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Today in Trump’s extortion of the universities
Northwestern ponies up $75 million in the fake anti-semitism crusade of the Trump Administration, an Administration that is awash with ties to actual anti-semites.
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Coming next week in lists of “most cited” philosophers with Google Scholar page:
Philosophers working on free will & moral responsibility; and philosophers of science (including philosophers of biology and physics).
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Ebert from Stirling to Salzburg
Philip Ebert (epistemology, history of analytic philosophy), currently Professor of Philosophy at the University of Stirling, will take up the Professorship of Theoretical Philosophy at the University of Salzburg, effective February 1, 2026.
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Advertising update
Top spots are booked for December, but there is one available in each of January and February. There is at least one second spot open in the coming months, and I may also open third from the top spots given the inquiries I’ve ad. Same pricing structure as noted previously. Email me with questions and…
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What is the University of Chicago’s “Committee on Social Thought”
There is obviously no scholarly discipline of “social thought,” which is why the earlier post (which linked to an article that lauded the Committee) prompted two different readers to email and ask: what is this entity? The Wikipedia entry is not bad about its origin. It offers undergraduate and PhD degrees. It has a lot…
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How Trump will steal the 2026 elections (and 2028, of course)
Perfectly plausible scenario.
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Great moments in obscure rock ‘n’ roll: Christine McVie, “I Want You,” 1970
Before she married Fleetwood Mac bassist John McVie, Christine Perfect was already part of the British blues scene, most notably with the band Chicken Shack. This great tune was a solo number recorded in 1970: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJONhfJOEII Feel free to add links to other Christine Perfect favorites, including with Chicken Shack.
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Where (untenured) tenure-track faculty at the U.S. top 20 Ph.D. programs earned their Ph.D., 2025-26 edition
MOVING TO FRONT WITH CORRECTIONS–ORIGINALLY POSTED SEPTEMBER 1 It looks like the last time we collected this data was 2023, and the changes are minimal: 1. Harvard University (9) 1. Princeton University (9) 3. Yale University (7) 4. New York University (6) 4. University of California, Berkeley (6) 6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (4)…
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To follow this blog via RSS
Use https://leiterreports.com/leiterlawschoolreports/feed (Thanks to Michael Risch for the information.) UPDATE: A couple of readers report the link above goes to “comments” on this blog, not to the main posts. I’ve asked my web design person to look into this and will post what I learn.
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Marx day at Amsterdam
Coming next month:
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“Goebbels ends career of five Aryan actors who made witticisms about the Nazi Regime”
A propos nothing (ok, maybe a propos ABC’s purge of Mr Kimmel for jokes that offended the Trumpistas). This is what authoritarianism looks like, then and now. [This post was not part of the file export from the prior blog, so I am reposting it here manually.]
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Advertising update
With the change to a new blog service provider, I am offering current advertisers extra months, and lowering prices overall. A top spot will now be $550/month instead of $600 and a 2nd from the top will be $450/month instead of $500 until further notice. I don’t plan on selling third spots, although will do…
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More on LLMs from Jason Bridges: back to the blue book
My philosophy colleague Jason Bridges kindly gave permission to share his follow-up reflections about what his own approach will be in light of the power of the most recent version of ChatGPT and, in particular, why he is skeptical about “relying on relationships of trust to regulate AI use–essentially, using an honors system insofar as…
I respond to this report here https://jasonstanleyantifascist.substack.com/p/on-the-philosophical-muddle-that