That's a major loss for Texas A&M, and a notable addition for Irvine! The proposed cuts are very dramatic (see also, and also this); you can add your name, as I have done, to a petition here. (Marconi and Mulligan do some work in these areas.) So what *do* philosophers believe? - Leiter Reports: A Philosophy Blog A professor at WVU (not in philosophy) writes: WVU is currently in an unprecedented financial crisis and the administration is starting the process of cutting academic programs and faculty, including tenured faculty. Chicago Education, Politics, U.S. As seen in: Leiter Reports: A Philosophy Blog, HuffPost, Applied Health Economics and Health Policy, Springer, Star Tribune, Taylor & Francis, Newsday, The Nation, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Press Democrat, The Times Literary Supplement and more I am proud to say that joining the APA in 2018 was the start of my professional career. I'm still debating how much I will cut back (and how I will adjust the advertising rates for next year in light of that). Leiter Philosophy Blog. Brian Leiter | University of Chicago - Academia.edu, Nietzsche's Moral and Political Philosophy (SEP), Routledge Philosophers (book series edited by Brian Leiter), RAWA Statement on the anniversary of the September 11 tragedy, Sep.11, 02, 15 Answers to Creationist Nonsense: Scientific American, "The less they know, the less they know it", Deja Vu All Over Again (Repostings of Earlier Items of Interest), Merciless rhetorical spankings of fanatics, villains, and ignoramuses, Personal Ads of the Philosophers (and other humor), Sunday Classical (formerly "Sunday Symphonies"), Texas Taliban Alerts (Intelligent Design, Religion in the Schools, etc. *Thimo Heisenberg (19th-century German philosophy, social & political philosophy) from Bryn Mawr College to Rice University (untenured lateral). | If anyone is interested, I can ask someone from the Counsel's office to attend our retreat to share their perspective on this with us. Comments are open for remembrances from those knew Professor Downie, or for those who wish to comment on the significance of his work. All rights are reserved. One explanation for the handful of peculiarities may have to do with the committee that oversaw the philosophy journal rankings, which consisted of Francois Recanati, Manuel Garcia-Carpintero, Diego Marconi, Kevin Mulligan, and Barry Smith--a strong group of philosophers, but none of whom work mainly in moral, political, or legal philosophy, or in the history of philososphy. ), Co-author of APA Code of Conduct violates it, without embarrassment, On 'harassment': a guide for beginners (and cry-babies) , Great moments in (somewhat) obscure rock 'n' roll: Ry Cooder, "Billy the Kid," 1972, Chalmers/Koch bet regarding consciousness. Leiter Reports: A Philosophy Blog: Sliwa from Cambridge to Vienna Why The Leiter Report's Professional Academic Philosophy Rankings Are *Katrina Elliott (philosophy of science, metaphysics) from the University of California, Los Angeles (where she was tenured) to Brandeis University (untenured position, but will come up for tenure soon) (2022). Posted by Brian Leiter on June 07, 2023 at 10:13 AM in Philosophy in the News, The Academy | Permalink, Posted by Brian Leiter on June 06, 2023 at 08:54 AM in Philosophy in the News, What is Philosophy? *Avia Pasternak (political philosophy) from University College London (Politics Department) to the University of Toronto (2022). Main . What if a faculty member tweets something controversial or vulgar, that attracts unfavorable media attention: is that "unprofessional conduct" that "adversely affects the institution"? UPDATE (6/6/23): Thanks to the many readers who wrote me after last week's post. Welcome. "), Posted by Brian Leiter on June 07, 2023 at 04:48 PM in Academic Freedom, Of Cultural Interest, The Academy | Permalink. This is not on the grounds of quality: the philosophy department was ranked 3rdin the UK for overall student satisfaction in the most recent national student survey, and 5thin the UK in terms of GPA in the most recent research assessment (2ndfor quality of research outputs). Simmons University, Bostons only womens college, is considering eliminating many undergraduate departments in the liberal arts, including philosophy and sociology, in response to substantial financial challenges and declining graduate enrollment. *Harvey Lederman (logic, epistemology, philosophy of language, Chinese philosophy) from Princeton University to the University of Texas, Austin (effective January 2023). Comments (5). At least if she were a Marxist, it would be explicable rational behavior under capitalist conditions. A philosopher at a public university in Florida shares the email their Chair felt the need (no doubt