Comments on: Disappearing logic again http://www.logicmatters.net/2009/08/disappearing-logic-again/ Logic, enthusiasms, sceptical thoughts, and a little LaTeX geekery Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:23:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Callicles http://www.logicmatters.net/2009/08/disappearing-logic-again/comment-page-1/#comment-646 Callicles Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:20:17 +0000 http://www.logicmatters.net/?p=478#comment-646 Ah. Well, thank you for the encouraging words! Ah. Well, thank you for the encouraging words!

]]> By: Peter Smith http://www.logicmatters.net/2009/08/disappearing-logic-again/comment-page-1/#comment-644 Peter Smith Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:03:27 +0000 http://www.logicmatters.net/?p=478#comment-644 Callicles: If you want to work in philosophical logic, then you'll certainly want a good background in logic! As to job prospects, I can only report that our local Cambridge logic-minded grads have done <i>at least</i> as well as other groups in ending up with jobs in good places. Better, if anything.<br /><br />You might think there's a tension between that and my anxieties about advanced formal logic being demoted in undergraduate courses. But remember that people get jobs largely on research ability. Callicles: If you want to work in philosophical logic, then you'll certainly want a good background in logic! As to job prospects, I can only report that our local Cambridge logic-minded grads have done at least as well as other groups in ending up with jobs in good places. Better, if anything.

You might think there's a tension between that and my anxieties about advanced formal logic being demoted in undergraduate courses. But remember that people get jobs largely on research ability.

]]> By: Callicles http://www.logicmatters.net/2009/08/disappearing-logic-again/comment-page-1/#comment-641 Callicles Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:49:32 +0000 http://www.logicmatters.net/?p=478#comment-641 Hi, I'm a philosophy undergrad looking one day to specialise in philosophical logic and I wonder - does having a good background in formal logic help my eventual job prospects? <br /><br />I have been warned that logic isn't so intellectually trendy at the moment, and I fear for my (already slender) job prospects! Hi, I'm a philosophy undergrad looking one day to specialise in philosophical logic and I wonder – does having a good background in formal logic help my eventual job prospects?

I have been warned that logic isn't so intellectually trendy at the moment, and I fear for my (already slender) job prospects!

]]> By: Smith http://www.logicmatters.net/2009/08/disappearing-logic-again/comment-page-1/#comment-640 Smith Sat, 08 Aug 2009 08:47:44 +0000 http://www.logicmatters.net/?p=478#comment-640 I chanced upon to view your blog and found it very interesting. Great ... Keep it up! I chanced upon to view your blog and found it very interesting. Great … Keep it up!

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