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Philosopher Dan Kaufman writes: Over the last year, philosophy social media has discussed a number of academic philosophers who are actively embracing AI in their research. Perusing these posts — and the comments that follow — reveals a significant number of sympathizers among our colleagues, who nonetheless feel...
…pending an investigation into possible “discrimination” against the late Professor Arday. It was Dr. Cofnas’s July 21 substack post that opened the flood gates of media coverage of allegations against Professor Arday, that ultimately led to (what everyone is assuming was) his suicide. While many of the allegations...
Courtesy of Clifford Sosis, as always. A really interesting trajectory into philosophy, I encourage folks to read this one. (What she says about UT Austin, although after my time, does ring true. I hope it’s better now.)
….arrested on child sex abuse charges. Dr. Freud strikes again! (Thanks to David Gordon for the pointer.)
These are non-clinical/non-LRW appointments that will take effect in summer or fall 2027 (except where noted); (new additions will be in bold.) Last year’s list is here. *Yonathan Arbel (commercial law, consumer law, law & economics, AI & law) from the University of Alabama to the University of Miami. *Ryan Scoville...
I’ve remarked on this for years (and more systematically), and although Habermas has a lot of groupies and loyalists, occasionally others do remark on this as well. This rather uneven piece by the philosopher Lorna Finlayson is the latest example. (You have to skip the first part of the essay to get to the...
I’m very sorry to have to report the sudden death yesterday of my esteemed colleague Randy Picker, who was well-known for his work on antitrust and intellectual property, among other topics. A triple Chicago grad (B.A., M.A. in economics, J.D.), he clerked for Richard Posner, and joined the Chicago faculty in 1989...
Readers will no doubt have heard this news already, but here is one account. No cause of death is given, although one suspects suicide of course given the public humiliation and vilification he suffered. A tragic story. (Earlier coverage here.) (Thanks to David Zimmerman for calling this to my attention.)
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