correctly) to send out: I wanted to give you a heads up about a recent law that has passed our legislature, SB 266, which goes into effect on July 1. I will move this to the front periodically, putting recent additions in bold. *Sean Carroll (philosophy of physics, metaphilosophy [esp. Posted by Brian Leiter on June 11, 2023 at 08:48 AM in Philosophy in the News, Philosophy Updates | Permalink naturalism]) from California Institute of Technology to Johns Hopkins University (2022). All materials from 2003 to the present are copyrighted by Brian Leiter. *Edward Elliott (philosophy of mind, decision theory) from the University of Leeds to the University of Notre Dame (effective fall 2024). Brian Leiter | University of Chicago - Academia.edu, Nietzsche's Moral and Political Philosophy (SEP), Routledge Philosophers (book series edited by Brian Leiter), RAWA Statement on the anniversary of the September 11 tragedy, Sep.11, 02, 15 Answers to Creationist Nonsense: Scientific American, "The less they know, the less they know it", Deja Vu All Over Again (Repostings of Earlier Items of Interest), Merciless rhetorical spankings of fanatics, villains, and ignoramuses, Personal Ads of the Philosophers (and other humor), Sunday Classical (formerly "Sunday Symphonies"), Texas Taliban Alerts (Intelligent Design, Religion in the Schools, etc. What philosophical ideas should non-philosophers know about? *Brookes Brown (social & political philosophy) from Clemson University to the University of Toronto (untenured lateral). Posted by Brian Leiter on June 08, 2023 at 08:37 AM in Issues in the Profession, Philosophy in the News, The Academy | Permalink, The Academic Freedom Alliance correctly criticizes Mayo, and has provided a lawyer to vindicate the doctor's rights. | since the 2021 Philosophical Gourmet Report: 2023 edition" , Posted by Brian Leiter on June 15, 2023 at 08:33 AM in Philosophical Gourmet Report, Philosophy Updates | Permalink. *Erica Shumener (metaphysics) from the University of Pittsburgh to Syracuse University (untenured lateral) (2022). Brian Leiter ( / latr /; born 1963) is an American philosopher and legal scholar who is Karl N. Llewellyn Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Chicago Law School and founder and Director of Chicago's Center for Law, Philosophy & Human Values. for funding his legal case.). Boston's only women's college, is considering eliminating many undergraduate departments in the liberal arts, including philosophy and sociology, in response to substantial financial . The ratings strike me as fairly plausible, though there are some odd results. (The comments at issue by Dr. Joyner are utterly banal, and clearly correct, which makes this even more bizarre. Comments (1). All rights are reserved. | Posted by Brian Leiter on November 7, 2008 in General Jurisprudence, Legal Theory | Permalink | Comments (0) October 06, 2008 "Hmm?" Posted by Brian Leiter on May 30, 2023 at 06:10 AM in Deja Vu All Over Again (Repostings of Earlier Items of Interest) | Permalink. | *Rohan Sud (metaphysics, philosophy of language) from Ryerson University to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (untenured lateral) (2022). And it will, rightly, embarrass the university. TheElementsvolumes offer one very attractive feature for authors (especially junior authors), which is that the volume is made available for free downloads the first two weeks after publication. Philosophy = skateboarding - skateboard? (This information was included in the 2021 PGR surveys, so should, in principle, have been taken into account by evaluators.). The union has a petitionhere. This probably isn't the Velvet Underground's best-known song, but it is certainly my favorite: I also love this cover by Elizabeth Mitchell, from 2006: Continue reading "Great moments in (not quite as) obscure rock 'n' roll: Velvet Underground, "What Goes On," 1969" , Posted by Brian Leiter on June 10, 2023 at 04:18 PM in Great moments in obscure rock 'n' roll | Permalink A longtime faculty member at York University, Toronto, where he was emeritus, Professor Jarvie was best-known for his work in philosophy of the social sciences (especially on anthropology) and in film theory. *Guillermo Del Pinal (philosophy of language and cognitive science) from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign to the University of Massachusetts, Amherst (untenured lateral) (2022). This song comes from his second solo effort: Feel free to post links to other Ry Cooder favorites in the comments. Nietzsche (Oxford Readings in Philosophy), The Oxford Handbook of Continental Philosophy, At last"Experimental Philosophy" T-Shirts!!! | Permalink It's even possible that when I do retire from my actual job in 15 years or so, I may resume a more active