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Who sang it best? Taylor or the Bananarama trio?

This past week, I have been attending a symposium at the Thomistic Institute in Washington, D.C. The institute is named in honor of St Thomas Aquinas, the great 13th-century philosopher, theologian, and Doctor of the Church, so I could not … Continue reading →

Although I have been indoors for most of this past week attending a symposium, during my free time I have walked through a few of the nearby neighborhoods in our nation’s capital; below are some of the sights I have … Continue reading →

Bonus link: For more background about La Marseillaise scene in Casablanca see here.

For the 5th Annual Thomistic Philosophy and Natural Science Symposium, which I am now attending in Washington, D.C., I have been reading large chunks of “The Modelling of Nature” by William A. Wallace and “Degrees of Belief” by Steven G. … Continue reading →

Alternate title: 2023 summer travel update #4 I will be blogging haphazardly, if at all, because I will be taking part in several academic conferences during the remainder of this month, including the 5th Annual Thomistic Philosophy and Natural Science … Continue reading →

Originally posted on prior probability:
I revised my draft of “Die Adam Smith Probleme” during my train ride from Edinburgh to London, and I have just posted my revised work on SSRN (see here). Among other things, I added two…

Below is some beautiful sacred music I heard during my visit of Glasgow Cathedral last month (also available here via SoundCloud):

I forgot to mention that I was finally able to visit Horace Walpole’s summer villa in Twickenham while I was in London last month; below are some snapshots of my visit:

What is the “optimal level” of social science research fraud? Zero, right? Alas, Dr Francesca Gino, a professor at the prestigious Harvard Business School and an “award-winning researcher” whose work focuses on dishonesty and unethical behavior (she is, get this, … Continue reading →