"No one's emailed me to get into my class."
"It's because no one likes math. In a popularity contest, philosophy would win over math."
"What the fuck are you talking about? No one likes philosophy. You can't read that shit. Someone's in a cave...someone's blind...blah blah blah. What's that about?"
"Whatever. To teach math all you have to do is get a PhD in math and speak English. To teach philosophy you have to be good at it."
"We don't have PhDs!!"
"Or speak English?"
This reminds of the now-familiar-to-everyone line:
ReplyDelete"Why are academic rivalries so intense? Because the stakes are so small!"
oh my god BB said that? SO rude!
ReplyDeletebut funny...
From someone who teaches philosophical logic, (and is reading your old posts on grad school)... I didn't think either of you were teachiing philosophy...
ReplyDeleteIf you want to see an icky combination, teach logic. It is the un-holy union of philosophy and math.