Windy, eh?

An early start at our house this morning for Tayloring.

A cliche, but still.

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Book 27.

Book 26.

Terminator 2’s let himself go.

Seems optimistic but nonetheless an effective appeal to narcissism.

Spent an hour reviewing a paper I’d already reviewed and then some other hours reviewing the paper I hadn’t.

An absolutely incredible flashmob performance of Bohemian Rhapsody in the Latin Quarter of Paris that was organized by pianist Julien Cohen to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Queen's masterpiece. youtu.be/rfUEstWJUkA?...

Book 25.

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Knowledge as a Capacity: Ryle and Cook Wilson. Draft: warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/phil...

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En route to Vienna to chat about Ryle, of all people.

Perused.

Book 24.

Book 23.

Book 22.

Book 21.

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

My second set of Chagall stained-glass. Riveting.

Book 20.

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Book 19.

Book 18.

Something new on Ryle on knowledge (first of two) warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/phil...

Came across a nice account of the end of philosophy in Ross’s book on Aristotle: the abolition of wonder.

Something new on Ryle on knowledge (first of two) warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/phil...

Should Britain remain a member of the ECHR? Yes 58% No 29% Much party/media pressure on the leader of the Opposition to shift to the side with half of the support! Often predicated on the mistaken media/political assumption that is the popular side of the argument (Sunday Times)

“Only” 29%? Brexit has been an unmitigated disaster for Britain. How is support for it even that high?

Book 17.

In the death registers of early modern Venice, marginalia often marks the cause of death: drawings of daggers for murders, for instance. In 1696, Giovanni Battista Rinaldi was killed by a dog. This is the drawing by his entry.

"i asked grok" "i asked chagpt" yeah well I asked a rare books librarian and they found things I didn’t even know I was looking for, while answering questions about provenance

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I’ve been philosophising. Did I miss anything?

Book 16.

Many many people and discussions across the spectrum evince a temptation to be too lenient to behaviour that ought to be strenuously opposed if they find the person doing it sympathetic, or on the flipside a refusal to extend empathy to people doing bad stuff if you want to condemn the bad stuff.

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Today’s to-dos: still fathoming Ryle.

Anyway, I’m currently elbows deep in Ryle, so best get back to it.

On the plus side, I also saw Supergrass, who were very good.