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I would note that there are a lot of structural reasons why senior staff might produce less research than people…
There is a slippery inference from the premise that we have struggled to converge on important philosophical truths to the…
I can corroborate Jason’s remarks about the UW System’s implementation of post-tenure review. In part because I was a participant…
The Wisconsin legislature made UW system implement post-tenure (5-year) reviews several years ago. The statutory requirements were fed into the…
Sorry, this may be a bit off topic, but if done well, I would really welcome some equivalent of a…
Isn’t one of the problems in this interesting converation how we define “philosophy”? Is philosophy just what is taught and…
I don’t think I misread the paper. Its lament is clear. (It’s a good paper, in style and substance, even…
If you haven’t looked at the comments here in a few days, you should, since there is much interesting discussion and good advice from a number of philosophers.
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