July 2024
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Valparaiso University in Indiana axes philosophy program, major and minor,…
…and several other programs. The lone tenured philosopher remaining, Aaron Preston, will lose his job at the end of 2024-25, so will be in the market for new positions.
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Minnesota Governor Tim Walz
He's in the news as one of the contenders to be Harris's running mate, and I've now watched some clips of him: he's a good talker, with a good pitch and interesting background (rural Minnesotan, public school teacher, Army National Guard, defeated a Republican incumbent in a rural congressional district, highly progressive and successful Governor). …
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“Was Marx a degrowth communist?”
The answer to this absurd question is obviousy "no," but this Monthly Review essay sets out reasons for that conclusion (despite its somewhat idiotic hostility to G.A. Cohen's interpretation of historical materialism [which has problems, but not the one this essay remarks on], it adduces the relevant textual evidence). The "Saito Schtick" about Marx's ecological prescience…
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Remembering Gareth Evans
i came across this interesting essay from a couple of years ago about Evans. Philosopher Ian Phillips at Johns Hopkins is currently working on an intellectual biography of Evans. UPDATE: Professor Phillips writes: That's a fun piece by Lincoln Allison, with some lovely anecdotes. For what it's worth, it contains quite a few errors. For…
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In Memoriam: E. Jennifer Ashworth (1939-2024)
Professor Ashworth, a Distinguished Professor Emerita at the University of Waterloo, was a renowned expert on medieval logic and philosophy of language. The Waterloo page has more about her work, and there is a brief memorial notice at the Medieval Logic Facebook group. Comments are open for remembrances from those who knew Professor Ashworth or…
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Bernstein, Nolan from Notre Dame to UC Santa Cruz
Sara Bernstein and Daniel Nolan, who both work in metaphysics at the University of Notre Dame, have accepted senior offers from the Department of Philosophy at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where they will start in fall 2025. That's a big coup for UCSC, and should push the program into the top 50. (Thanks…
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Hobart & William Smith politics professor to return to the classroom this fall…
…after her unlawful suspension for her lawful but "incorrect' extamural speech. Professor Jodi Dean issued the following statement (which shows how Title VI can be weaponized by the right-wing against universities): I want to thank everyone who signed, shared, and contributed to crafting the petition supporting academic freedom and calling for my reinstatement. The support…
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$2.5 million from Templeton for PPE at Buffalo
Press release here.
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Six philosophers elected to the British Academy
They are: Adrian Moore (Oxford), Lucy O'Brien (UCL), and Lea Ypi (LSE) as UK Fellows; and Anthony Appiah (NYU), Joseph Chan (Academia Sinica), and David Chalmers (NYU) as International Fellows.
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Philosopher (and PGR co-editor) Christopher Pynes on the Monty Hall Puzzle…
…in Scientific American.
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“Marx” (Routledge Philosophers) coming September 4
The production editor at Taylor & Francis has confiremd that it will be published on September 4, and one can order it via Routledge at a discount currently. In addtion, via Rob Sica on Twitter, I learn that anyone with access to a library that subscribes to ebooks from Taylor & Francis (the Routledge parent…
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Teamsters union president speaks at Republican convention
This is actually worth watching, once you get past the pablum about Trump: it's pure class war and pro-union advocacy The look on the faces of some of the Republican stalwarts in the audience is amusing–I'm sure the old-timers have never heard anything like this. ADDENDUM: This was amusing too. The Democrats ought to dump…
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“Foucault as a Kind of Realist: Genealogical Critique and the Debunking of the Human Sciences”
This paper is now out in a special issue of Inquiry on "Genealogy and Political Philosophy" edited by Janosch Prinz (Maastricht) and Paul Raekstad (Amsterdam). There are also contributions by Bernard Reginster, Daniele Lorinzini, and others.
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In Memoriam: Chung-Ying Cheng (1935-2024)
Professor Cheng, who spent most of his career in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Hawaii, was well-known for his many contributions to the study of Confucian and Neo-Confucian philosophy. Comments are open for remembrances from those who knew Professor Cheng or from those who wish to comment on the significance of his…
I respond to this report here https://jasonstanleyantifascist.substack.com/p/on-the-philosophical-muddle-that