A friend just sent this to me (from 2015). At the risk of trolling, I’d love to
hear what Billy thinks. I myself am sympathetic to the Practical Past and a
mutual reform with philosophy...
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https://www.thenation.com/article/bonfire-humanities/
Bonfire of the Humanities
Historians are losing
Ernie:
Terrific article; it is the sort of paper that should be discussed in an upper
level
seminar, the kind of essay that I remember we discussed in upper level
seminars back in the years I was "in training" to become an historian.
Will tell you one thing, I am eternally grateful for a phil
