My chum Andrew Irvine has an article on the virtues and opportunities in preserving hard-copy books in this age of digitization. Andrew IrvinebodleianlibrarybooksBritish Librarydigital subscriptionsJohannes GutenbergJohn Stuart MillLibertylibrariesVatican Library
I want to give a plug to this book on a fascinating topic – thank goodness for scholars such as Mikhail (a chum from my Oxford days), who so painstakingly pull together these projects. Eastern EuropeGaliciaHolocaustKaraiteKaraite JudaismMiddle AgesMikhail KizilovUkraine
Daniel Kahneman and David Chalmers on this panel. There are other discussions of relevance as well on this site. Artificial intelligenceBrainCognitionCognitive neuroscienceCognitive scienceColin McGinnconsciousnessDaniel KahnemanDavid ChalmersneurocorrelatesNeurophilosophyneurosciencephilosophical psychologyPhilosophy of mindrobotszombies
Louis Armstrong has become a kind of sub-industry in contemporary theater. What’s in the briefcase and why is Satch so happy? Giraud AbramJazzLouis Armstronglouis armstrong housemusicUnited States Information Agency
Decent theatrical documents of rock concerts are few and far between. Only two come to mind: The Last Waltz and Stop Making Sense. Previous efforts such as The Song Remains the Same and Shine a Light while they have their moments, are in the case of the former, a bit tiresome, and in the case…
Obituary from the LA Times music blog. Here is David’s website. Branford MarsalisDavid WareJazzmusicsaxophone
Having just received copies of the book in which our paper appears, here is another excuse to plug both our paper and the rest of the book’s contents. Here is an extract from Roger Koppl’s introduction: This volume contains papers given at the third biennial Wirth Institute for Austrian and Central European Studies Conference on…
After a four year gestation with many, often quite bizarre twists and turns, today this project officially reaches its fruition. To read excerpts from each chapter, type “oakeshott” into this site’s search box. a companion to michael oakeshottBritish Idealismdead philosophersMichael OakeshottOakeshottPhilosophy of historyphilosophy of social sciencePolitical philosophyThomas Hobbes
Here’s a book review in The Economist looking at the morphology in meaning attached to (neo)liberalism. Here is the publisher’s blurb. But the line between Smith and Friedman is not a straight one, as Mr Stedman Jones points out. Smith thought one of the state’s jobs should be to build public works and forge institutions…
Bob Grant’s highly distinctive essay on Oakeshott’s private life. In what follows I shall refer to Michael Oakeshott by his first name, as I also shall to those connected with him. This is partly to avoid the confusion of shared surnames, though I did actually come myself to address him by his first name. My…
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