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Pomo Periscope XIX: Leiter on Foucault

Nicolai Foss Here is a nice discussion of Foucault by UChicago Law School professor Brian Leiter. It is not a smashing per se, but rather a critical discussion that indicates a central flaw in Foucault’s philosophy. Leiter points to Foucault’s well known discussion of the “pretence” of the “human sciences” something he seems to explain on the...

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Brian Leiter on Nietzsche Myths

Over at Philosophy Bites : Friedrich Nietzsche is famous for many things, including the idea of the Übermensch, The Will to Power and his sceptical beliefs about truth that make him a precursor of much postmodern thinking. But according to Nietzsche expert Brian Leiter (the man behind the Leiter Reports Weblog) close reading of his work tells a different story. Listen to Brian...

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Leiter's Best Law School Faculties Poll Results and Top Regional Law Schools for Spotting Faculty Talent

Brian Leiter (Chicago) has been conducting "Best Faculties" polls over the last several weeks. He summarizes the results on his Law School Reports. Also on his blog, Leiter has identified the following six regional law schools that over the last...

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Academia.Edu

So Brian Leiter is now on it, and I appear to be late to the game. What I like about it is that you can upload a current CV there quite easily. I notice a lot of grad students use...

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Brian Leiter on "Who is the 'Sovereign Individual'? Nietzsche on Freedom"

. . . can be found here . An abstract: Who is the “sovereign individual” of GM II:2, and what does he have to do with Nietzsche’s conceptions of free will, freedom or the self? I shall argue for what would have been, at one time, a fairly unsurprising view, namely, that (1) Nietzsche denies that people ever act freely and that they are ever morally responsible for anything they do;...

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Quick Reaction to the Leiter Poll on Best Faculties in Law and Economics

Brian Leiter conducted a poll where voters (anybody, apparently could vote with a poll restricted to specialists to come later) could rank the top law and economics faculties from a list of the individual scholars on those faculties. Here are the results followed by a few first impressions: 1. Harvard University 2. University of Chicago 3. Yale University 4. [...]

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Lipshaw Creates Firestorm By Talking About Religion and Brian Leiter

Two subjects that, Miss Manners said, should never be the talk at a formal dinner. Anyway, Jeff's SSRN piece analyzing Leiter's conception of religion has become "recommended reading" by Larry Solum on the Legal Theory Blog, and is number one...

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Lipshaw on Leiter on Religion

Jeffrey M. Lipshaw (Suffolk University Law School) has posted Can There Be a Religion of Reason? A Response to Leiter's Circular Conception of Religious Belief on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This is a comment on a definition of religion...

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Lipshaw on Leiter on Religion, and a Little More

September 27, 2009Lipshaw on Leiter on Religion, and a Little MorePosted by Jeff LipshawI suppose it's appropriate to conclude the Ten Days of Awe of the Jewish calendar by tying up, on the eve of Yom Kippur, when I was sitting here at my computer instead of participating in ritual observance on Rosh Hashanah. As I noted, "what I find difficult about religious ritual, which is the reification...

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Congrats to Todd Henderson

Brian Leiter is reporting that my friend Todd Henderson (Chicago) is this year's winner of the Federalist Society's Bator Award. Congratulations! Todd is joining an impressive group! Check out this list. (Especially, of course, the 2009 winner.).

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Chronicle of Higher Education publish Romano piece on Heidegger...

...and the (philosophical) world groans in frustration. Brian Leiter gives it a solid trouncing. I am always astounded by the dull refrain of "Nazi! Nazi! Nazi!". Yes, well done, you've spotted the absolutely fucking obvious. Here, have a cookie. Is that really the best you can do? Shout ad hominems about Nazism? Okay then. I'm agnostic on the question of whether or not Heidegger...

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Is UC-Hastings America's Most Expensive Law School?

Brian Leiter has posted this memo from UC-Hastings, reporting that tuition and mandatory fees will increase next academic year to $50,310 due to state budget cuts. That figure is higher than the current tuition and fees at the Top 10 law schools (although some law school websites may not list...

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Notes from the Aspiring Law Professor Conference at ASU

... a good place for developing important networks and friendships among one’s academic cohort. Brian Leiter began the morning panel by describing the various stages of the hiring process. He spoke about the significance of knowing the details of the process ahead of time: getting advice on filling out the FAR form; planning and practicing the interview in DC; knowing what is expected...

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How are my legal subject areas doing re: gender balance?

Brian Leiter conducted a poll regarding the Top Law Faculties for Intellectual Property and Cyberspace Law. The results give a window into the subject specific gender balance at each of the “Top 24″ schools. There were 95 men and 45 women listed in total, a few of whom may be “bolstering” the numbers: 1. [...]

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Settlement in the AutoAdmit Case

... some of Ann’s previous coverage of the AutoAdmit case, see here , here , here , here and here . Brian Leiter has more here . -Bridget Crawford