What is an Academic Discipline?
Academic disciplines, fields of knowledge, are more like ecologies than like organisms.
posted by Patrick Henry at 3:03 PM
The ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is commonly understood. Indeed, the world is ruled by little else. ... Madmen in authority, who hear voices in the air, are distilling their frenzy from some academic scribbler of a few years back...it is ideas, not vested interests, which are dangerous for good or evil. - Keynes
posted by Patrick Henry at 3:03 PM
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