sartwell on reading fiction and reviews

Let’s just say he’s, er, impatient about such things. Not surprising given his realist sympathies. This is actually kind of funny.

cmu eliminates object-oriented programming

Carnegie Mellon University, a leader in robotics and computer science research, has eliminated something called object-oriented programming from its curriculum. This means very little to me, but it may be of interest to others.

morton’s handy guide to OOO

Is here. Thanks, Tim.

apa talk

Here’s the information for my APA Central talk.

metaphysics suggestions?

I’m looking for suggestions from readers of great texts in metaphysics, particularly in the Anglo-American tradition. What are some of your favorites?

important NYT article on american teachers

Argues that the standard and status of teachers in the US needs to be raised. Check it out. This, of course, will never happen so long at the GOP and their media outlets continue to have the citizenry believe that teachers work less than the rest of the public sector and bring in a hefty salary and sweet benefits package. Here’s an informative video on just how lavish the public school teacher’s lifestyle is.

 

villanova schedule

The Villanova conference schedule can be viewed here.

‘doing’ the history of philosophy

Great post up at New APPS on a recent thread of Leiter’s blog. Here.

return of metaphysics at villanova

I just received the conference poster for next month’s ‘The Return of Metaphysics’ conference at Villanova. Looks like a great lineup, and I’m especially looking forward to meeting Graham again for the first time. I’ll be talking about ‘Phenomenology, Realism, and the Rhetoric of Concreteness’.

fossil dinosaur color established

The National Geographic article relates evidence for the reality of of dinocolor.