Michael Oakeshott and Leo Strauss: The Politics of Renaissance and Enlightenment
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Dick Dale: godfather of surf guitar
Obituary in The Guardian. Dale was pivotal in the development of the Fender Stratocaster guitar. Dick DaleguitarMisirlousurf music
Daniel Patrick Moynihan: A polymath in a profession of intellectual pygmies
Born on this day. Compare this man with the vulgar regressive shysters and shit-puppet morons who populate politics these days. Below is The Economist‘s deliciously scathing obituary. A POLYMATH in a profession of intellectual pygmies; a free thinker in a world of crushing orthodoxies; and a cheerful imbiber in a country that has turned, once again,…
Harris in conversation with Kahneman
The Harris-Kahneman chat is here. Below is my entry for Kahneman in Real World Decision Making: An Encyclopedia of Behavioral Economics. Amos TverskyBehavioral economicsCognitive scienceconsciousnessDaniel KahnemanPsychologysam harris
Palgrave Studies in Classical Liberalism: In Press
Isocracy: The Institutions of Equality — Education in the Marketplace: An Intellectual History of Pro-Market Libertarian Visions for Education in Twentieth Century America classical liberalismEducationequalityIsocracyKevin Currie-KnightLibertarianismNicolò Bellanca
Philosophy and Its Moods: Oakeshott on the Practice of Philosophy
In “Philosophy and Its Moods: Oakeshott on the Practice of Philosophy,” Kenneth McIntyre continues the discussion of Oakeshott’s conception of philosophy begun by Boucher but takes a somewhat different view. Though he admits that Oakeshott’s conception of philosophy as a fundamentally skeptical activity devoted to relentless interrogation of the conditions of human understanding remains unchanged…
David Nobbs
Born on this day. Nobbs’ novels were the basis of the TV series The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, a scathing precursor to Ricky Gervais’ The Office. Below is a clip of what I’d term a Cathy Newman (Colin Pillock) moment. david nobbshumourreginald perrinricky gervaissatirethe office
Diachronic Identity: Intimations, Perturbations, Antifragility and Toleration
My contribution to the C+T symposium on Roger Scruton’s Conservatism. antifragileConservatismidentityidentity politicsPolitical philosophyRoger ScrutonToleration
The ant colony as a test for scientific theories of consciousness
This in Synthese freely available here. We introduce the Ant Colony Test (ACT) as a rigorous reverse test for consciousness. We show that social insect colonies, though disaggregated collectives, fulfill many of the prerequisites for conscious awareness met by humans and honey bee workers. However only a small fraction of neurons in the brain might be…
Art and Salvation: Review of Hooten Wilson’s Walker Percy
Here is my review in the Southern Literary Review of Jessica Hooten Wilson’s excellent two books (the original and my preferred version is here): Walker Percy, Fyodor Dostoevsky, and the Search for Influence. The Ohio State University Press, 2017 Reading Walker Percy’s Novels. Louisiana State University Press, 2018 aestheticsCatholicismDostoyevskyjessica hooten wilsonphilosophical literatureWalker Percy
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