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Ludlow from Northwestern to Rutgers

Peter Ludlow (philosophy of language, mind, cognitive science, & linguistics), Professor of Philosophy at Northwestern University, has accepted a senior offer from the Department of Philosophy at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, where he will also have an appointment in and serve as Director of the Rutgers Center for Cognitive Science.  (No word on whether his avatar will also be moving, however!)That's a signinficant loss for Northwestern, though I would expect them to remain solidly in the top forty even without Ludlow.  (I am told they will also be doing a senior search.) 

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