My Ph.D. in crack: Josefine Nauckhoff, noteworthy Nietzsche scholar with a degree from Stanford and a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, was a professor at Wake Forest University in the 1990s when it all spun out of control. Why are tenured philosophy professors unhappy? Clifford Sosis interviews Janice Dowell, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Syracuse University, on what it’s like to be a philosopher. Richard Marshall interviews Berit Brogaard on truth, knowability, mind and romantic love. Why do philosophers make unsuitable life partners? Jonathan Wolff wonders. Anna Vedel on the personality of philosophy majors. Why majoring in philosophy is less risky than you might have thought. Natalya Lobanova on 18 reasons why a philosophy degree is a total waste of time.
Are history’s “greatest philosophers” all that great? Robert Minto reviews The Philosopher: A History in Six Types by J.E.H. Smith (and more). PJ Gorre on disrupting silences in the philosophy canon. The weird glamour of existentialism: Sarah Bakewell reminds us how popular — and de rigueur — the philosophy once was, even though very few people understood it (and more and more and more and more and more). Is this the golden age of philosophy? Scott Soames on philosophy’s true home. Why are so many smart people such idiots about philosophy? Bryan Frances on justifying a large part of philosophy. Is polite philosophical discussion possible? Nomy Arpaly wants to know.
