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Philosopher Knobe Profiled in Chronicle of Higher Ed

MOVING TO THE FRONT:  see Update.

In its annual "rising stars" issue, about top new assistant professors in different fields, The Chronicle of Higher Education has a warm and well-deserved portrait (subscription required, I’m afraid) of Joshua Knobe, who will be starting at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill this fall, and who is already a leader in the experimental philosophy movement.

UPDATE:  The Knobe article is now available without subscription, on-line here.  (Thanks to Mark Capustin for the pointer.)

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