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21 Mar 2024, 8:13 am by Brian Leiter
Philosopher Simon Kirchin, formerly of Kent, asked me to share the following: Further to previous announcements of plans, the University of Kent has decided to close its Department of Philosophy. [read post]
29 May 2017, 3:30 am by Brian Bix
Continue reading "Philosophy of Language and Legal Interpretation" [read post]
21 Nov 2007, 5:14 am
A Ph.D. in philosophy by time of appointment is expected, though in unusual cases a Ph.D. in a related discipline, or a J.D. accompanied by strong training in philosophy, will be considered. [read post]
7 Mar 2021, 2:57 pm by Patrick S. O'Donnell
I was then (mid-1980s) a graduate student (rather older than most of my classmates) in the Dept. of Religious Studies at UC Santa Barbara where the bulk of the professoriate, largely owing to Freud’s often simplistic critique of religion (mainly but not exclusively in its Judeo-Christian variations) but perhaps for other reasons as well, looked largely askance at Freud’s views on psychology and philosophy of mind. [read post]
1 Dec 2014, 10:59 am by Brian Leiter
Here is what a full specialty ranking will look like, in this case for Early Modern Philosophy: 17th Century.... [read post]
5 Jul 2014, 7:46 am by Brian Leiter
Some definite improvement from the last time, though I think it's still fair to say there isn't as much love for philosophy of language as some of the other areas we have polled. [read post]
9 Mar 2011, 8:28 am by Brian Leiter
MOVING TO FRONT FROM YESTERDAY--SEE 2ND UPDATE, BELOW Philosophy is the only traditional liberal arts major being singled out for elimination. [read post]
28 Aug 2014, 11:30 am by Brian Leiter
Kirk Sanders, the Chair of the Department, writes, "The Department of Philosophy at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign today (August 28) approved the following resolution: Whereas the recent words and actions of Chancellor Phyllis Wise, President Robert Easter,... [read post]
10 Nov 2022, 1:55 pm by Brian Leiter
This follows up on a 2017 post on this topic, which takes as its starting point the 2017 PGR section on the study of philosophy in law schools. [read post]
11 Oct 2022, 3:42 am by Brian Leiter
Ayokunle Afuye, a longtime non-academic reader of the blog from Nigeria who is interested in philosophy, writes with the following provocatively put question: I am here to pose an honest question to you and your readers. [read post]
4 Dec 2014, 5:34 am by Brian Leiter
See here for an explanation: PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE Group 1 (1-4) (rounded mean of 4.5) New York University (4.5, 4.5) Rutgers University, New Brunswick (4.5, 5) University of Southern California (4.5, 4) University of Texas, Austin (4.5, 4.5) Group 2... [read post]
11 Jul 2019, 5:48 am by Brian Leiter
This is Robin James (PhD, DePaul), Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte, writing about me: I did a search, and couldn't find any of the papers on the connection between my rankings, capitalism, white supremacy,... [read post]
18 Nov 2021, 2:52 pm by Brian Leiter
The theme of the Law & Philosophy Workshop in 2022-23 will be "Political Realism, "covering both historical (e.g., Thucydides, Hobbes, Machiavelli) and contemporary figures... [read post]
9 Jan 2018, 8:50 am by Brian Leiter
JHP has announced on its website the following: Effective December 1, 2017, the JHP is suspending consideration of all new submissions in early modern philosophy up to but not including Kant. [read post]
2 Jul 2018, 8:18 am by Brian Leiter
YOUNG HAVE BOTH BEEN FIRED The Claremont colleges in Southern California--Pomona, Scripps, Harvey Mudd, Claremont-McKenna, and Pitzer--boast an impressive aggregated philosophy faculty, in addition to... [read post]
10 Mar 2023, 7:48 am by Media Law Prof
Ioanna Tourkochoriti, Harvard Law School; National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG) - School of Law; University of California, Berkeley - Berkeley Center on Comparative Equality & Anti-Discrimination Law, is publishing Comparative Law and Philosophy of History: The Case of Free... [read post]
17 Nov 2016, 7:01 am by Brian Leiter
Unsurprisingly, some philosophy teachers think so, but that's just self-serving nonsense. [read post]