August 2024
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In Memoriam: George M. Wilson (1942-2024)
Professor Wilson, who was emeritus at the University of Southern California (and taught for many years before that at Johns Hopkins University and the University of California, Davis), was well-known for work in philosophy of action, philosophy of language, and philosophy of film. Comments are open for remembrances from those who knew Professor Wilson or…
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First FAR distribution for 24-25
Professor Lawksy reports there are 352 candidates, roughly the same as last year.
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In Memoriam: Robert Stern (1962-2024)
Professor Stern, well-known for his work on Kant and Hegel, died yesterday of the terminal illness he discussed in this interview we noted last fall. Professor Stern spent his academic career at the University of Sheffield. Comments are open for remembrances from those who knew Professor Stern or for those who wish to comment on…
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Fellowships for Aspiring Law Teachers, 24-25 edition
The Blog Emperor has updated his invaluable list.
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In Memoriam: Alvin I. Goldman (1938-2024)
MOVING TO FRONT FROM AUGUST 9–UPDATED For a long time the most important and influential epistemologist in the Anglophone world, Professor Goldman was emeritus at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, but during his long career also taught at the Universities of Arizona, Illinois/Chicago, and Michigan/Ann Arbor. He died on August 4. He also made important contributions…
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The risk of accidental nuclear war, redux
This makes for chilling reading. Did you know that the U.S. could not retaliate against a nuclear strike from North Korea without sending its land-based missiles over Russian territory, and Russia's missile detection technology is inferior to ours, so they are less reliable at tracking the course of a nuclear missile, and thus more likely…
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Philosopher’s Annual, ten top papers from 2023
Philosopher Patrick Grim shared this year's selections announcement: The Philosopher’s Annual volume 43 from the literature of 2023 Mark Alznauer, “Untrue Concepts in Hegel’s Logic,” from the Journal of the History of Philosophy Bradford Cokelet, “Competitive Virtue Ethics and Narrow Morality,” from Philosophical Studies Kevin Dorst, “Rational Polarization,” from the Philosophical Review Melissa Fusco, “Absolution…
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“Methods of Philosophy”
Ten lectures (in China) by Timothy Williamson.
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Ten most cited law faculty in the U.S., 2019-2023
Based on the latest Sisk data, here are the ten most-cited active law professors in the U.S. for the period 2016-2020 (inclusive) (remember that the data was collected in late May/early June of 2024, and that the pre-2024 database did expand a bit since then). Numbers are rounded to the nearest ten. (Law professors not…
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Trump can still win this election (lawfully)
Those who are big consumers of "election news" and "polls"–which probably includes many readers of this blog–probably have the sense that Harris is going to win this election. God knows (if S/He existed, that is) I hope the monster child is defeated, and Harris/Walz prevail. But the reality is that this is very, very far…
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Philosophy podcasts
Courtesy of Jason Chen, a full list here, and new ones each week here.
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U.S. law faculties ranked by scholarly impact
Readers thinking about law school might want to look at the latest study from Professor Greg Sisk & colleagues at St. Thomas (Minnesota). This is a better metric of actual law faculty quality than the infamous U.S. News rankings, which incorporate a lot of noise.
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Jeff McMahan talks about “The Ethics of Killing”…
…at The Dissenter.
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Resources in philosophy of work and labor and related areas?
A young philosopher, teaching at a rural two-year college campus, writes: I have taught retired police officers, future truck drivers, berry farmers, Wal-Mart employees — largely working-class folk. (They were, on the whole, wonderful students. It was a pleasure to be their teacher.) Perhaps unsurprisingly, discussion often turned to issues in, or about, the workplace.…
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Top 50 U.S. law faculties in scholarly impact, 2024
Professor Greg Sisk & colleagues at the University of St. Thomas have updated their scholarly impact rankings (last edition), looking at mean and median citations to tenured faculty scholarship for the years 2019-2023 inclusive, using fall 2024 faculty rosters as the benchmark (so, e.g., faculty on indefinite leave in government service are not counted). (Sisk…
Georgy Maksimovich pointed me to this article in Russian: https://novayagazeta.ru/articles/2026/05/25/antisovetskie-filosofskie-kontratseptsii