Reminded today of this very nice compliment from Tom Stoppard (his favorite book of 2020)

Bill Twining, superb legal scholar and kind man, has died. Here he is in his lovely garden in Iffley, not very long ago.

Oxford Pragmatism, discounted.

Hot off the press: Michael Kremer’s and my resurrection of Margaret Macdonald.

New arrival: Final installment of my trilogy on the ripple effects of American pragmatism.

The great Gillian Welch summing up the state of America in words that will haunt. "I do believe we've broken what we never knew could break. @roberttalisse.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0Ht...

Fabulous appointment to the British Academy!

Part of my argument is that Wittgenstein was the old genius at Ramsey’s side!

Why does the Swedish translation of my Ramsey biography have Ludwig on the cover??

There have been a ton of news items about American academics moving to the University of Toronto. Today's in the NYT is the best of them: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/w...

Tommie Shelby giving the Walter Benjamin Lectures in the Miriam Makeba Auditorium.

Otto Neurath giving a tour good social housing/gardens.

Alan Richardson describing Quine’s autobiography perfectly: On the Road if it had been told by the car. @roberttalisse.bsky.social

Giving a talk in Frankfurt at the wonderful Normative Orders Centre in Frankfurt.

The city of Berlin, speaking truth.

Come and remember Chris Hookway if you’re in the Sheffield neighborhood! www.sheffield.ac.uk/hpdh/events/...

Long may you run. www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/article...

RIP James Till. Discoverer of stem cells. He and McCulloch should have won a Nobel Prize for it. www.legacy.com/ca/obituarie...

Have a talk at Humbolt U today. This is Hegel’s desk.

Such a good health journalist @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Thank you, Ian Ground, for bringing Ramsey under the care of the British Wittgenstein Society. Found the tag: @brittwittsoc.bsky.social

F.P. Ramsey’s grave finally has a refurbished headstone! Thank you British Wittgenstein Society for doing all the work and for allowing me to contribute in a more mundane way.

Some nice events coming up here in Sheffield: 11/3: Warrender Lecture: @leaypi.bsky.social 7/5: Book launch: Luke Ulas, 'Being Cosmopolitan' 28/5: Theory seminar: @stuartgwhite.bsky.social 2/6: Chris Hookway Lecture: @roberttalisse.bsky.social and @cherylmisak.bsky.social

Looking forward to doing my first ever joint talk, with @roberttalisse.bsky.social: the Chris Hookway Memorial Lecture, Sheffield, June 3. If you're in the UK (or from farther afield and loved Chris), do come!

BREAKING: Ontario Premier Doug Ford says they are removing ALL American drinks from the market. The LCBO has a monopoly on drinks distribution in Ontario. Trump just torched $1 billion of US exports. Holy shit.

Just think of all the those over the last 150 years who walked by and admired this tree - Keynes, Ramsey, Wittgenstein, Russell, and even the likes of you and me.

Wise words from the president @uoft.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...

Vaccines work. Masks work. Lockdowns are sometimes necessary. Access to affordable healthcare/medicines is a human right. Immigrants are generally an asset. Equality/Diversity/Inclusion policies are a good idea. Abortion is sometimes needed to save life. Keep saying these things. Truth is important.

Sander Verhaegh (ed.), American Philosophy and the Intellectual Migration: Pragmatism, Logical Empiricism, Phenomenology, Critical Theory – De Gruyter, 2025 (open access) www.degruyter.com/document/doi...

Snowdrops in Berlin today!!!

It's an honour to honour Chris Hookway by giving, with @roberttalisse.bsky.social, the Chris Hookway Memorial Lecture. We'll talk about Pragmatism, Truth, and Politics. Come along if you're in the UK July 2! www.sheffield.ac.uk/hpdh/events/...

The sun sets at 4:19 in Berlin. But at least it’s pretty!

I'm sorry to hear that Robert Paul Wolff has died. He was a strong voice for the left and one of the last of a golden age of Harvard philosophy. I had the pleasure of interviewing him about his teacher C.I. Lewis.

Excellent advice from my friend DB. study.uq.edu.au/stories/dear...

Bluesky southern Alberta

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Visited Hegel today

Some future political and legal scholars here: aeon.co/essays/the-s...

Berlin is full of interesting monuments. This one, however, is just marking a policeman who happened to fall off his horse in the woods.

I’m so glad Aeon found a way to use this picture for my article. It’s of Kathy Wilkes, taken by the secret police. aeon.co/essays/how-a...

At work with @roberttalisse.bsky.social in Berlin. New book on political progress and regress.

Writing a book on truth and politics with @roberttalisse.bsky.social in Berlin. Our only disagreement is about fonts (he’s a courier kind of guy)

Guess where I’m giving a talk.

Raised 689% of target, by 71 supporters. Now that there are more folks on this platform, perhaps we can push that even higher!

It was a treat to write with @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social But I don't get the graphics the BMJ chose.

Terrible news that Chris Hookway, wonderful human being and wonderful Peirce scholar, has died. If you knew him, do consider joining me in giving to The National Brain Appeal. www.justgiving.com/page/jo-hook...

Another fabulous talk about pragmatism!

Wish I could be there!

Bluesky is really growing up when it has a #pragmaticism tag 🙂

Feel free to zoom in to my Dewey Lectures "in" Fudan, although the time zone for the Americas is suitable only for insomniacs. 9am CET, 4pm CST.