New Herzog collection
Just released. An extravagance, I know, but if you don’t already have the DVDs this might be the way to go. cinemafilmphilosophical cinemaWerner Herzog
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EPISTEME 11: 3
Now available EPISTEMEEpistemologysocial epistemology
A Confederacy of Dunces – quotes and extracts – 66
“I suspect that the parties you attend must be true visions of the apocalypse. I knew that our society was coming to this. In a few years, you and your friends will probably take over the country.” “Oh, we’re planning to,” the young man said with a bright smile. “We have connections in the highest…
Walker Percy and Peter Handke
One of the many pleasures of publishing with Farrar, Straus, Percy had learned over the years, was receiving copies of their newly published books. Percy usually found a few titles on each season’s list that strongly grabbed his attention, but one book on the fall 1974 list, a collection of two novellas and a memoir…
Secrets of the Creative Brain
This from The Atlantic BrainCognitionCognitive neuroscienceCognitive scienceconsciousnessCreativityIQKurt Vonnegutmental illnessmriNANCY ANDREASENneuronsneurosciencePhilosophy of mind
Extending the mind: a review of ethnographies of neuroscience practice
This from Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. Andy ClarkArtificial intelligenceBrainbrain imagingbrain scienceCognitionCognitive neuroscienceCognitive sciencecomplexityconsciousnessdistributed cognitiondistributed knowledgeethnographyExtended MindExternalismhuman brain projectneurosciencescience and technology studies
WOULD You Kill the Fat Man?
When moral dilemmas are posed in a foreign language, people become more coolly utilitarian — The Economist Daniel Kahnemanlanguagemoral philosophyMoral psychologyPsychologyUtilitarianism
Lionel Ferbos (1911 – 2014)
It was just a couple of days ago that Lionel’s birthday was being commemorated. Here is the announcement. One of my favorite albums is the one below, bridging the generations. JazzLionel Ferbosmusicnew orleansTrombone Shortytrumpet
Robert Plant: new fall release
Track listing Why is it that we’re still hanging on every word Robert Plant sings? Why are his recordings so eagerly anticipated over 40 years into his career in pop music? Two reasons stand out above all others. First: his voice. Surely the predominant element in reaching listeners, in making a connection with each…
Interview with Toole biographer
Interview with Cory MacLauchlin. (See my review of “Butterfly”). a confederacy of duncesButterfly in the TypewriterCory MacLauchlinJohn Kennedy Toolenew orleansphilosophical literature
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