EPISTEME 11:4
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James Booker’s Goodnight Sweetheart
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Goodbye Walker Percy
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James Kurth and the Fate of Western Civilization
My chum Corey Abel’s usual elegance and eloquence. Kurth, by the way, is one of the great performers. Here is a free author’s copy. Socrates pointed out that self-satisfaction is the death of philosophy. To pursue wisdom one must desire it. But to desire something, one has to understand not only its appeal but also…
A Confederacy of Dunces – quotes and extracts – 78
“They would try to make me into a moron who liked television and new cats and frozen food. Don’t you understand? Psychiatry is worse than communism. I refuse to be brainwashed. I won’t be a robot!” “But, Ignatius, they help out a lot of people got problems.” “Do you think that I have a problem?” Ignatius…
The Moviegoer – quotes and extracts – 8
Until recent years, I read only “fundamental” books, that is, key books on key subjects, such as War and Peace, the novel of novels; A Study of History, the solution of the problem of time; Schroedinger’s What is Life?, Einstein’s The Universe as I See It, and such. During those years I stood outside the…
Where is my mind?
Ted Honderich discusses his brand of externalism in support of his latest book. actual consciousnessCognitionCognitive neuroscienceconsciousnessExtended MindExternalismphilosophical psychologyPhilosophy of mindted honderich
Rationalism and Teaching the Constitution
Elizabeth Corey’s recent discussion in Academic Questions. An extract below: Oakeshott’s Critique In his most famous essay, “Rationalism in Politics,” published in a book of the same name, Oakeshott calls the American Founding a “Rationalist” project. In Oakeshott’s lexicon, Rationalism is not something to be praised but a pathological condition, a cast of mind exhibited by…
Leslie Armour (1931-2014)
According to an email circulated to the PSA British Idealism Specialist Group, Leslie Armour died yesterday. Here is an interview with him. Here is his Wiki entry. British IdealismIdealismLeslie Armour
A Confederacy of Dunces – quotes and extracts – 77
“Whoa! Levy Pant kick your ass out for tryina get all them po color people throwed in jail, huh?” “How do you know about that?” Ignatius asked guardedly. “Were you involved in that particularly abortive coup?” “No. I hear peoples talkin aroun.” “You did?” Ignatius asked interestedly. “No doubt they made some mention of my…
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