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Oh God, this hits way too close to home…Report

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Where it doesn’t belong according to whom? Not Jackson clearly.
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If that’s so, and I think that’s compatible with my reading, then your initial remark is clearly uncharitable. If all he meant is crossing the […]
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I fail to see how what you are saying here is compatible with your original understanding of 'trespassing', according to which: > ... trespassing necessarily involves […]
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Jen on "Very often, corralling is not an option in philosophy"

I perhaps should have added: you're right, of course, that the passage doesn't require us to muster our finest exegetical skills. It simply requires that […]
Jen on "Very often, corralling is not an option in philosophy"

For my reading to be correct, the discussion need only be (and is) about how narrow interests in specific philosophical issues can lead to broader […]
Mark Wilson on "Very often, corralling is not an option in philosophy"

> He could, and most likely does, mean something else true: work in ethics trespasses over the boundaries we mark with subject names in lists […]
A. Paul O'gee on "Very often, corralling is not an option in philosophy"

This wee exchange feels like it may be related to what Jackson was just quoted as saying: "Philosophers can get too involved in the ins and […]
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Having broad interest in philosophy is not something many or most philosophers have. For some, it could be overwhelming studying multiple fields; for some, starting […]
Jen on "Very often, corralling is not an option in philosophy"

What you say here seems likely false. The word is likely being used to mean that work in ethics, because of its metaphysical implications, trespasses
Jen on "Very often, corralling is not an option in philosophy"

What you say seems likely false. His remark is not about illicit overstepping by ethicists or metaphysicians. It's about work in ethics, because of its

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