Thursday, August 19, 2004

Brian ranks things

On a post congratulating Jessica Berry and Matt Evans, two recent Texas Ph.Ds whom I had the pleasure of knowing, Brian Leiter says:
It is one of the two or three best things about my job to have the chance to work with such exceptionally talented young philosophers and scholars.
The sentence struck me as a little odd when I first read it -- most people would say "It is one of the best things" and leave the "two or three" out. Now I have this suspicion that Brian has taken the time to rank the top 25 things about his job, and "Working with talented young scholars" tied with something else for the #2 slot. This is what one expects from the author of the PGR!

PS - Does anybody know what Jessica and Matt are to be congratulated for?
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4 comments:

  1. Neil SinhababuThursday, August 19, 2004 6:31:00 PM

    I just emailed Brian and he said that the congratulations were for their starting their new jobs.

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  2. BrandonThursday, August 19, 2004 8:32:00 PM

    That was gonna be my guess!!

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  3. AnonymousSunday, August 29, 2004 4:40:00 PM

    What is PGR?

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  4. AnonymousSunday, August 29, 2004 4:41:00 PM

    Oh doh, philosophy gourmet report. :)

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