We're in the news...
Sunday, March 30, 2008 at 08:03PM
Alas, we are in the news for not-very-good reasons. Given the recent retirements in Philosophy at Melbourne, it would be worse than surprising if any of the new redundancies hit Philosophy. However, the atmosphere around here not good – what concerns us most is the scope for new hiring when the Faculty as a whole is in the red so much. It is very hard to effectively plan ahead when so much is in flux and you’re not sure whether your efforts will benefit the discipline.
I hope to find out more when we hear what the Dean and the Vice Chancellor has to say at a meeting of all Arts Faculty staff this Tuesday. Let’s hope that they can articulate something that goes beyond slashing positions to rectify a budget hole.
I’m sorry to start posting on something so grim, but “trouble at t’mill” has been on our minds since mid-2007. I hope to post more about more enjoyable things soon.
Meanwhile, take a look at my writing page. There are quite a few new items there.
News Archive
2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | Sorry... – We're in the news... – Informal Logic: now open access – Logical Pluralism, in Tartu – Random interesting fact (one in an intermittent series) – Pain, stress, redundancies, another day at the office – Bag packed, let's go! – Amsterdam! – Tartu – Tartu Pluralism Day #1 – Tartu Pluralism Day #2 – Tartu Pluralism Days #3 and #4 – Off to Guangzhou – Back! Then off, then back again! – New Paper: Truth Values and Proof Theory – New Paper: Assertion, Denial and Non-Classical Theories – Always More... – Merry Christmas, all – 2009 |
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I’m Greg Restall, and this is my website. I work in Philosophy at the University of Melbourne. Email: greg at consequently.org; Post: School of of Philosophy, Anthropology and Social Inquiry, University of Melbourne, Parkville 3010, Australia.
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Thought
Since we are in the main not sceptics, we might go on and frankly confess to each other the motives for our several faiths. I frankly confess mine – I cannot but think that at bottom they are of an aesthetic and not of a logical sort. — William James Essays in Radical Empiricism.