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TagRadzik from Texas A&M to Binghamton
Linda Radzik, professor of philosophy at Texas A&M University, will be moving to Binghamton University (SUNY). (more…)
Texas State Fires Philosophy Professor Over Off-Campus Talk on the Israeli-Palestine Conflict
Idris Robinson, a tenure-track assistant professor of philosophy at Texas State University, is suing several university officials for violating his constitutional rights after they told him he would have his contract terminated in May, because of complaints about a talk he gave last year “on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict off-campus in another state where a fight ..
APA Joins Other Organizations in Calling for Texas A&M to Rescind Censorship Policies
The American Philosophical Association (APA) has signed onto to a letter by PEN America to the Texas A&M University System Regents “to request that they rescind two policies, passed in fall 2025, that have resulted in the censorship of academic courses across the institution, and the announced closure of the University’s Women’s & Gender Studies Program.” (more…)..
When the University President Endorses the “Indoctrination” Narrative (multiple updates)
For some reason, Renu Khator, the longtime president of the University of Houston and chancellor of the University of Houston System, has felt the need to remind her faculty that “our responsibility is to give the ability to form their own opinions, not force a particular one on them. Our guiding principle is to teach them, not indoctrinate them.” (more…)
A Dishonest Response from TAMU President Tommy Williams
The interim president of Texas A&M, Tommy Williams, has publicly replied to last week’s reports of his university telling a philosophy professor to remove readings by Plato and others from the syllabus of his moral problems course. (more…)
Legalize Plato: The Shirt
In light of Texas A&M’s decision to tell a philosophy professor to remove readings by Plato from his course, one enterprising philosopher has come up with a way for people to voice their support for academic freedom. (more…)
Texas A&M Bans Plato (further updates)
Drop the race and gender material from your course and the Plato readings, or teach a different course. You have a day to decide.
Discriminatory Texas Law Prompts Philosophers To Move Conference
The Public Philosophy Network (PPN) was planning on holding its annual conference next February at the University of North Texas (UNT). It will now, instead, be held in Boulder, Colorado. (more…)
The Targeting of Philosopher Tommy J. Curry
Mr. Dreher’s post sent words racing across a network that was primed for racial outrage—like New York City’s black-radio scene circa 2001, but much more powerful. The internet’s right-wing news belt had expanded under President Obama. Websites like Infowars and Breitbart, once on the fringe, had found a champion in President Trump, who seemed passionate about def..
Texas Higher Ed Board v. Logic
With just a few days before the start of the school year, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board has removed from the curriculum a number of courses meant to fulfill the “Language, Philosophy, & Culture” core requirement at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV). Among the struck courses are several in philosophy, including a number of ethics cours..