Final Fantasy Fiasco!
December 10, 2008
I am saddened to have to announce that I have had to pull my contribution to Blackwell’s Final Fantasy and Philosophy book, Moogles, and Chocobos, and…Kripke? Oh My!, due to unacceptable editorial cuts made by the series editor Bill Irwin. Originally the paper was 25 pages, the book editors wanted it cut to 13 pages, which I did (that is the version I link to above). Then the series editor wanted it cut to 7 pages! This I could not do. I am going to leave the paper up at my website just in case someone wants to read it. I spent six months writing and re-writing it, so I am a bit peeved…but what’re ya gonna do?
All in all this has been a very enlightening experience for me. I was excited about the Pop Culture and Philosophy series because I thought it was a way to bring philosophy from the Ivory Tower to Main St. In particular I was excited about the prospects of turning people on to analytic philosphy. But after this, and the fighting I have had to do in order to get serious philosophy into the Terminator volume, I now have a very different feeling about this series…
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EJ Lee | December 10, 2008 at 6:21 pm
That sucks! I planned on getting that book and having you autograph it! But seriously, 25 to 7 pages? What’s the point then?
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Richard Brown | December 10, 2008 at 6:27 pm
Tell me about it!
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Kris K. | December 12, 2008 at 11:14 pm
That settles it; I am not going to do my long awaited “Flintstones and Philosophy” volume.
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clarkgoble | December 15, 2008 at 10:16 pm
I’ve noticed that as time has gone on there is less and less actual philosophy in these volumes. I can’t figure out why. It’s moved more and more to the kind of philosophy freshmen do late at night while eating pizza.
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Richard Brown | December 22, 2008 at 6:31 pm
Kris, damn! I was planning a Dino and Gricean implicature paper!
Clark, I suspect it has something to do with the fact that they are more interested in making money than doing philosophy…
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Brandon | January 17, 2009 at 7:23 pm
Did you see this call for editors? Given some of the work you’ve done, you’d be ideal for it if you have the time, and it would give you some room to compensate for the failures of the Pop Culture and Philosophy series.
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Richard Brown | April 7, 2009 at 12:14 pm
Thanks Brandon, that’s a nice tip! I’ve been too busy to do anything about it, but maybe I will…