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Yale Makes Bid for Knobe at North Carolina (UPDATED)

MOVING TO FRON FROM DECEMBER 24:  KNOBE HAS ACCEPTED THE OFFER

The Department of Philosophy and Cognitive Science Program at Yale University have made a tenure-track offer to Joshua Knobe, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, who has already established himself as a leading figure in ‘experimental philosophy.’  I don’t ordinarily report lateral tenure-track offers, but Knobe is a special case, and seems certain to be tenured before long wherever he is.  Students interested in experimental philosophy, as well as cognitive science more generally, will want to keep an eye on this.

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