The search is what anyone would undertake if he were not sunk in the everydayness of his own life. To become aware of the possibility of the search is to be onto something. Not to be onto something is to be in despair. The movies are onto the search, but they screw it up. The…
A fascinating snappy intuition-testing piece from the genuinely versatile Marc Champagne, freely available here. I do not want to argue against theism directly. I do want to argue, though, that the ‘mono’ portion of monotheism rests on nothing more than an aesthetic preference. Marc Champagnemetaphysicsphilosophy of religionReligion
Chapter 8, Lauren K. Hall: classical liberalismEdmund Burkelauren hallsocial contract
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Message from the Louis Armstrong House Museum. The LAHM and the Armstrong archives at Queens are my two favourite stops whenever I’m in New York. Moreover, Michael hired the very excellent Ricky Riccardi. JazzLouis Armstronglouis armstrong houseMichael CogswellRicky Riccardi
Chapter 7, Andrew David Irvine: Andrew Irvineclassical liberalismphilosophical jurisprudencephilosophy of lawrule of law
Available at Amazon.com — Amazon.ca — Amazon.co.uk — Barnes & Noble — Indigo.ca — Indi Bound — Kobo — and last but not least, if you want to take advantage of a 30% discount (code available here), go to Rowman & Littlefield. Extract from chapter 10 — Connie Eble a confederacy of duncesBoethiusConnie EbleJohn Kennedy Toolelanguagephilosophical…
A snappy read on the sociology of scientific knowledge — as things stand now. sciencesocial epistemologysociology of knowledgesociology of scientific knowledgeStephen Turner
Chapter 6, Gus diZerega: classical liberalismGus diZeregaIndividualismJohn LockeScottish Enlightenment
Available at Amazon.com — Amazon.ca — Amazon.co.uk — Barnes & Noble — Indigo.ca — Indi Bound — Kobo — and last but not least, if you want to take advantage of a 30% discount (code available here), go to Rowman & Littlefield. Extract from chapter 9 — Anthony G. Cirilla a confederacy of duncesAnthony G. CirillaBoethiusJohn…
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