The Tenure of Phil Wisdom

The Tenure of Phil Wisdom is a collection of eight dialogues based on the Platonic model but set in contemporary America. It provides significant reading as it complements current Plato scholarship and provides cultural commentary on the state of higher education. It is a timely and resourceful text for use in a variety of philosophy classes, logic courses dealing with argument evaluation, upper-level or graduate courses dealing with higher education, and speech courses on First Amendment issues. The Tenure of Phil Wisdom also goes beyond the classroom to appeal to a diversity of readers, especially those interested in the "culture wars" being fought on college and university campuses. Plato scholars, philosophy professors who deal with the nature of philosophy, and university professors and administrators dealing with dominant trends in higher education--all will benefit from Craig Clifford's The Tenure of Phil Wisdom.