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James Kurth and the Fate of Western Civilization
My chum Corey Abel’s usual elegance and eloquence. Kurth, by the way, is one of the great performers. Here is a free author’s copy. Socrates pointed out that self-satisfaction is the death of philosophy. To pursue wisdom one must desire it. But to desire something, one has to understand not only its appeal but also…
A Confederacy of Dunces – quotes and extracts – 78
“They would try to make me into a moron who liked television and new cats and frozen food. Don’t you understand? Psychiatry is worse than communism. I refuse to be brainwashed. I won’t be a robot!” “But, Ignatius, they help out a lot of people got problems.” “Do you think that I have a problem?” Ignatius…
Empire of Sin
Here is Walter Isaacson’s review of Gary Krist’s Empire of Sin. Storyville’s sporting houses became cribs for jazz. Like most of the creative culture of New Orleans, this new style of music was spawned by the town’s diversity. Flowing together on the street corners were the sounds of marching brass bands, church spirituals, plantation blues, Creole…
Cosmos + Taxis 2:1
The latest issue of C+T is now available. Austrian Schoolcomplexitycosmos & taxisdistributed cognitiondistributed knowledgeemergent orderEpistemologysituated cognitionsocial epistemologySocial SciencesSpontaneous order
The Moviegoer – quotes and extracts – 8
Until recent years, I read only “fundamental” books, that is, key books on key subjects, such as War and Peace, the novel of novels; A Study of History, the solution of the problem of time; Schroedinger’s What is Life?, Einstein’s The Universe as I See It, and such. During those years I stood outside the…
Where is my mind?
Ted Honderich discusses his brand of externalism in support of his latest book. actual consciousnessCognitionCognitive neuroscienceconsciousnessExtended MindExternalismphilosophical psychologyPhilosophy of mindted honderich
Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations — audiobook
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Rationalism and Teaching the Constitution
Elizabeth Corey’s recent discussion in Academic Questions. An extract below: Oakeshott’s Critique In his most famous essay, “Rationalism in Politics,” published in a book of the same name, Oakeshott calls the American Founding a “Rationalist” project. In Oakeshott’s lexicon, Rationalism is not something to be praised but a pathological condition, a cast of mind exhibited by…
Leslie Armour (1931-2014)
According to an email circulated to the PSA British Idealism Specialist Group, Leslie Armour died yesterday. Here is an interview with him. Here is his Wiki entry. British IdealismIdealismLeslie Armour
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