I teach & write about moral, political and legal philosophy in the Anglophone and Continental traditions, at the University of Chicago. Views expressed are mine
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Hubert Dreyfus's attack on AI: relevant again leiterreports.com/2026/10/20…
The ad should be out next month. I will post when it's available.
University of Chicago will hire a Law & Philosophy Fellow for 2027-28 leiterreports.com/2026/10/21…
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On Trump's efforts to revoke Rep. Omar's citizenship leiterreports.com/2026/10/21…
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U.K. academic bureaucrats are insane!
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Cognitive trends: awarded the Nobel Prize and think you have solved the problem of consciousness. Lots of casualties here
Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton says AI is already conscious, because models change behaviour when they detect tests.
and humanity survives only if machines care about people.
He was speaking to The Telegraph
His evidence is research showing models behave differently when they suspect a test, which he equates with awareness, and awareness with consciousness.
Unger was never an esteemed philosopher, but he is a Harvard law professor well-known in Brazil. If this is true, it's pretty unbelievable, but tells you everything you need to know about the infantile Left Young Hegelianism he initiated in legal theory.
I can't think of a starker example of the collapse of an intellectual tradition in Brazil than esteemed Harvard philosopher Roberto Mangabeira Unger, who served as a minister in both Lula's and Dilma's governments, declaring his support for Flávio
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In Memoriam: Timothy Smiley (1930-2026) leiterreports.com/2026/10/21…
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The prudent wing of the ruling class speaks leiterreports.com/2026/10/22…
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On the pseudo-Nobel Prize in economics in 2026 leiterreports.com/2026/10/22…
On the pseudo-Nobel Prize in economics in 2026 leiterreports.com/2026/10/22…
The prudent wing of the ruling class speaks leiterreports.com/2026/10/22…
In Memoriam: Timothy Smiley (1930-2026) leiterreports.com/2026/10/21…
On Trump's efforts to revoke Rep. Omar's citizenship leiterreports.com/2026/10/21…
University of Chicago will hire a Law & Philosophy Fellow for 2027-28 leiterreports.com/2026/10/21…
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Another journal self-destructs after the publisher (Elsevier) fails to renew an editor leiterreports.com/2026/10/20…
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There hasn't been enough attention to this amazing result, and I'd love to hear ideas about how to explain it
Participants are given a story about a morally bad behavior that it is due to genetics. Then they are asked the simplest possible question: Is it due to genetics?
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Which serious Anglophone departments offer opportunities to study the post-Kantian Continental traditions in philosophy? 2026 edition leiterreports.com/2026/10/20…
Another journal self-destructs after the publisher (Elsevier) fails to renew an editor leiterreports.com/2026/10/20…