Leiter Reports: A Philosophy Blog
Leiter Reports: A Philosophy Blog
Brian Leiter
News and views about philosophy, the academic profession, academic freedom, intellectual culture, and other topics. The world’s most popular philosophy blog, since 2003.
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…from Ato Quayson, an English professor at Stanford who taught previously at Cambridge.
Professor Kenny, who spent his career at Oxford University (where he was also Master of Balliol College), wrote widely in the history of philosophy, free will, Wittgenstein, and philosophy of religion (where he was a leading “analytical...
Yes indeed: “The tragedy of the Internet is that it has elevated the village idiot to the status of a bearer of truth.” “Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak—people who once only talked at the bar after a glass of...
Leo Katz (Penn) and Michael Moore (Illinois, formerly Penn) shared this announcement: This year’s iteration of the annual Zoom-only Illinois/Penn Legal Theory Seminar taught by Leo Katz and Michael Moore will be devoted to a...
A propos this, here’s another older scholarly impact study (from June 2014): The last scholarly impact study, from 2012, conducted by Prof. Greg Sisk and colleagues at St. Thomas, using the methodology I have used previously, did not...
His former colleague Neil Feit kindly shared it with me: Amended Complaint for Civil-Rights Violations – Kershnar v KolisonDownload You can start reading from paragraph 52 onwards for a case study in how not to handle a public relations...
These four university President have participated in drafting a new “call to action” from Linda McMahon, the former wrestling executive turned Secretary of Education, to the nation’s universities. Crow and Martin are no surprise, but...
This is strictly for those interested in Nietzsche (and Bernard Williams). A propos this post, here is the paper for those who do not have access to Google Drive (the Afterword starts at p. 21 of the typescript): Ch. 8 Bernard Williams...
Information about this organization and its events here. As legal philosopher Barbara Baum Levenbook (a member of the Executive Committee) wrote to me: The mission of The Collective is to promote and support women in legal philosophy and...
Based on my in-box and conversations with others, these were 10 moves that transpired this past year that were thought to be the biggest hiring coups: *Alejandro Camacho (environmental law, natural resources law) from the University of...
A balanced account of the controversy that started on social media.
Professor Berman, who spent his career at Trinity College Dublin, was well-known for his work on Berkeley and also on Schopenhauer, and also wrote widely on Irish philosophy. The TCD memorial notice is here. Comments are open for...
After my prior blog service provider closed last year, I returned to Twitter to help build traffic for the blog at its new WordPress location (this one). That served its purpose–indeed, the blog is now running nearly 250,000 views per...
Professor Soble, emeritus at the University of New Orleans, died last year. Philosopher Raja Halwani at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago kindly shared this lovely tribute to his friend and collaborator: A Tribute to Alan Soble...
Ships stuck because of the Strait of Hormuz blockage are breeding grounds for biological disaster.