January 2019
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New Books in January
Publishers and/or authors kindly sent me these new books this month: Statistical Inference as Severe Testing: How to Get Beyond the Statistics Wars by Deborah G. Mayo (Cambridge University Press, 2018). How to be Human in the Digital Economy by Nicholas Agar (MIT Press, 2019). The Sea: A Philosophical Encounter by David Farrell Krell (Bloomsbury…
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Protecting extramural speech by faculty as a prophylactic rule for protecting core academic freedom
Interesting essay by politics and public law scholar Keith Whittingon (Princeton).
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Deny tenure more often, raise scholarly impact
That's the conclusion of a study by three colleagues of mine, Adam Chilton (just tenured, easy case!), Jonathan Masur, and Kyle Rozema (our Behavioral L&E Fellow). I've not looked at the details of the study, but I wonder how much the results are affectedd by Harvard's historical pattern (changed in recent years) of hiring and…
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Tim Williamson on science, journalism, Bruno Latour, and “post-truth”…
…at The New Statesman. For a related discussion, see this.
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In Memoriam: Isaac Levi (1930-2018)
MOVING TO FRONT FROM DECEMBER 27–UPDATED Professor Levi, a leading figure in decision theory and epistemology, was emeritus at Columbia University, where he had taught since 1970. He passed away on December 25. He earned his PhD at Columbia and taught at Case Western Reserve University, before returning to his alma mater. I will add…
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Blogging a philosophy dissertation
An interesting exercise! ADDENDUM: And here's another philosophy PhD student tweeting dissertation ideas and readings!
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$15 million gift to Albany Law School from anonymous donor
Wow! (Thanks to Chris Colton for the pointer.)
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Gary Gutting funeral this Friday
Since this is time-sensitive, I wanted to share it right away.
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USA Today “hit piece” on law schools
Derek Muller (Pepperdine) comments.
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Light posting the next couple of days…
…lots of teaching, plus a family emergency. Thanks for your understanding. QUICK UPDATE: Thanks to readers who have written; this does not involve my father (who is doing fine), and I'm hopeful things will work out fine in the next few days. I appreciate your concern.
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Frank Ramsey’s pragmatism
A quite interesting essay by philosopher Cheryl Misak (Toronto).
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Blast from the past: the defamation of Rebecca Tuvel
Less than two years ago. A shameful but revealing moment about a segment of the profession, the same segment that is now on a crusade to shut down feminist philosophers, scholars and activists who raise questions about the gender self-ID law.
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Pseudo-science watch, neoclassical economics edition
MOVING TO FRONT FROM FRIDAY–FOR THOSE WHO MAY HAVE MISSED IT Indeed. The Marxian theory of ideology, especially as being developed by Jaime Edwards, helps explain how such an academic industry can sustain itself for so long.
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Industrial and economic growth in the Soviet Union
A revisionist view from economic historian Robert Allen, which is at odds with what an orthodox Marxist view would have predicted about state-directed industrialization. (Thanks to Roger Albin for pointing me towards Allen's work.)
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Blast from the past: Malcolm Gladwell exposed
Back in 2012.
David J. Gunkel «Person, Thing, Robot: A Moral and Legal Ontology for the 21st Century and Beyond» (MIT, 2023) Link:…