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Parables of Global Talent
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Mar 10, 2009
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Professionalizing Academia and Breaking Bad
Marc Bousquet rants eloquently about the crisis of the humanities and the academy. What I really like in this recent post, When …
Mar 8, 2009
3 min read
Musings
Wittgenstein and the Lying Dog
In Philosophical Investigations by Wittgenstein: (281.) …It comes to this: only of a living human being and what resembles …
Feb 26, 2009
3 min read
Musings
Hello Fiver!
Feb 25, 2009
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Bailout?
According to the OED the word bailout was first used in 1930 to describe the actions of pilot jumping out of an airplane. to bale …
Feb 25, 2009
2 min read
Musings
The Decade that Sucked
It’s 2009 and I’m ready to declare the 2000s as a decade that sucked. It started with the 2000 election fiasco. Then 9-11, …
Feb 19, 2009
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Art, Harm, and Interpretation
A long and interesting discussion about art and interpretation at last nights Understanding Philosophy Meetup. We started with Susan …
Feb 19, 2009
6 min read
Musings
Private Experience and Intoxication
I’ve been reading Philosophical Investigations by Wittgenstein with some fellow philosophers over the last few weeks. We’ve …
Feb 17, 2009
2 min read
Musings
Two Academic Messes
If you read anything related to academic culture and universities then you are bound to encounter the complaints about the …
Feb 9, 2009
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Musings
Counterfactuals
Is there a difference between the following statements: If a kangaroo had no tail then it would fall over. If the gravitational …
Feb 5, 2009
2 min read
Musings
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