Comments on: Rawls as Archaeologist http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/12/rawls-as-archaeologist/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Sun, 27 May 2012 00:43:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Martha Bridegam http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/12/rawls-as-archaeologist/comment-page-1/#comment-221644 Martha Bridegam Fri, 14 Dec 2007 19:05:38 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/12/rawls-as-archaeologist/#comment-221644 Or this could be by the other John Rawls, as in <a href="http://orangecow.org/pythonet/sketches/courtmar.htm" rel="nofollow">the other Cole Porter</a>. Or this could be by the other John Rawls, as in the other Cole Porter.

]]> By: Crooked Timber » » Enid Blyton, Genuis http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/12/rawls-as-archaeologist/comment-page-1/#comment-221624 Crooked Timber » » Enid Blyton, Genuis Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:18:17 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/12/rawls-as-archaeologist/#comment-221624 [...] Engels takes the first wicket, Felix Gilman mops up. posted on Friday, December 14th, 2007 at 4:18 pm Post a comment [...] [...] Engels takes the first wicket, Felix Gilman mops up. posted on Friday, December 14th, 2007 at 4:18 pm Post a comment [...]

]]> By: Felix Gilman - Official Website http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/12/rawls-as-archaeologist/comment-page-1/#comment-221516 Felix Gilman - Official Website Thu, 13 Dec 2007 19:14:21 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/12/rawls-as-archaeologist/#comment-221516 [...] We British are very proud of Enid Blyton, and we like to see her get the credit she deserves. (via) [...] [...] We British are very proud of Enid Blyton, and we like to see her get the credit she deserves. (via) [...]

]]> By: Rich B. http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/12/rawls-as-archaeologist/comment-page-1/#comment-221497 Rich B. Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:52:41 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/12/rawls-as-archaeologist/#comment-221497 From behind the Veil of Ignorance, it is clear that this artifact belongs in a museum! From behind the Veil of Ignorance, it is clear that this artifact belongs in a museum!

]]> By: Blake Emerson http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/12/rawls-as-archaeologist/comment-page-1/#comment-221496 Blake Emerson Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:48:02 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/12/rawls-as-archaeologist/#comment-221496 Maybe archaelogists are interested because Rawls' political theory excavates normative artificats of political liberalism, cleanses them of dirt and grime accumulated over the centuries, and represents them in a hermetically sealed case of stale Kantian reason? Just a thought. Maybe archaelogists are interested because Rawls’ political theory excavates normative artificats of political liberalism, cleanses them of dirt and grime accumulated over the centuries, and represents them in a hermetically sealed case of stale Kantian reason?

Just a thought.

]]> By: Thom Brooks http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/12/rawls-as-archaeologist/comment-page-1/#comment-221484 Thom Brooks Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:35:14 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/12/rawls-as-archaeologist/#comment-221484 Perhaps the reason is that Freeman performs beautifully at 'digging up' ideas... Perhaps the reason is that Freeman performs beautifully at ‘digging up’ ideas…

]]> By: thompsaj http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/12/rawls-as-archaeologist/comment-page-1/#comment-221432 thompsaj Thu, 13 Dec 2007 01:20:47 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/12/rawls-as-archaeologist/#comment-221432 how 'bout this one: " His History became a best-seller, finally giving him the financial independence he had long sought. (Both the British Library and the Cambridge University Library still list him as “David Hume, the historian.”)" from Stanford Encyclopedia how ‘bout this one:
” His History became a best-seller, finally giving him the financial independence he had long sought. (Both the British Library and the Cambridge University Library still list him as “David Hume, the historian.”)”
from Stanford Encyclopedia

]]> By: Sock Puppet of the Great Satan http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/12/rawls-as-archaeologist/comment-page-1/#comment-221417 Sock Puppet of the Great Satan Wed, 12 Dec 2007 23:00:47 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/12/rawls-as-archaeologist/#comment-221417 Maybe if you dig a big enough hole, it's like being behind a Veil of Ignorance? "Snakes! I hate snakes!" 'Quick Indy, find the Veil of Rawls, and then we'll have an objective method for assessing the justness of a society. But watch out for the spike pits of the Demon Nozick.' Maybe if you dig a big enough hole, it’s like being behind a Veil of Ignorance?

