Large reductions in budgets have stung pretty much every corner of academia, from philosophy to Chinese, from gymnastics to geology.
So, 13 years ago, he tossed over a career in academia (teaching philosophy) and traded in the subtle mysteries of Wittgenstein for the joys of tracking down vases from manufacturers like Roth ceramics, renowned for its blob-like lava-glaze.
Rorty, who professed himself mystified at the popularity outside academia of Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature, offered as a possible explanation that the book was perhaps seen as "a follow-up to [Thomas ] Kuhn, the thinker who had been similarly non-foundationalist about the "truths", which he considered as shifting "paradigms", of science.
To anyone vaguely involved in African-American academia, these philosophies wouldn't have been anything new.
The man in the grey-flannel suit held out more hope for mankind than either the hidden hand or the gentleman in Whitehall.He finally found a home in American academia, teaching politics, philosophy and economics.
These type of statements, regardless how valid they may be, have little to do with what academia understands as philosophy.
The novel is a satire on philosophy and academia.
But he's at pains to point out that, unlike his father, a philosophy lecturer, academia is not his business.
I decided to take stock and consider what an academic career really is and have come to the conclusion that the traditional notion is outdated and potentially at odds with the philosophy of academia.
At Slate, Katie Roiphe argued that the case of Colin McGinn — the star University of Miami philosopher whose resignation this summer, following allegations of sexual harassment by one of his graduate students, sparked debate about sexism in philosophy and academia — is not as "clear-cut" as many in the media have made it seem.
