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Scott Shapiro

Five Questions

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What's Your Worst Moment as a Philosopher?

"I have lived a charmed life and if this is my worst moment so I was want to say you know I'm blessed that this isMy worst moment but it really was my worst moment is when I was 13 years old," he says. "It went on for about a half an hour of like me making a mistake and the entire place yelling at me then making the next mistake." He continues: "To make a mistake in argument or a factual mistake  is an ethical lapse that I just cannot I can't tolerate It reminds me of that time being 13 years old and everyone yelling at me because I didn't get it exactly right".

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