The intro to Teed Rockwell’s paper: There are currently two popular theories for explaining “mind reading” i.e. our ability to become aware of what other people are feeling and thinking, and to predict (and/or respond skillfully to) behavior on the basis of that awareness. The first, known as the theory-theory (TT), claims that we have a theory…
Today marks the start of the Cosmos & Taxis conference to launch the associated journal. In attendance will be philosophers, economists, political scientists, sociologists, English profs, complexity theorists, computer scientists, urban geographers and more besides from North America, the Far East, Australasia, and Europe. Please consider submitting a paper, a review or discussion piece to…
“You realize, of course, that this is all your fault. The progress of my work will be greatly delayed. I suggest that you go to your confessor and make some penance, Mother. Promise him that you will avoid the path of sin and drinking in the future. Tell him what the consequence of your moral…
Some very positive reviews of Jesse Norman’s Burke. Could Jesse be a Disraeli in the making? The Independent The Telegraph New Statesman The Spectator Benjamin DisraeliConservatismEdmund BurkeJesse NormanLiberalismLibertarianism
BBC Radio 3: Roger on Wagner and German Idealism aestheticsArtDer Ring des NibelungenfichtefreedomgeistGerman IdealismHegelindividualityKantLudwig FeuerbachMarxMaterialismPhilosophyReligionRichard WagnerRoger ScrutonschopenhauerspiritWagner
This from the WSJ “The Road to Serfdom.” Hayek’s book, he explains, was originally translated into Chinese in 1962 as “an ‘internal reference’ for top leaders,” meaning it was forbidden fruit to everyone else. Only in 1997 was a redacted translation made publicly available, complete with an editor’s preface denouncing Hayek as “not in line…
The power team of Barnier, Sutton, Harris, and Wilson. Paradigms in which human cognition is conceptualised as “embedded”, “distributed”, or “extended” have arisen in different areas of the cognitive sciences in the past 20 years. These paradigms share the idea that human cognitive processing is sometimes, perhaps even typically, hybrid in character: it spans not only…
Here is the intro to Corey’s essay. Reading selectively through the spate of popular work on evolution and intelligent design by scientists and theists, as well as those such as Francis Collins who are both, one notes a strong current of bewilderment and annoyance with the “other side,” whoever that may be. (To Collins’s credit,…
Here is The Economist’s obituary (Vermes was a favourite of my mother). Geza Vermes, a Jew, ex-priest and translator of the Dead Sea Scrolls. dead sea scrollsgeza vermesReligion
Kermit seems on top form here covering the classics including Pops’ signature tune “When It’s Sleepy Time Down South.” kermit ruffinsLouis Armstrongmusicnew orleanstraditional jazz
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