2020 in review, 1st quarter: January, February, March

January

Best introductory texts to philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, philosophy art/aesthetics, and ancient Greek and Roman philosophy

Have you been rejected in a search requiring a mandatory "diversity statement"?

Sartwell on "guilt by association" and the Twitter Red Guard

Preposterous philosophical views:  the poll results

Peer-reviewed journal publishes a paper some people don't like, petition ensues

February

Best introductory texts to philosophy of religion, philosophy of action, philosophy of social science (or particular social sciences), and non-Western philosophical traditions or figures.

Cover art on philosophy books

Confessions of an ex-philosopher

Not a great a great piece of public philosophy:  on Strawson and the coronavirus

Jonathan Mitchell did not like Tom Stern's "New Cambridge Companion to Nietzsche"

Yale faculty vouch for Sarah Braasch, the real victim in the "napping while Black" manufactured scandal

The pernicious class politics of diversity blather

March

Intensive COVID coverage began this month (the category debuted on March 14):  you can start here and scroll down.  Blog readership soared this month as this blog, oddly enough, became a go-to place for decent information and perspective.  (Thanks to the readers who helped make that happen with their tips.)

Kramnick on Karen Kelsky, "a war profiteer of the collapsing job market"

Critical theory is dead, dead, dead, and Habermas killed it

Looking ahead for colleges and universities (given COVID) (basically my #4 came to pass) (THIS LINK NOW FIXED)

Is there any bioethical consensus on whose lives to save first in a triage situation?

Some readings about epidemics of the past

"Capitalism, Social Democracy, and Socialism:  Which is right for America?"  The debate

Best introductory text to the history of early modern philosophy (or particular figures).