Jy Houston

philosophy & philosophers, occasional footnotes & anecdotes

[Jy Houston @J_H0USTON]

I have a strong Desire for some answers .. and to give some ill-gotten money to say.. @bobwillisfund, @WFP.. @amnesty .. @FeedingAmerica .. @crisis_uk or such-like @bobdylan -favoured good causes

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pop quiz prompted by *small* win at the bookies & music listened to in aftermath: songs by Bob Dylan that feature the accordion, bonus points where he plays it himself, no cheating with the google, best winner(s) in next 24hrs can name a charity for a *modest* donation @csandis

[Jy Houston @J_H0USTON]

I have a strong Desire for some answers .. and to give some ill-gotten money to say.. @bobwillisfund, @WFP.. @amnesty .. @FeedingAmerica .. @crisis_uk or such-like @bobdylan -favoured good causes

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@csandis "I’m sailin’ away in the morning.. Is there something I can send you.." is the 'tip' re the win, (@Ladbrokes paying out on Bob getting the @NobelPrize I missed) thanks for not just listing all the titles off the top of your head in the 1st 10 mins Emperor C, do feel free later

[Jy Houston @J_H0USTON]

pop quiz prompted by *small* win at the bookies & music listened to in aftermath: songs by Bob Dylan that feature the accordion, bonus points where he plays it himself, no cheating with the google, best winner(s) in next 24hrs can name a charity for a *modest* donation @csandis

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@Metamagician Blackford, R. (2016). Introduction and Overview. In: The Mystery of Moral Authority. Palgrave Macmillan, London.
https://t.co/O99Lo04H6F

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@amwilson_opera

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PROFESSOR SPEAKS OF LOVE". Sheffield Independent. Thursday 28 August 1930, p. 4

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Season's greetings from the Carnaps

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https://t.co/cOMYi3WbHG

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a disgraceful firm .. Harvester Press.. once .. (republished) a book of mine .. called Sartre: Romantic Rationalist.. On receiving a copy I pointed out this mistake. They apologised (vaguely), and I assumed they wd destroy all copies. They sold them all.. Love & best wishes, Iris

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@olivertraldi @NathanNobis "etymological fallacy: the belief that the true meaning of a word is determined or implied by its provenance; for example, the idea that awful really means ‘full of awe’, ‘awe-inspiring’."- Aarts, B. (2014). etymology. In The Oxford Dictionary of English Grammar. OUP

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Obut: DR S. V. KEELING: Lone path in philosophy (Saturday,  Dec. 15, 1979, The Times)

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GEM Anscombe, @guardian, June 01, 1959

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Anscombe 'blending academia with a family life'

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"As pure philosophers, we may think about what we like, and nobody has the right to stop us, or to tell us that we ought to think about something else instead. But as teachers of philosophy, we have a duty to the community; and it is alleged . . . that we have not been doing it."

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C.D. Broad: "Experience as a member of many committees in Cambridge and elsewhere has taught me the desirability of retiring before one has become too 'ga-ga' to realize just how 'ga-ga' one is becoming."