(6) Consider the following short descriptions of different kinds of consciousness of self. Which of the selves, if any, do you identify with? (a) The cosmological self. The self is either unconscious of itself or only conscious of itself insofar as it is identified with a cosmological myth or classificatory system, e.g., totemism. Ask a…
Fainting-couchers view women as psychically fragile and prone to trauma. They demand trigger warnings, safe spaces, and micro-aggression monitoring. The institutionalized pseudo-inquiry of “professionalized” whining, perpetual victimhood and self-aggrandizement railing against “the patriarchy”, is no more than yet another ill-founded conspiracy theory peddled by the intellectually lazy virtue-signaling prof with no skin in the game. Here is an Interview with based…
Christie Davies reviews John Onions’ European Art: A Neuroarthistory. (H/T Stephen Hicks). art historyjohn oniansNeurophilosophyneuroscience
Nicely balanced review of Dennett and Scruton’s latest books. We need both approaches. See article in Standpoint. ADAM ZEMAN Roger ScrutonconsciousnessDaniel Dennettevolutionary biologyEvolutionary PsychologyHuman natureMaterialismneural correlatesNeurophilosophyneurosciencePhilosophy of mindreductionism
Recently published paper by David Imbroscio. Freely available here and here. city planningDavid ImbrosciJane JacobsMichael Oakeshottrationalism
What Fats Domino Means To New Orleans boogie boogieFats Dominonew orleanspianorock ‘n roll
Chuffed to come across this recently broadcast (previously blocked) programme. Among the featured gems are The Dead Sea Tapes, Peter’s views on religion, his taste in reading and much more besides. I have a chum who used to live around the corner from Perrin’s Walk in Ellerdale Road, near the convent (or was it a girls school) mentioned in…
Not Herzog’s best but certainly, as one would still expect, an insightful and elegant take highlighting some of the most disturbing and techno-ebullient aspects of this technology, a technology that surely marks the cultural tipping point, ushering in the global shit storm that we are now in. The section on AI is fascinating: Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? You know we…
One of my favourite NOLA traditions is this one because it is sure to piss off the humourless authoritarian cultural Marxists, forever doomed to piss in the wind. Read about it. purple for justice, green for faith and gold for power greasing of the polesMardi Grasnew orleans
As reported in OffBeat. cuban musicJazznew orleansPreservation Hall Jazz Band
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