Thinking Littorally
Sep 28Some last-minute changes to the schedule for the upcoming Alabamaphilosofest.
Intermittency
Sep 25To anyone wondering why I haven’t been reading and responding to blog comments as much lately as I usually do (or why I’m even farther behind on email than usual) – both my car and my home computer are currently malfunctioning, plus I’m teaching a course overload this semester, so my time on the computer [...]
Justice As Squareness
Sep 25The Pythagoreans held that “justice is a square number.” There’s dispute about what this meant. But just in case I ever decide to write about it, I hereby lay claim to first formulation (at least I can’t find precedent on the internet) of the ideal title for any such discussion: “Justice As Squareness.” (Note: by [...]
The Perils of Low Time-Preference
Sep 24Anne Heller’s new bio Ayn Rand and the World She Made comes out next month, but Amazon has already posted the first chapter, and it looks pretty interesting. If you think that after reading Barbara Branden and Chris Sciabarra there’s nothing new to learn about Rand’s early years, think again. I was especially struck by [...]
Dictionaries Are For Lesser Mortals
Sep 23From George Stephanopoulos’s exchange with Obama. (CHT Tom Knapp.) STEPHANOPOULOS: Probably the most definitive promise you made in the campaign is that no one in the middle class would get a tax increase on your watch. … Under this mandate, the government is forcing people to spend money, fining you if you don’t. How is [...]
Alabama Philosophers Doing Stuff
Sep 18The schedule for the aforementioned Alabama Philosophical Society meeting is now online. (And today’s the last day to reserve a room at the conference rate!) Also, the Auburn student newspaper has a (somewhat typo-ridden) story about our aforementioned Philosophy Club.
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