Leiter Reports

Philosopher David Sackris, the editor of this resource, writes: The teaching resource Teachphilosophy101.org has recently been updated in a collaboration between the journal Teaching Philosophy and the Philosophy Documentation Center.

An interesting piece by philosopher Anastasia Berg (UC Irvine) at CHE.

Professor Bender, well-known for his work in constitutional law and also Federal Indian law, taught for more than two decades at the University of Pennsylvania, before becoming Dean at Arizona State University, where he spent the remainder of his academic…

…powered by AI, via philosopher Nat Hansen.

…with Johnathan Bi.

Friday, October 16.

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 2024 PGR (some moves that took place after the 2024 PGR…

A leading figure in law and economics, Professor Ulen was a longtime faculty member at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he was emeritus.

This is much in the news now.

Philosopher J.P.

A statement by 25 Fields Medalists in mathematics.

Story here.

Back in 2006 on this day.

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.