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Some will say that in the longer run, Wittgenstein's legacy will prove to be the more valuable. Perhaps it will. Wittgenstein, like any other charismatic thinker, continues to attract fanatics who devote their life to disagreeing with one another (and, presumably, with my brief summary) about the ultimate meaning of his words. These disciples cling myopically to their Wittgenstein, not realizing that there are many great Wittgensteins to choose from. My hero is the one who showed us new ways of being suspicious of our own convictions when confronting the mysteries of the mind. The fact remains that...
...rather the familiar construction of her comments: As an X, I feel Y. Too often in academic discussions, I've heard students preface their comments this way. As a woman, I feel that Aristotle was sexist. As a white male, I feel that Malcolm X was a dangerous thinker. As an immigrant, I feel that U.S. immigration laws are unjust. My identity as an X dictates that I feel...
Friends and colleagues describe Leontief as an academic free thinker. When students took over University Hall in 1969, Leontief sided with a younger group of professors who sympathized with students' concern. He also challenged the teaching situation at the University, saying that teachers spent too much time theorizing and less time gathering facts, which should constitute the meat of their work...
DIED. WILLIAM H. WHYTE, 81, optimistic social thinker and urban planner; in New York City. Whyte's opus on corporate America, The Organization Man (1956), warned against conformity and its accompanying spiritlessness. After leaving his longtime post as an editor of FORTUNE magazine, Whyte studied how humans and cities could best complement each other. One of his ideas--to beautify crime-friendly urban spots in order to attract law-abiding citizens--helped inspire the makeover of New York City's Bryant Park...
...think she's a superb scholar and writer, awonderful thinker about literature and all of theissues facing literary scholarship, and I'm goingto miss her very much," said Professor of RomanceLanguages and Literatures Mary Gaylord...