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David Papineau’s recommended books on Philosophy and Sport

09 Monday Jul 2018

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Five Books interviews David Papineau on his recommended readings on Philosophy and Sport. Of course, David has recently published his own work on the topic, Knowing the Score (2017), but here are his other picks:

  1. The Grasshopper by Bernard Suits
  2. Both Flesh and Not by David Foster Wallace
  3. Moneyball by Michael Lewis
  4. Basil D’Oliviera: Cricket and Controversy by Peter Oborne
  5. Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby

The whole interview can be read here.

Sarah Fine’s work on borders features in The New Yorker

05 Thursday Jul 2018

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The fraught political debate on immigration in the United States has led some commentators to look beyond orthodox positions and tired slogans. There is an increasing desire to question presuppositions on the topic, and re-examine the fundamental ethical principles that underlie existing policies.

In this context, Sarah Fine’s work on the right to exclude (explanatory podcast) has influenced one argument in The New Yorker explicitly in favour of open borders. Is political philosophy starting to make its way into political discourse and practice once more?

David Papineau in the Times Literary Supplement

02 Monday Jul 2018

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The Times Literary Supplement this week features David Papineau on “Thomas Bayes and the crisis in science“, in their Footnotes to Plato series.

This week’s entire TLS edition can be read here.

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