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The '''Philosophical Gourmet Report''' (also known as the '''Leiter Report |
The '''Philosophical Gourmet Report''' (also known as the '''Leiter Report''') edited by Philosophy and Law professor [[Brian Leiter]] — in response to the [[Gourman Report]] — is a ranking of [[philosophy]] departments in the English-speaking world, based on a survey of philosophers who are nominated as evaluators by the Report's Advisory Board. Its purpose is to provide guidance to prospective Ph.D students, particularly those students who intend to pursue a professional career in academic philosophy. The Report was first compiled and distributed in 1989 and first appeared on the web in 1996; it has been distributed by [[Blackwell Publishing|Blackwell]] since 1997. |
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There has been concern about Leiter's continued management of the Philosophical Gourmet Report: over 600 philosophers, including 30 members of his 54-member Advisory Board, requested that Leiter relinquish control over its management.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Schmidt|first1=Peter|title=The Man Who Ranks Philosophy Departments Now Rankles Them, Too|url=http://chronicle.com/article/The-Man-Who-Ranks-Philosophy/149007/|website=Chronicle.com|publisher=The Chronicle of Higher Education|accessdate=September 30, 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140926193400/http://chronicle.com/article/The-Man-Who-Ranks-Philosophy/149007/|archivedate=September 26, 2014|deadurl=no|date=September 26, 2014}} See also {{cite web|url= http://www.newappsblog.com/2014/09/the-pgr-board-letter-and-a-different-perspective.html |title= The PGR board letter, and a different perspective |date= September 25, 2014 }}</ref> In response, Leiter appointed a co-editor for the 2014 report and agreed to step down as editor after its publication, an arrangement supported by the Advisory Board.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Thomason|first1=Andy|title=Controversial Philosopher Will Step Down as Editor of Influential Rankings|url=http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/controversial-philosopher-will-step-down-as-editor-of-influential-rankings/87797|accessdate=October 16, 2014|date=October 10, 2014}}</ref> |
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In 1989, while he was a graduate student Leiter made a list of what he believed, initially based on his own impressions and research, to be the top 25 graduate philosophy programs in the United States, which came to be the PGR.<ref name=chron1/> According to [[Above the Law (blog) |Above the Law]], PGR became internationally recognized.<ref name="abovethelaw.com">{{cite web|url=http://abovethelaw.com/2014/09/everyone-hates-this-poor-law-professor/|title=Everyone Hates This Poor Law Professor|work=Above the Law|author=Joe Patrice |date= September 26, 2014 }}</ref> |
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George Yancy, in ''Reframing the Practice of Philosophy: Bodies of Color, Bodies of Knowledge'' ([[SUNY Press]], 2012), opined that Philosophical Gourmet Report ranking: "is, of course, very controversial. However, as is often pointed out, there is no real alternative."<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eu6BpIDzmkQC&pg=PA50&dq=Philosophy+gourmet+report+controversy&hl=en&sa=X&ei=B3ZmVYrTIYursAX7pIDIDg&ved=0CCMQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Philosophy%20gourmet%20report%20controversy&f=false|title=Reframing the Practice of Philosophy: Bodies of Color, Bodies of Knowledge|author=George Yancy|publisher=SUNY Press|date=2012}}</ref> |
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There has been concern about Leiter's continued management of the Philosophical Gourmet Report. Over 600 philosophers, including 30 members of his 54-member Advisory Board, signed a statement in 2014 that demanded that Leiter relinquish control over the Report's management.<ref name=chron1/> Hundreds of philosophers signed a statement saying that they would not complete the PGR's surveys that inform the publication’s rankings, or otherwise assist in assembling the rankings, as long as Leiter was still its editor.<ref name="chronicle.com1"/><ref name=chron1>{{cite web|last1=Schmidt|first1=Peter|title=The Man Who Ranks Philosophy Departments Now Rankles Them, Too|url=http://chronicle.com/article/The-Man-Who-Ranks-Philosophy/149007/|website=[[The Chronicle of Higher Education]]|accessdate=September 30, 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140926193400/http://chronicle.com/article/The-Man-Who-Ranks-Philosophy/149007/|archivedate=September 26, 2014|deadurl=no|date=September 26, 2014}}</ref> |
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In response, Leiter will step down as editor of The Philosophical Gourmet Report.<ref name="chronicle.com1">{{cite web|url=http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/controversial-philosopher-will-step-down-as-editor-of-influential-rankings/87797|title=Controversial Philosopher Will Step Down as Editor of Influential Rankings|work=The Chronicle of Higher Education |date=October 10, 2014|author=Andy Thomason}}</ref> As an interim measure, Leiter appointed a co-editor for the 2014 report. He agreed to step down as editor after its publication.<ref name="chronicle.com1"/> The publication’s Advisory Board voted overwhelmingly in favor of the move.<ref name="chronicle.com1"/> After he steps down as editor, he will join the Advisory Board.<ref name="chronicle.com1"/> [[Berit Brogaard]], a philosophy professor at the [[University of Miami]] and the PGR's co-editor, will become the editor.<ref name="chronicle.com1"/> |
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==See also== |
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The Philosophical Gourmet Report (also known as the Leiter Report) edited by Philosophy and Law professor Brian Leiter — in response to the Gourman Report — is a ranking of philosophy departments in the English-speaking world, based on a survey of philosophers who are nominated as evaluators by the Report's Advisory Board. Its purpose is to provide guidance to prospective Ph.D students, particularly those students who intend to pursue a professional career in academic philosophy. The Report was first compiled and distributed in 1989 and first appeared on the web in 1996; it has been distributed by Blackwell since 1997.
There has been concern about Leiter's continued management of the Philosophical Gourmet Report: over 600 philosophers, including 30 members of his 54-member Advisory Board, requested that Leiter relinquish control over its management.[1] In response, Leiter appointed a co-editor for the 2014 report and agreed to step down as editor after its publication, an arrangement supported by the Advisory Board.[2]
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References
- ^ Schmidt, Peter (September 26, 2014). "The Man Who Ranks Philosophy Departments Now Rankles Them, Too". Chronicle.com. The Chronicle of Higher Education. Archived from the original on September 26, 2014. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) See also "The PGR board letter, and a different perspective". September 25, 2014. - ^ Thomason, Andy (October 10, 2014). "Controversial Philosopher Will Step Down as Editor of Influential Rankings". Retrieved October 16, 2014.