February 2025
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Annals of craven cowardice, Hunter College edition
The Governor of New York is a disgrace, but so are the Hunter College officials who rolled over on their core responsibility to academic freedom so quickly: The Hunter College job listing for Palestinian studies called for scholars who could “take a critical lens” to issues including “settler colonialism, genocide, human rights, apartheid” and other
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More on the monster child’s obsession with Canada
Suitably cutting, especially about those pathetic American media ideologists who treat this grotesque display seriously. (Thanks to Evan Thompson for the pointer.)
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More signs of the times: Northwestern University to make 10% cuts in non-personnel expenditures, and to scrutinize future hiring and pay raises centrally
Here. Northwestern is a top 20 recipient of NIH funding, but the announcement also notes concern about the effect of an increased endowment tax.
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An interview in Portuguese about legal realism, the American constitutional crisis, naturalism, and other topics…
…in a leading Brazilian newspaper, Estadão. I was in Brazil last week for some lectures and seminars on legal philosophy, at the Pontifical Catholic University of Sao Paulo and the University of Sao Paulo. I learned many very interesting things, which I'll write more about in the near future. Below the fold, a photo of me
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Heading for the doors of America
Not surprising: On February 8, German newsmagazine Der Spiegel reported that the Max Planck Society—one of the world’s top scientific research institutions—is experiencing an uptick in applications from American scientists. Its president said the society regards the U.S. as “a new talent pool” at a time when the Trump administration seeks to cut billions in
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A note about memorial notices
I have never tried to post memorial notices for all the many teachers of philosophy who die in a given year (I just do not have the time for that). I have tried to limit memorial notices to those who are widely known in the profession. Prior to 2020 that meant posting about 20-25 memorial
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More on the collapse of the AAUP…
…from law professor Matthew Finkin, a leading authority on the law of academic freedom (among other topics).
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Will the SCOTUS conservative super-majority side with Trump on Presidential power?
An analysis from my colleague Aziz Huq.
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Canadian philosophy and American imperialism…
…at the APA blog. (Thanks to Trevor Sanderson for the pointer.)
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Stephenson from Southampton to LMU Munich
Andrew Stephenson (Kant, philosophy of mind, epistemology, logic), Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Southampton, will take up a position in philosophy ("Associate Professor" equivalent; "W2 Professor" in Munich's system) at LMU Munich in August 2025.
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