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The Wisconsin legislature made UW system implement post-tenure (5-year) reviews several years ago. The statutory requirements were fed into the…
Sorry, this may be a bit off topic, but if done well, I would really welcome some equivalent of a…
Isn’t one of the problems in this interesting converation how we define “philosophy”? Is philosophy just what is taught and…
I don’t think I misread the paper. Its lament is clear. (It’s a good paper, in style and substance, even…
Sorry, in the *20* years since it was published.
Where in the remarks I sent to Brian is the “highfalutin rhetoric” about the social value of philosophy? As for…
With regard to the paper, it should not be much of a surprise that my views have substantially evolved over…
A bizarre case, and Professor Gow should sue. The University was within rights to strip him of his administrative role in light of his "hobby," which arguably would affect his ability to discharge university business. But he has a First Amendment right to make pornography, and I can't see how a public university can fire him from his tenured position for exercising that right.
(Thanks to Gregory Mayer for the pointer.)
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