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David Berman treated students with great generosity and seriousness as partners in philosophical discovery; correlatively, he was completely unimpressed by…
This is terribly sad news. I did not know David well, but he proved to be a hugely encouraging and…
I never met Alan, sadly, but his work leading the charge in making philosophy of sex “a thing” in contemporary…
Professor O’Grady’s considerate tribute highlights many of David Berman’s admirable qualities. I did not know Berman well personally – I…
Permanecer junto a los griegos. Ética, dialéctica y política en la filosofía temprana de Hans-Georg Gadamer. San Martín: UNSAM Edita…
I’ve only just heard this news and am sorry to read it. I was taught as an undergrad and postgrad…
His former colleague Neil Feit kindly shared it with me:
You can start reading from paragraph 52 onwards for a case study in how not to handle a public relations crisis because of a faculty member’s lawful, but controversial, speech. Every SUNY official mentioned behaved terribly, and there is no question they violated Professor Kershnar’s First Amendment and academic freedom rights. I hope a court will award appropriate damages, so that other administrators might learn something.
The Tractatus book is beautifully done, and the pop-out model is a great teaching aid when I discuss the Tractatus…