Monday, May 16, 2011

Let's just call his subfield "R"

It would've been unfortunate if Derek Parfit had been denied tenure on grounds that his research was not on a significant topic, because personal identity is not what matters.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Zing!

Nice one, dawg!

- The Nerd Uprising

P.S. Have you read the latest offering by Parfit? Any thoughts on it?

Neil Sinhababu said...

Not yet! Gosh, so many things to read...