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Philosopher, Univ of Toronto

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Reminded today of this very nice compliment from Tom Stoppard (his favorite book of 2020)

30.11.2025 21:45 πŸ‘ 72 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Bill Twining, superb legal scholar and kind man, has died. Here he is in his lovely garden in Iffley, not very long ago.

15.10.2025 16:45 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Oxford Pragmatism, discounted.

28.08.2025 18:17 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

Lovely review. I look forward to reading the book. At first glance, I was sure that was you on the deck!

27.08.2025 18:14 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Wow! That pic is a keeper!

27.08.2025 18:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A little bit of feel-good in a shitty world.

27.08.2025 00:14 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks. It’s one of the most rewarding projects I’ve been involved in.

27.08.2025 00:12 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hot off the press: Michael Kremer’s and my resurrection of Margaret Macdonald.

26.08.2025 17:56 πŸ‘ 76 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

@huwprice.bsky.social, you are a direct cause of this book!

18.08.2025 21:04 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Wow!

12.08.2025 17:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks for the kind words, David!

08.08.2025 12:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks!

07.08.2025 19:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You should read it in Oxford, as you read Cambridge Pragmatism in Cambridge!

07.08.2025 18:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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New arrival: Final installment of my trilogy on the ripple effects of American pragmatism.

07.08.2025 16:47 πŸ‘ 146 πŸ” 28 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 3
The Day The Mississippi Died
The Day The Mississippi Died YouTube video by Gillian Welch - Topic

The great Gillian Welch summing up the state of America in words that will haunt. "I do believe we've broken what we never knew could break. @roberttalisse.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0Ht...

03.08.2025 17:34 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Fabulous appointment to the British Academy!

20.07.2025 16:36 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Part of my argument is that Wittgenstein was the old genius at Ramsey’s side!

14.07.2025 23:11 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Why does the Swedish translation of my Ramsey biography have Ludwig on the cover??

14.07.2025 22:59 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Canada’s Trump-Fueled Brain Gain

There have been a ton of news items about American academics moving to the University of Toronto. Today's in the NYT is the best of them:
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/w...

28.06.2025 11:43 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Tommie Shelby giving the Walter Benjamin Lectures in the Miriam Makeba Auditorium.

18.06.2025 16:24 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Otto Neurath giving a tour good social housing/gardens.

16.06.2025 09:10 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Alan Richardson describing Quine’s autobiography perfectly: On the Road if it had been told by the car. @roberttalisse.bsky.social

14.06.2025 12:29 πŸ‘ 51 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Looking forward to joining you tomorrow!

13.06.2025 12:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Giving a talk in Frankfurt at the wonderful Normative Orders Centre in Frankfurt.

10.06.2025 15:24 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The city of Berlin, speaking truth.

09.06.2025 18:13 πŸ‘ 101 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 4
The Chris Hookway Memorial Lecture This memorial lecture is in honour of Emeritus Professor Chris Hookway, who sadly died in October 2024, seeΒ https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/hpdh/news/chris-hookway-1949-2024.

Come and remember Chris Hookway if you’re in the Sheffield neighborhood! www.sheffield.ac.uk/hpdh/events/...

29.05.2025 13:55 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Neil Young returns home with solo benefit concert in Ontario’s Kawartha Lakes The show before more than 2,000 people on a soggy Friday was for a historic farm belonging to Lakefield College School, not far from both Young’s cottage and his childhood home

Long may you run.
www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/article...

24.05.2025 19:56 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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JAMES TILL Obituary (2025) - The Globe and Mail View JAMES EDGAR TILL's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.

RIP James Till. Discoverer of stem cells. He and McCulloch should have won a Nobel Prize for it.
www.legacy.com/ca/obituarie...

23.05.2025 15:09 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Have a talk at Humbolt U today. This is Hegel’s desk.

22.05.2025 21:53 πŸ‘ 44 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Rural Alberta Advantage was an Alberta gov't slogan in the 70s, picked up by this indie band (one of whom I think was raised in rural Alberta), who then went on to sing about the Frank slide. I heartily recommend a visit!

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