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My review of Misak to be published in Bocconi Legal Papers
I am super-excited to announce that my review of Cheryl Misak’s biography of Frank Ramsey (see here) will be published in a forthcoming issue of Bocconi Legal Papers (BLP), the flagship journal of the law school of Luigi Bocconi University, … Continue reading
Pop Music Monday: Cruel Summer
Who sang it best? Taylor or the Bananarama trio?
What did Adam Smith learn from Aquinas?
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
Some snapshots from various corners of D.C.
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
Happy Bastille Day!
Bonus link: For more background about La Marseillaise scene in Casablanca see here.
More summer reading
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
July Blog Update
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
*Adam Smith Problems*
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…
Music Monday: Gloria from ‘Dum sacrum mysterium’ by Robert Carver
Below is some beautiful sacred music I heard during my visit of Glasgow Cathedral last month (also available here via SoundCloud):
Postcards from Strawberry Hill
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:

