Below is a list of assorted commentaries on the ongoing Hypatia controversy, mostly lifted from one of the updates on the original post on the story. Recent additions at time of posting include: Kelly Oliver (Vanderbilt) in The Philosophical Salon at The Los Angeles Review of Books : “The split between what people wrote to both Rebecca Tuvel and to me in private, and what they felt compelled to say in public is one indication that the explosion of personal insults and vicious attacks on social media is symptomatic of something much bigger than the actual issues discussed in Tuvel’s article.” and Shannon Winnubst (Ohio State) in The Chronicle of Higher Education: “I signed the open letter as part of a continuing effort to make feminist philosophy something other than a damaged, dutiful daughter to the deeply troubled discipline of philosophy… For too many underrepresented scholars… philosophy is inhospitable and in many cases uninhabitable. The call for retraction signals this state of emergency” I’ll try to keep the list below updated (new additions at the bottom): “The reason that two anonymous blind reviewers recommended publication of Tuvel’s paper is because it is a tightly written, well argued philosophical defense of a novel thesis that merits serious philosophical consideration.” — Mylan Engel (Northern Illinois) in a public Facebook post. “It looks to me like defamation per se.” — Brian Leiter (Chicago) at Leiter Reports. “A tentative response to some elements in her piece from the perspective of a fellow-traveler in Millian philosophy.” — Eric Schliesser (Amsterdam) at Digressions & Impressions. “The Associate Editors’ Board, in condemning publication (and themselves) ahead of any formal retraction investigation, seem to be on procedurally thin ice” — David Wallace (Univ. Southern California) in the comments on the original post. Also in those comments, from Udo Schuklenk (Queen’s University): “among the signatories of the letter demanding a retraction were a number of current and former journal editors who should have known better than demanding a retraction in the absence of providing an actual justification for that demand, a justification that meets the standards of international ethical guidelines that are binding on the journal.” “It is time for those of us who are tenured to stop allowing a very junior … Continue reading Hypatia Controversy Updates (updated)