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A statement from Professor Hendricks

Professor Hendricks asked me to share this statement (which is also on his website) regarding the controversy regarding the photographs from yesterday:

 

To the Philosophical Community

A recent picture on my website has caused some debate. The intention was that the picture, as cover on a forthcoming magazine, might be used to view logic from a somewhat humorous and untraditional perspective appealing to a larger audience which the magazine covers. However it had the opposite effect offending various parties in the philosophical community. I truly apologize for this and I stand completely corrected. I have removed the pictures from the website.

Vincent F. Hendricks

 

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