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I approached people in the Phil Dept where I work, and they expressed only polite interest (i.e., disinterest). So from my (very limited) survey, there may be
by jimhefferon 5y ago
I approached people in the Phil Dept where I work, and they expressed only polite interest (i.e., disinterest). So from my (very limited) survey, there may be folks willing to write entries, but, that I can tell, there is not broad interest.
- krisoft 5y agoThe way I understand philosophy is that it is a very wide subject with lots of subtopics. It wouldn’t surprise me if polite disinterest were the most likely outcome of pairing any random philosopher with any random topic.
- spindle 5y agoExactly.
- guerrilla 5y agoPhilosophy is very broad, so philosophers specialize, especially analytic philosophers who harved up the subject into hundreds. Most aren't going to be interested in whatever random topic you bring up.