My suspicion is that philosophy is a dead field. Psychology and neuroscience are coming out with fascinating new results backed up by facts and studies.<p>For instance Jonathan Haidt comes from social psychology, and his work on moral foundations is far more interesting than anything that&#x27;s come out of philosophy departments this century. Even though morality is supposed to be on 
of their core issues.<p>Once they get tenure they&#x27;re forced to face the fact that they have no more career goals and can&#x27;t do any meaningful work.