Brian Leiter's Blog, page 1434

Neale on Kripke, Marcus, and the New Theory of Reference

I just discovered that this excellent essay by Stephen Neale (CUNY) about Quentin Smith's dramatic allegations of 'plagiarism' against Saul Kripke from fifteen years ago is available on-line. It was, I thought, the single clearest and most accessible explanation of...

More fun with another anti-gay bigot making awful arguments

Here.

The End of the University of Virginia?

If they don't push back hard on this scandalous assault on basic academic freedom, yes. (And on the 'hockey stick' fake scandal that is being used as cover, do see this.)

So which publisher will snatch up the Robert Paul Wolff memoirs?

Professor Wolff is now looking for a publisher, and I imagine he will find one quickly. The huge jump in traffic on Wolff's blog since I first linked to the memoirs (he looks to be running easily, 1,000+ hits per...

The Interest in Various Philosophical Topics and Figures Over the Last Century

Eric Schwitzgebel (UC Riverside) has some terrific charts here showing the growth and decline of interest in various figures (e.g., Kant, Hume, Sellars) and topics (e.g., "twin earth," "ordinary language") over the last century. I'm pleased to see that Nietzsche...

Jeshion from UC Riverside Back to USC

Robin Jeshion (philosophy of language and mind, epistemology, history of analytic philosophy), Professor of Philosophy at the University of California at Riverside, has accepted a senior offer from the Department of Philosophy at the University of Southern California, where she...

On the Origins of the APA Committee on the Status of Women in the Profession

From Robert Paul Wolff's memoirs; he was prompted to act by the naked sex discrimination his first wife, an English professor, confronted: On September 17, 1969 I sent a letter to eleven senior members of the philosophy profession, asking them...

Replies to Comments on "Moral Skepticism and Moral Disagreement," Part I

It's on-line here. Part II is coming! My thanks again to the commenters for the excellent feedback; I hope my replies, as abbreviated as some of them are, advance the discussion.

The National Research Council PhD Rankings Continue Their Descent Into Complete Irrelevance...

...with yet more delay and more methodological changes, none speaking, of course, to the devastating points raised by Ned Block some time ago.

The Nomination of Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court

For those interested, a few items here, here, and here.