Check out OUP's Peter Momtchiloff's Deep Hits.

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Hans Halvorson (Princeton) comments.

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Following up on a reader suggestion, here's the latest reader poll: <div><a href="http://www.micropoll.com/a/mpview/1075246-4827962">Click Here for Poll</a><BR><a href="http://www.questionpro.com&quot; title="online survey">Online Survey</a><BR><a href="http://www.micropoll.com&quot; title="Polls">Polls</a></a><BR><a href="http://www.micropoll.com/a/MicroPoll?mode=html&id=4827962">View MicroPoll</A></div> QuestionPro

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Several readers flagged this rather pathetic story about a woman who tweeted something stupid, which she thought was funny, and was set upon by a cyber-mob and ended up losing her job. UPDATE:  And another aspect of the disgusting cyber-mobs not noted by Mr. Ronson.  (Thanks to Stephen Everson for the pointer.)

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Russ Shafer-Landau (ethics, metaethics), Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, has accepted a senior offer from the Department of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he will also be the Director of the Parr Center for Ethics.  This will solidify UNC's status as one of the…

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More information here. (Thanks to Amy Ferrer for the pointer.)

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Candidates answer questions from their real constituency.

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…at 3AM.

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News item here.  The comment from Salaita's lawyer is exactly right.  They may get some claims dismissed, as noted before, but enough of the lawsuit will survive the motion to insure that Salaita may begin the process of "discovery," i.e., collecting evidence relevant to his claims from Illinois.

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Spiros wants to know.

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Submit your comment only once, it may take awhile to appear.

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…but increasing amounts may produce the opposite. (Thanks to Michael Swanson for the pointer.)

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A distinguished mathematical logician, he taught for more than twenty years in the Department of Philosophy at Stanford University, among other academic appointments.  I will add links to memorial notices when they appear.

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  Dear March – Come in -                  How glad I am – I hoped for you before – Put down your Hat -    You must have walked – How out of Breath you are -          Dear March, how are you, and the Rest – Did you leave Nature well -            Oh March, Come right upstairs…

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Authors and/or publishers kindly sent me these new books this month: John D. Arras, Elizabeth Fenton, & Rebecca Kukla (eds.), The Routledge Companion to Bioethics (2015). Timothy Williamson, Tetralogue:  I'm Right, You're Wrong (Oxford University Press, 2015). Richard McAdams, The Expressive Powers of Law:  Theories and Limits (Harvard University Press, 2015).

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Ghastly.

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So with not quite 1800 votes, here are the results:  What is your primary occupation? Tenure-track philosophy professor    21%379 Tenure-track professor in another field    6%101 Non-tenure-track philosophy teacher    9%168 Non-tenure-track teacher in another field    2%38 Academic administrator    1%22 Independent scholar    2%32 Student    36%648 Lawyer    4%69 Doctor  …

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MOVING TO FRONT FROM FEB. 21, 2015–PETER ASKED ME TO REPLACE THE INITIAL VERSION WITH A VERY SLIGHT REVISED ONE (BELOW–MOSTLY FIXING SOME HISTORICAL DETAILS) Many readers have written to me about this lecture, and Peter kindly agreed to share a draft of the lecture (which will be revised, and still needs references and the like): …

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John Haldane, Professor of Philosophy at the University of St Andrews and a leading "Analytical Thomist" working across metaphysics, ethics, philosophy of mind, philosophy of religion and medieval philosophy, has accepted a senior offer from the Department of Philosophy at Baylor University, where he will begin this fall. UPDATE:  The Baylor announcement (thanks to Michael Beaty for…

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MOVING TO FRONT FROM FEBRUARY 9–UPDATED A leading contributor to metaphysics and philosophy of science, especially to the literature on causation, Professor Menzies was Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Macquarie University and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities.  I will add links to memorial notices when they appear. UPDATE:  Huw Price's memorial…

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Here. (Thanks to Michael Swanson for the pointer.)

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Eric Schwitzgebel (UC Riverside) comments.

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This is funny. (Thanks to Gerald Vision for the pointer.)

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Here.

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MOVING TO FRONT, GIVEN THE LIVELY DISCUSSION OF THE ADJUNCT ISSUE.  MUCH OF THE DISCUSSION OF MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES APPEARS TO HAVE MIGRATED HERE. In light of Peter Railton's important lecture that everyone is discussing, may I suggest that one topic worthy of discussion is mental illness, and the experiences of faculty and students in…

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…the Malcolm X credit card (via Tom Sugrue).

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You decide.

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With over 1500 responses, more than 60% of respondents reported some diagnosis for mental illness, with almost one in four respondents mentioning depression in particular.   There is substantial co-morbidity between depression and the various anxiety disorders, as there are among the anxiety disorders, so, e.g., the 24% that report depression may also include some of…

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…than the moderation on this blog already brings about: If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind. Were an opinion a…

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Courtesy of (or at least inspired by) Oklahoma.

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I realize I've no idea how widespread (or not) struggles with mental illness are in the philosophical community.  Maybe this poll will give us a very rough idea. <div><a href="http://www.micropoll.com/a/mpview/1075246-4827597">Click Here for Poll</a><BR><a href="http://www.questionpro.com&quot; title="online survey">Online Survey</a><BR><a href="http://www.micropoll.com&quot; title="Polls">Polls</a></a><BR><a href="http://www.micropoll.com/a/MicroPoll?mode=html&id=4827597">View MicroPoll</A></div> QuestionPro

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Here.

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…do we need new rules about offers and acceptances?

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For March, there may still be one top spot open (there has been an inquiry, but no commitment).  There are also 4th-from-the-top spots for $450.  For April, there is still one top and one second spot open.

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I had not realized it was this bad.  In Chicago, we've had several serious cold spells this winter, but apart from one blizzard, not a lot of snow.

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Just to be clear: "tenure-track" means includes both tenured and those who are untenured but in a position that is tenure eligible.  Retired faculty should also choose the tenure-track category, if they are retired from a tenure-track position. &amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;div&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href=&amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;http://www.micropoll.com/a/mpview/1075246-4827447&amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Click Here for Poll&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;BR&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href=&amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;http://www.questionpro.com&amp;amp;amp;amp;quot; title=&amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;online survey&amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Online Survey&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;BR&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href=&amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;http://www.micropoll.com&amp;amp;amp;amp;quot; title=&amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;Polls&amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Polls&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;BR&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href=&amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;http://www.micropoll.com/a/MicroPoll?mode=html&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;id=4827447&amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;View MicroPoll&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/A&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/div&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt; QuestionPro ADDENDUM: I realize…

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This is funny.  I suspect the ISIS crazies don't have a great sense of humor, though.

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I'm stopping this one a bit earlier (but with over 1200 votes), since small numbers don't show up as percentages at all in the Micropoll software at a certain point (though the number of respondents in should still appear in the chart below).  I'd be curious to hear in the comments about some of the…

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…now anti-gay bigot.  What happened to Wisconsin that they re-elected this guy?  Any Wisconsinites have an explanation?

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It includes, as always, a few philosophers and political theorists (this year:  David Chalmers, John Gray, Jurgen Habermas), plus one of my personal favorites, Evgeny Morozov, who always cuts through all the self-serving bullshit about the Internet and technology.

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