Yet another literary loss. Leonard was of course a NOLA boy. Leonard, like Toole, had a gift for rendering localized dialogue, one of the reasons his work translated quite well into film. Elmore LeonardGet ShortyJackie BrownJohn Kennedy TooleLiteraturePhilosophy
Albert Murray, author, critic and friend to Ralph Ellison and Duke Ellington, dead at 97 . . . foe of Marxists, Freudians, academics, black nationalists and white segregationists; Like Ellison, he believed conflict was a given, that life was not a formula to be solved but a dance to be danced. Albert Murraybluesduke ellingtonmusicphilosophy and…
Two great complementary works: Tommy Sancton and Lars Edegran Patty Griffin Downtown ChurchgospelLars Edegranmusicnew orleansPatty GriffinRobert PlantTommy Sancton
All those interested in extended mind/externalist/situated type thought should be aware of the field of Behavioral Economics (BE) in general and the work of Vernon Smith in particular. BE is a body of literature that was ploughing this trough some twenty years before the hypothesis of extended cognition took root in cognitive science. It is interesting…
An alternative take on NOLA nosebag. Not the usual suspects . . . which is refreshing. foodMichael Doylenew orleans
Dear Reader, Books are immortal sons defying their sires. –Plato I find, dear reader, that I have grown accustomed to the hectic pace of office life, an adjustment which I doubted I could make. Of course, it is true that in my brief career at Levy Pants, Limited, I have succeeded in initiating several work-saving…
This article from the latest issue of JMB. CognitionCognitive neuroscienceCognitive scienceconsciousnessDavid Chalmersdualismmind-bodymind-brainpanpsychismphilosophical psychologyPhilosophy of mindqualia
Beyond the obvious substantive reasons check out the performance of philosophy grads on test scores. History of PhilosophyPhilosophy
This excerpt from the very excellent Philip Payne in Philip Payne, Graham Bartram and Galin Tihanov (eds), A Companion to the Works of Robert Musil (Rochester, NY: Camden House, 2007, pp. 39-40). Musil admired Kafka’s work. He made a point of meeting Kafka when the Czech author visited Berlin. As we have seen, Musil wanted to publish…
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