And his first choice, Bowie’s “My Way” — i.e. Life on Mars. Though he came to self-awareness in the ’60s he preferred the harder-edged and more poetic ’70s. His one item: a lifetime’s supply of Marmite. Sound chap. ConservatismDavid BowieHistoryIsaiah Berlinjohn grayKirsty YoungLiberalismLibertarianismmarmitePolitical philosophyprogressstoicism
It’s against all the odds that Sly, one of the doyens of acid funk, is still with us. Looking forward to seeing On the Sly. acid funkpsychedelic funkpsychedelic soulsly and the family stonesly stone
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Born on this day. Below is Daniel J. Mahoney’s entry in the Encyclopedia of Modern Political Thought. Raymond Aron (1905–83) was a distinguished French philosopher, political thinker, social scientist, and journalist. He wrote influential columns for Le Figaro (1947–77) and L’Express (1978–83) and played a major role in shaping moderate and conservative opinion in France in…
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SYMBOLIC ASSERTION AND A SPACE-TIME EVENT If one examines the characteristic moments of the scientific method, one will discover that they are basically assertions. Even if one happens to be an operationalist and maintains that the business of science is defining the physical operations by which concepts are arrived at and…
Fourth C+T Conference, Vancouver, May 23-26, 2019 complexitycosmos & taxisdemocracyscienceSpontaneous orderurban planning
Hoping to catch this if and when it’s more broadly available. Allan Jaffeben jaffeCubaJazzmusicnew orleansPreservation Hall Jazz Band
This just released book should be of interest to both Peirceans and Percyeans. Charles Sanders PeirceconsciousnessMarc ChampagnemetaphysicsphenomenologyPhilosophy of LanguagePhilosophy of mindqualiasemioticsWalker Percy
Stephen Hicks’ masterful critical survey of the disparate strands and ever-shifting cynical alliances, and as a consequence, dissonant morphology, offers a very accessible first orientation to understanding the shitstorm that we are currently in the midst of: “Why do they have that power in the humanities but not in the sciences? Why has a significant…
New album just released and in conversation with Mary Louise Kelly. Led ZeppelinNathaniel Rateliffsoul musicStaxThe Night Sweats
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