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11 hours ago, shifgrethor said:
I'll see you at the Pittsburgh visit and we can chat more in person then! Our interests overlap a bit (mainly at Kant, history, ancient, and political/legal - I don't know much about German Idealism).
Sounds great! I'll be arriving Monday night, and I'll be really interested to hear about your thoughts and interests!
12 minutes ago, tmck3053 said:I'll see you at the Pitt visit also. For what it's worth I have been told by some people in the department that there is a huge emphasis on Kant and Hegel at Pittsburgh. That being said, by that I think they mean that many of the philosophers there take inspiration from Kant (McDowell, Ricketts, Wilson) and Hegel (Brandom) in their own work rather than necessarily meaning that they put a strong emphasis on Kant/Hegel scholarship in and of itself.
Great! See: above.
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1 hour ago, shifgrethor said:
Visit the departments. If this is a possibility for you, I would honestly withhold judgment until you've seen what it's like there.
You can also tell the DGS about your other offers. Sometimes a department will make their own offer better if you have competing offers.
I'm visiting Pittsburgh this coming week and Chicago two weeks later (25-30). I'm not visiting Oxford (too expensive and they didn't offer to pay for it).
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Hey, just wondering if anyone can help provide me some info on programs. I'm in at Arizona, Penn (though I told them to take me off the list), Pittsburgh, UChicago, and Oxford (BPhil), waitlisted at Berkeley and Toronto. My main interests are political/legal philosophy, Kant, German idealism, and history of philosophy, and to a lesser extent classical philosophy (though I have no facility with Greek and Latin). I'm still waiting to hear back from Stanford and NYU (presumed rejection at NYU).
I'd really appreciate if anyone can offer me advice on the above programs. I'm hearing mixed things from professors (one is really strongly advising me to pick Chicago but doesn't know about Oxford yet, another is somewhat less strongly pushing Chicago, and another is really strongly pushing Pittsburgh), but personally I'm vacillating mostly between Chicago and Oxford at this stage, though still considering Pittsburgh and to a lesser extent Arizona (though I may withdraw my app from Arizona soon).
Any advice?
Help with decisions (Political/Legal, Kant/German idealism, History)
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Thank you for the advice! I am probably more inclined to history of philosophy and close exegesis, but I will keep this in mind during my visit at Pitt this week.