When Hope Tramples Truth
Roger Scruton in the NYT column The Stone. CIVIL UNIONS AND DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIPSEvolutionPESSIMISMPhilosophyRoger ScrutonSAME-SEX MARRIAGE
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“Psychedelic” soul food
This from The Advocate foodnew orleans
Wasted Days and Wasted Nights/They Ain’t Makin’ Jews Like Jesus Anymore
Two great C&W “characters”: Freddy Fender Kinky Friedman freddy fenderkinky friedmanThey Ain’t Makin’ Jews Like Jesus AnymoreWasted Days and Wasted Nights
EPISTEME: 10 most cited articles
Group Knowledge and Group Rationality: A Judgment Aggregation Perspective Christian List Volume 2 / Issue 01 / June 2005, pp 25 – 38 Collective Epistemology Margaret Gilbert Volume 1 / Issue 02 / October 2004, pp 95 – 107 Group Knowledge Versus Group Rationality: Two Approaches to Social Epistemology Alvin I. Goldman Volume 1 / Issue 01 / June 2004, pp 11 – 22 Is Trust an Epistemological Notion? Gloria…
A Confederacy of Dunces – quotes and extracts – 4
“I dust a bit,” Ignatius told the policeman. “In addition, I am at the moment writing a lengthy indictment against our century. When my brain begins to reel from my literary labors, I make an occasional cheese dip.” (p. 6). a confederacy of duncesJohn Kennedy Toolenew orleans
New Orleans: best food city in the nation
Not news to us. Check out Saveur‘s NOLA recipe listing. Among American cities, New Orleans is almost unique in its passion for tradition and its success in preserving its deeply rooted dining culture foodLouisiananew orleansSaveur
Michael Oakeshott, The Philosopher Ploughman
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.…
Emergence in stigmergic and complex adaptive systems: A formal discrete event systems perspective
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…
Reply to Kekes by Bob Grant
Here is Bob’s reply to Kekes’ churlish and ill-informed review. a companion to michael oakeshottJohn KekesMichael Oakeshottrobert grant
The Lil Band O Gold Plays “Fats”
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,…
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