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*Why Is So Much Philosophy So Tedious?*
That is the title of this 2007 presidential address of the 53rd annual meeting of the Florida Philosophical Association by David McNaughton (pictured below), now a retired academic. In brief, for Professor McNaughton, bad writing or what he calls “Oxford … Continue reading
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In Defense of ‘Surveillance Capitalism’ (?)
That is the title of this intriguing open-access paper, sans question mark, by Peter Königs (pictured below), a ‘Junior Professor’ at TU Dortmund University working on topics in the ethics of technology, political philosophy, and moral psychology. Hat tip: the … Continue reading
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Why not probabilistic interpretation?
A new article in the Columbia Law Review titled “Reasons for Interpretation” by Francisco J. Urbina (see here) brought to my mind my 2016 paper “Probabilistic Interpretation“. For his part, Professor Urbina presents a “systematic analysis of the different kinds … Continue reading
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Tagged best-choice-secretary-problem, interpretation, Law, Mathematics, Philosophy
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Hemingway in Istanbul: a postscript
Note: this is the last installment (for now) of my series of blog posts on “Hemingway in Istanbul” Over a decade after his visit to Constantinople in 1922, Hemingway wrote a piece of fiction titled “The Snows of Kilimanjaro” (Hemingway … Continue reading
Buyak Londra
We clattered up a steep street, past shop windows, banks, restaurants, saloons with their signs printed in four languages, scraped by jangling tramcars, were honked at by motorcars filled with British officers, were nearly run down by motors filled with … Continue reading
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Tagged europe, grand-hotel-de-londres, Istanbul, Travel, turkey, turkiye
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The Old Galata Bridge
“We drove in a mass of traffic onto a long bridge. White pants [Hemingway’s hired guide] gave the Turkish gendarme a dirty, crumpled note, and we crossed a tangle of shipping on both sides. You can only see patches of the … Continue reading
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Sunday song: Guantanamera
I will resume my series on “Hemingway in Istanbul” on Monday; in the meantime, below is the Cuban folk song Guantanamera, one of my father’s favorite songs. This version features 75 musicians on the Island and in exile. May our … Continue reading
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In memory of my father, Don Francisco
(Today, 2 Nov., is Día de los Muertos.)
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November 1st: All Saints’ Day
I will resume my series on “Hemingway in Istanbul” in the next day or two; in the meantime, check out this short but informative video by Jared Dees a/k/a “The Religion Teacher” explaining the meaning of All Saints’ Day:
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Müşir Ahmet Paşa Station (Sirkeci garı)
“In the station are a jam of porters, hotel runners, and Anglo-Levantine gentlemen in slightly soiled collars, badly soiled white trousers, garlicized breaths and hopeful manners who hope to be hired as interpreters…. I called a porter, gave him my … Continue reading
prior probability 