tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956830097495837473.post6278654562977860037..comments2023-10-14T13:18:37.330+01:00Comments on angels in marble: And a Happy New Year...hatfield girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12673905475452420002noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956830097495837473.post-24445277172021598822012-01-08T15:19:19.039+00:002012-01-08T15:19:19.039+00:00oh yes, I was
met all the chaps she lists except ...oh yes, I was<br /><br />met all the chaps she lists except DD, and knew 4 of the 5 Oxford residents well<br /><br />attended Strawson's last lecture, just before he died<br /><br />the very last question he took at the end was "how do you define Oxford Philosophy?"<br /><br />"it is analytic philosophy - *pause / whisper* - <i>very well done</i> "<br /><br />he was tired at the drinks afterwards and so sat cross-legged on the floor, which not so many 86-year olds can do<br /><br /><i>another life-route ?</i> <br /><br />it's a parlour-game, isn't it ? (and don't use the word 'journey', please)<br /><br />could never have guessed the one I took - so I could probably never have come up with a different one<br /><br />(real question is - <i>what happens next ?</i>)Nick Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670594203660051701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956830097495837473.post-64511984198296766102012-01-08T13:24:24.787+00:002012-01-08T13:24:24.787+00:00Were you there in the late '70s ND? Might you...Were you there in the late '70s ND? Might you take another life route if you were to choose again?hatfield girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12673905475452420002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956830097495837473.post-76814183080668733452012-01-05T15:16:06.938+00:002012-01-05T15:16:06.938+00:00from the Dummett pieces on Leiter (Anita Avramides...from the Dummett pieces on Leiter (Anita Avramides)<br /><br /><i>Oxford in the late 1970’s and early 80’s was a very special place for philosophy. Philosophers were not just writing the books we were all reading, but they were to be found as heads of Oxford Colleges and even as vice chancellor of the university.<br /><br />Philosophy was exciting and one wanted to be a part of it. There were visiting philosophers like Donald Davidson and Saul Kripke spending time in Oxford, seminars by young talents such as John McDowell and Gareth Evans, and lectures by the likes of Peter Strawson and J.L. Mackie,. Pre-eminent among these was Michael Dummett, newly elected Wykeham Professor of Logic ...</i><br /><br />*sighs*<br /><br />how right she isNick Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670594203660051701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956830097495837473.post-920766901510122422012-01-04T18:19:48.577+00:002012-01-04T18:19:48.577+00:00There said it for you (however the german in me is...There said it for you (however the german in me is now nervous).Chief of menhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14931132244528095275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956830097495837473.post-63118556182064686732012-01-03T14:14:01.705+00:002012-01-03T14:14:01.705+00:00Chief, I'm so cross with Germany the picture s...Chief, I'm so cross with Germany the picture seemed politer than the words.hatfield girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12673905475452420002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956830097495837473.post-6743232346242618542012-01-02T18:55:13.637+00:002012-01-02T18:55:13.637+00:00would I be right in thinking that the german bourg...would I be right in thinking that the german bourgeoisie have S*i* for brains ?Chief of menhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14931132244528095275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956830097495837473.post-4565046560245364092012-01-01T13:13:50.779+00:002012-01-01T13:13:50.779+00:00Happy New Year, Lilith!
No Lire under the mattr...Happy New Year, Lilith! <br /><br />No Lire under the mattress but power supplies, fields, olive groves, vineyards (not mine, close neighbours - very labour-intensive are vineyards, and lots of know-how needed), wells (water, not oil but we have sunshine for electricity), deer and hare bouncing through the woods, kitchen garden now stretching as far as the eye can see (well, not quite, but jolly big). best of all, we are not alone in all this provision - most Italians have fallback countryside and generationally stable community links.<br /><br />Just writing a post on what is truly frightening in 2012 - but then it's in the picture on this post. Still, might as well spell it out.hatfield girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12673905475452420002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956830097495837473.post-42184595803509641642012-01-01T12:30:59.022+00:002012-01-01T12:30:59.022+00:00Happy New Year HG. Hope you've plenty of lira ...Happy New Year HG. Hope you've plenty of lira under the mattress :-)lilithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05011676751221508167noreply@blogger.com