What wine meant to Roger Scruton
Commemorating the one year anniversary since his passing, here’s an article in The Critic. alcoholhumeKantqualiaRoger ScrutonWine
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A Note on the Influence of Mach’s Psychology in the Sensory Order
Giandomenica Becchio’s piece. carnapFriedrich HayekGiandomenica BecchioKantmachNeurathphilosophical psychologypositivism
Hayek’s Post-Positivist Empiricism: Experience Beyond Sensation
Jan Willem Lindemans’ chapter. Empiricismevolutionary epistemologyFriedrich HayekHayek in MindJan Willem LindemansKantphilosophical psychologypositivismsensory experience
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
Talk less, do more
Episode 9 of Marc’s podcast. ethicsJordan PetersonKantMarc Champagnemoral philosophyMoral psychologyReligionuniversalization
Walker Percy Wednesday 180
The Antinomy of Science Examples of the scientific assertion S is P: The square of the time of revolution of any planet is proportional to the cube of the mean distance from the sun. (Kepler’s third law of planetary orbits) The force of attraction between two bodies is in direct proportion to the product of…
Henri-Benjamin Constant de Rebecque
Born on this day in 1767 He loved liberty as other men love power benjamin constantfree speechKantLiberalismNapPolitical philosophyregressive left
Hume’s Call to Action
A review article of James Harris’ Hume: An Intellectual Biography Hume reconceived the task of philosophy. It ought not to be championed, as the ancient schools had done, as a “medicine for the mind.” Nor was it a source of rules for action that would guarantee righteousness. Its role was critical reflection rather than exhortation…
The World Beyond Your Head or How to Survive Brain-Eating Distractions
This from the New York Times. Yet another player on the externalist bandwagon but at least he seems rather more distinctive given his background and interests. Mr. Crawford skips quickly past smartphones and other devices to what he sees as the deeper problem: the Enlightenment notion of the autonomous self. To make sense of it,…
Retrieving Realism
Speaking of Being in the World this (prima facie) is what one would call a philosophy publishing event. charles taylorCognitionCognitive neuroscienceCognitive scienceconsciousnessDavid HumeDescartesdistributed cognitiondistributed knowledgedonald davidsonEmbodied cognitionEpistemologyHubert DreyfusKantnatural kindsphilosophical psychologyPhilosophy of mindquinerealismRetrieving RealismRortysituated cognitionWittgenstein
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