Brian Leiter's Blog, page 11

Whisteblower report on efforts by Emil Bove (now nominated to 3rd circuit) and others to defy court orders

Remarkable.

Philosopher and Kant scholar Paul Guyer elected to the American Philosophical Society

Here. The APS typically only elects one philosopher each year.

Iran, Trump, Thucydides

As the Athenians spoke to the Melians, so too does Trump speak to Iran: "Let���s work out what we can do on the basis of what both sides truly accept: we both know that decisions about justice are made in...

Grzankowski from Birkbeck to KCL

Alex Grzankowski, Reader in Philosophy at Birkbeck College, University of London has accepted appointment as Senior Lecturer in Mind and Metaphysics at King's College, London, effective September 1. ADDENDUM: Dr. Grzankowski writes: It is old news that the state of...

Another sordid tale of harassment of a visitor at the border for their lawful political speech

This guy was trying to visit the U.S. from Australia. Australia, not Afghanistan or some other officially disfavored country. He had engaged in lawful political speech in the psat, so was detained and then deported. What a disgrace.

Some gallows humor from an Israeli academic friend

He writes: "A few hours ago a missile that was headed to Ben-Gurion University hit a hospital instead, and there is a lot of damage there. Many missiles are targeted at universities. (The joke among Israeli academics is that the...

Does your university/college have a faculty hiring freeze?

I have been posting periodically about the Trump war on higher education, which has led to a number of faculty hiring freezes that I have heard about: the University of California system, Northwestern, for example. Please post here about hiring...

A celebration of the philosophical art work of Helen De Cruz

A week from today, on Zoom, organized by philosopher Georgi Gardiner. Tragically, Professor De Cruz is now in hospice care with a terminal illness.

A measured and systematic critique of the AAUP's Committee A on academic freedom...

...by law professor and academic freedom expert Matthew Finkin. Among other things, Professor Finkin documents how shoddy the work of Committee A is, in addition to its betrayal of core academic freedom principles. These days, FIRE and the Academic Freedom...

A mysterious surge in visits last week from Vietnam

It lasts several days, and involved thousands of unique visits, some of whom visited multiple pages of the blog. I am guessing the blog must have been linked from some popular website or discussion board in Vietnam. Can any readers...