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News and views about philosophy - both the subject and the academic profession - as well as other aspects of university life and political culture, including academic freedom, neoliberalism, identity politics, and Marxism since 2003.
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7M ago
A Spanish translation by Dr. Francisco M. Mora-Sifuentes of eight of my essays on realist jurisprudence and related topics (with a new preface by me and an introduction by Dr. Natalia Scavuzzo) is now available from Zela, the leading South ..read more
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7M ago
For those who missed them, some blog highlights from August: I seem to be catching on in Asia The "bloodbath" at West Virginia University [sic] First "the heckler's veto," not the "lone wolf's veto" Steven Salaita is now back in ..read more
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7M ago
Some more highlights from the summer, for those who may have missed them: A serious blow for faculty speech in the 4th Circuit in the U.S. In Memoriam: Harry G. Frankfurt (1929-2023) Philosophers and political theorists elected as Fellows and ..read more
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7M ago
A reader writes: How do people feel about peer review? Does it really help? Has it made papers better in authors’ experience? There is an overwhelming amount of commentary about how peer review is no longer in any sense the ..read more
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8M ago
at the London Review of Books. A side of Austin most won't have known! (Thanks to Christopher Morris and David Zimmerman for pointers ..read more
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8M ago
Now that my summer blogging quasi-hiatus is ending (see here for the new schedule), here are some summer highlights, for those who may have missed them, starting with June: In Memoriam: Henry E. Allison (1937-2023) In Memoriam: Richard W. Miller ..read more
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8M ago
From an Israeli newspaper. (Earlier coverage: here and here.) (Thanks to David Livingstone Smith for the pointer ..read more
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8M ago
We noted the case here and here, and now Professor Gino's law school colleaige Larry Lessig has written in her defense: Data Colada [a blog] offers compelling evidence that the data in four papers were manipulated. But as they plainly ..read more
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8M ago
Legal philosopher Matthew Kramer (Cambridge) called this article to my attention; Professor Kramer explains: [T]here is a citation to the book LEGAL POSITIVISM: A CRITICAL INTRODUCTION by Matthew H. Kramer and published by the Edinburgh University Press. The problem is ..read more