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Brian Leiter
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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 crisis because of a faculty member’s lawful, but controversial, speech. Every...
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 Daniels is, and he and Martin have now disgraced their universities, since the...
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 Debt to NietzscheDownload
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 legal theory (broadly defined) who have a commitment to analytical methodology....
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 California, Irvine to the University of California, Los Angeles (effective...
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 remembrances from those who knew Professor Berman or for those who wish to comment on...
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 month even in summer. So I am returning to Bluesky, and will post blog links there...
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 Raja Halwani Alan Soble died on March 5, 2025. I didn’t know that he had died,...
Ships stuck because of the Strait of Hormuz blockage are breeding grounds for biological disaster.
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