January 2022
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Blast from the past: most important philosophers of language since WWII
Back in 2016, with a discussion of the results.
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America is doomed, an ongoing saga
During 2021, American voter party identification shifted from the Democrats to Republicans.
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“Civic engagement” projects in philosophy classes
Philosopher Mylan Engel, Jr. (Northern Illinois) discusses his pedagogical approach.
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“Science can’t state all the facts”
Philosopher Tim Crane (CEU) discusses at IAITV.
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Fear of “divisive” ideas
From the Emory Law Journal to Critical Race Theory: historian Jonathan Zimmerman (Penn) comments. (Thanks to Nadine Strossen for the pointer.)
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Penn Law to move forward with faculty process for sanction of a tenured faculty member in Amy Wax case
Ted Ruger, the Penn Dean, sent out this letter today (and several readers shared it with me): From: Dean's Office <deansoffice@law.upenn.edu>Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2022 12:10 PMSubject: A Message from Dean Ruger Dear Law School students, faculty, and staff, Since at least 2017, and most recently again two weeks ago, Professor Amy Wax has repeatedly…
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AFA letter to Penn regarding Amy Wax
Here. UPDATE: The Penn Law Dean has announced today that he will initiate a process that could result in sanction of Professor Wax (what that sanction might be is unclear).
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Lawyer for University of Florida in First Amendment case has a bad day in court
A propos this, this latest development is rather amusing: H. Christopher Bartolomucci, a partner at a Washington D.C.-based firm representing the UF defendants, threw a curveball. Bartolomucci, of Schaerr Jaffe LLP, told the court that “just two days ago” facts came to their attention that “should fundamentally change” how the court views this case…. “We…
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“Virtual reality” and reality
Philosopher David Chalmers (NYU) thinks the distinction will go away. I'm skeptical…
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Skrymsian Signalling Simulations
Now you can run them yourself.
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Ahmed, Bertram, Bird
Philosopher Arif Ahmed (Cambridge) complains in Unherd about ideological indoctrination at the universities. Philosopher Chris Bertram (emeritus, Bristol), who keeps track of scholars who write for publications with "incorrect" views, tweets: Alexander Bird, a Cambridge philosopher, replies:
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Blast from the past: “My five favorite Americans of the 20th-century”
Back in 2018. Many readers voted for MLK, unsurprisingly.
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“A true revolution of values will soon cause us to question the fairness and justice of many of our past and present policies.”
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. at Riverside Church in Manhattan, April 4, 1967: Unfortunately, there has been no "revolution in values," except perhaps a counter-revolution. As a 19th-century German thinker might observe, there can be no revolution in values without a revolution in material circumstances.
I respond to this report here https://jasonstanleyantifascist.substack.com/p/on-the-philosophical-muddle-that