Comments on: NYU Hiring http://crookedtimber.org/2004/09/27/nyu-hiring/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:14:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Brian Weatherson http://crookedtimber.org/2004/09/27/nyu-hiring/comment-page-1/#comment-44279 Brian Weatherson Tue, 28 Sep 2004 00:09:56 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=2256#comment-44279 <i>expecting an offer you couldn’t refuse?</i> These days that would be more likely from Rutgers :) As Matt says, these are all absolutely first-rate philosophers, and they're only a sample of who NYU has already lapped up. expecting an offer you couldn’t refuse? These days that would be more likely from Rutgers :) As Matt says, these are all absolutely first-rate philosophers, and they’re only a sample of who NYU has already lapped up.

]]> By: will http://crookedtimber.org/2004/09/27/nyu-hiring/comment-page-1/#comment-44278 will Tue, 28 Sep 2004 00:00:51 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=2256#comment-44278 NYU always struck me as a particularly adept player in the academic star system, though I'm not sure how relevant that is to such a large expansion. NYU always struck me as a particularly adept player in the academic star system, though I’m not sure how relevant that is to such a large expansion.

]]> By: Matt Weiner http://crookedtimber.org/2004/09/27/nyu-hiring/comment-page-1/#comment-44277 Matt Weiner Mon, 27 Sep 2004 21:33:34 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=2256#comment-44277 They all have the (justified) reputation of being very very good. They all have the (justified) reputation of being very very good.

]]> By: Don Corleone http://crookedtimber.org/2004/09/27/nyu-hiring/comment-page-1/#comment-44276 Don Corleone Mon, 27 Sep 2004 19:32:03 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=2256#comment-44276 expecting an offer you couldn't refuse? expecting an offer you couldn’t refuse?

]]> By: Don Corleone http://crookedtimber.org/2004/09/27/nyu-hiring/comment-page-1/#comment-44275 Don Corleone Mon, 27 Sep 2004 19:31:23 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=2256#comment-44275 expecting an offer you couldn't refuse? expecting an offer you couldn’t refuse?

]]> By: Russkie http://crookedtimber.org/2004/09/27/nyu-hiring/comment-page-1/#comment-44274 Russkie Mon, 27 Sep 2004 10:46:50 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=2256#comment-44274 <blockquote>If hiring Ned Block, Hartry Field, Kit Fine, David Velleman etc etc was what they do in normal times, it could get a little scary to see what they do in an expansionary era</blockquote> What are you saying about the people named? I've never heard of any of them, but they seem to have an Anglo-American rather than continental orientation. Do these people have some kind of reputation?
If hiring Ned Block, Hartry Field, Kit Fine, David Velleman etc etc was what they do in normal times, it could get a little scary to see what they do in an expansionary era
What are you saying about the people named? I’ve never heard of any of them, but they seem to have an Anglo-American rather than continental orientation. Do these people have some kind of reputation?

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