tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post7438816436340303235..comments2024-03-28T06:07:03.667-04:00Comments on The Philosopher's Stone: WORLD FAMOUS IN POLANDRobert Paul Wolffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-48798984615443698992014-08-22T12:12:10.640-04:002014-08-22T12:12:10.640-04:00Thank you, Charles. Thank you, Charles. Robert Paul Wolffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-51478531439734980442014-08-22T11:47:20.252-04:002014-08-22T11:47:20.252-04:00The relation of the Review to the Cornell departme...The relation of the Review to the Cornell department is more official than that of the Journal to the Columbia department. I believe that to this day the masthead says "Edited by the faculty of the Sage School of Philosophy at Cornell University." All current faculty members are listed as editors, although there is a rotating Editorial Board of two or three members, which does the greater part of the work. Some years ago (but long after I left) a Cornell philosopher told me that serving on the Board could count as one of one's departmental duties, to be exchanged against others such as being placement officer or director of graduate studies. In contrast the Journal is a financially independent organization with its own board of trustees. New editors are chosen by the current editors and trustees.<br /><br />In one respect, however, the Review is more distant from the department then the Journal. It publishes no special issues, so that no events at Cornell are at least not visibly reflected. All issues of the Review look the same.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15115918874050007021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-56302958293416116042014-08-22T08:05:31.297-04:002014-08-22T08:05:31.297-04:00Charles, you started your career many years ago at...Charles, you started your career many years ago at Cornell, as I recall, the home of the leading journal PHILOSOPHICAL REVIEW. What was its relation to the Philosophy Department? Robert Paul Wolffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-28957567701714031102014-08-21T16:44:57.356-04:002014-08-21T16:44:57.356-04:00There are vestiges of the Journal's "hous...There are vestiges of the Journal's "house organ" status that I forgot in my comment. It publishes the Dewey and sometimes the Woodbridge Lectures, both Columbia events. And occasional special issues can have something of a Columbia focus, as did one a few years ago in memory of Ernest Nagel.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15115918874050007021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-17421161537767597632014-08-20T22:58:33.155-04:002014-08-20T22:58:33.155-04:00About the Journal of Philosophy: As of a little ov...About the Journal of Philosophy: As of a little over a year ago, its office is no longer in Philosophy Hall, although it is still on the Columbia campus. However, it seems not to be settled what will happen after the coming year.<br /><br />You said that the journal is "treated by the faculty, somewhat unjustly, as a house organ." I don't know what you meant by "somewhat unjustly." Apart from that, its status as a house organ was vestigial already for much of my time at Columbia as a full editor (from 1966). I think it has totally lost what may have been left of that character since it adopted blind reviewing of manuscripts, about three years ago.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15115918874050007021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-43516455435696346252014-08-20T14:12:10.458-04:002014-08-20T14:12:10.458-04:00Adam, I did not know about the conference, and con... Adam, I did not know about the conference, and considering that I am perhaps the only living person who co-authored a book with Marcuse, I am surprised that I was not even notified. Oh well. As Pooh Bah says in The Mikado, "another insult, and by the feel of it, a slight one."Robert Paul Wolffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-26962714168214849972014-08-20T14:04:49.388-04:002014-08-20T14:04:49.388-04:00Do you know about this conference? http://www.bran...Do you know about this conference? http://www.brandeis.edu/marcuse2014/Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07107089106446354733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-79988322386630761152014-08-20T10:00:35.713-04:002014-08-20T10:00:35.713-04:00I understand the pickles are very good.I understand the pickles are very good.David Auerbachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15612242467208247588noreply@blogger.com