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December 17, 2021James Booker

Booker’s Birthday

Today marks the birth of the keyboard genius, James Booker. Check out the Booker documentary to learn more about the amazing character that was Booker. Cheryl Anne GraceJames Bookernew orleanspaintingpiano

December 17, 2021embodied cognition

Karl Friston on embodied cognition

Karl gives a quick overview of the field with more than a nod to the philosophical aspect. Karl was the one who did an MRI and fMRI scan of me 20 years ago: The software failed that day and I was stuck in the scanner for at least an hour or so. Not a pleasant…

December 14, 2021cosmos & taxis

Cosmos + Taxis 9: 11+12

Freely available here. classical liberalismcosmos+taxisDavid HardwickGene CallahanGus diZeregaHayekKenneth McIntyrePopperTimothy Fullerwalter weimer

December 11, 2021john kennedy toole

A Book About Nothing?: A Review of Theology and Geometry

Here’s a review in VoegelinView of the collection of essays on Toole’s A Confederacy of Dunces a confederacy of duncesJohn Kennedy Toolephilosophical literature

December 11, 2021michael oakeshott

Michael Oakeshott: born 120 years ago

For those who’ve never heard Oakeshott, here is his 1948 BBC talk on the philosophy of history. Below is the first page of Experience and its Modes in Oakeshott’s hand. experience and its modesMichael OakeshottPhilosophy

December 9, 2021Friedrich Nietzsche, rousseau

Rousseau, Nietzsche, and the Image of the Human

My chum and sometime collaborator has this new book out. Friedrich NietzscheJean-Jacques RousseauLiberalismPaul FrancoPolitical philosophy

December 7, 2021michael oakeshott

Oakeshott’s Skepticism, Politics, and Aesthetics

Just published! aestheticsclassical liberalismConservatismEric KosMichael OakeshottPoetryPolitical philosophyscepticism

December 7, 2021raymond aron

The Opium of the Intellectuals

Just published with my coauthored contribution. ideologyLiberalismMarxismopium of the intellectualsraymond aron

November 27, 2021stigmergy

Ted Lewis: Engineering Hall of Fame

I’m chuffed to learn of my collaborator Ted Lewis’ recognition — see here. Very much taken by his superb Network Science: Theory and Applications I made contact. Our shared interest in stigmergy found voice in a couple of joint projects: Human-Human Stigmergy and Stigmergy in the Human Domain. I was privileged to read a draft…