February 2024
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More on the Manhattan College bloodbath…
…at CHE. (Earlier coverage.) An excerpt: Nearly two dozen faculty members at Manhattan College, most of them tenured, got word last month that they were being laid off. The decision appeared to contradict the “last-in, first-out” approach laid out last fall by the New York college’s administrators, in which the newest employees would be the first to…
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Fiction, nonfiction, and the perception of “fabrication”
Philosopher Hannah Kim discusses.
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Noam Chomsky talks about language, mind, and consciousness…
…at Consciousness Live! with Richard Brown.
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Why don’t Harvard students take their academic work seriously anymore?
Grade inflation and the resume arms race, according to one Harvard student.
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In Memoriam: Jerome Skolnick (1932-2024)
Professor Skolnick taught for many years at Berkeley (1970-1994), and then for the remainder of his career at NYU, where he was also emeritus. A leading law & society scholar, he wrote influential work on different aspects of the criminal justice system, especially the police. The Berkeley JSP memorial notice is here. (Thanks to Richard…
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Where to study Kant, 2024 edition
There are perhaps fewer changes here than in the post-Kantian traditions from the 2021 PGR, but there are some. Here were the top two groups from 2021 (the numbers represeent mean,median, mode, and the "group" based on the rounded mean): Brown University 4 4 4 1 Princeton University 4 4 4 1 Stanford University 4…
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ABA revisits “diversity” standard in wake of SCOTUS ruling on affirmative action at universities
The Blog Emperor has the basics (14 "identity" factors under consideration!).
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“Scientific publishing in the digital era”
Reflections from Dr. David Ozonoff, who retired at the end of last year as the co-Founding Editor of Environmental Health, a public health journal. Many of the issues he raises will be familiar to academics in other fields, and which we have discussed on the blog periodically.
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The latest on the Amy Wax case at Penn
The University seems hellbent on a textbook violation of contractual academic freedom rights; this whole thing will end up in court.
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An observation on law review submission season…
…from lawprof Paul Horwitz (Alabama). You have to read the whole thing! (Thanks to Orin Kerr for flagging it on Twitter.)
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Penn faculty hearing board recommended sanctions for Amy Wax last summer; she is appealing
MOVING TO FRONT FROM FEBRUARY 24–SEE UPDATE The recommended sanctions consist in "a one-year suspension at half pay, the removal of her named chair and summer pay, and a requirement for Wax to note in public appearances that she is not speaking on behalf or as a member of Penn Carey Law." Only the last…
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Alex Rosenberg on science, philosophy, and meaning….
…at Walter Veit's Podcast.
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Introducing Jen Royle, the nutty chef and owner of TABLE restaurant in Boston
I first came across this on Twitter (where it's been seen millions of time), and this news item writes it up. Short version: customer cancels at last minute dinner reservation at TABLE restaurant when he has to go to the emergency room; restaurant won't waive its cancellation fee ($250, the full charge), so the customer…
I respond to this report here https://jasonstanleyantifascist.substack.com/p/on-the-philosophical-muddle-that