The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 14.2145 Friday, 7 November 2003
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Date: Thursday, 6 Nov 2003 16:41:20 -0000
Subj: Re: SHK 14.2133 Shakespeare and the Theory of Knowledge
[2] From: Bill Arnold <
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Date: Thursday, 6 Nov 2003 12:07:41 -0800 (PST)
Subj: Re: SHK 14.2133 Shakespeare and the Theory of Knowledge
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From: Robin Hamilton <
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Date: Thursday, 6 Nov 2003 16:41:20 -0000
Subject: 14.2133 Shakespeare and the Theory of Knowledge
Comment: Re: SHK 14.2133 Shakespeare and the Theory of Knowledge
>HUGH LLOYD Are you a doctor, then?
>ANTONY HANCOCK Well, I never really bothered.
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>Dr Gabriel Egan
Can you play the violin?
Dunno -- I never tried.
RH
(I think the violin version predates Tony Hancock.)
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From: Bill Arnold <
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Date: Thursday, 6 Nov 2003 12:07:41 -0800 (PST)
Subject: 14.2133 Shakespeare and the Theory of Knowledge
Comment: Re: SHK 14.2133 Shakespeare and the Theory of Knowledge
Gabriel Egan writes, "Some PhD candidates take no courses at all and
some take more than this. But the PhD [sic] isn't awarded for the
learning of stuff that's already known but for the creation of new
knowledge by thousands of hours of research."
OK: what are we saying here? I hope you are *not* dismissing that Ph.D
candidates in America, as far as I know, must fulfill 60-grad hours of
courses in their field of endeavor. In my case at UMass-Amherst in the
1960's that was the requirement. Those courses usually demanded
scholarly papers with 30+ pages, with footnotes and Works Cited, based
of original research: that was more than a dozen, as I recall. And I
had to pass a foreign language reading exam: French, my choice. And I
had to complete a 12-hour dissertation, with ample hours of research,
which resulted in a novel inasmuch as the MFA I sought was in Creative
Writing. So, I would venture to say: I personally do *not* know of
anyone who can get a Ph.D based solely on a thesis presentation. Oh,
yes, I also had to pass an Oral Exam with three professors in defense of
my thesis presentation. Oh, yes, I am basically restricting these
remarks to the broad field of English.
Bill Arnold
http://www.cwru.edu/affil/edis/scholars/arnold.htm
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