the vertiginous regressivity of choice
G.A. Cohen on the German Ideal of Freedom:
If logic is more your thing, there is also a lecture by Alfred Tarski, a tutorial with Gilbert Ryle, or a boxing match between John Roemer and Jurgen Habermas.
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After watching these — I definitely need to change my lecture style.
teppo
March 21, 2011 at 8:07 pm
“The Schmoo is un-American” (Cohen lecturing, as himself): http://www.youtube.com/user/nvrousalis#p/u/4/yA9WPQeow9c
teppo
March 21, 2011 at 8:15 pm
That’s Erik Wright doing the intro. It’s in his house in Madison…
Shamus Khan
March 22, 2011 at 1:01 am
Right, here’s Wright and Schmoo (hadn’t run into any of this before) — http://books.google.com/books?id=YzuLVijEFbgC&pg=PA4&lpg=PA4&dq=parable+of+the+shmoo&source=web&ots=Vz0OSRE-gC&sig=EzcNyRciPN7rxlHhM3ljUD0Z7tE#v=onepage&q=parable%20of%20the%20shmoo&f=false
teppo
March 22, 2011 at 1:30 am