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2019 in review, 2nd quarter: April, May, June

Brian Leiter

April

Anti-lesbian discrimination at Facebook group for LGBT philosophers

Books you should have read but haven't

Hate apparently also never means having to say you're sorry

DePaul University students embarrass themselves with frontal assault on academic freedom

The Stanford Encyclopedia's coverage of Marxism and feminism:  a revealing study in contrasts

May

Cambridge University fires post-doc who was target of Internet campaign last fall

Unethical philosophers who participated in harassment and defamation of Rebecca Tuvel issue "white paper" on "publication ethics"

Twitter "believe it or not," part 4:  juvenile jackass confronts adult on-line

Moral psychology with Nietzsche, at the LARB

Speaking of irrational political beliefs

The quest for "relevance" by some analytic philosophers and their ignorance of the post-Kantian traditions in European philosophy

How to cite Hobbes:  the debate continues

June

What I actually think about trans gender issues

"'Philosophical Discussion of Trans Identity:  A Guide for the Perplexed'"

Raymond Geuss wishes Habermas a "Happy 90th"

Reflections on the Searle case from one of his victims

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