Kathy Wilkes remembered
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
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Just One Bishop at High Church of Jazz Purity
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…
Bertrand Russell discussion on Radio 4
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
Brain Scans Don’t Catch The Brain In Action
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…
Stigmergy in the Human Domain
Another plug for our themed issue. And if you’re wondering about the graphic, it connotes the Linkedin stigmergy group an open group for all interested.
New Translation of Lichtenberg
Here is a new translation of Lichtenberg’s work. As some will know I’m a great admirer of Lichtenberg and his equally endearing contemporary Adam Smith. I had the great privilege of meeting Reg Hollingdale who was a translator of Lichtenberg. If you are looking for a great commuting read, something that is accessible (i.e. aphoristic),…
Dave Brubeck
Dave Brubeck: The Guardian Dave Brubeck: The Telegraph dave BrubeckJazz
Marquee Moon/Torn Curtain
I remember How the darkness doubled I recall Lightning struck itself. I was listening Listening to the rain I was hearing Hearing something else. Life in the hive puckered up my night, The kiss of death, the embrace of life. There I stand neath the Marquee Moon Just waiting, Hesitating… I ain’t waiting I spoke…
The Mind of a Chef
This series could be promising since Bourdain is behind it. My concern however is that Bourdain’s louche street-wise production values will dominate, setting the tone that might not be best for others like Chang. I think Chan is really is a culinary genius rather than being a competent and knowledgeable cook who travels around. I…
Searle on externalism
Can you say a few words on where we are, today, in the externalism-internalism debate? I have never been able to see any merit in the arguments for externalism. The most famous account is probably Putnam’s Twin Earth argument. I think he did succeed in showing that the checklist conception of the definition of general…
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