November 25th marks the date of Mishima’s death fifty years ago. See these articles: The Importance of Being Mishima Yukio — Yukio Mishima’s enduring, unexpected influence — Yukio Mishima’s dark fantasies of imperial Japan — Mishima in the World: 50 Years Later — Mishima: Historical Visionary aestheticsDamian FlanagandeathembodimentHosoe EikōIrmela Hijiya-KirschnereitJapanjohn grayKishin ShinoyamaMishimaphilosophical literaturephotographysuicide
Peter Viereck’s difficult masterpiece with commentary by Michael Weinstein. ConservatismdeathJoseph BrodskyMichael WeinsteinPeter ViereckTide and Continuities
The very excellent Tom Froese has a preprint of his latest available here for free download. cognitivecomputationalismcyberneticsdeathEmbodied cognitive scienceenactivismmortalityPhilosophy of mindTom Froese
David Galloway in Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice The ‘tedium of immortality’ agingBernard WilliamsbordomDavid GallowaydeathMacropulos Casepersonal identityPhilosophy of mind
One of the most unclear passages of Tractatus logico-philosophicus is thesis 6.4311 where Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951) claims: “Death is not an event in life: we do not live to experience death.” These two clauses are spoken to be both an accurate expression of Wittgenstein’s view on death and a symbol of the mystery of death.…
Here is a three part interview led by the ever reliable and precise expositor, Bryan Magee. I’m not sure that things have changed that much since this programme in 1978 in that while Heidegger is fully accepted (and suggestively reinterpreted) by those of us in cognitive science, mainstream analytical philosophy still sees him as a…
Stuart Hameroff speculates on consciousness as a fundamental part of the universe. Though I’ve read Penrose’s The Emperor’s New Mind and Shadows of the Mind, I’ve never read any Hameroff beyond interviews and documentaries. Wishful thinking perhaps . . . Speaking of consciousness Toward a Science of Consciousness is coming up, this time in India. BodyconsciousnessdeathJournal of Consciousness StudiesPenroseQuantum mechanicsReligionReligion…
Update – see the official Apple tribute to Jobs. Notable is Jobs’ valuing the liberal arts. This on the first anniversary of Job’s passing. Death, as I analogize it, is a truck with its headlights on, bearing down upon one standing in the middle of the road. So carpe diem! appledeathIPadIPhonelifeMacintoshpixarstanfordsteve jobs
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