Comments on: A Leiter Report

By: The Future of Philosophy (sic) « Planomenology

The Future of Philosophy (sic) « Planomenology — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 22:08:53 +0000

[...] Leiter debacle has got me thinking. (If you’re unaware, catch up here, here, here, here, and here.) Why exactly was Leiter so threatened at the mention of currents in [...]

By: All about names at impleri

All about names at impleri — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 07:40:16 +0000

[...] at Dundee commented that there are some good OA journals in recent continental philosophy. By the end of the conversation, Leiter has stood his ground by dismissing (1) that student as not being knowledgeable about his [...]

By: reidkane

reidkane — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 01:11:19 +0000

Michael,

On an unrelated point, I was wondering how you find Dundee. I’m applying there for Graduate work myself and would love your opinion.

By: Nick Srnicek

Nick Srnicek — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:09:19 +0000

Since this event seems like it’ll keep going on, I’d just like to add that I find Leiter’s statement about editorial boards exceedingly odd. I don’t know how he does his infamous ranking of journals, and quite honestly I don’t care – precisely because I tend to judge journals based on the quality of the papers in it! I don’t judge a journal by its editorial board, and I don’t judge it by the names of people who get published in it (and I certainly don’t judge it by how it places in someone else’s rankings). It seems to me that good work is good work regardless of where it’s published. And I think open-access journals, as well as the emerging online community are both stellar examples of this. As Mark Fisher recently put, outside the stifling atmosphere of institutionalized philosophy, there’s really exciting stuff being done. And a guardian of the institution, which Leiter clearly is, is not only going to miss all these sub-currents, but is also going to feel threatened by this democratization of conceptual production.

By: Mikhail Emelianov

Mikhail Emelianov — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:59:57 +0000

Braver reading group is starting 6/15 on PE, Jon’s catching up on some work and should be ready to go on 15th, I think we’ll both post on a chapter a week and see where it goes from there. We’ll make another announcement soon.

Nick, please feel free to link your input up so we can all see what’s happening, I’ll make a common post with all the posts so that we can keep track.

By: JQ Johnson

JQ Johnson — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:50:18 +0000

I made a similar point on my own campus yesterday about journals focused on Deleuze, Baudrillard, etc., all of which are OA, and got a similar “they aren’t real philosophers” response.

However, let’s cut Mr. Leiter some slack by rephrasing his question. Why is it that there aren’t more open access journals in angloamerican analytic philosophy? What can be done to address the problem? A suggested approach: some senior faculty member at a US, CA, or AU institution should use Open Journal System (perhaps with the assistance of her library) to start up a new OA journal or two. http://pkp.sfu.ca/

There’s growing evidence that OA => higher citation rates, so there is an incentive for faculty to publish in OA journals. See, e.g.,
NORRIS, M., OPPENHEIM, C. and FYTTON, R. (2008). The citation advantage of open-access articles. J American Society for Information Science and Technology, 59 (12), 1963-1972. http://hdl.handle.net/2134/4083

By: Burns vs. Leiter « Object-Oriented Philosophy

Burns vs. Leiter « Object-Oriented Philosophy — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:23:56 +0000

[...] 2, 2009 I thought Michael O’ Neill Burns at DAILY HUMILIATION did a nice job responding to Brian [...]

By: impleri

impleri — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:09:55 +0000

Well, as I am an American, I consider myself an expert on Americans. Bottom line: we (Americans) are all asses. Wasn’t this obvious when we suggested a few year to call chips “Freedom fries” instead of “French fries” because we were boycotting France (well, the “French” in “French fries” anyway)? Leiter’s useful in some ways, but I’m sure he’d even say John Protevi is a “minor figure” just because Protevi’s in a French department (again that “boycott”!).

By: Nick Srnicek

Nick Srnicek — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:32:33 +0000

I’m pretty sure it’s June 15th, over at PE and Cogburn’s blog. I’ll probably write something up on it too, and hopefully join in on the discussion.

By: michaeloneillburns

michaeloneillburns — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:49:14 +0000

Yes, I agree that people from both sides coming together online has been great. When is the Braver reading group starting up btw?