🧩 Philosophy Aug 7, 2026 · Justin Weinberg

On Writing for Pay

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Some philosophy professors, on top of all the work they do for the universities at which they’re employed, write public philosophy, and sometimes such writing is on the Substack platform, with some or all of what they write available only to paid subscribers. Is there anything wrong with this?
Walter Veit (Reading) thinks there is something wrong with it, and makes his case here.
Richard Chappell (Miami) responds here, arguing that we shouldn’t criticize philosophers for paywalling t

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