here. and more from Sean in response to a query from Wayne Myrvold here.  Wayne is hosting a series of posts from Physicists on "Why they talk to philosophers" that was inspired by his guest post here at NewAPPS.

 Continuing from a post of a week ago where I set up the discussion of renewed European Union institiutions, including a limited from of EU government replacing the Commissioners and the Council of Ministers, composed of a Council of Europe appointed by the European Parliament according to the strength of political groups, and a Council…

here. "Warning Iraq against Shiite Iranian influence is like warning Italy against Vatican influence."

Shelley Tremain, the philosopher of disability, brought my attention to a recent article in the CHE entitled Indifference Toward Disabled Scholars, Especially at Conferences, Troubles a Disabilities Scholar .* In it, bioethicist William Peace details a "nightmare" he experience as a disabled scholar trying to attend a conference. Peace also blogged about the experience here. Tremain offers…

and its role in the roots of the current crisis, here.   "If you were following the news during the March 2010 elections in Iraq, you might remember that the American press was flooded with stories declaring the elections a success, complete with upbeat anecdotes and photographs of Iraqi women proudly displaying their ink-stained fingers.…

Here is a thread for people dying to discuss the World Cup with other philosophers!     I'll kick us off with these beautiful animations in the NYT explaining how the Dutch beat the Spanish so handily.   Post your predictions, comments on past games, etc here.   If discussions get lively, I'll open up…

I've ended up writing two posts worth of material on European Union Institutions, so there will be a second part to this post, itself part of a series of posts on the direction of the EU.  The European Union has got caught up in a strange mix of technocratic centralisation, inter-state politics, and federal political…

here (thanks to Amy Ferrer for the heads-up!)  Congratulations to Andrew Bacon, Sally Haslanger, William Lycan, Larry May, and my co-editor, Elisabeth Lloyd!

In the thread about the Nietzsche club affair, Sam Clark of Lancaster University posted a comment that I think is worthy of discussion: ———— Let me disclaim any ambition to adjudicate this particular case, about which I know next to nothing, and focus on the issues of principle that might apply to it. [Let's call…

story here and here.   None of this is good for even the most cynical defenders of American geopolotical  and economic interests.    Its certainly no good for American security against "terrorism."   Even from the most cynical 'Merika-owns-the-world point of view possible, this a greater failure than even the most strident opponents of the Iraq war  predicted.…