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At last, a good photograph of the poor portrait at Caius. Graham, the author of this piece in History Today, I know had been frustrated by the reflecting glass. Not a great painting: glad we didn’t use it for the Companion. Given the dearth of Oakeshott images, no doubt this one will be over used.…
Some extracts from Saurabh Mittal’s paper. A natural system is not a monolithic system but a heterogeneous system made up of disparity and dissimilarity, devoid of any larger goal. The system just “is.” Examples of such systems include ant colonies, the biosphere, the brain, the immune system, the biological cell, businesses, communities, social systems, stock…
Here is Bob’s reply to Kekes’ churlish and ill-informed review. a companion to michael oakeshottJohn KekesMichael Oakeshottrobert grant
I’m surprised by the lack of press for this lovely record which I could only get as an import from OZ. Here are a couple of very warm reviews, again both from OZ: Beat Mag FasterLouder To put it mildly this is a group many people want to play and sing with. Besides the talent,…
The intro and conclusion to Chiara’s chapter: Humans are social creatures and they deeply rely on mentalizing, which aims at understanding other people behaviors and formulating expectations about their future actions. The existence of inner mental states has been postulated to give an explanatory account of the observed behaviors of other individuals. In particular, the activation…
The documentary featuring Toole’s excellent biographer is no longer available via the BBC but is now available on Cory MacLauchlin’s website. Confederacy of DuncesCory MacLauchlinJohn Kennedy Toolephilosophy and literature
It’s rather surprising that one can’t find any video or audio of Nozick. I did however come across this frank interview given towards the end of his life. Anarchy State and UtopiaChristine KorsgaardconsciousnessEdmund BurkeEpistemologyFriedrich HayekJohn RawlsJustice as FairnessNozickPhilosophyPhilosophy of mindPolitical philosophyRobert Nozickthomas nagel
It’s been some 25 years since my chum Geoff Thomas’ book was published. It holds the unusual distinction of being one of the very few Phds to be recommended to the OUP committee to publish as a book and it stands the test of time. The recommendation came from none other than Tony Quinton. Examining Thomas…
This from The Atlantic On this theme see this piece. Carla CookDanny Mixonduke ellingtonElla FitzgeraldJazzJohn ColtraneLena HornemusicReligionThelonious Monk
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