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- Withdrawing a manuscript because of typos and structural issues?
- Completing a US PhD within 4 years?
- Putting lighthearted accomplishments on one’s “author CV” for book proposals?
- The status of the journal “Dialectica”?
- Changing 3rd personal self-citations to 1st person when editing proofs for publication?
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Category: Humor
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In the spirit of philosophy light-bulb jokes, each semester I tell my students a few light-bulb jokes and ask them to come up with a few of their own. Here are a few examples: (1) How many philosophers does it take to change a light-bulb? Three; one to change the light-bulb and two to debate…
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A propos to these three discussions, I'd like to point out these two fictitious reviewer comments on work by Plato and Kant, and this actual review of Rawls' A Theory of Justice by R.M. Hare. They're so awesome that I'll save you all the time and energy you'd waste on clicking the links. Here's the fictitious review of Plato:…