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Requiescat in pace: Thomas Konda

Posted on November 12, 2024 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

I just learned that Thomas Milan Konda died on 29 January 2022 at the age of 74. (Here is his obituary.) Among other things, Professor Konda was the author of Conspiracies of Conspiracies: How Delusions Have Overrun America (University of … Continue reading →

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“Best job I’ve ever had …”

Posted on November 11, 2024 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Today (11/11) is Veterans Day đŸ‡ș🇾

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Sunday cinema: Iphigenia

Posted on November 10, 2024 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

I watched this mesmerizing film earlier this semester as part of my sabbatical studies on the philosophy of tragedy and the human order. Hat tip: Dr Scott Rubarth

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*Why Is So Much Philosophy So Tedious?*

Posted on November 9, 2024 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

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’ (?)

Posted on November 8, 2024 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

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?

Posted on November 7, 2024 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

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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Hemingway in Istanbul: a postscript

Posted on November 6, 2024 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

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 →

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Buyak Londra

Posted on November 5, 2024 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

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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The Old Galata Bridge

Posted on November 4, 2024 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

“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

Posted on November 3, 2024 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

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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