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    I agree with all of this. The threat is really that stark. The only solution is indeed in-class essay exams,…

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    My big problem with LLMs at the present time, apart from being potentially the epitome of Foucault’s panopticon & Big…

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    I’m also at a British university (in a law school) and my sentiments largely align with the author’s. I see…

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    If one is genuinely uninterested in engaging with non-human interlocutors, it is unclear why one continues to do so—especially while…

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    Essays as coursework has never been just about engaging the argument itself. Authorship matters because it matters that the argument…

Lederman from Texas to NYU

Harvey Lederman (logic, epistemology, philosophy of language, Chinese philosophy), Professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin, has accepted a senior offer from the Department of Philosophy at New York University, where he will start in 2026-27.  That's a big catch for NYU, and a big loss for Texas (which will very likely drop out of the top ten in the U.S., but will, I expect, remain in the top 15).

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