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Brian Leiter @brianleiter.bsky.social · 16h

Journals that publish symposia on recent books?

A philosopher elsewhere writes: “I’m trying to put…comments [received on the philosopher’s recent book] together in the form of a book symposium, which would also include my repli…

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Brian Leiter @brianleiter.bsky.social · 1d

Philosopher (and former FBI agent) Luke Hunt discusses Trump’s abuse of the National Guard for domestic policing…

…on Australian TV. Professor Hunt treads rather too lightly on the political theater dimension of all this, but perhaps that is prudent for a University of Alabama professor!

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 2d

The very first statute authorizing domestic use of the military during domestic emergencies, enacted in 1792 by a Congress full of the same folks who wrote and ratified the Constitution, expressly provided for judicial review in certain circumstances *before* the President could even send troops.

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Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 4d

My husband was detained by ICE today

Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away

I have had zero contact or updates since

#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

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Brian Leiter @brianleiter.bsky.social · 4d

Book authors may be entitled to compensation in the settlement with Anthropic…

which used pirated copies of books to train its LLMs. Details here, including how to look up to see whether your books were used, and also how to file a claim. In my case, Why Tolerate Religion? (P…

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Brian Leiter @brianleiter.bsky.social · 11d

Marx day at Amsterdam

Coming next month:

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Brian Leiter @brianleiter.bsky.social · 11d

The engine on the airplane fails, and the importance of “giving reasons”

What a great talk at Williams College by philosopher Jeffrey Kaplan. Definitely worth watching! (Thanks to several readers who sent this along.)

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Brian Leiter @brianleiter.bsky.social · 9d

In Memoriam: John Searle (1932-2025)

Professor Searle, who taught for decades at the University of California at Berkeley, wrote widely and influentially in philosophy of language and philosophy of mind. (See, e.g., the entries at SEP…

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Brian Leiter @brianleiter.bsky.social · 7d

In Memoriam: Jonathan Lear (1948-2025) (UPDATED; ORIGINALLY POSTED 9/22/25)

I’m very sorry to report that my colleague Jonathan Lear died this morning. During his long career, he taught at Cambridge University, Yale University, and the University of Chicago, an…

Furious Kim Jong Un Claims Trump Stole His Idea of Gathering Generals

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Eric Segall @espinsegall.bsky.social · 6d

“The summoning of the nation’s generals, the insistence on loyalty, the unhinged rhetoric—I had all of that,” the North Korean dictator added. “The only thing I didn’t have was the weird drunk guy with all the makeup.” open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...

“That asshole totally ripped me off.”

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Brian Leiter @brianleiter.bsky.social · 15d

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Brian Leiter @brianleiter.bsky.social · 7d

In Memoriam: Jonathan Lear (1948-2025) (UPDATED; ORIGINALLY POSTED 9/22/25)

I’m very sorry to report that my colleague Jonathan Lear died this morning. During his long career, he taught at Cambridge University, Yale University, and the University of Chicago, an…

Larry Solum’s Legal Theory Blog, post-Typepad, can now be found at this address: (Under current formatting at the new blog, you must click through on individual posts to find out where a pape…

Brian Leiter @brianleiter.bsky.social · 8d

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Brian Leiter @brianleiter.bsky.social · 9d

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In Memoriam: John Searle (1932-2025)

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Brian Leiter @brianleiter.bsky.social · 10d

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Brian Leiter @brianleiter.bsky.social · 10d

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The Comey Indictment and its Aftermath

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Kim Lane Scheppele @kimlanelaw.bsky.social · 11d

Reflections on what can be done after law enforcement is politicized. open.substack.com/pub/executiv...

New strategies are needed to defend against the systematic politicization of federal law enforcement.

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Brian Leiter @brianleiter.bsky.social · 11d

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The engine on the airplane fails, and the importance of “giving reasons”

What a great talk at Williams College by philosopher Jeffrey Kaplan. Definitely worth watching! (Thanks to several readers who sent this along.)

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Brian Leiter @brianleiter.bsky.social · 11d

Marx day at Amsterdam

Coming next month:

Where (untenured) tenure-track faculty at the U.S. top 20 Ph.D. programs earned their Ph.D., 2025-26 edition

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Brian Leiter @brianleiter.bsky.social · 11d

With corrections

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MOVING TO FRONT WITH CORRECTIONS–ORIGINALLY POSTED SEPTEMBER 1 It looks like the last time we collected this data was 2023, and the changes are minimal: 1. Harvard University (9) 1. …

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Brian Leiter @brianleiter.bsky.social · 12d

One in four professors in American South (esp. Florida, South Carolina, and Texas) looking to get out

From a new AAUP study: Many professors in the US south, particularly in Florida, South Carolina and Texas, are considering leaving their state because of the impact the political climate is having …

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Brian Leiter @brianleiter.bsky.social · 14d

It did happen here, redux

Following up on this, Andrew Sullivan’s diagnosis is candid and accurate; an excerpt: Trump is…a wild boar — psychologically incapable of understanding anything but dominance and reveng…

In Memoriam: Jonathan Lear (1948-2025)

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Brian Leiter @brianleiter.bsky.social · 15d

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Cathode Ray Zone @cathoderayzone.bsky.social · 15d

Lear's work was a huge influence on me as a student. His book, "Aristotle: The Desire to Understand" shaped my understanding of this greatest of Greek philosophers.

Brian Leiter @brianleiter.bsky.social · 15d

In Memoriam: Jonathan Lear (1948-2025)

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I’m very sorry to report that my colleague Jonathan Lear died this morning. During his long career, he taught at Cambridge University, Yale University, and the University of Chicago, an…

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Brian Leiter @brianleiter.bsky.social · 15d

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