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March 11, 1998

Dear Norman,

What a relief to read your paper 'Philosophy as a Blood Sport'. I say it was a relief, because I wondered if my assessment of the various (though limited) philosophy colloquia I have attended was the result of my own intellectual timidness, or whether I was right in feeling that the practice of reading papers in philosophy was in fact an inordinately combative process. Of course while it is a relief in this sense, it is distressing too to think that this appears to be the state philosophy is in, both in and outside Australia.

Cheers,

Jane A. Doe



Note: the author's name and address have been withheld at her request. --Norman Swartz


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