Crooked Timber (Free subscription) | 27/04/2008
Simon Blackburn is clearly doing his best to give philosophers a bad name through his own “popular” writings, but his latest effort —part of “a series in which academics range beyond their area of expertise”—is spectacularly awful. Norman Geras, with whom I often disagree, takes issue with him in a series of posts here . [...]
normblog (Free subscription) | 27/04/2008
With all those key fixtures around at the moment - Chelsea v Liverpool, ManUnited v Barcelona, Chelsea v ManUnited - you may not have noticed the one involving Blackburn. Simon Blackburn is a distinguished philosopher. He is Professor of Philosophy...
normblog (Free subscription) | 27/04/2008
9. The myth of choice and competition. Blackburn score a late consolation goal, but the game is ending in bitterness. The Myths players and fans are incensed. Myths were denied a penalty after Oedipus was brought down in the box;...
normblog (Free subscription) | 27/04/2008
1. The myth of meaning. There's some news in that exciting fixture I was telling you about. Simon Blackburn:People think words mean things and that they know what they mean. Both claims are often untrue. When the Government of the...
Siris (Free subscription) | 29/04/2008
At THE they are starting a series in which academics talk about things "beyond their area of expertise." This is a somewhat dubious experiment, it seems to me; the idea behind it is that academics don't talk beyond their area of expertise, an idea that will not, I think, withstand close scrutiny. But I suppose it is something different. Those of us in philosophy are represented right off by Simon Blackburn...
