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Aha just ordered it from Amazon marketplace for £10 (will take two weeks though, oh well...)

I have to do an exam on this in a week. Interesting (maybe) parallel is whether it's unfair of us to use up all the oil and leave none for future generations, given that they don't exist yet so they can't have any rights...

(I wasn't trying to attribute anything to anyone in particular?) Anyway logic has to be independent of, and prior to, our empirical knowledge of the universe. The only things we can be sure of before we start making observations are - ignoring the Kantian hinterland for a moment because I don't...

Well not every moral theory would agree with that premise, even though it looks tautological. But anyway yes, I agree, you do have to smuggle in value somewhere, but the only point I'm trying to make is this sort of vague anti-AP idea of 'reasoning without logic' is incoherent.

This isn't reasoning without logic, it's as logical as can be: Premise 1: Causing pain is wrong Premise 2: Beating a child causes pain therefore Premise 3: Beating a child is wrong and Premise 4: You shouldn't do things that are wrong Conclusion: You shouldn't beat a child Logic will only fail...

I couldn't believe all those people demanding that he make some kind of tearful apology when they have absolutely nothing to do with it.

I should just point out that you can still study Nietzsche, Hegel and (until last year) Heidegger at Cambridge, which has probably the most narrow-mindedly analytic philosophy faculty in the world. Obviously you're expected to handle them with the intellectual equivalent of long iron tongs, but...

£15.99???

Is it out yet? I think the release date was meant to be the 12th but no sign of it on Boomkat, maybe they're just not stocking it.

Skits in hip hop absolutely baffle me. Particularly when they're at the beginning of the track so you can't skip them without skipping the track. Do the rappers genuinely believe that anyone enjoys them the 20th time round?

look at the bizarre 'customers who bought Burial also bought' recommendations on Play.com...

Are you talking about 'Revep'? My copy has three tracks, one seven minutes, one eight, one four (and yes it does include a version of Mr. Lawrence).

Love all their collaborations, new album is less than 20 minutes long though, rip-off! Any other fans? Anyone know of anything similar?

Yeah but there's a difference between being political engaged while also being a philosopher, and being politically engaged as a result of your philosophy. Surely the latter is much more common in CP than in AP. None of e.g. Frege's important work had anything to do with politics, even though in...

There is an analytic aesthetic tradition too you know. What's ridiculous is when the two traditions tackle the same question (e.g. 'Are an author's intentions relevant to the interpretation of a literary work?') at the same time but refuse to listen to each other. For me the main distinction...

I need something to listen to - less music, more talking - while I cook, has anyone got any suggestions? So far I've been enjoying Jon Ronson but I've run out.

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'Global Frequency' is the best thing he's done in ages, although it is basically just a comic-book adaptation of his weblog (with guns).

What I hate about music reviewers is when they write as if the band has said 'Look, we know we didn't do very well on this album. Obviously, as a music critic, you know far more than us about what makes great music. Please, tell us in detail how to be better!' and the review is the critic's...

I really wish I was at DMZ now... Instead of sitting in front of a computer...