit it, with a repeated…
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2018 Year in Review, fourth quarter: October, November, December
October My five favorite Americans of the 20th-century (and reader favorites) What to do about the APA? A reader response to the poll about the APA and the "diversity" issue Academic fields of readers: the results Philosopher Adriel Trott, who particpated in the on-line harassment of Rebecca Tuvel, has the audacity to lecture others about…
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2018 Year in Review, third quarter: July, August, September
July The NYU/Ronell saga: a new revelation Claremont Graduate University shuts its philosophy department, fires two tenured faculty Wisconsin Supreme Court sides with Marquette professor whose contractual right to academic freedom was violated The lawsuit against U of Miami and Colin McGinn growing out of the sexual misconduct allegations in 2012 Philosopher Yitzhak Melamed victim…
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2018 Year in Review, second quarter: April, May, June
April Announcing guest bloggers for April! Sean Hermanson on "Rethinking Implicit Bias" Where tenure-stream faculty at the U.S. top 20 (2017-18) got their PhDs Reed College capitulates to mindless 18-year-olds Privacy on the Internet, and with Google and Gmail in particular Someone who actually understands Marx, better than most professional philosophers The Leiter top ten…
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Stanley replies to Ludlow
Here, a propos this.
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Philosophy and cognitive science catch up with Nietzsche, part 242
Philosopher Peter Carruthers explains that "conscious thought is an illusion," as that German fellow knew.
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2018 Year in Review, first quarter: January, February, March
January Why think about Marx? The sexual harassment scandal at Rochester and its conclusion $75 Million Gift to Philosophy at Johns Hopkins Carrie Jenkins, Alan Soble, and the "chasm of crap" On defending the vulnerable and the powerless, and giving them a voice Philosophical "fads"? February Per student value of endowments at research universities at…
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Philosophers behaving badly, an ongoing saga
Witness this tirade of abuse by philosopher Rachel McKinnon (Charleston) against a famous lesbian athlete. (Thanks to Daniel Kaufman for the pointer.)
Georgy Maksimovich pointed me to this article in Russian: https://novayagazeta.ru/articles/2026/05/25/antisovetskie-filosofskie-kontratseptsii