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Category Archives: Academia
A New American Philosophical Association Organization?
This past week, philosophy’s top blogger Brian Leiter posted a poll on a quite interesting topic: Would you leave the [American Philosophical Association] and join a new dues-charging professional philosophy association that does much of what the APA does, but without … Continue reading
Open Letter to Professor C. Christine Fair, Georgetown University
Re: “Look at this chorus of entitled white men justifying a serial rapist’s arrogated entitlement. All of them deserve miserable deaths while feminists laugh as they take their last gasps. Bonus: we castrate their corpses and feed them to swine? … Continue reading
Why Is Philosophy Important? An Expanded Comment
Daily Nous, the philosophy blog, posted a recent query raising this question in response to an undergraduate who had fallen in love with the subject. Presumably she’d gotten some flak from friends or maybe family. The blog’s editor, Justin Weinberg … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Language, Philosophy, Where is Civilization Going?, Where Is Philosophy Going?
Tagged A Free Man's Worship, academic philosophy, analytic tradition strengths and weaknesses, daily nous, George Carlin, Justin Weinberg, linguistic analysis, philosophy critical thinking, philosophy worldview, The Responsibility of Intellectuals, why is philosophy important, Wittgenstein, worldviews
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“Should I Pursue a Doctorate in Philosophy These Days?”
Should you even consider getting a doctorate and going into academic philosophy today? Even if you find the subject endlessly fascinating, and you have talent for it? The question comes up occasionally on forums. Someone I am “friends” with on … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Higher Education Generally, Philosophy, Where Is Philosophy Going?
Tagged academia in decline, academic philosophy, academic politics, Adjunct faculty, adjunctification of academia, bullshit jobs, conservatives in academia, doctorate in philosophy, education in decline, Hypatia controversy, marginalized groups philosophy, Neoliberalism, neoliberalism academia, PhD in philosophy, Philosophy, philosophy blog, pursue a doctorate, pursue a PhD, Rebecca Tuvel, social media addiction, Tuvel controversy
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“Anti-Intellectualism and How Fascism Works”: A Comment
I followed the link from here to IHE’s “Anti-Intellectualism and How Fascism Works,” an interview with Jason Stanley (Yale) who has authored a book entitled How Fascism Works. I’d been thinking of posting a comment, but discovered that the comments thread … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Books, Election 2016 and Aftermath, Higher Education Generally
Tagged anti-intellectualism, dominant narratives, Donald Trump, Donald Trump supporters, elitism suspicion, Fascism, How Fascism Works, Inside Higher Education, Jason Stanley, Koch Brothers, university business model
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Philosophers and Social Media: A Comment
Those who read last week’s note will probably say, “Wow, that was a short break!” This is a comment, though, not a stand-alone essay like many of its predecessors. This despite it’s getting longer than I intended. Should philosophers “do” social … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Media, Philosophy, Where Is Philosophy Going?
Tagged academic politics, Brian Leiter, Facebook censorship, Facebook jail, keyboard commando, marginalized philosophers, online etiquette, philosophy and Facebook, philosophy and social media, philosophy blogs, Rebecca Kukla, Trump voters
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Identity Politics Has Nearly Destroyed the Humanities; Now It Is Threatening the Hard Sciences
This article by Heather MacDonald is a must-read! If you thought you could escape identity politics by going into the sciences, or possibly even into engineering, think again. The article’s opening paragraphs spell out clearly what is happening in scientific … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Culture, Higher Education Generally, Where is Civilization Going?
Tagged affirmative action, Bret Weinstein, C. Wright Mills, Evergreen State, Griggs Supreme Court, Heather MacDonald, Identity Politics, National Association of Scholars, National Science Foundation, original civil rights vision, Patreon, power elite, STEM education, truth-telling, white male cultural constructs, white male social construct
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