Getting back to the question of where WLC is tenured, I'd like someone to explain why a philosopher would work at an institution with such a faith statement in the first place.
My point is, there are 'philosophers' by virtue of the degrees earned (WLC certainly qualifies as one based on that standard), and there are philosophers by -- shall we say -- vocation. What self-respecting philosopher would submit to such a faith statement as a condition of employment unless they had already sold out any real spirit of what philosophy is or should be ahead of time?
WLC, by my lights, is a sophist in pretty much the sense that Socrates is said to have characterized them: professional masters of rhetoric who teach others how to make the worse cause appear the better.
My point is, there are 'philosophers' by virtue of the degrees earned (WLC certainly qualifies as one based on that standard), and there are philosophers by -- shall we say -- vocation. What self-respecting philosopher would submit to such a faith statement as a condition of employment unless they had already sold out any real spirit of what philosophy is or should be ahead of time?
WLC, by my lights, is a sophist in pretty much the sense that Socrates is said to have characterized them: professional masters of rhetoric who teach others how to make the worse cause appear the better.
