Open comments on the following:
(1) To what extent are people applying to philosophy graduate programs at the top schools disadvantaged (in the selection process) if they are older than your average grads - say 35-40 years?
(2) To what extent are older graduates disadvantaged in the job market once they've received their phds?
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From the post linking to the article: "The Philosopher's Magazine asked me awhile back to write an essay for their 10th anniversary issue reflecting on the state of the discipline in light of the passing of so many of the 'greats' of post WWII philosophy during the last decade."
Read more »Someone writes to Leiter asking whether grad departments tell students not to apply to non-research 1 schools. Comments could be good.
Read more »Leiter links to the 10 best papers in philosophy as decided by Philosopher's Annual. Hopefully people will follow this link to the papers, read them, and then post those papers of interest to sympoze!
Read more »A new faculty member asks about the decision to reject journal articles. The best Leiter posts tend to be the ones with questions from readers.
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