Philosophy would be more useful than English for law school. Indeed, philosophy grads earn the highest salaries outside of STEM subjects in part because so many of them go into law subsequently. 

yes, how dare they make that personal choice. Super dick move on their part for either not having the money for booze, having a personal reason for not wanting alcohol at their wedding, or accommodating a family member who has a personal reason for not wanting alcohol there.

It’s okay to just say it’s not for you.

Gita, thank you for this--and particularly for taking the time to collect opinions from the broader fanbase.

I personally find what Jontron had to say during the “debate” (if such it can be called with a straight face) absolutely repugnant, on both a (personal) moral level, and as someone who is reasonably well-versed…

But again, whatever the arguments in the piece, you are proceeding from the assumption that Derrida is in fact a non-intentionalist, in the sense that his argument relies on the assumption that we can read a text’s meaning independent of an intention by an author. This is not at all the case. Again, I’m not sure where…

Rather than getting into the weeds of those essays, I’ll say a few words about deconstruction in general that should circumvent any need for it. First, Derrida is not a non-intentionalist, in the sense I take you to be using that term. He doesn’t argue that you shouldn’t read a text to get the meaning of that text the…

Yeah Blinkende Lygter (Flickering Lights) is full of very violent moments, and is seen as very macabre to people outside of Denmark (or Scandinavia). But it is extremely funny if you understand the language, the mannerisms and such. There’s a lot of irony hidden beneath it all, but it’s difficult to understand if you…