The Classical Liberal Case for Privacy in a World of Surveillance and Technological Change
The very excellent Chris Berg’s forthcoming book. chris bergclassical liberalismprivacysurveillance
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Percy, Peirce, and Parsifal: Intuition’s Farther Shore
In Walker Percy, Philosopher LinguisticsNoam ChomskyPeircephilosophical literaturesemioticsstephen utzWalker Percy
It was the third of September
A classic of funkedelia and social commentary that the groovy set were/and still are tone deaf to. Some insight into it’s recording can be found here. acid funkacid soulBarrett Strongdennis edwardsLarry Eldernorman whitfieldregressive lefttemptations
Heuristics in Organizations and Society
The Herbert Simon Society has another call for papers out. Some Simon studies luminaries listed participated in Minds, Models and Milieux: Commemorating the Centennial of the Birth of Herbert Simon. International Conference Heuristics in Organizations and Society Turin, 13rd – 14th December, 2018 Collegio Carlo Alberto CALL FOR PAPERS The Herbert Simon Society brings together cognitive scientists,…
Oakeshott: Philosophy, Poetry, and Conservatism
Today marks the deadline for submissions. ConservatismLiberalismMichael OakeshottPhilosophyPoetry
Philosopher of Precision and Soul
In Walker Percy, Philosopher abstractioncomplexityphilosophical literatureRobert MusilScientismWalker Percy
Discussing New Books on Kant, German Idealism & Beyond
Here is a top-notch open access site devoted to all things Kantian operated under the auspices of Chris Onof (one of the principals), a lifelong Kantian scholar (is there any other kind?), my chum and occasional collaborator. christian onofethicsIdealismKantKantianismmetaphysics
Lindsay Kemp
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Percy: The Wondering Physician-Philosopher
In: Walker Percy, Philosopher Richard Gunderman A woman lies in a coma, having been admitted to the intensive care unit following a beating by her lead pipe-wielding boyfriend. She is alive, but her neurologic prognosis is uncertain. The chaplain assigned to the case hovers outside her door, afraid to enter. A man of peace, he anticipates…
Hume the humane
Julian Baggini on Hume. Hume was always suspicious of what he called ‘enthusiasts’ and it is perhaps telling that the meaning of this word now has an unambiguously positive meaning . . . To be an enthusiast in Hume’s sense is to forget one is human and act as though one were a god, sufficient in…
