Rutgers in the news
The New York Times has published an article on philosophy at Rutgers, here. The article points out Rutgers' #2 ranking in the Gourmet Rankings. In discussing why some schools choose not to participate in the Philosophical Gourmet rankings, John Stuhr notes:
“Schools like Rutgers and N.Y.U. emphasize analytic philosophy, and most of the evaluators emphasize that, so schools like Vanderbilt and Northwestern and Penn State, which don’t, aren’t going to do as well... It’s like asking about the best painters of all time. If you asked Cubists, you would get a list of Cubists; Impressionists, the same thing. I’m sure Rutgers has a good department. It just doesn’t emphasize what we do.”
Stuhr's comment makes me wonder; is it possible to compare the merits of analytic and continental philosophy? Or are the two incommensurable?
(Thanks to Jason Stanley, aka Jigga, for the link)
*Brian Leiter comments on Stuhr's comments here.
“Schools like Rutgers and N.Y.U. emphasize analytic philosophy, and most of the evaluators emphasize that, so schools like Vanderbilt and Northwestern and Penn State, which don’t, aren’t going to do as well... It’s like asking about the best painters of all time. If you asked Cubists, you would get a list of Cubists; Impressionists, the same thing. I’m sure Rutgers has a good department. It just doesn’t emphasize what we do.”
Stuhr's comment makes me wonder; is it possible to compare the merits of analytic and continental philosophy? Or are the two incommensurable?
(Thanks to Jason Stanley, aka Jigga, for the link)
*Brian Leiter comments on Stuhr's comments here.
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