這個學生沒有說很多感謝和讚美的話,主要是說上學期他修我教的知識論,是他第一次感受到哲學可以這麼難懂而又同時這麼有趣。他特別提到課程裏的兩篇文章(Paul Grice, "The Causal Theory of Perception"和Nishi Shah, "A New Argument for Evidentialism"),說對他而言讀這兩篇文章是一個使人謙卑的經驗(
"a
humbling experience"),令他強烈意識到自己的程度還相當低。最後他這樣寫:「我在你班裏學到很多東西,卻又因此而發覺自己所知的是那麼的少。那真是一個很好的學習經驗!謝謝。」(
"I learnt so much in your class, which also resulted
in my finding out that I know so little. That’s quite a learning experience!
Thank you." )