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Now published: Fleming’s Evil and Silence
We wanted to let everyone know that Richard Fleming’s new book, Evil and Silence (which we first mentioned here), is now out. Here is the publisher’s description of the book, as well as links to...
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Andrew Bowie: Background Capabilities and Prereflexive Awareness
For those of you who are interested in jazz, improvisation, and/or the philosophy of action: Last Wednesday, October 7, Andrew Bowie (Professor of Philosophy and German, Royal Holloway, University of...
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Video: Arnold Davidson on Improvisation and Ethics
Arnold Davidson (Philosophy, Univ. of Chicago) gave the keynote address for an event, held at Columbia University in 2008, on the topic of “Improvisation and Ethics,” and we’ve just learned that video...
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Audio/Video: Past events at Stanford’s Philosophy + Literature Program
We wanted to let you know that the Philosophy and Literature program at Stanford University, has now posted on their website audio and video from a few of their impressive past events, including a...
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Now online: Summer 2010 issue of JAAC (with symposium on musical improvisation)
The Summer 2010 issue of the Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism is now online. You can find the hyper-linked table of contents below. The issue as a whole looks excellent, but we wanted to draw...
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Oct. 14: Arnold Davidson’s passages
As many of you know, there will be a celebration on Oct. 14 of the publication of Stanley Cavell’s new autobiography, Little Did I Know: Excerpts from Memory (Stanford University Press). Arnold...
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William Day: Lecture on Wittgenstein and Jazz (Williams College, April 4)
Announcement (feel free to circulate): “Wittgenstein, the Nature of Experience, and the Experience of Jazz” Lecture by William Day (Philosophy, Le Moyne), co-sponsored by Philosophy, English, and...
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Amir Khan: “Michael Jackson’s Ressentiment: Billie Jean and Smooth Criminal...
We wanted to draw your attention to a newly published essay by Amir Khan (Ph.D. Candidate, Department of English, University of Ottawa), entitled “Michael Jackson’s Ressentiment: Billie Jean and Smooth...
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Sidenotes
Some small this-and-thats. You may have noticed that olponline.wordpress.com now redirects to olponline.org. The new domain name wins us a few more blog features, which may or may not make their way...
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Peter Geach Sings Frege, Russell & Wittgenstein
This is an abridged version of a recent post by Brian Leiter. The full post which includes the original Heine poem & Geach’s re-worked lyrics (both in German and in English) can be found here....
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