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> As an ex-asst.-prof-of-philosophy, I heartily agree. The
> Straussians, English-department pomos, etc., are not
> great shakes as philosophers. But the problem as I see it
> is that real philosophy is awfully hard for the general
> public, who have not had the necessary training, to
> understand, and that includes even more or less educated
> folks like writers in the New York Times. Let's face it --
> who takes philosophy courses in college unless they're
> forced to, and how many even of the students who take
> them, except for the philosophy majors, really understand
> what the prof is trying to impart?
i agree on the one and done part, as luke put it, but -- and forgive my having missed much of this discussion of strauss/bennett/et al -- i remain curious as to what you mean when you say "real philosophy".
j