The vast majority of academic philosophy at prestigious universities will be relegated to the dustbins of history, FHI’s work is quite plausibly an exception.
To be clear, this is not a knock on philosophy; I’d guess that total funding for academic philosophy in the world is on the order of 1B. Most things that are 0.001% of the world economy won’t be remembered much 100 years from now. I’d guess philosophy in general punches well above its weight here, but base rates are brutal.
The vast majority of academic philosophy at prestigious universities will be relegated to the dustbins of history, FHI’s work is quite plausibly an exception.
To be clear, this is not a knock on philosophy; I’d guess that total funding for academic philosophy in the world is on the order of 1B. Most things that are 0.001% of the world economy won’t be remembered much 100 years from now. I’d guess philosophy in general punches well above its weight here, but base rates are brutal.
You’re answering a somewhat different question to the one I’m bringing up