Fats @ 85
This article by the excellent Keith Spera. Another Feb 26th baby is Johnny Cash. boogie woogieFats DominoJohnny CashKeith Speranew orleansrock and roll
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A Note on the Influence of Mach’s Psychology in the Sensory Order
Here are a couple of extracts from Giandomenica Becchio’s paper: In the Preface of The Sensory Order, Hayek stated that this book was based on his readings in psychology during 1919–1920, when he was still a young student in Vienna interested in both psychology and economics. Among many others, Hayek explicitly cited Mach’s influence on…
In the Name of the People: Pseudo-Democracy and the Spoiling of our World
Here is my chum Ivo Mosley’s latest book. In addition to his writing career (poetry, plays, social commentary) Ivo was a highly distinguished ceramicist – see the wonderful photo of him and his work below captured by either Snowdon or Lichfield – I forget. Ivo, surprisingly, also read Japanese at Oxford. cultural criticismhistory of political thoughtivo…
Priorat wines
Here is everything you need to know about Priorat – IMHO the most exciting fireworks in a bottle along with some of the much more modestly priced Chilean wines. See Jancis Robinson‘s assessment from 2004 along with a couple of more recent articles from the WSJ and the NYT. I first had a glass in NYC in 2009 when…
Oakeshott as Conservative
Robert Devigne’s intro to his chapter. The identification of Michael Oakeshott with conservatism is fraught with debate. To be sure, some analysts consider Oakeshott to be the modern incarnation of Burke. Moreover, during the closing decades of the twentieth century, conservative thinkers in the United Kingdom made the greatest claims to Oakeshott. Yet different features…
Edifice Complex
Rob Gonsalves‘ painting of the various epistemic “clergy” – the title above is my doing – the original title is “Community Portrait”. Rob Gonsalves
The Mind’s Eye: Discussion Featuring David Malone, Galen Strawson and Nicholas Humphrey
The video of this discussion very kindly brought to my attention by Alex Kealy at The Institute of Art and Ideas. For more on Strawson see the very excellent review of his Consciousness and its Place in Nature: Does Physicalism Entail Panpsychism? by my chum and occassional collaborator Chris Onof. chris onofCognitionCognitive neuroscienceCognitive sciencecomplexityconsciousnessGalen StrawsonInstitute of…
Natural-Born Cyborgs? Reflections on Bodies, Minds, and Human Enhancement
Andy Clark lecture. Andy ClarkArtificial intelligenceCognitionCognitive neuroscienceCognitive sciencecomplexityconsciousnesscyborgsEmbodied cognitionExtended MindExternalismphilosophical psychologyPhilosophy of mindStigmergy
Caesar Lives by Iggy Pop
This published in Classics Ireland Vol 2 (1995), the journal of the Classical Association of Ireland In 1982, horrified by the meanness, tedium and depravity of my existence as I toured the American South playing rock and roll music and going crazy in public, I purchased an abridged copy of The Decline and Fall of…
Self, No Self? Perspectives from Analytical, Phenomenological, and Indian Traditions
Coming very soon. Cognitive sciencemetaphyicsphenomenologyPhilosophy of mind
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