MY EXPERIENCE IS WHAT I ATTEND TO
William James:
Millions of items of the outward order are present to my senses which never properly enter into my experience.
THE BURDEN OF WRITING
George Orwell:
All writers are vain, selfish and lazy, and at the very bottom of their motives there lies a mystery.
FOSS AND PLAIN TEXT
It’s not unusual for someone writing a blog like this to describe the process they use to write text and get it up on the web.
Read moreWHAT TO READ IN RETIREMENT
When I retired from the big full-time academic work over three years ago, I donated several boxes of books to my university library.
Read moreCOGNITION AND LOCOMOTION
Hugo Mercier and Dan Sperber:
Cognition is first and foremost a means for organisms that can move around to react appropriately to risks and opportunities presented by their environment.
TOTALITARIANISM, PERFECTION, AND OPPRESSION
Milan Kundera:
Totalitarianism is not only hell, but also the dream of paradise — the age-old dream of a world where everybody would live in harmony, united by a single common will and faith, without secrets from one another.