Leiter Reports: A Philosophy Blog
Leiter Reports: A Philosophy Blog
Brian Leiter
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CHE reports on the letter here; I’ve sent CHE the following letter to the editor: I signed two earlier letters defending the academic freedom rights of Nathan Cofnas, since the principles of academic freedom encompass racist scholarship,...
The journal responds, appropriately, here. Folks should be a lot more cautious before throwing these accusations around!
Galen Strawson kindly shared this address John Searle gave at a memorial for Peter Strawson, which includes, among other things, a charming description of tutorials with Strawson: Searle memorial talkDownload Early on, Searle writes that...
A more nuanced assessment (than my title) from UCLA professor Dov Waxman: 1. We must unequivocally condemn antisemitic acts against Jews and not make excuses for those who commit them. 2. We also need to acknowledge that Israel’s actions...
Law professor Michael Dorf discusses.
There is at least one first or second spot available each month this fall at present. Email me at bleiter-at-uchicago-dot-edu for more information.
To be clear, American has done this kind of authoritarian shit before, but far less of it since the 1970s.
Dr. Taylor, who spent her career at Oxford University, where she was a fellow and tutor at St. Anne’s College, was best-known for her work in moral psychology and the philosophy of emotions. The St. Anne’s memorial notice is here....
Back in 2024, and, sadly, it was prescient. While Title VI has, indeed, played a very large role, I did not anticipate the sheer lawless way the Trumpistas would deploy it (i.e., no investigation, no process, just going straight to...
A scholar at Johns Hopkins, Lisa Siraganian, makes seven useful points!
First he was involved in the Trump Administration’s document calling for a massive violation of academic freedom, and now he intends to take the war on academic freedom to every department at Hopkins by pushing for “a shift in the...
…as this piece argues (with some pretty choice quotes from Dr. Cofnas), but the Ghent “Code of Ethics” is obviously incompatible with academic freedom, so my conclusion is that researchers at the University of Ghent do not have academic...
Courtesy of Derek Muller. About what I would have expected, although Stanford’s recent performance is better than its historical performance (perhaps the change to USNEWS.com rankings several years ago which pushed Stanford to #1 and...