Vaniver comments on Self-Congratulatory Rationalism - Less Wrong
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Has anyone noticed that, given the fact that most of the material on this site is esemtially about philosophy, "academic philosophy sucks" is a Crackpot Warning Sign, ie "don't listen to the hidebound establishment".
You might be interested in this article and this sequence (in particular, the first post of that sequence). "Academic philosophy sucks" is a Crackpot Warning Sign because of the implied brevity. A measured, in-depth criticism is one thing; a smear is another.
Read them ,not generally impressed.