australian philosophy – manwithoutqualities

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July 18, 2012australian philosophy, conservatism, david armstrong, michael oakeshott, mind body

David Malet Armstrong

“David Armstrong has suggested (lightly) that the strong sunlight and harsh brown landscape of Australia force reality upon us.” Cited in Devitt’s Realism and Truth, p. x It’s great to see that DMA is still with us, as is “Jack” Smart, both grandees of OZ philosophy. The number of top-notch philosophers that OZ has produced relative…

June 14, 2011andrew irvine, australian philosophy, australian realism, david stove, Dennett, hayek, hume, ideology, induction, jim franklin, political correctness, political philosophy, realism, roger kimball, roger scruton, scott campbell, the plato cult

David Stove

I know that I may well cop a lot of flack disclosing that I’m a fan of David Stove. One colleague called Stove the worst curmudgeon he’d ever come across, a writer that had the ability to rub many constituencies up the wrong way. Be that as it may, I find Stove a great writer…