When I was at U Chicago we had a 53rd year PhD defense. They started a career in grad school and remained ABD until after retirement. All of our completion stats were skewed because they never officially left the program.
Was teaching Plato’s ‘Gorgias’ today. The level of invective he has for cosmetics will always be hilarious to me.
Sitting down to referee a journal submission only to find out that it’s entirely AI produced (and a pretty poor instance of that) is demoralizing. Just a total waste of my time.
So here are two places where Aristotle, a well-known fan of essences, is perfectly aware of gradualism. Perhaps Dennett doesn't really understand the position he's arguing against.
Once again folks are upset with this science curriculum. Ok. But when I was an undergrad you could completely satisfy your science requirement by taking a class called ‘dinosaurs and their friends.’ So it’s not like the norm is anything impressive
Um akshualy the telos of rocks, given their earthen character, is to move to the center of the cosmos, not near the ground, and celestial bodies are made of aither because its the only simple body with a nonrectilinear natural motion. Get it right!
1. Declare a “valuable” major (get loans)
2. Complete requirements for “worthless” major (still get loans)
3. Switch major declaration in last semester.
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Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/NmmAzhf
My AI reply guys are not impressed with my knowledge of Aristotle. And The Philosopher himself? Please. He’s never even heard of J-Space.
More seriously, I’ve seen a lot worse. They’re upfront the focus is western civ (why one Confucius exception then). And there’s a separate world lit list. I’d make some dif choices (Sappho, Boethius...) But the downsides of a huge list are real and subtractions aren’t obvious
A faculty member shared this with me today: a preliminary list of 50 “foundational authors” for @UTAustin’s proposed Great Questions of Human Life core courses. At least two-thirds of each course would draw from the list. What do you make of this list?
texastribune.org/2026/08/13/…
Better Call Saul is a slow burn. I could appreciate the acting/writing in the first couple seasons. But I just wasn’t that interested in elder law and it was often a slog. But once it gets rolling, it’s better than Breaking Bad.
The size and speed of the reply guy swarms that descend on even the most mundane posts about AI is remarkable
Am I “an expert in the field?” I defended a dissertation in phil mind and have taught it, including questions about AI, for almost 20 years. My vote is no, they don’t think. Probably “biased” then. 🤷♂️
Want to see whose syllabus is 2/3 Marx and 1/3 whatever they want. 🙃
A faculty member shared this with me today: a preliminary list of 50 “foundational authors” for @UTAustin’s proposed Great Questions of Human Life core courses. At least two-thirds of each course would draw from the list. What do you make of this list?
texastribune.org/2026/08/13/…
I know these lists are ultimately rage inducing click bait. Well, it worked. Placing Twin Peaks: The Return at 47, one place behind Broad City of all shows, was designed in a lab to enrage me
