Malcolm writes:

>I think that the current academic climate is very hostile to philosophy.
>Certainly it is hard to name a single work of philosophy produced in the
>twentieth century that will still be a household name at the end of the
>twenty-first, unless you count works by political dictators.
>
>[moderator's note: Popper? Russell? Godel? Wilkins? Need I go on?
>I could add Dewey, Goodman, and a host of others in various areas
>of endeavor. - JAH]

A joke Stuart Kauffman told recently at a meeting in South Dakota:

"What do you get when you cross a mafioso with a deconstructionist
philosopher?"

"An offer you can't understand."

Wirt Atmar
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