blogging schedule. ), Posted by Brian Leiter on June 22, 2023 at 08:43 AM in Issues in the Profession, Philosophy Updates | Permalink, Posted by Brian Leiter on June 22, 2023 at 06:53 AM in Philosophy in the News | Permalink. These short "booklets" are proliferating across many different subjects in philosophy, and while some have been pretty bad, others have attracted serious authors and look more promising. While Twitter has taken a toll on blogs generally, this one is still going remarkably strong, averaging well over three million unique visitors per year, so it seems a good time to begin phasing into blog retirement while it's still widely read and influential (much to the chagrin of the Wokerati, of course). Grothendieck--Galois--Brauer Theory (Part 1) | The n-Category Caf | | What philosophical ideas should non-philosophers know about? *John Bengson (epistemology, philosophy of mind and action, metaethics, metaphilosophy) from the University of Wisconsin, Madison to the University of Texas, Austin (2022). *Leo Zaibert (philosophy of law, political philosophy) from Union College to Cambridge University (law faculty) (2022). Continue reading "The new Cambridge "Elements" series (UPDATED)" , Posted by Brian Leiter on May 31, 2023 at 07:26 AM in Issues in the Profession, Nietzsche etc., Philosophy in the News | Permalink. The world's most popular philosophy blog, since 2003. Is that "moral turpitude"? | All rights are reserved. (Kudos to F.I.R.E. *Susan James (early modern philosophy, feminist philosophy) will retire from Birkbeck College, University of London in July 2023. *Justin Bruner (social & political philosophy, PPE) from University of Arizona (Political Economy & Moral Sciences) to the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. *sta Kristjana Sveinsdttir (metaphysics, social philosophy, feminist philosophy) from San Francisco State University to Duke University (2022). Their malfeasance and dishonesty is documented in great detail in this anonymous investigation by WVU faculty:https://wvufacts.wordpress.com/ . We're having trouble getting any publicity or media coverage on what's actually happening here, because faculty are scared to go on record with the media, given the autocratic and deeply corrupt nature of Gordon Gee's administration (this probably won't be news to anybody who's followed higher-ed over the last 40 years or so of Gee's checkered career). I'll have to run one of these surveys again. *Kenny Easwaran (formal epistemology, epistemology, logic, philosophy of mathematics) from Texas A&M University to the University of California, Irvine. CEU moving MA and PhD programs to Vienna beginning in 2019-20 (MOVING TO FRONT, UPDATED), Brian Leiter | University of Chicago - Academia.edu, Nietzsche's Moral and Political Philosophy (SEP), Routledge Philosophers (book series edited by Brian Leiter), RAWA Statement on the anniversary of the September 11 tragedy, Sep.11, 02, 15 Answers to Creationist Nonsense: Scientific American, "The less they know, the less they know it", Deja Vu All Over Again (Repostings of Earlier Items of Interest), Merciless rhetorical spankings of fanatics, villains, and ignoramuses, Personal Ads of the Philosophers (and other humor), Sunday Classical (formerly "Sunday Symphonies"), Texas Taliban Alerts (Intelligent Design, Religion in the Schools, etc. I'm trying to keep my name out of the public eye, because my department is surely going to undergo personnel cuts and I'd rather not be a visible enemy of the administration. Im not about to do anything of the kind, but the equality-friendly justifications I can think of for not doing so all strike me as rationalizations. *Susan Wolf (ethics, philosophy of action) retired from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (2022). All rights are reserved. Brian Leiter's Legal Philosophy Blog: Meta-Jurisprudence (Earlier coverage.) But it will be a multi-year phasing, and come September I am sure I will still be posting a few times each week, but nothing like the volume in the past. *Robert Gooding-Williams (social-political philosophy, philosophy of race, 19th- and 20th-century Continental philosophy) from Columbia University to Yale University (effective July 2024). *Sharon Berry (philosophy of math & logic, epistemology) from Ashoka University to Indiana University, Bloomington (untenured lateral) (2022). And Gee and his cronies have giant media operations who have managed to get more or less friendly stories placed in local and regional media (and even Inside Higher Ed), basically parroting their dishonest version of events. All materials from 2003 to the present are copyrighted by Brian Leiter. Nietzsche (Oxford Readings in Philosophy), The Oxford Handbook of Continental Philosophy, On addictionand