*RSSS* … acquired E/M *Tyler Doggett* from MIT for cash and future considerations.

The research school always seems to be on the losing end of trades involving people going out, but when was the last time they were on the losing side of a trade involving people moving in? It’s almost not worth commenting on them. Doggett is a five-tool player who has put up impressive results at every level. He was due to be Michael Smith’s understudy this year, but the Tigers recent acquisition of Smith means Doggett might see more PT, which could make him a fantasy sleeper. He should make the adjustment to the bigs with ease and be a productive contributor from day one.

Here’s the official announcement.

bq. The Philosophy Program at RSSS, ANU is pleased to announce the appointment of Tyler Doggett. He will join the ANU in the middle of 2004 for a year as Postdoctoral Fellow. He will initially work with Michael Smith on his ARC project ‘Reasons and Rationality.’ Doggett went to graduate school at MIT. His philosophical interests include ethics, metaphysics, philosophy of mind, Descartes, and Leibniz.

I couldn’t figure out how to work it into a transaction analysis, but I should add that without Tyler’s assistance I couldn’t have written either of my imaginative resistance papers. I’m both very happy that he’s landed such a cool job, and very happy for the RSSS that they hired wisely – again. It will be good for both parties if they can find a way to tack on some extra years.