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January 6, 2017quine

The Web of Belief

While doing some work on Quine I came across Quine and Ullian’s minor classic The Web of Belief which has been made freely available online. (Another great portrait by Steve Pyke as with the previous post on Parfit). Analytic philosophyJ. S. Ullianphilosophical logicpragmatismquinesteve pykeweb of belief

May 7, 2012epistemology, Jason Stanley, knowing how knowing that, philosophy of mind, ryle, social epistemology

Knowing-how and knowing-that

Jason Stanley one of the leading writers on this topic has this piece in the NYT. Here is a copy of Jason’s paper that reignited interest in the topic and has since generated quite a large body of literature. (The featured photo here is of course by Steve Pyke). Jason Stanleysteve pyke

January 30, 2012conservatism, David Eagleman, evolution, evolutionary biology, evolutionary psychology, Jesse Prinz, liberalism, moral philosophy, moral psychology, neural correlates, neurobiology, neurophilosophy, neuroscience, philosophy of mind, plasticity, political philosophy, roger scruton, Susan Greenfield

Nature, nurture and liberal values

Roger Scruton weighs in on the nature/nurture debate via a threefold review. (Image another Steve Pyke portrait). Roger Scrutonsteve pyke

January 17, 2012philosophers, photography, steve pyke

Review of Steve Pyke’s Philosophers

On several occasions I’ve featured Steve Pyke’s work – Habermas of two posts back has been Pyked. Here is a review by a philosopher of Steve’s book. There is also brief mention in The New Yorker. The image featured above is of course Jerry Fodor. habermasJerry FodorPhilosophersPhilosophysteve pyke

December 29, 2011analytical philosophy, frege, McTaggart, metaphysics, michael dummett, philosophy of language, philosophy of mathematics, time, truth, truth and other enigmas

Michael Dummett

Telegraph obituary My favourite Dummett book: Truth and Other Enigmas. My favourite Dummett paper: A Defense of Mctaggart’s Proof of the Unreality of Time. Here is Steve Pyke’s superb portrait. Michael Dummett Oxford 21 May 1990 Philosophy attempts, not to discover new truths about the world, but to gain a clear view of what we already…

June 26, 2011philosophy, steve pyke

Steve Pyke Talks About His Work

The wonderfully talented photographic portraitist Steve Pyke talks about how he came to photographing philosophers. A fascinating project that seemed to emerge. I guess it took someone like Pyke who wasn’t familiar with their work not to be dazzled. He talks about his editorial background and editing sensibility. Click here for the half hour programme.…

June 5, 2011Aristotle, david lewis, david wiggins, derek parfit, identity, Kripke, Leibnitz, metaphysics, personal identity, Putnam, quine, sameness and substance, sortals, sydney Shoemaker

Sameness and Substance Renewed

It’s been ten years since the release of David Wiggins’ Sameness and Substance Renewed. I notice that it has gone into a second edition, which is good news. This book must rate as one of my favourite works and I believe is somewhat neglected (I originally read S&S and was impressed that reading S&SR didn’t…