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DuckRabbit: Dann ist die Welt so trübe
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Philosophy, culture, philosophy of culture, and other stuff as needed. Saturday, May 19, 2012. Dann ist die Welt so trübe. When I was in high school I was a big fan, and it was a huge thrill to see him at Lincoln Center in an all-Schubert program (not Winterreise. But some good stuff nonetheless). I never warmed to him as an opera singer for some reason. You would have thought that his wonderfully lyrical singing, which worked so well for lieder, would be ideal for roles like Rodrigo (in Don Carlo. Trans...
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DuckRabbit: 3QD philosophy prize
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Philosophy, culture, philosophy of culture, and other stuff as needed. Friday, September 09, 2011. Of the 3 Quarks Daily philosophy prize for 2011 is now open. I've got a post there, but don't just go there and vote for it! Take a look at the others too. ( Then. Vote for it.) Deadline: Sunday night. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Liner Notes on Early Carl Stone. The art of memory. So with their eyes, as only to weep for. Lend Me Your Ears. Resting Bell - Netlabel - Berlin. Saito Koji – Yes.
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DuckRabbit: Hear, hear
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Philosophy, culture, philosophy of culture, and other stuff as needed. Sunday, December 04, 2011. Brian Leiter likes to pour scorn on the NY Times's philosophy blog The Stone. He really doesn't like Simon Critchley), but this post by Alva Noë. The idea that a person is a functioning assembly of brain cells and associated molecules is not something neuroscience has discovered. It is, rather, something it takes for granted. You are your brain. We need finally to break with the dogma that you are something ...
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DuckRabbit: November 2011
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Philosophy, culture, philosophy of culture, and other stuff as needed. Wednesday, November 09, 2011. Wait, what about pumpernickel? I have just discovered that on February 16, 1962, one C. M. Mullen of G. and C. Merriam Company wrote a letter to my maternal grandfather, informing him that:. We are glad to reply to your letter of February 12 in regard to the word bagel. Okay then. Carry on. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Wait, what about pumpernickel? Liner Notes on Early Carl Stone.
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DuckRabbit: Life before Amazon and Google
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Philosophy, culture, philosophy of culture, and other stuff as needed. Saturday, May 26, 2012. Life before Amazon and Google. The new Eckart Förster book, which I ordered, and now here it is. Looks good, and in fact I may already report an interesting bit from it. Check this out (p. 13):. The original edition did not again become available until 1838 when the first complete edition of Kant's works was published—seven years after Hegel's death! But even the A-deduction alone is hugely informative about wh...
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DuckRabbit: February 2011
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Philosophy, culture, philosophy of culture, and other stuff as needed. Wednesday, February 09, 2011. The past is never dead; it's not even past. We arrived during Jimmy Page's extended guitar break in Led Zeppelin's "Heartbreaker", which continued, as is the custom, into "Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman)", the next track on Led Zeppelin II. J Geils Band - Love Stinks. Fleetwood Mac - Rhiannon. Queen - Somebody to Love. Bob Seger - Hollywood Nights. Tom Petty - The Waiting [1981]. From which I woul...
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DuckRabbit: August 2011
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Philosophy, culture, philosophy of culture, and other stuff as needed. Wednesday, August 24, 2011. Bored with the Beguine? I have no idea why this is, as I have not heard that song in, well, years probably. Such is life. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Bored with the Beguine? Liner Notes on Early Carl Stone. The art of memory. So with their eyes, as only to weep for. Lend Me Your Ears. Resting Bell - Netlabel - Berlin. Saito Koji – Yes. Transcriptions album available at Bandcamp.
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DuckRabbit: Are semantic rules true or false?
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Philosophy, culture, philosophy of culture, and other stuff as needed. Wednesday, April 04, 2012. Are semantic rules true or false? Over at Daniel's place the other day there was an interesting discussion. Whatever that may turn out to mean, as to see where the differences lie (which may in fact turn out to be all we want to do). That itself says something about my team, or at least about me; but let's press on. To wit, the "disquotational platitude", hereinafter DP) – i.e. Is not in dispute. Compare the...
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DuckRabbit: Cousin Victor [not really] fills us in
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Philosophy, culture, philosophy of culture, and other stuff as needed. Sunday, February 05, 2012. Cousin Victor [not really] fills us in. Victor Mair at Language Log. For those who might be curious, the German surname "Mair" derives from Middle High German meiger. How about that. I had often wondered where our family name came from. But why would you change your name from Maier to Mair when the former is so clearly superior [heh heh] in every way? I mean, really. Jackie of web design. Thanks, web design!
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DuckRabbit: June 2011
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Philosophy, culture, philosophy of culture, and other stuff as needed. Thursday, June 30, 2011. When I was about 10 years old, I had a philosophical discussion – or disagreement anyway, as we did not get very much farther than simply stating our positions (and then again, more firmly) – concerning the definition of knowledge. My interlocutor claimed that he could know. That 2 2 = 5, even though that statement is false. I replied, that no, you can't know. Something unless it's true. So there, D O! A relat...
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