recovery | | Leiter Reports: A Philosophy Blog ", Posted by Brian Leiter on June 26, 2023 at 06:02 AM in Of Cultural Interest | Permalink. Blast from the past: "the feminist cause". Essentially, the administration has been advancing a narrative where the school is a victim of general demographic trends, Covid, and inflation, and now they have to cut lots of faculty to eliminate a structural budget deficit that isn't anybody's fault. Posted by Brian Leiter on May 29, 2023 at 05:16 PM in Of Cultural Interest | Permalink. See also the informative comment, below, by philosopher Katalin Balog (Rutgers). Waluchow (McMaster), A Common Law Theory of Judicial Review. Cohen's If You're a Egalitarian, How Come You're So Rich? BRIAN LEITER What Is It Like to Be a Philosopher? In addition to the separate posts announcing (generally tenured) faculty moves, I will keep a running list of all lateral moves (and retirements and deaths) not reflected in the faculty lists for the last PGR (some moves that took place after the last PGR were reflected in the faculty list, because the editors knew of them). Do not comment until you have read it in full. Leiter Reports: A Philosophy Blog: On the situation at Bowling Green I'll make an announcement in August, perhaps on or around the 20th blog anniversary. Posted by Brian Leiter on June 17, 2023 at 04:41 PM in Great moments in obscure rock 'n' roll | Permalink *Caroline Arruda (ethics, metaethics, philosophy of action) from the University of Texas, El Past to Tulane University (2022). | On 'harassment': a guide for beginners (and cry-babies) . Faculty for whom roughly 75% or more of their citations (based on a sample . By Brian Leiter. Comments are open for remembrances from those who knew Professor Jarvie, or for those who would like to comment on the significance of his work. Greek Philosophy Aristotle. The book is always up and away, dissatisfied with itself, ironic, sardonic, virulent, contemptuous, sad, despairing, and bitter, Posted by Brian Leiter on June 20, 2023 at 06:12 AM in Of Cultural Interest, Personal Ads of the Philosophers (and other humor) | Permalink *Julian Savulescu (applied ethics, bioethics) from Oxford University to the National University of Singapore (2022). Here's an illuminating review by Jeffrey Brand-Ballard (George Washington) of the most recent book by the Canadian legal philosopher W.J. | Permalink Comments on this post are closed. Comments (10). *Lisa Mirrachi Titus (philosophy of mind, cognitive science, and artificial intelligence) from the University of Pennsylvania (where she was tenured) to the University of Denver (untenured position, but will come up for tenure soon) (2022). Posted by Brian Leiter on June 19, 2023 at 07:10 AM in Hermeneutics of Suspicion, Of Cultural Interest, Philosophy in the News, The Academy | Permalink. Professor Talbott was a longtime faculty member at the University of Washington, Seattle, where he was emeritus. Professor David Bain, current Head of Department at Glasgow, writes: With great sadness, the Philosophy Department at the University of Glasgow would like to register the death of our greatly valued colleague, Robin Downie, emeritus Chair of Moral Philosophy. It reminds me of Thomas Nagel's remarkable concession in his review of G.A. It is hard to render consistent the exemption of private choice from the motives that support redistributive public policies. Blast from the past: "the feminist cause". But this is someone who purports to believe in morality and moral obligations. Brian Leiter | University of Chicago - Academia.edu, Nietzsche's Moral and Political Philosophy (SEP), Routledge Philosophers (book series edited by Brian Leiter), RAWA Statement on the anniversary of the September 11 tragedy, Sep.11, 02, 15 Answers to Creationist Nonsense: Scientific American, "The less they know, the less they know it", Deja Vu All Over Again (Repostings of Earlier Items of Interest), Merciless rhetorical spankings of fanatics, villains, and ignoramuses, Personal Ads of the Philosophers (and other humor), Sunday Classical (formerly "Sunday Symphonies"), Texas Taliban Alerts (Intelligent Design, Religion in the Schools, etc. All rights are reserved. *Ann Cudd (feminist philosophy, social & political philosophy) from University of Pittsburgh (where she is Provost) to Portland State University (to become President). He was only this year elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, which was long overdue. Comments (32). Paulina Sliwa (ethics, epistemology), currently Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Cambridge University, will take up the Professorship in Moral and Political Philosophy at the University of Vienna this September. (Thanks to Mohan Matthen for the information. Really