Percy on the Allure of Violence and Destruction
In Walker Percy, Philosopher brian a. smithdestructionmalaiseviolenceWalker Percy
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James Gardner March: I know who I am
H/T Brendan Markey-Towler for bringing this obituary to my attention. His seminal book, Organizations, written jointly with Herbert A. Simon in 1958 . . . In an October 3 memoriam published in Le Monde Thierry Weil asserts that many believe March should have shared the 1978 Nobel Prize for Economics with Herbert Simon for the theories…
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John Singer Sargent (1856–1925), Gassed, 1919. Oil on canvas, 90 ½ × 240 in. ©Imperial War Museums Horace Pippin (1888–1946). The End of the War: Starting Home (1930–33) aestheticsarmisticeArtClaggett WilsonHorace PippinJohn Singer Sargentpainting
This View of Life: Completing the Darwinian Revolution
David Sloan Wilson’s soon-to-be released book. cultural evolutiondarwinDavid Sloan Wilsonevolutionary biologyEvolutionary PsychologyFriedrich Hayek
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On Being Jaded: Walker Percy’s Philosophical Contributions
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Martha Argerich – Liszt/Mozart Reminiscences de Don Joan S.656
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Mathematical Models of Technological and Social Complexity
This volume caught my eye primarily for Ronald Kline’s chapter “Mathematical Models of Technological and Social Complexity.” complexitycomputational modelingcyberneticsHerbert SimonJay Forresterphilosophy of social scienceStafford BeerSystem dynamics
Islam and the Future of Tolerance
Coming soon from this OZ-based outfit. This film will get the regressives and others under the spell of Ostrich Parasitic Syndrome riled up of course — nice! The producers are still accepting donations. blasphemyChristopher Hitchensgad saadislamm103Maajid NawazOstrich Parasitic Syndromepolitics and religionregressive leftsam harris
“There Must Be a Place”: Walker Percy and the Philosophy of Place
In Walker Percy, Philosopher Patrick ConnellyPhilosophy of Placesituated cognitionWalker Percy
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