“Snakes! I hate snakes!”

‘Quick Indy, find the Veil of Rawls, and then we’ll have an objective method for assessing the justness of a society. But watch out for the spike pits of the Demon Nozick.’

]]> By: Tim McG http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/12/rawls-as-archaeologist/comment-page-1/#comment-221414 Tim McG Wed, 12 Dec 2007 22:52:19 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/12/rawls-as-archaeologist/#comment-221414 Re: Librarians-- the librarian for classics here at the U of C occasionally would get into turf wars with the science library (in a different building) because Crerar (sciences) would order copies of things like books on Galen, and she couldn't justify multiple copies in the system. And why is it that no matter where a conversation about classification starts, it always ends up with Borges, by one route or another? Re: Librarians—the librarian for classics here at the U of C occasionally would get into turf wars with the science library (in a different building) because Crerar (sciences) would order copies of things like books on Galen, and she couldn’t justify multiple copies in the system.

And why is it that no matter where a conversation about classification starts, it always ends up with Borges, by one route or another?

]]> By: Walt http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/12/rawls-as-archaeologist/comment-page-1/#comment-221409 Walt Wed, 12 Dec 2007 22:08:28 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/12/rawls-as-archaeologist/#comment-221409 Engels has uncovered the elusive: proof of the existence of God, who apparently is a Borges fan. Engels has uncovered the elusive: proof of the existence of God, who apparently is a Borges fan.

]]> By: engels http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/12/rawls-as-archaeologist/comment-page-1/#comment-221403 engels Wed, 12 Dec 2007 21:43:44 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/12/rawls-as-archaeologist/#comment-221403 In fact, further research confirms what I should have always suspected, that Enid Blyton is the author of the <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Miguel-Cervantes-Don-Quixote-Mancha/dp/B000ZEJCR8/" rel="nofollow">Quixote</a>. In fact, further research confirms what I should have always suspected, that Enid Blyton is the author of the Quixote.

]]> By: DB http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/12/rawls-as-archaeologist/comment-page-1/#comment-221402 DB Wed, 12 Dec 2007 21:34:07 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/12/rawls-as-archaeologist/#comment-221402 My recollection is that many libraries place books like Gordon Tullock or J Buchanan on rent-seeking behavior and such in the real estate section. My recollection is that many libraries place books like Gordon Tullock or J Buchanan on rent-seeking behavior and such in the real estate section.

]]> By: engels http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/12/rawls-as-archaeologist/comment-page-1/#comment-221401 engels Wed, 12 Dec 2007 21:28:08 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/12/rawls-as-archaeologist/#comment-221401 <i>as UK Amazon lists Enid Blyton as the author of Carl Hempel’s Aspects of Scientific Explanation</i> Apparently she is also the author of Ernest Nagel's <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/NAGEL-Ernest-Structure-Problems-Scientifi/dp/B000ZBBA0S/" rel="nofollow">The Structure of Science</a>. as UK Amazon lists Enid Blyton as the author of Carl Hempel’s Aspects of Scientific Explanation

Apparently she is also the author of Ernest Nagel’s The Structure of Science.

]]> By: John Kozak http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/12/rawls-as-archaeologist/comment-page-1/#comment-221396 John Kozak Wed, 12 Dec 2007 21:17:57 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/12/rawls-as-archaeologist/#comment-221396 Try amazon.co.uk's DVD listing for Stan Brakhage... Try amazon.co.uk’s DVD listing for Stan Brakhage…

]]> By: Matt http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/12/rawls-as-archaeologist/comment-page-1/#comment-221395 Matt Wed, 12 Dec 2007 21:15:08 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/12/rawls-as-archaeologist/#comment-221395 Very often when amazon suggests a book for me based on my search history it comes up pictured not with the book cover but a pair of clogs. I don't understand that, either, but it makes me nervious to order that book in fear that I might actually end up with a pair of clogs rather than the book. Very often when amazon suggests a book for me based on my search history it comes up pictured not with the book cover but a pair of clogs. I don’t understand that, either, but it makes me nervious to order that book in fear that I might actually end up with a pair of clogs rather than the book.

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