Leiter Reports: A Philosophy Blog


"News and views about philosophy, the academic profession, academic freedom, intellectual culture ... and a bit of poetry."

Author: One of the authors is Brian Leiter, a law professor at the University of Chicago; another is Bill Edmundson of Georgia State University College of Law. Leiter also posts at Brian Leiter's Law School Reports.

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Recent Posts from Leiter Reports: A Philosophy Blog


  • Rutgers Raids the ANU: Schaffer, Schellenberg to New Brunswick in 2011

    Jonathan Schaffer (metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of language) and Susanna Schellenberg (philosophy of mind, epistemology), both at the Australian National University, have accepted tenured offers as, respectively, professor and associate professor at Rutgers University at New…

  • APA Adopts New Policy on Religious Institutions that Discriminate Against Gay Men and Women

    Alastair Norcross (Colorado) reports that the National Board of the American Philosophical Association has now taken action on an initiative that began with a letter from Charles Hermes (UT Arlington) (posted here last February) and…

  • Speaking of American fascists...

    ...as we and others have been doing, other worrisome signs continue to appear.

  • What do philosophers believe?

    David Chalmers explains the idea behind this fun survey meant to gauge the distribution of philosophical opinions about a range of traditional and au courant philosophical issues. You will, however, need a PhilPapers account or…

  • Journals That Want to Know Where an Article Has Been Submitted Before?

    A philosopher writes with a pretty startling report of a phenomenon I had not heard of previously: I recently submitted an article to a journal that uses online Editorial Management software. In general, I like…

  • Minnesota Makes Bid for Irvine's Barrett

    Jeffrey Barrett (philosophy of physics), Professor of Logic and Philosophy of Science at the University of California at Irvine and the current editor-in-chief of the journal Philosophy of Science, has a senior offer from the…

  • For a JD/PhD, Does the Caliber of the Law School Matter?

    A philosophy graduate student writes: I was hoping you might be able to help me with a follow-up question I had regarding your blog-post on leiterreports regarding the merits of getting a J.D. and a…

  • Fitelson from Berkeley to Rutgers

    Branden Fitelson (philosophy of science, logic, epistemology, decision theory), Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of California at Berkeley, has accepted a senior offer from the Department of Philosophy at Rutgers University at New…

  • Sarah Palin's new book reviewed

    Here. This guy would be even funnier if he were a bit less vulgar and pornographic. A choice excerpt of the good parts: Millions of copies will be sold of a book written by someone…

  • Survey on Publishing in Philosophy

    Sally Haslanger (MIT) writes: All professional philosophers are invited to participate in a survey on publishing in philosophy. It should take about 10 minutes. It will be useful to have your CV handy as you…