Univ of St Thomas Houston & Univ of Zagreb seem to be 'reviewing' their Philosophy depts (though both cases have their nuances). Middlesex University (middle-of-the-pack Uni in UK) already closed theirs. Only couple mins of searching, I guess there's more. It's almost definitely mathiness from those who hold the purse strings. I think it's regrettable we have degrees for every job under the sun, it makes cross-pollination that much more difficult. Maybe something to do with the rise in total sum of bullshit.
It might be because I like to get an overview of things and read around, or because I find it difficult to commit attention for very long... But it seems to me like there's plenty of room for exactly the kind of thinking philosophical training is great for: fruitful interdisciplinary stuff between the humanities and sciences. Instead we seem to be getting profit-motivated consumption of the former by the latter, and filling the space with bachelors that stand in for what once was training in the workplace.
'referentialism' is a problem but at least we have digital tools to help us now. I suppose we're in a more honest situation now than in the past. But it is indeed a problem. Why? Because now we'll be ranked by our citation scores.
> I suspect his observations work just as well with other epistemological (knowledge-kind) combinations and their tensions.
Yes, jargon-heavy humanities papers work in the same vein as math-heavy economics (for example) papers. They are both, ultimately, bullshit.