Terribly sad news. Troy had a deeply interesting quality of mind, was very much a renaissance man, and was an all-round super person — a gentle and kindly soul. I had the privilege of working with him several times and hanging out with him (second photo with Fred Turner). Troy was a regular contributor to…
The sound of summer released on this date 50 years ago. AllMusic. cow belldon brewergrand funk railroadmark farnerTodd Rundgren
Born on this date in 1928. Nick’s IEP entry. coherence theory of truthIdealism
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As reported in The Scotsman. Tickets. Adam Smithclassical liberalismDavid HumefriendshipScottish Enlightenment
NPR Obituary. New Yorker. My thoughts. Confederacy of DuncesJohn Kennedy TooleRobert Gottlieb
Sabrina Stone for Antigravity Magazine. andrew weekesDeltaphonicLogan Sellersmusicnew orleansPaul ProvostyTrenton O’Neal
Adam Smith’s Quiet Christianity — Deidre McCloskey/Adam Smith Understood That We Need Each Other — Vernon Smith/Butchers, Brewers, and Bakers Still Thrive in Urban Marketplaces — M. Nolan Gray/Symposium on Jesse Norman’s Adam Smith: What He Thought, and Why it Matters/Symposium on Jack Russell Weinstein’s Adam Smith’s Pluralism: Rationality, Education And The Moral Sentiments/Propriety and…
My chum and occasional collaborator, Christian Onof, has his first book coming out next February. This book has been a long time in the making. Christian is as serious a scholar as one can get. Moreover, he is also a top-notch philosopher. christian onofconsciousnessFree willKantnaturalism
I’ve belatedly learned of Bill’s passing. Kathy WilkesRoger Scrutonwilliam newton-smith
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