Songs in the Key of Funk
Going on the sample alone this could well be the most funktastic release of the year. Very excited about this upcoming from Noladelic PowerFunk due May 4. acid funkfunknew orleans
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The Mind-Expanding Ideas of Andy Clark
Twenty years on I guess this marks the moment when the hypothesis of extended cognition has well and truly become mainstream. This in The New Yorker. Andy ClarkArtificial intelligenceCognitive sciencedistributed cognitiondistributed knowledgeExtended MindPhilosophy of mindsituated cognition
Changing knowledge in the early economic thought of Michael Polanyi
Gábor István Bíró in the Journal of Evolutionary Economics. Economicsevolutionary economicsexpertiseFriedrich HayekkeynesMichael Polanyipolitical economyTacit knowledgethe sensory order
Walker Percy Wednesday 179
The Antinomy of Language Examples of the linguistic assertion S is P. Dr. ltard writes in The Savage of Aveyron that he tried to teach Victor the wild boy the word for milk, lait, as a sign of a biological need, by withholding the milk and uttering the word in its absence. This failed: After…
The Left as the Trojan Horse of Jew Hatred
The regressive Left’s identitarian-intersectionalism fetish (sadly with many IYI Jews in their ranks) are the Trojan Horse of Jew hatred. Their shallow and incoherent identitarian politics presents a threefold danger: (1) white supremacist groups have now been relicensed to play that game. And yet, the regressives find their primary purpose as Nazi hunters, the uptick of…
Automated Liberalism?
H/T Brian Smith. This from the Law & Liberty blog. Age of EnlightenmentArtificial intelligencebenjamin constantilliberalismJames PoulosJohn Stuart MillLiberalismNetwork ScienceSocial network
Gospel According to Denise Gordon
Spun the superbly talented Denise Gordon’s Sundays’ Service disk again today — and appositely so. Very much looking forward to another album from her sometime soon. In the meantime, you can’t go wrong with her extant catalogue. And if you can catch her live, then lucky you. Denise GordongospelJazzmusic
Semiotics of Neckwear
Classic from issue 16 of The Chap. I guess this is why the Sartorial Agony section is no longer a staple of the mag. One has got to hand it to David for the most chap-like/Ignatius-like excuse: “He claimed business incompetence was to blame for the offence and said Saxby . . . hadn’t understood…
The Radiators: Welcome to the Monkey House
Just released. Below is a sample of one of their party pieces “fuck ’em if they can’t take a joke” — a sentiment that seems appropos in light of recent events in the UK. Now in their 40th year here’s a write up commemorating their 20th anniversary. fishhead musicfunkLouisianamusicnew orleansRadiatorsswamp rock
Philo goes “mainstream”
A couple of months ago I took to task the Philo entry in the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. I have just noticed that in the interim a more nuanced entry of Philo has recently appeared in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — and one that actually cites and acknowledges Runia. Oddly enough, Lévy does not mention E.…
