The philosophy papers blog is up, with new papers on epistemology and on practical reasoning.

John Quiggin and Kieran Healy have further posts on gender segregation in academia. John points out that some of the effects can be traced to high school where (at least in Australia, and at least to a first generalisation) boys tend to end up focussing on mathematics and girls on language. Kieran agrees that this is part of the story, though he notes that we still have to explain why there is not as significant a gender gap in newer fields that require significant mathematical ability.

UPDATE: Matthew Yglesias has more, suggesting that I’ve been underestimating the effect of having a male-dominated professoriate on the makeup of undergraduate classes.