Leiter Reports

Philosopher Steven Hales makes the point effectively.

Following up on this, philosopher Dan Kaufman, who taught for a quarter-century at Missouri State University, shares a draft of his provocative remarks being presented today at Florida Gulf Coast University.

…and stand out even in a field dominated by nonsense.

He’s now threatening to cut off trade with any country that maintains a trade imbalance, unless he gets his way on interest rates.

Via Alex Guerrero on FB, I came across this well-done “welcome” address by Rutgers President William Tate (it’s called “My Hopes for You,” September 8, in case it gets displaced by other “community messages” on the linked page).

Reader Howard Berman called my attention awhile ago to this fascinating essay by sociologist Randall Collins, which I recommend to everyone looking for some informed “big picture” analyses of what we face.

Karin Nisenbaum (Kant, German Idealism, Jewish philosophy) and Christopher Noble (ancient philosophy), both Associate Professors of Philosophy at Syracuse University, have accepted appointments at the University of California at Berkeley, effective January

Linguist Geoffrey Pullum (Edinburgh) shares another: The WAMC scam is aimed at tempting authors to think they have a publicity opportunity.

A central forecast of Marx’s was that capitalism would produce technological innovations that would displace human labor, gradually immiserating those who have only their labor power to sell.

Julian Nyarko took a look.