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Book Synopsis
Essays on the conceptual issues underlying the battle for academic freedom.

Table of Contents
  • Introduction (Edmund L. Pincoffs)
  • Part One
    • 1. Academic Freedom in Class Society (Milton Fisk)
    • 2. Academic Freedom, Academic Neutrality, and the Social System (Bertram H. Davis)
    • 3. Academic Freedom as a Moral Right (Hardy E. Jones)
    • 4. Comments on Hardy Jones and Bertram Davis (Milton Fisk)
  • Part Two
    • 5. The Specific Theory of Academic Freedom and the General Issue of Civil Liberty (William Van Alstyne)
    • 6. Two Concepts of Academic Freedom (John R. Searle)
    • 7. Dilemmas of Academic and Intellectual Freedom (Amélie Oksenberg Rorty)
    • 8. Academic Freedom: The Future of a Confusion (Richard Schmitt)
    • 9. Reply to Comments (William Van Alstyne)
  • Part Three
    • 10. Tenure and Academic Freedom (Rolf Sartorius)
    • 11. Tenure and Academic Freedom (Alexander Ritchie)
    • 12. Tenure and Academic Freedom (Graham Hughes)
    • 13. Some Comments on Sartorius’s Paper on Tenure (Amélie Oksenberg Rorty)
    • 14. Tenure, Academic Freedom, and the Nature of the University (Rolf Sartorius)
  • Part Four
    • 15. Free Speech, the Right to Listen, and Disruptive Interference (Hugo Adam Bedau)
    • 16. Comments on Bedau’s “Free Speech, the Right to Listen, and Disruptive Interference” (Alan Pasch)
    • 17. Reply to Alan Pasch (Hugo Adam Bedau)
    • 18. Comments on Bedau’s Reply (Alan Pasch)
  • Part Five
    • 19. Academic Freedom and the Control of Research (T. M. Scanlon)
    • 20. Academic Freedom and Research (Judith Jarvis Thomson)
    • Appendix: A Proposed Statement on Academic Freedom (Judith Jarvis Thomson)
    • Bibliography: Some Suggestions for Further Reading
  • Index

The Concept of Academic Freedom

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/02/1975
      ISBN13: 9780292766365, 978-0292766365
      ISBN10: 029276636X

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Essays on the conceptual issues underlying the battle for academic freedom.

      Table of Contents
      • Introduction (Edmund L. Pincoffs)
      • Part One
        • 1. Academic Freedom in Class Society (Milton Fisk)
        • 2. Academic Freedom, Academic Neutrality, and the Social System (Bertram H. Davis)
        • 3. Academic Freedom as a Moral Right (Hardy E. Jones)
        • 4. Comments on Hardy Jones and Bertram Davis (Milton Fisk)
      • Part Two
        • 5. The Specific Theory of Academic Freedom and the General Issue of Civil Liberty (William Van Alstyne)
        • 6. Two Concepts of Academic Freedom (John R. Searle)
        • 7. Dilemmas of Academic and Intellectual Freedom (Amélie Oksenberg Rorty)
        • 8. Academic Freedom: The Future of a Confusion (Richard Schmitt)
        • 9. Reply to Comments (William Van Alstyne)
      • Part Three
        • 10. Tenure and Academic Freedom (Rolf Sartorius)
        • 11. Tenure and Academic Freedom (Alexander Ritchie)
        • 12. Tenure and Academic Freedom (Graham Hughes)
        • 13. Some Comments on Sartorius’s Paper on Tenure (Amélie Oksenberg Rorty)
        • 14. Tenure, Academic Freedom, and the Nature of the University (Rolf Sartorius)
      • Part Four
        • 15. Free Speech, the Right to Listen, and Disruptive Interference (Hugo Adam Bedau)
        • 16. Comments on Bedau’s “Free Speech, the Right to Listen, and Disruptive Interference” (Alan Pasch)
        • 17. Reply to Alan Pasch (Hugo Adam Bedau)
        • 18. Comments on Bedau’s Reply (Alan Pasch)
      • Part Five
        • 19. Academic Freedom and the Control of Research (T. M. Scanlon)
        • 20. Academic Freedom and Research (Judith Jarvis Thomson)
        • Appendix: A Proposed Statement on Academic Freedom (Judith Jarvis Thomson)
        • Bibliography: Some Suggestions for Further Reading
      • Index

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