Frank Ramsey: Shooting Star of Cambridge
My chum and collaborator Andrew Irvine reviews Cheryl Misak’s book for the TLS. Analytic philosophyAndrew IrvineCheryl Misakfrank ramseyphilosophy of mathematics
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Bobby Womack
Bobby would have been 77 on the 4th. bobby womackfunkmusicsoul
Bunny Wailer
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Walker Percy Wednesday – 4
In Feliciana we used to speculate on the new messiah, the scientist-philosopher-mystic who would come striding through the ruins with the Gita in one hand and a Geiger counter in the other. Walker Percy, Philosopher existentialismphilosophical literatureWalker Percy
A Confederacy of Dunces: extracts (43)
“We shall storm the office very shortly, thereby surprising the foe when his senses are still subject to the psychic mists of early morning.” “Hey, Mr. R., pardon me,” a man called out from the crowd. “Somebody tell me you in trouble with a po-lice. Is that right?” A wave of anxiety and uneasiness broke…
Memphis Mayhem: A Story of the Music That Shook Up the World
I’m looking forward to reading this recently published book. Al GreenB.B. KingBooker T Jonesdavid lesselvisisaac hayesmemphisOtis ReddingSister Rosetta TharpeStax
Hadrian the Seventh: extracts (10)
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Roger Scruton’s Wagner
To mark the birth of Roger here is an article on his aesthetics, to my mind the most abiding dimension to Roger’s philosophical legacy, something many commentators (perhaps willfully) pass over: Inscrutable Wagner: Roger Scruton’s appreciation of Richard Wagner will remain an important and inexhaustible part of his legacy Roger assessed Tristan as fundamentally religious in its…
Zionism and the Black Church: Second Edition
The Institute for Black Solidarity with Israel founder, Dumisani Washington, has just published a second edition of his book. His son, Joshua Washington, has now taken over the reins of IBSI and also hosts an interesting podcast. black churchDumisani WashingtonIsraelJoshua Washingtonregressive leftZionism
Walker Percy Wednesday – 3
My mother’s family think I have lost my faith and they pray for me to recover it. I don’t know what they’re talking about. Other people, so I have read, are pious as children and later become skeptical (or, as they say on This I Believe: “in time I outgrew the creeds and dogmas of…
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