The following two items recently culled from the blogosphere merit simultaneous reading by the optically dexterous (see accompanying figure):
Item 1. “What Kind of Philosophy Gets in the News?” @Leiter Reports (w/ guest poster Jason Stanley).
Excerpt:
The popular press will not be producing articles on Field, Fine, Raz, or Stalnaker’s recent work, despite the fact that these philosophers produce work that is among the most admired by other philosophers.
Item 2. “Opinion Leaders Impotent in Ideas Economy” @Mind Hacks
Excerpt:
[L]arge numbers of people would embrace a particular idea when a certain number of their more easily influenced peers started to champion it.
William Wegman (American, b. 1943). Reading Two Books, 1971. Gelatin silver print.