Personal ads of the philosophers (and other humor)
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“Identity politics and scolding moralism” on the “academic left”
This was amusing, from philosopher and political activist Ben Burgis: It’s one thing to know that someone whose overwhelming passion is metaphysics or epistemology or even abstract moral philosophy is a huge lib, and another to see them become more and more politically engaged in ways you find insufferable. Part of this story is about…
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The *real* reason Texas A&M did not want that bit of Plato taught
At last the truth comes out about the A&M academic freedom scandal; a scholar of ancient Greek and Roman philosophy elsewhere writes: If you have given much thought to Aristophanes’ speech in the Symposium, you can see why Texas wanted to step in to remove it from the curriculum. 1) It reinforces the oppressive gender…
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Elise Stefanik: Good riddance!
A humorous farewell to a despicable politician.
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Here’s a little holiday cheer: really wicked book reviews!
Quite a collection.
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Public service announcement
Discovered this on FB:
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When Lenin died…
Philosopher Noel Carroll shared this funny joke: When Lenin died, as you’d expect, he went straight to Hell. Satan decided he would assign Lenin to a sort of diabolical monastery that he had set up for clergy of all ranks and genders who had been damned for their sins ranging from selling indulgences and fornication…
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Some observations about Twitter, esp. philosophy-related Twitter
Max Noichl, a graduate student at the University of Vienna, made a map of philosophy tweeters (based on followers and retweets) which is making the rounds on Twitter. I’m not really sure what it means, but it looks neat! (Mr. Noichl offers some explanation here.) Friends and colleagues like Leslie Green at Oxford and Queen’s,…
Giovanni Molteni Tagliabue (Italy) Rationalized and Extended Democracy – The REDemo Project. Foreword by Gilberto Corbellini. Firenze University Press 2023.…