Leiter Reports: A Philosophy Blog
Leiter Reports: A Philosophy Blog
Brian Leiter
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The last thread had fewer entries than earlier ones, but several months have past, perhaps readers can supply some new links. The instructions, as before: In light of the growing number of these volumes, I am going to run a thread...
…“The Nature of Quantum Reality.”
A compilation, although it omits some well-known cases (such as Mullenix v. Texas, and Carson v. Texas).
Based on this analysis by philosopher Charles Lassiter, more than 20% of job ads now mention AI. This is going to result in a lot of weak appointments, given how few philosophers really have expertise in this area.
There’s a petition in support of the program here. (Thanks to Don Sudduth for the pointer.)
A different take on Obama, that makes some fair critical points. He was no progressive, alas. The way he has enriched himself non-stop post-Presidency has been particularly gross.
Budgie, the late great Welsh heavy metal trio, gets credit for (among other things) the best cover (to my taste) of the Big Joe Williams song from 1935:
AI clearly generates many of the fake “book club” solicitations to authors of new books, and now there’s a new scam: fake editors of actual publishing houses (or impersonating actual academics) soliciting information about an author’s...
A CHE editor asked me to redo this post as a “letter to the editor” which they have published here, and which I reprint below: To the Editor:In the interview with four authors of the “Report on the State of the Humanities and Humanistic...
….including the Dewey Lecturers (Kittay, Sober), Rescher Prize (K. Fine), Romanell Lecture (Ismael), Sanders Lecture (G. Rosen), and Sosa Prize (Kornblith), among others.
These are non-clinical/non-LRW appointments that will take effect in summer or fall 2026 (except where noted); (new additions will be in bold.) Last year’s list is here. (Link fixed.) *Ted Afield (tax) from Georgia State University to...
As the reader who sent this to me observed, this amusing piece seems inspired by “that other philosophy blog and how it reflects some troubling trends in the profession.”