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I think the extremely weird-sounding announced thesis of this piece arises from making a specific decision about how to use…
Let me recommend Eleanor Knox’s essay on IAI a few months ago for what I think is a much more…
There are many places in the essay where I would get off the argumentative train, but here’s perhaps the first.…
Totally agreed Colin.
Thanks so much for this, Matthew. I hadn’t heard about UKALPP’s approach, but it sounds like an excellent model for…
Thanks to Colin Marshall for an excellent document. The annual UK Analytic Legal & Political Philosophy (UKALPP) Conference now convenes…
The 2026 Academic Freedom Index documents it clearly:
Of course, there are differences between private and public universities in the U.S. in terms of the collapse of academic freedom, and also differences among public schools depending on whether they are in “blue” or “red” states. One might quibble with aspects of how the report characterizes academic freedom, but the quibbles do not affect the verdict on the U.S.
(Thanks to John Bullock for the pointer.)
I don’t know how widespread this *behavior* is, but I know that the legal basis for allowing it to happen…