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2024 in review, 4th quarter: October, November, December

MOVING TO FRONT FROM DECEMBER 27


October

Einstein vs. Bergson on the nature of time

Department of Education's OCR creates massive exception for faculty's contractual right to academic freedom

Do your undergraduates have trouble reading whole books? (with extensive, and depressing, comments from readers)

Three models of a PhD program faculty:  Princeton, MIT, Pittsburgh

AAUP is now irrelevant to the fight for academic freedom

The impending Trump disaster

Idealism and realism about philosophy and its role

David Lewis on his approach to philosophy, on his education, etc.

AI is "dumber than a cat"

On being cancelled in philosophy

"Computer plainly can't think"

November

Election post-mortem, 2024

The new Republican initiative for higher education in states they control:  "Western Civilization" centers

The study of philosophy in law schools and JD/PhD programs, 2024 edition

Jaime Edwards and I talk about our Marx book

How Trump can attack higher education: a  guide

A note about Indiana University, Bloomington and the PGR

December

Philosopher Laurie Paul profiled at The New Yorker

I've moved from Twitter/X to Bluesky

An interview with T.M. Scanlon about his moral philosophy

Moving from at-home writing assignments to in-class assignments to prevent AI cheating

What should be done?

College Cost Reduction Act, coming soon

The quiet bloodbath developing at Portland State University

Specialty rankings, and how to use them

 

 

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