On philosophy at UC Riverside

I usually don't write on the blog about my speaking engagements, but I did want to say a word about the wonderful and collegial philosophical community at UC Riverside, where I gave the 4th annual Bernd Magnus Lecture last week, as well as spending several hours in formal and informal discussions with faculty and students about Nietzsche and related topics.   Riverside really is one of the very best places in the U.S. if you're interested in Kant and the post-Kantian Continental traditions in philosophy and you're interested in philosophy.   Theirs is a pluralistic department in the best sense of that term--meaning first-rate people working on many different topics, figures, and periods in philosophy, both Anglophone and Continental, and in a climate of mutual respect and engagement--and not simply as a code word for "we're Party-Line Continentals" or simply "we don't know much philosophy."  So kudos to the faculty and students at UC Riverside (and the Administration that wisely supports an outstanding department) and many thanks for their excellent questions and discussion and warm hospitality.