amazing. A lateral move is one from one tenure-stream position to another either into or out of a program offering the PhD or terminal MA. | If the author is wrong, I'd be very interested to hear why. | The Rise and Fall of the Philosophical Gourmet Report (Thanks to Matt Lister and Colin Marshall for information.). *Juan Comesana (epistemology) from the University of Arizona to Rutgers University, New Brunswick (2022). Very casual, also BYOB. After the Freedom Riders, including Lewis, arrived in Rock Hill, South Carolina in 1961, Lewis and others were beaten bloody by a white mob. *John Bengson (epistemology, philosophy of mind and action, metaethics, metaphilosophy) from the University of Wisconsin, Madison to the University of Texas, Austin (2022). Green's proposed solution to the dilemma is to suggest that we should understand the Realists to indeed recognize that there are legal norms, but to hold that they are all only "permissive" rather than mandatory: they provide easily defeasible reasons for decision, reasons that are often defeated at the appellate level, less often in more humdru. All materials from 2003 to the present are copyrighted by Brian Leiter. All rights are reserved. Nietzsche (Oxford Readings in Philosophy), The Oxford Handbook of Continental Philosophy, Posted by Brian Leiter on June 27, 2023 at 10:37 AM in Philosophy in the News | Permalink, MOVING TO FRONT FROM JUNE 24, 2023: SEE UPDATES ON THE SITUATION IN THE COMMENTS. A longtime faculty member of the History and Philosophy of Science Department at the University of Pittsburgh, Professor Machamer was perhaps best-known for his work on Galileo and on the concept of mechanism. Leiter Reports: A Philosophy Blog News and views about philosophy, the academic profession, academic freedom, intellectual culture, and other topics. *Manon Garcia (feminist philosophy, 20th-century Continental philosophy, moral & political philosophy) from Yale University to Free University Berlin (untenured lateral) (2022). (that I've discussed before): I have to admit that, although I am an adherent of the liberal conception of [justice and equality], I dont have an answer to Cohens charge of moral incoherence. | Leiter Reports: A Philosophy Blog: "Seeing fast and thinking slow" Ordinal Rankings are used in many areas to signify quality. Its struggles are prompting concern among faculty members and alumnae. So asks Michael Steven Green (William & Mary). Kenny Easwaran (formal epistemology, epistemology, logic, philosophy of mathematics), Professor of Philosophy at Texas A&M University, has accepted a senior offer from the Department of Logic & Philosophy of Science at the University of California, Irvine, where he will start this coming academic year. Posted by Brian Leiter on May 30, 2023 at 09:58 AM in Of Cultural Interest | Permalink. Philosopher Gualtiero Piccinini (Missouri/St. | Permalink. I still haven't decided what the new schedule for September will look like, but it will be reduced from that of past years. ), Great moments in obscure rock 'n' roll: Bob Seger System, "Noah," 1969, Michael Bloomberg gives about 3% of his net worth to guarantee need-blind admissions at Johns Hopkins , Great moments in (somewhat) obscure rock 'n' roll: Ry Cooder, "Billy the Kid," 1972, Chalmers/Koch bet regarding consciousness. Welcome to Brian Leiter's Law School Rankings But Thales second greatest claim to fame involves that time he fell in a well or a pit or whatever it was. The private university, which has trained generations of social workers and nurses, is the latest womens college to confront existential threats to its business model, which has increasingly relied on graduate tuition to fund its operations in recent years. Based on the latest Sisk data, here are the ten most-cited law faculty working in law & philosophy in the U.S. for the period 2016-2020 (inclusive) (remember that the data was collected in late May/early June of 2021, and that the pre-2021 database did expand a bit since then). Leiter Reports: A Philosophy Blog News and views about philosophy, the academic profession, academic freedom, intellectual culture, and other topics. Post only once (comments may take awhile to appear), and non-anonymous comments will, as usual, be strongly preferred. An amusing takedown (earlier); an excerpt: It is said that the very first Western philosopher was Thales of Miletus, who lived from around 620 to 546 BCE. Leiter Reports: A Philosophy Blog: Lateral moves (and retirements etc Leiter Reports: A Philosophy Blog: CEU moving MA and PhD programs to Louis) has the details, links and a short explanation of the rating scale, as well as some comments on the significance of this list for European philosophers.
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