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A Constitution of Many Minds, active perception, Adam Gopnik, alan sokal, philosophy, postmodern, social epistemology

Alan Sokal Interview

Here’s a TPM interview with Alan Sokal. As Sokal says, perhaps it is inevitable that whatever his technical achievements are, he will be remembered for the so-called “Sokal hoax.” The vitriol that this debate generated I think did philosophy a service to a degree – “Continental” and analytical philosophy – but the slanging match did…

A Constitution of Many Minds, Boston Globe, Cass Sunstein, constitutional, constitutionalism, hermeneutics, Mickey Edwards, philosophical jurisprudence, political philosophy, social epistemology, social identity

A Constitution of Minds

In today’s Boston Globe Mickey Edwards reviews Cass Sunstein’s latest book A Constitution of Many Minds. Though I haven’t read the book, Edwards’ rather snippy and ill-informed review calls for some comments. ***************** If “A Constitution of Many Minds” reveals anything, it is that its author may teach about constitutionalism but he is at heart…