Born on this day — a true gentleman in every sense. If ever Wiggins was miffed that I preferred to talk to him about his metaphysics rather than his ethics, he never let on. Sameness and Substance Renewed (2001) and its two precursors, 1967’s Identity and Spatio-Temporal Continuity and 1980’s Sameness and Substance, jointly remain one of my favourite reads. See discussion of…
The producers have released some clips via their Kickstarter page also published here on YouTube. Ali RizviAyaan Hirsi AliislamMaajid Nawazregressive leftsam harris
In “The Victim of Thought: The Idealist Inheritance,” David Boucher examines the relationship of this theory of knowledge or experience to philosophical—and especially British—idealism. He makes two fundamental points about this relationship. First, he argues that although idealism was on the wane in Britain the 1920s and 1930s, Oakeshott’s brand of idealism was hardly as…
Just published. Hopefully this will be a cracking and informative read. Surprisingly, it’s published by a university press. aestheticsAlessandro De RosachessEnnio Morriconefilmmusic
Open access article. complexitycomputational intelligencedistributed knowledgeSelf-organizationsocial epistemologyspontaneous ordersStigmergy
Released today. OffBeat interview. Branford MarsalisJazznew orleanssaxophone
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What about his private, intimate life? This brings us to the first essay in this volume, Robert Grant’s “The Pursuit of Intimacy, or Rationalism in Love.” As the title suggests, this essay is concerned with Oakeshott’s love life, which he considered to be not merely peripheral but in many ways the main business of his…
While Santa put a Fats Domino record on the phonograph, Angelo, sniffling and looking a little confused, sat down on the kitchen chair across from Mrs. Reilly and Mr. Robichaux. boogie woogieConfederacy of DuncesFats Dominonew orleanspiano
Well distilled. Complex adaptive systemcomplexityConservatismembedded liberalismFriedrich HayekNassim Nicholas Talebrationality
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