March 2019
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Dougherty from Cambridge to North Carolina
Tom Dougherty (moral & political philosophy), currently Lecturer in Philosophy at Cambridge University, has accepted an offer from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he will be Associate Professor of Philosophy; he will start either this fall or in January 2020. (Thanks to Ram Neta for the information.)
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In Memoriam: A.S. Troelstra (1939-2019)
A distinguished logician, Professor Troelstra spent his career at the Institute for Logic, Language and Computation at the University of Amsterdam. Amsterdam's memorial notice is here. (Thanks to Mark Van Atten for the pointer.)
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Great moments in obscure rock ‘n’ roll: Temple, “Triple Guitar,” 1971
Dutch hard blues rock outfit from the early 1970s, this comes from their debut album:
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The American roots of actual “white” supremacy…
…although it wasn't really "white" supremacy so much as Aryan or Nordic supremacy, since Jews and Italians (among others now treated as "white") weren't welcome. But Hitler and the Nazis were impressed, although the article includes this gem: What the Nazis “found exciting about the American model didn’t involve just eugenics,” observes James Q. Whitman,…
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In Memoriam: Anita Silvers (1940-2019)
A longtime member of the Philosophy Department at San Francisco State University, Professor Silvers was well-known for her work in applied ethics and feminist philosophy, especially as related to issues of disability. The SFSU memorial notice is here. (Thanks to Justin Tiwald for the pointer.) UPDATE: A lovely memorial tribute from philosopher Teresa Blankmeyer Burke…
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Man being investigated for securities fraud offered tip about Yale coach seeking bribes in a bid for leniency…
…which led to the recent indictments and criminal complaints in the college admission scandal.
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First class action lawsuit filed in the college admissions scandal
The lawsuit purports to represent two classes of plaintiffs: Six plaintiffs joined [Stanford student] Kalea Woods ’20 in the class action lawsuit filed against Stanford and seven other universities implicated in the college admissions bribery scandal in an amended complaint filed hours after the original suit. The lawsuit seeks reimbursement for student application fees paid…
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Three observations about the college admissions scandal
CHE has a useful summary report of who has been indicted so far and what they did. Two observations: 1. The students who were admitted through this scheme will have to be expelled. Fraud in an application, even if the students were unaware of it, is always grounds for expulsion. 2. This is the third…
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At Yale, the Federalist Society loses friends and alienates people (Michael Simkovic)
Yale’s Federalist Society provided a platform on campus to an anti-gay group which has been identified by mainstream media organizations and the Southern Poverty Law Center as a hate group because—unlike some religious groups that have misgivings about the theological acceptability of homosexual acts—this group has advocated for criminal prosecution of homosexuals by secular authorities…
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P.F. Strawson at 100
A nice overview of his career and work from philosopher Anil Gomes (Oxford).
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On intellectual vices
Quassin Cassam (Warwick) comments.
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HeinOnline and co-authored articles
Dru Stevenson (South Texas) writes: I've enjoyed your recent blog posts about the law school rankings. As far as I can tell, HeinOnline counts two-author articles as an article for each coauthor, which means that when faculty at the same school coauthor an article, citations to that article count once for each author, and twice…
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Twitter
For those who use that deplorable medium, I am on it, and try to always post links to new posts there, so it's one way of following the blog, beyond the RSS feed. I occasionally post other things on Twitter, although not a lot; I do a bit more retweeting of other interesting or amusing…
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Federal indictments in scheme to secure admission to selective colleges and universities
Wow! I wonder how many schools and individuals will be implicated. UPDATE: This tweet from philosopher Fritz Warfield (Notre Dame) cuts to the chase.
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The latest in illiberal undergraduates who understand neither college nor academic freedom
Sarah Lawrence students demand, among other things, that a professor's tenure be subject to "review" because of his (lawful) views, and that faculty be appointed based on their race. Some of their other "demands," while unrealistic, are less venal, and would no doubt be met with more sympathy if not framed as "demands" but, say,…
@ The Pacific: Good questions. My point isn’t that journals can’t adopt that stance, only that I won’t referee for…