Month: May 2014
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Another Philosopher Gets a Google Doodle
Check out the Italian Google page for a google doodle marking what would have been the 296th birthday of Italian mathematician and philosopher Maria…
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David Armstrong (1926-2014)
David Armstrong, a philosopher known for his work in metaphysics and the philosophy of mind, has died. He had retired from the University of…
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Watch What You Say Online, Profs
The new policy says that faculty and staff of the state’s six universities, 19 community colleges and six technical colleges may not say anything…
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Heap of Links
1. A Henry David Thoreau tumblr. 2. “Jean-Paul Sartre was literally obsessed with crabs. Also, mescaline.” That and other weird facts about some famous existentialists.…
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Diversity at Undergraduate-Oriented Departments
In the 50-plus years of its existence, the philosophy department has offered only one tenure-track position to a woman, and zero positions to people…
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Andrew Cullison (SUNY Fredonia) to DePauw
Andrew Cullison, currently at SUNY Fredonia, has accepted a position at DePauw University as associate professor of philosophy and director of the university’s Janet Prindle Institute…
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Do Ethics Courses Make Moral Students?
A recent event at Stanford raised the question of what good ethics courses do, with a particular focus on the question of whether such…
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Judges Citing Philosophers, Kant Edition
Last week we had a judge citing Mill in a rather complicated case in England. This week we have a judge citing Kant in…
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$7.5m Grant for Moral Robots
Move over, 6 Million Dollar Man, and make room for the 7.5 Million Dollar Moral Robot. The Office of Naval Research is doling out…
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Acknowledgments for Sale
Have you always wanted to be acknowledged in the preface of a philosophy book, but haven’t had the time or opportunity or insightfulness to…
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Philosophy Tag
Last week we introduced Philosophy Tag, with Dana Howard (Ohio State) tagging Daniel Silvermint (Connecticut) for his piece, “Resistance and Well-Being.” That made Silvermint it. Let’s see who…
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Yale Seeks Information About Sexual Misconduct
Jason Stanley (Yale) writes: I just met with Professor Stephanie Spangler, Yale’s Deputy Provost for Health Affairs and Academic Integrity and also the University’s…
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Pigliucci the Pugilist
You and a number of your colleagues keep asking what philosophy (of science, in particular) has done for science, lately. There are two answers…
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Dennis McKerlie (1948-2014)
Dennis McKerlie, a professor of philosophy at University of Calgary, has died. Professor McKerlie worked in moral and political philosophy. His final book, Justice Between…
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The Philosophy and Science of Creativity
Scientific American has published an excerpt from the introduction to The Philosophy of Creativity: New Essays, a new collection edited by Elliot Samuel Paul (Columbia) and Scott…
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Grading Shortcuts
For years I provided very extensive comments on students’ papers. What stopped me was one of them, finally, saying “thank you.” It immediately struck…
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Weinberg Donates $7.7m to Michigan
No, not me. Nor, alas, anyone related to me (as far as I know). But Marshall Weinberg, a University of Michigan alumnus, has donated…
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A Name to Accompany the Accusations
The accusations of sexual misconduct against an as-of-yet-officially unnamed prominent moral and political philosopher (previously here and here) are no longer being made anonymously. They…
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Philosophy How-Tos
After yesterday’s heap of links included an unusual Wikihow article, it was brought to my attention that the Wikihow site is home to a…
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Professors Are Biased, Too
An experiment on unwitting professors shows that racial and gender bias persists, even in disciplines much more diverse than philosophy.