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Lee from Ohio State to Seaul National

Sukjae Lee (early modern philosophy), Associate Professor of Philosophy, has accepted appointment as Associate Professor of Philosophy at Seoul National University, beginning this month.

"close-minded, dull-witted or both"

That is this under-educated gentleman's ironic opinion about those who can't tell the difference between giving money to promote the teaching of Ayn Rand versus giving money to promote the teaching of L. Ron Hubbard. (It is in reaction to...

Anglophone "Left" Political Philosophy

Via Chris Bertram (Bristol), I learn of this interesting interview with Stuart White (Oxford), which seems an adept summary of some central themes of academic political philosophy in the English-speaking world over the past half-century, more or less.

Friday Poems: "Let us remember" and "Guilt"

Let us remember Let us remember The living Overlooked as we amass The dead And assign them a value Richer than dollars Shapelier than gravestones More memorable than Whatever it is We drop off to sleep Forgetting 6/30-7/4/10 Guilt How...

Update on the Howell Case, the Adjunct Religion Instructor at Illinois

Here.

Breaking News: The National Research Council Still Does Not Know When Its Report on Doctoral Programs (circa 2005) Will be Released

This is really quite amazing. But given Ned Block's devastating critique, it probably doesn't much matter.

Breaking News: The National Research Council Still Does Not Know When It's Report on Doctoral Programs (circa 2005) Will be Released

This is really quite amazing. But given Ned Block's devastating critique, it probably doesn't much matter.

Dupre on "What Darwin Got Wrong" Got Wrong

He joins the chorus. If anyone competent in the philosophical and scientific issues has had anything favorable to say about the argument of this book anywhere, please send me a link. UPDATE: A couple of readers have already flagged the...

Political Interference with "World Philosophy Day" in Tehran?

Story here. (Thanks to Reza Rad for the pointer.)

U of Minnesota Prof Calls Out Regents and Administration on Budget Priorities

Lots of readers have sent me links to this video of a Classics & Near Eastern Studies professor making a forceful statement before the Board of Regents about the financial priorities of the university, administrative bloat, and other malignant signs...