December 2021
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2021: Philosophers who passed away
The passing of the following philosophers was noted on the blog during 2021: Lilli Alanen, Robert Ammerman, Frithjof Bergmann, Graham Bird, James Bohman, Jacques Bouveresse, Richard N. Boyd, Sarah (Waterlow) Broadie, Eugenio Bulygin, Louis Charland, John Corcoran, Richard Double, Jude P. Dougherty, J. Michael Dunn, Jim Edwards, Ed Gettier, José A. Giannotti, Jorge J.E. Gracia,…
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PGR 2021 Preview: Summary of specialty rankings for programs tied at 19th (CORRECTED)
Continuing with the recent specialty rankings previews for programs outside the very top ranks, below the fold are the summaries of the specialty rankings for the three programs tied at 19th: Cornell University; University of California at San Diego; University of Chicago.
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PGR 2021 Preview: Summary of specialty rankings for programs ranked 22-24
Continuing with the recent specialty rankings previews for programs outside the very top ranks, below the fold are the summaries of the specialty rankings for the programs ranked 22 to 24: University of Arizona and University of Wisconsin at Madison (tied at 22nd), and University of California, Irvine (24th).
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2021 in review, 4th quarter: October, November, December
October The study of philosophy in law schools, and JD/PhD programs in the U.S. (and elsewhere), 2021 edition MIT cancels distinguished lecture by geoscientist who expressed "incorrect" views about diversity On Macroeconomics, in the NYT (a discussion) Charles Mills and his critique of Rawls (a discussion) Yale's President is extremely confused about the role of…
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PGR 2021 Preview: Summary of specialty rankings for programs tied at 25th
Continuing with the recent specialty rankings previews for programs outside the very top ranks, below the fold are the summaries of the specialty rankings for the programs tied at 25th: Ohio State University and Washington University, St. Louis.
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How many cases of infection by the Covid virus are asymptomatic throughout?
It's surprisingly difficult to find a clear answer to this question. Many studies that report X percentage being asymptomatic actually mean only that at the time of testing positive, the person was asymptomatic, not that they never developed symptoms. Does anyone know the answer? Is there an answer yet for Omicron? Please post links in…
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2021 in review, 3rd quarter: July, August, September
July Adoph Reed on Robin DiAngelo and the political economy of "race" politics (link fixed) Percent of tenure-stream faculty who are female in PhD programs in philosophy increased about 40% since 2004 In Memoriam: Bob Moses (1935-2021) August Ranked philosophy departments that have no faculty specializing in the Continental traditions in philosophy after Kant In…
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New Hampshire legislator files bill that would require high school students to take a half-year introduction to philosophy…
…that would focus on epistemology, logic, ethics, and philosophy of science. The sole sponsor is Julius Soti (R-District 7), who has a B.A. in philosophy and history from William Paterson University. (Thanks to Glenn Branch for the information and pointers.)
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PGR 2021 Preview: Summary of specialty rankings for programs tied 27th
Continuing with the recent specialty rankings previews for programs outside the very top ranks, below the fold are the summaries of the specialty rankings for the programs tied at 27th: University of California at Riverside; University of Colorado at Boulder; University of Massachusetts at Amherst; and University of Pennsylvania.
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2021 in review, 2nd quarter: April, May, June.
April New philosophy rankings released (April 1) Philosopher and cognitive scientist John Sutton explains his decision to take "volutnary [sic] redundancy" at Macquarie University A list of people "cancelled" A curious, passing remark about Bernard Williams "The New Ptolemaism" in the humanities and social sciences On the motives of academics and administrators in promoting faux…
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What do you remember about characters from fiction (novels, films, comics, games etc.)?
MOVING TO FRONT FROM XMAS EVE: PROFESSOR LAVOCAT WELCOMES MORE RESPONSES; THANKS TO THOSE WHO HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED THE SURVEY. Professor Françoise Lavocat (Paris III), a distinguished literay scholar (more about her here), is undertaking a cross-cultural study of what people remember about characters they encounter in fiction (whether books or comics or games or…
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In Memoriam: Stephen D. Sugarman (1942-2021)
A leading scholar in two different fields–torts and education law–Professor Sugarman was a member of the Berkeley Law faculty since 1972. I will add links to memorial notices as they appear.
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Philosophers on the bodily and other pleasures
Max Hayward (Sheffield) comments at The Atlantic.
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PGR 2021 Preview: Summary of specialty rankings for programs tied 31st
Continung with the recent specialty rankings previews for programs outside the very top ranks, below the fold are the summaries of the specialty rankings for the programs tied at 31st: Georgetown University and Johns Hopkins University.
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2021 in review, 1st quarter: January, February, March
January An intelligent discussion of "systemic racism" Dominic Berry is drawing a line! The "Anti-Kathleen Stock" letter is full of mistakes, fact-free speculation and misleading innuendo Where (untenured) tenure-track faculty at the U.S. "top 24" PhD programs in 2020-21 got their PhD The real worry about the stormtrooper riot at the Capitol lasts week is…
Carlos Alberto Sánchez’s A Sense of Brutality: Philosophy after Narco-Culture (Amherst College Press, 2020) is a finalist for the 2026…