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    I concur to a certain extent. I also scored very low on the writing section. Back then, GRE was required…

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    I’m a graduate student in philosophy at a well-known terminal MA program who is applying to PhDs this fall and…

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    I suspect evolutionary and behavioural perspectives are left seriously underappreciated in this approach to epistemology. Reichenbach’s claim that epistemology must…

“Death of an adjunct,” revisited

A more detailed story about the former adjunct French professor at Dusquesne, whose death generated substantial national attention.  As one might have suspected, the story had more complexities than the original report suggested, though the complexities make it more, not less, tragic.  One thing not in dispute:  Dusquesne has resisted efforts by its adjunct faculty to unionize.  Shame on the university!

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