The bulk of Bernstein's productive time was at Haverford, where almost half the graduating class were philosophy majors. He was well-matched by Ashok Gangadean

The bulk of Bernstein's productive time was at Haverford, where almost half the graduating class were philosophy majors. He was well-matched by Ashok Gangadean, Aryeh Kosman, Paul Desjardin, Kathleen Wright, et al; the department flourished for decades with funding from Gest secured in the 1960's by Desjardins. The whole department was a national treasure, the best philosophers in the country teaching undergraduates. They each had their way of taking the BS out of philosophy; Bernstein's was to root it in ordinary social thinking.