I read somewhere that, in her professional lifetime, Martha Nussbaum has

I read somewhere that, in her professional lifetime, Martha Nussbaum has

I read somewhere that, in her professional lifetime, Martha Nussbaum has averaged 3-5 published pages per day. This raises two questions: 1) Wouldn't that make her a great panelist candidate for this site (not exactly a philosophical question, I admit)? And 2) what is the relationship between prodigious output of thought and quality/clarity of thought? In trying to read Nussbaum on my own, I find that she has some really great nuggets, but there is a lot of sifting before I find them (_Upheavals_of_Thought_ as a case in point). This seems problematic. Moreover, does the process of publishing sometimes work to diminish originality of thought (generally) and/or dilute the acuminity of thought? I suppose this melds into a third question: how has philosophy changed in relation to the changing dynamic of publishing (from an emphasis on treatises like books to shorter journal articles - and THIS as an effect of 'publish or perish')? And what may we say of this change - is it a 'good' change; what does it say about the current state of philosophy; what does it mean for the wider access to philosophy? People talk about the death of the novel and I guess I also wonder the death of the treatise (of all types) and even the death of the Philosopher - despite (in my opinion) the inarguable relevance of philosophy. I studied philosophy as an undergrad. Thank you for this great site (and hopefully taking my question(s))!

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