October 2022
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There is an actual “census” of law faculty on Twitter by university…
…here. If anyone knows of a breakdown of philosophy faculty on Twitter listed by university, shoot me an email. I remarked awhile back that there seemed to be a higher percentage of law professors than philosophy professors using Twitter, and I imagine that is still true, but maybe someone has compiled the figures.
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Moratorium on new submissions at JESP effective November 1
Announcement here.
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The protests in Iran
One account from NYRB; readers can supply links to others in the comments. An excerpt: Are the protests that were prompted by the death in police custody of a young woman, Mahsa Amini, on September 16 comparable to the strikes and demonstrations that led to the Shah’s downfall in 1979, or has Amini become a…
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A review of Hitler’s Mein Kampf in the NY Times in 1933
The review is by one James Gerard, a New York lawyer and judge, who had been an Ambassador to Germany under President Wilson. A few striking excerpts: Now what manner of man, as disclosed by his book, is this Hitler, who has forced such a unification of Germany as Bismarck never dreamed of and who…
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“Young Plato”
Following up on yesterday's post about "Bronx Socrates," reader Mike G. calls to my attention "Young Plato," about a teacher sharing philosophy with his young pupils in a tough working class area of Belfast:
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Attack of the robots (on human labor), an ongoing saga
The latest, as Marx expected.
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Wolff on Pogge on Rawls, and a response from Rawls
A curious saga, from many years ago.
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Blast from the past: Advice on “personal statements” for PhD admissions
Back in 2007, with reader comments as well.
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Law professors on Twitter
Professor Bridget Crawford (Pace) has updated her "census" of lawprof Twitterati. And there's some discussion and comparison to prior years here. While Twitter use has increased, it still looks like a clear majority of law faculty avoid that dismal cyber-realm! (A few schools do seem to have a majority of faculty on Twitter: e.g., Arizona,…
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The coming clash between the universities and the society at large over “diversity”
This captures it pretty well: A 2022 Pew Research Center poll found that 74% of Americans oppose the use of race in college admissions. Even more surprising, 68% of Hispanics, 63% of Asians and 59% of blacks also opposed it. The same applied to both political parties, with 87% of Republicans and 62% of Democrats…
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“Bronx Socrates”
The trailer for a new documentary about an extroardinarily popular undergraduate philosophy teacher at NYU (and also West Point), Bob Gurland.
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The monster-child, projection, and narcissistic collapse
On his private Twitter-like platform, one of the monster-child's latest outbursts has been attracting attention on Twitter: The racist attack on Gauleiter McConnell's wife attracted a lot of the commentary, but it seems to me far more revealing is the absurd attribution of a "DEATH WISH" to McConnell.
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CFP for the conferences in honor of Joseph Raz…
…at King's College, London and Columbia Law School.
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Blast from the past: Nietzsche and Ayn Rand: a brief comment
Originally posted in 2009, and it still gets a fair bit of traffic all these years later.
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CFP for the conferences in honor of Joseph Raz
Information here.
I never met Alan, sadly, but his work leading the charge in making philosophy of sex “a thing” in contemporary…