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Books about kinds
14/09/30
I met Muhammad Ali Khalidi in Paris last Spring. I had regrettably only taken the most cursory of glances at his book, Natural categories and human kinds. The library here had just gotten a copy, so 'just' that it wasn't processed and available for checkout until after I got back.
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Facebook and civil society
14/09/19
A while ago, there was considerable controversy about Google+ insisting that people use their real names in their profiles. G+ ultimately relented.
I had not realized that Facebook has a similar policy. It turns out that Facebook recently deactivated the accounts of several LGBT activists -
Scotch philosophy
14/09/17
I just finished reading "As a good bartender might" by Thomas W. Polger, in which he enquires into whether whiskey and varieties of whiskeys are natural kinds. His answer, disappointingly, is that they might but he isn't sure: "I'm sure that not every distinction drawn among -
Contest results
14/09/08
The Aesthetic for Birds contest, posing the question of whether a band can be its own cover band, is over and judged. I was the judge for the contest, and saw only anonymous entries. I wrote up the results and had Christy insert the names of the winners.
Here's my report.
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Two papers from late summer
14/09/05
In the waning days of summer, before the semester started, I finished up two draft papers. I neglected to actually link to them however, an oversight which I now remedy.
How to be a realist about natural kinds
Abstract: Laura Franklin-Hall argues for a nuanced anti-realism abou
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