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The phrase ‘Does the fact’ naturally invites howls of derision: it’s a fact that every child knows that the Japanese…
I think I would answer “Does the fact that the United States of America has never experienced a foreign occupation…
Rex Martin was a first class person with a sharp intellect and wry sense of humor. He was an excellent…
21. Is style the last refuge against AI?
All about class.
*important caveat that said TT job was secured via an internal hire where two other grads of the same school…
Excellent questions! Re question 6, I have actually already invented a new punctuation mark. I can’t type it here, as…
Amber Carpenter (ancient philosophy), currently a Senior Research Fellow at the Einstein Forum, will start as Professor of Ancient Philosophy (at St Anne's Colelge) in fall 2026; Mona Simion (epistemology), currently Professor of Philosophy at the University of Glasgow, will start as Professor of Philospohy (at Exeter College) effective January 1, 2026.
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