Category: Brian Leiter
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Grok on Brian Leiter
I put the question to the Grok bot: Who first called Brian Leiter 'Ladder Man' and why? Grok shot back: The earliest identified use of the nickname "Ladder Man" for Brian Leiter appears in a blog post by Bill Vallicella on Maverick Philosopher dated March 13, 2014. Vallicella used the term to criticize Leiter’s perceived…
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Celebrate Freedom by Burning the Flag
Guess who. Screen shot below the fold.
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The High Level of Leiter’s Academic Gossip Site
A characteristic example. (HT: C. Cathcart) I don't read the Ladder Man so I must rely on my readers to apprise me of his antics. Neven Sesardić on Brian Leiter
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From the Archives: Eight Years Ago Today
David Gordon Reviews Thomas Nagel's New Book and Criticizes Brian Leiter's Puerile Fulminations David Gordon reviews Thomas Nagel's Secular Philosophy and the Religious Temperament: Essays 2002–2008. The following is a particularly interesting portion of the review in which Gordon comments on a certain status-obsessed careerist's puerile fulminations against a real philosopher: Read it all.
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Neven Sesardić on Brian Leiter
Leiter Laid Bare My Sesardić posts: Reading Now: When Reason Goes on Holiday Omertà Among the Philosophers Full text on Leiter below the fold:
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Happy Halloween!
Scared yet? If not, take a gander at this creepy clown, a Chicago philosophy adjunct whose main claim to fame is his philosophy gossip site. His latest prank is a scurrilous smear of Rightly Considered. He foolishly confuses one of the commenters, Jacques, with one of the contributors. Related articles Micro-Totalitarianism Brian Leiter's Christmas…
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The A. P. A. Statement on Bullying and Harrassment
The American Philosophical Association has issued a statement that condemns bullying and harrassment. Who could disagree? But the following paragraph needs a little more work: Abusive speech directed at philosophers is not limited to responses by the public to published op-eds. A look at some of the anonymous philosophy blogs also reveals a host of…
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Colin McGinn on Brigand Lighter
Wondering what had become of Colin McGinn, I poked around and came across this parody by him of somebody he variously refers to as Brigand Lighter, Brendan Lightweight, Barry Litebeer, and Professor Litesmear. Is he referring to some actual person? The post is dated 1 April 2015 which suggests that Professor McGinn might just be…
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Brian Leiter’s Christmas Present to Carrie Ichikawa Jenkins
He's baaack, bearing 'gifts.' Professor Christian Munthe has the story: Remember The September Statement from earlier this year, signed by 648 academic philosophers in North America and elsewhere against Chicago philosopher and law professor Brian Leiter's unacceptable treatment of his UBC colleague Carrie Ichikawa-Jenkins, ending in Leiter's statement of resignation from the institutional ranking operation…
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Brian Leiter to Step Down as Editor of PGR in 2014-15
In effect, Leiter ignored my warning: Do not multiply enemies beyond necessity. He finally went too far. For years he got away with vicious out-of-the-blue personal attacks on conservatives and white males, but when he turned on females, such as Prof. Carrie Ichikawa Jenkins, the Left turned on one of its own. (Be sure and…
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Susan Haack: Philosophy Profession in Thrall of Dreadful Rankings
The following portion of an interview by Richard Carrier of Susan Haack puts one in mind of Brian Leiter whose main disservice to academic philosophy has been his contribution to its hyperprofessionalization. S.H.: I had begun to express concern about the condition of professional philosophy well before 2001;[37] and I’m sorry to say that our profession…
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Brian Leiter: Recent Developments and Further Insight into His Character
I thank my readers for keeping me apprised of these unsavory matters. Recent manifestations of Leiter's thuggish nature are documented in a Statement of Concern by Sally Haslanger and David Velleman. Further information and hyperlinks at The Daily Nous, here and here. More on the Ladderman in Brian Leiter. (As luck would have it, this…
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Brian Leiter’s Taste in Poetry
A reader sends us here. Enjoy!
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Response to Leiter’s Latest Outburst
I have already reported on Brian Leiter's initial unprovoked attack on me. After that 2004 attack, which I chose to ignore, he got in a jab or two which I also ignored, until just the other day when he let loose again with an unprovoked attack. Then I realized that for my own peace of…
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Alan Dershowitz on Brian Leiter
For the first time since the end of World War II, classic anti-Semitic tropes—“the Jews” control the world and are to blame for everything that goes wrong, including the financial crisis; The Jews killed Christian children in order to use the blood to bake Matzo; the Holocaust never happened—are becoming acceptable and legitimate subjects for…