“Clean, hard-working, dependable, quiet type.” Good God! What kind of monster is this that they want. I am afraid that I could never work for a concern with a worldview like that.” (p. 54). a confederacy of duncesJohn Kennedy Toolenew orleansphilosophical literature
The full album being streamed from NPR’s First Listen. gospelmavis staplesmusic
Here is the intro to Joel’s article: Often, I tell a joke and the people around me laugh. (Sometimes this laughter even appears to be sincere.) I usually take this reaction to mean that they find my comment amusing. I like to smile at babies whenever possible and relish the bright-eyed facial animation and gestures…
Biographer extraordinaire Corey MacLauchlin reports that a typescript of COD was sold. Check out the Sotheby’s website. Confederacy of DuncesJohn Kennedy Toolenew orleansphilosophical literature
Since I missed marking the birth of Simon on the 15th, here’s a belated posting of an obituary by his student Edward A. Feigenbaum. (I’m pleased to report that my co-edited project with Roger Frantz commemorating the centenary of HS’s birth is coming together very nicely. HS’s daughter has been incredibly responsive towards the project). Herbert…
My chum Lenore Ealy I know to be a fan of Bourbon. She very kindly left me some Eagle Rare Single Barrel to polish off. I thought it very smooth but a bit on the sweet side for me – a damn good effort though. She told me of a piece she’d recently written on bourbon so…
Efraim’s review of Elizabeth’s book. Michael Oakeshott was once known mainly as a thinker about politics. That this should have been so was in a certain sense unavoidable. Oakeshott held the chair of Political Science at the London School of Economics, taught the history of political thought, and published a few controversial essays on the…
Here is the intro to Rob’s article: There is no doubt that social interaction plays an important role in language-learning, as well as in concept acquisition. In surprising contrast, social interaction makes only passing appearance in our most promising naturalistic theories of content. This is particularly true in the case of mental content (e.g., Cummins,…
“I refuse to ‘look up.’ Optimism nauseates me. It is perverse. Since man’s fall, his proper position in the universe has been one of misery” (p. 52). a confederacy of duncesJohn Kennedy Toolenew orleans
Check out this eight part lecture series from the dean of current ontology studies. AristotleBarry SmithKnowledge ManagementKnowledge RepresentationmetaphysicsOntologiesOntologyPhilosophysocial ontology
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