Howard University is “not considering” closing the philosophy department.

The phrase comes from a letter linked to from the APA main site.  The letter was written by the President of Howard to Anthony Appiah.  And that sounds good, I guess, until one asks what is left open.  For example, can the department be “not closed” if it is merged with one or more others, with perhaps just one or two tenured philosophy faculty members?

We’ve written about the threat to the department before, and there are interesting links in previous posts.  As far as I can see, there isn’t any rejoicing over the end of a battle.

Awkward Pregnancy Photos

Surely this is philosophically significant. Somehow. (Thanks, SB!)

Note: the caption for this photo is the best bit– worth looking up.

The Sunday cat loves a narrative

Even if it involves a yappy little dog called Izzy:

Beginning:

 

If you want it, there is a middle here:

The ending, though one hopes not the end: