My take, a Phd is a DOCTORAL degree. So is a JD, so is an MD or an LLD. They're all doctors. The notion that a doctor is strictly somebody with a prescription pad in one hand and a syringe in the other is silly. A degree is a degree, and no, I don't have a Phd, I have an EdS.

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