Counago & Spaves

 I noticed that Wikipedia still lists Ricky Gervais as having a 2.1. Since I sat next to him at the ceremony and received, like every other ...

There's a super article over at Cunning Hired Knaves , a blog that I would recommend as a regular read to you all, on the attempted ro...

It's Friday. Let's Philosophize!  

I'm not sure how regular publication of this journal is going to be, or even if it is going to be anything other an an online project, ...

Human beings are social, not societal A theoretical assumption lies at the base of the unitary conception: Because people are social an...

Despite no longer having a 50-minute train journey into work every morning, I've maintained my early morning routine, at least to the ...

Many thanks to William Wall for drawing my attention to the podcasts from the Philosophy faculty at Oxford University , including Dan Robi...

My fabulous better half had the characteristically smart idea of buying me a Kindle Fire earlier this year for my 50th birthday. We were get...

For the week that's in it.

There's an articulate tribute to Steven Aylett's Lint over on Ultraculture that explains far better than I ever could the attracti...

Awful blogpost title, I know. I'm sorry. I’m out of practice. But bear with me, follow the links to the blogs I’m recommending, and you...

Maybe it's the Symbolic Interactionist in me, but one of the things I've come to realize about Facebook is how it turns us all into...

There's a stimulating essay by David Graeber that passed me by in the spring/summer 2005 issue of The Commoner . You can download the p...

This is well worth a look: An episode of the Dutch TV programme Backlight on the Aftermath Network, a group of intellectuals brought toget...