Author: nicole wyatt
Mourning Bob Meyer
I just learnt, via Greg Restall’s twitterfeed, that Bob Meyer has lost his struggle with cancer. I first met Bob when I was a masters student here… Read more “Mourning Bob Meyer”
If this was a good idea someone else would have thought of it, right?
First-year philosophy papers are awful. Oh there are a some that are pleasant to read, and a few that are interesting, and a smaller group that are… Read more “If this was a good idea someone else would have thought of it, right?”
Mike Rowe on work
Everyone should watch this TED talk from Mike Rowe (of Discovery Channel’s Dirty Jobs) on what he learnt about work from doing the show. [ted id=http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/477]
Agreement with disjunctive subjects
Arnold Zwicky @ Language Log says: (1) When all parts of a subject joined by or or nor are singular, the verb is singular; when all parts… Read more “Agreement with disjunctive subjects”
Spandrels of Truth
Spandrels of Truth strikes me as one truly awesome title, and I wish I had thought of it. Thinking of the contents of the book would have… Read more “Spandrels of Truth”
Game Studies @ SWTPCA (Belated Part 2)
So, yes, there was supposed to be a part two. And then I lost my phone and failed to get grading done in a timely manner, and… Read more “Game Studies @ SWTPCA (Belated Part 2)”
Game studies @ SWTPCA (Part 1)
Today is day 3 — for me day 2 — of the Southwest/Texas Pop Culture Association and American Culture Association Meeting in Albuquerque. Yesterday and today in slots… Read more “Game studies @ SWTPCA (Part 1)”
Grice on philosophical self-interpretation
At the end of his article “Meaning” Grice says roughly that interpreting a difficult text–say a philosophical one–written by oneself can be as much an act of… Read more “Grice on philosophical self-interpretation”
WCPA keynote Stephen Darwall
‘But it would be wrong’
