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The image next to Wittgenstein is actually John Turturro saying ‘If pasta could talk, I’d understand it’.–On a lighter note:…
Although the hack occurred with less than 24 hours before our grades were due, our provost sent a pointless email…
And the image of eyeglasses in the linguistic turn panel are not eyeglasses. (oh wait, I thought we were playing…
Like the image next to Kripke’s name, that is in fact not an image of G. E. Moore, either.
The image next to Quine is not Quine, either, although at least it bears some resemblance to him, unlike the…
This document was sent out to encourage philosophers to file complaints about the fact that Dr. Cofnas was appointed to a post-doc:
Note that it evens supplies text to use in filing a complaint!
Let me observe that this is not only an attack on Dr. Cofnas’s academic freedom, but also on the academic freedom of the senior faculty member who appointed him.
(Earlier coverage on the Ghent situation.)
It’s a very impressive book. I’m more positive than Robin because of the scholarly breadth and depth of Beckert’s research.…