On several occasions I’ve featured Steve Pyke’s work – Habermas of two posts back has been Pyked. Here is a review by a philosopher of Steve’s book. There is also brief mention in The New Yorker. The image featured above is of course Jerry Fodor. habermasJerry FodorPhilosophersPhilosophysteve pyke
The wonderfully talented photographic portraitist Steve Pyke talks about how he came to photographing philosophers. A fascinating project that seemed to emerge. I guess it took someone like Pyke who wasn’t familiar with their work not to be dazzled. He talks about his editorial background and editing sensibility. Click here for the half hour programme.…
Here’s an article by none other than Arthur Danto on the wonderful work of photographer Steve Pyke.
The last of the 20th century’s bona fide greats. New York Times profile from 1977 metaphyicsmodalityNaming and Necessityphilosophical logicPhilosophySaul Kripke
While doing some work on Quine I came across Quine and Ullian’s minor classic The Web of Belief which has been made freely available online. (Another great portrait by Steve Pyke as with the previous post on Parfit). Analytic philosophyJ. S. Ullianphilosophical logicpragmatismquinesteve pykeweb of belief
I met DD very briefly at the LSE in the early 90s. Putnam had recently filled the Peacock Theatre and I expected that since DD was to be there that he would fill the auditorium easily. Oddly enough, the event was held in a small seminar room in the warren that LSE is and was severely oversubscribed.…
Jason Stanley one of the leading writers on this topic has this piece in the NYT. Here is a copy of Jason’s paper that reignited interest in the topic and has since generated quite a large body of literature. (The featured photo here is of course by Steve Pyke). Jason Stanleysteve pyke
Roger Scruton weighs in on the nature/nurture debate via a threefold review. (Image another Steve Pyke portrait). Roger Scrutonsteve pyke
Telegraph obituary My favourite Dummett book: Truth and Other Enigmas. My favourite Dummett paper: A Defense of Mctaggart’s Proof of the Unreality of Time. Here is Steve Pyke’s superb portrait. Michael Dummett Oxford 21 May 1990 Philosophy attempts, not to discover new truths about the world, but to gain a clear view of what we already…
It’s been ten years since the release of David Wiggins’ Sameness and Substance Renewed. I notice that it has gone into a second edition, which is good news. This book must rate as one of my favourite works and I believe is somewhat neglected (I originally read S&S and was impressed that reading S&SR didn’t…
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