[l33tbro]

I'm not sure I agree with this. A senior academic is usually very familiar with the canon. You don't think you will be vaporised if there is no underlying logic and saliency to the arguments in the work you present?

[dwaltrip]

If the only checks you have are literally someone thinking very hard, then... well... it's just extremely difficult.

Few things are as difficult to check as a philosophical argument.