We rarely, if ever, see headlines such as "A team oh philosophers in Berlin

We rarely, if ever, see headlines such as "A team oh philosophers in Berlin

We rarely, if ever, see headlines such as "A team oh philosophers in Berlin finally solves the Is-Ought Dilemma!". Of course, philosophy in general rarely makes headlines, but even within philosophy itself, it seems rare for philosophical ideas to be expounded or developed by *teams* of people, like scientists are doing more and more often. One would think that working in teams would increase the speed of an idea's development magnitudes, considering one would always have others off of whom to bounce ideas, and weaknesses could be worked over far more quickly, in live dialog rather than over months or years of exchanging arguments in academic publications, or books. Yet it seems that most philosophers choose to go it alone; what are the reasons for this?

Read another response by Richard Heck
Read another response about Philosophy
Print