April 2020
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A list of college plans for the fall
Courtesy of CHE (and it includes links to the sources). (Thanks to Dr. David Ozonoff for the pointer.)
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Philosopher Cheryl Misak’s biography of Ramsey informatively reviewed…
…by Anthony Gottlieb at The New Yorker.
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More on blood pressure meds and COVID-19: some good news
Here; briefly: "The report from one hospital in Wuhan found that among patients with hypertension hospitalized with the COVID-19 virus, there was no difference in disease severity or death rate in patients taking ACE inhibitors or ARBs and those not taking such medications." There's further detail at the link. (Thanks to Dr. David Ozonoff for…
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How does the coronavirus kill its victims?
There are a lot of routes, but damage to the lungs, heart, and/or kidneys seem to loom largest.
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A case for optimism about a vaccine
I ran this piece by some folks with relevant science training, and they think it's plausible if optimistic; a couple of interesting points: It will probably take at least 18 months, but the biopharmaceutical industry will surmount the technical challenges to create a vaccine for Covid-19. Some think that’s not possible, since we haven’t created…
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Legal issues raised by COVID-19
This looks to be a useful resource, prepared by faculty (mostly) at Columbia Law School.
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The realist critique of “formalism” according to Solum
Larry Solum's Legal Theory Lexicon is a useful resource, although I don't always agree with all its entries. This one on the "realist" critique of formalism is really just a description of the argument in one paper by Felix Cohen. It's a fine description of the argument in that paper but it is not representative…
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President of Brown’s proposal for how colleges can open in the fall
Sensible enough, and echoes some ideas seen in the Purdue plan and in thoughts I posted about this awhile ago. An excerpt: All campuses must be able to conduct rapid testing for the coronavirus for all students, when they first arrive on campus and at regular intervals throughout the year. Testing only those with symptoms…
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Maryland’s plan for recovery and reopening
This is probably illustrative of what states not led by morons will do. Note especially the Low, Medium, and High Risk activities at pp. 25-29. The Low Risk activities won't get going until the state has had roughly two weeks of declining case loads–so maybe late May? I don't think Maryland will get to the…
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Great moments in obscure rock ‘n’ roll: Captain Beyond, “Dancing Madly Backwards,” 1972
California band, made up of former members of Deep Purple and Iron Butterfly, among others, they are sometimes described as a proto-"stoner rock" band. This is from their debut album:
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How widesperad has exposure to the new coronavirus been?
We noted the recent antibody studies out of California. A study in Miami finds that 6% of the population has antibodies, while a study in New York found that 21% of people in New York City had antibodies, while 3.6% in upstate New York had been exposed. What should we make of these findings? Here's…
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A guy from Brooklyn explains to the government what needs to be done
This is how I talk, so God bless him (and fuck "the greedy cocksuckers"!): And it's getting close to class consciousness!
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In Memoriam: Barbara Allen Babcock (1938-2020)
A longtime member of the Stanford faculty, where she taught civil and criminal procedure, Professor Babcock also wrote widely about women in the legal profession. The Stanford memorial notice is here. (Thanks to Paul Caron for the pointer.)
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Houlgate on Brandom on Hegel
I agree with Professor Houlgate's verdict (if not all his reasons for it): The result is a rich study of the issues that are of enduring interest to [Brandom] and that he takes to be at the core of Hegel's Phenomenology….[T]he book, in my view, sets out Brandom's ideas rather than Hegel's, so if readers…
I first met Professor Hoy when I returned to UC Santa Cruz in Fall of ’92 to finish my undergraduate…