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The stigmatisation of certain theories, counter-intuitive to many, as ‘preposterous’ should be avoided. It is not ultimately conducive to discovering…
I think Daniel and Bryan are both right. Peter Ludlow ends his piece cited in the report defending the Analytics…
Interesting that Daniel Came and I both have happy memories of being taught logic as undergraduates by Timothy Smiley even…
In partial contrast, I can’t think of a time when philosophy was more interesting or impressive compared to today. The…
I chatted with the Ludwig Wittgenstein bot and was overall quite impressed. It confirmed a hypothesis I previously had that…
I’m a little bit disappointed that no one here thus far has posted a comment on Iain Thomson’s recent Heidegger…
This is remarkable. (Earlier coverage.) PSU’s President is feminist philosopher Ann Cudd.
UPDATE: President Cudd also sanctioned a faculty member for their lawful political speech. The President’s background in feminist philosophy has not appeared to enhance her professional judgment.
Richard, this is all fair and certainly, impressions of the current quality of the discipline are a subjective matter. I…