tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1072883217583983965.post8070409084785436618..comments2023-06-05T05:52:35.986-07:00Comments on philosophy, gossipy: A bed of laurelsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1072883217583983965.post-74399472273536524202009-02-28T11:31:00.000-08:002009-02-28T11:31:00.000-08:00Michael Ruse.Michael Ruse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1072883217583983965.post-91620446482400673382009-02-26T13:15:00.000-08:002009-02-26T13:15:00.000-08:00Many invited contributions are poor, and senior ph...Many invited contributions are poor, and senior philosophers often get invited just to boost the profile (and thus the publishability) of the volume.<BR/><BR/>I wish such senior philosophers cared more about the quality of the works they leave behind, rather than quantity of them. One truly great article will do much more for their legacy than a 100 throw-away articles.<BR/><BR/>I see Velleman as someone who doesn't take his invited contributions for granted. That guy just doesn't quit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1072883217583983965.post-47839055231028823892009-02-26T12:28:00.000-08:002009-02-26T12:28:00.000-08:00I don't understand the appeal to the fact that thi...I don't understand the appeal to the fact that this is a "gossip blog" as a kind of justification for calling people out by name. That it's a gossip blog does not sanction gossiping ("What do you mean I shouldn't gossip: it's a gossip blog!") since there's really no good justification for having a genuine gossip blog in the first place (I would add that this blog, which I enjoy, is not really a gossip blog since there's little or no gossip. Note that moderator did not mention any names in the initial post).<BR/><BR/>Gossip about particular individuals, especially in a public forum where people can anonymously post, is vicious, that's all there is to it. That this is a gossip blog provides no justificatory cover.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1072883217583983965.post-88047196368915369832009-02-26T09:32:00.000-08:002009-02-26T09:32:00.000-08:00Hey this is a gossip forum; let's call out the sla...Hey this is a gossip forum; let's call out the slacker invitees by name!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1072883217583983965.post-49932421205737042142009-02-26T09:02:00.000-08:002009-02-26T09:02:00.000-08:00Kind of tangential, but Wilkins is just wrong (he ...Kind of tangential, but Wilkins is just wrong (he may be pleased to learn). It's a common myth that physicists and mathematicians peak early in their careers, but it simply isn't true (there are good studies of this sort of thing in sociology).<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I'm not sure which philosophers we're talking about here. I can think of one or two who seem to be resting on their laurels -- maybe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1072883217583983965.post-3970004971525618032009-02-26T05:26:00.000-08:002009-02-26T05:26:00.000-08:00There is some true to this, and where there is, it...There is some true to this, and where there is, it's sad. That's why I've chosen to stop reading altogether, and to take a stand against half-assed writings by well-known philosophers. I only watch TV now, and certainly nothing with subtitles. What an appalling state the world has come to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1072883217583983965.post-91217185309919392272009-02-26T00:16:00.000-08:002009-02-26T00:16:00.000-08:00It is also possible that people in philosophy, asi...It is also possible that people in philosophy, asin physics, mathematics and other hard subjects, do their best work in their 20s and maybe 30s and by the time they get invited to symposia and asked to contribute to these publications, they are simply no longer at their peak.<BR/><BR/>I say this as someone in their 50s...John S. Wilkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04417266986565803683noreply@blogger.com