This from an unlikely publication. Sorabji is a superb philosopher in his own right and his Necessity, Cause and Blame stands the test of time. AristotleCommentaries on AristotleRichard SorabjiSorabji
The back story by the very excellent Keith Spera. The letters JazzKeith SperaLouis Armstrongmusic
Where Theory and Research Meet to Jam About the Mind Cognitive scienceDavid ChalmersJoseph E. LeDouxneurosciencepete mandikPhilosophy of mindrichard brown
So long to a great character and a great Brit, a reassuring fixture to so many of our lives. The Telegraph The Guardian New York Times astronomyBBC Televisionpatrick moorescience
Snippets from Elizabeth Corey’s essay: Perhaps what is most notable about the Tower of Babel myth, in both of Oakeshott’s essays, is the perfectionism inherent in the story. Whether one wants to contribute to a great and noble cause or to change the world through human action, pride and overestimation lie at the center of…
Kathy Wilkes: a plaque for an honorary citizen of Dubrovnik. Some five and a half years ago I first mentioned Kathy. DubrovnikfreedomKathy WilkesLibertymetaphysicspersonal identitythought experiments
I’m with Wynton. As he says: “If you don’t have a cultural base, you don’t know who you are.” If you listen to Wynton talking over the past decade or so, there is no way he could be deemed a jazz “fundamentalist” – it would be an anathema to his understanding of jazz as a…
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the work of philosopher Bertrand Russell. Analytic philosophybertrand russellHistory of Western PhilosophyLudwig WittgensteinMelvyn BraggNobel Prize in LiteraturePrinciples of Mathematics
Alva Noë in Cosmos And Culture Not so fast. A functional brain image such as those produced by PET and fMRI no more captures the brain in action than a graph illustrating the percentage of the population who go to church on Sunday captures the people in the act of worship. Brain scan images are graphical…
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