The Professionalization of Philosophy
| “ | ...the day of the philosopher as isolated thinker--the talented amateur with an idiosyncratic message--is effectively gone. | ” |
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—Nicholas Rescher, "American Philosophy Today," 'Review of Metaphysics' 46 (4) |
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