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2014 in review (December): PGR, REF, Marquette, infantilism, and the September Statement “bombshell”

Can we really review a month that isn't even over?  Well, it's a blog, so of course we can!  The PGR appeared and so did the REF.  A right-wing Marquette professor of poli-sci behaved badly, but so did the philosophers and others who responded, giving us some striking evidence of the New Infantilism in academic philosophy.  Finally, the purportedly factual basis of the "September Statement" imploded when challenged.

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