Whenever I see Prof Grim, I imagine him as a supporting character in a Western, say a wise barkeep. He could look and dress and act as he always does and he’d fit right in!
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Whenever I see Prof Grim, I imagine him as a supporting character in a Western, say a wise barkeep. He could look and dress and act as he always does and he’d fit right in!
For some reason, duplicate bridge players love ‘eschew’ as in “she eschewed the finesse.” (Not worth trying to explain that in a tweet 😊)
Funny, and I’ve always thought that Professor Kors’ 24-lecture course on this period (one of my faves from your early years) could easily have been longer!
So sorry to hear this! His calm and approachable lecturing style was one of the things that got me hooked to TGC in the late 90s.
Indeed, the first lecture I watched in Prof Lincoln’s new course is ‘What Happened before the Big Bang?’ I should stop hoping for an answer, though…
Sounds like the two Sean Carrolls, who may not have collaborated but have chatted online:
nautil.us/the-sean-car...
It’s like Christmas morning when we receive the surveys too! knowing that at least some of these titles will be real courses one day…🤞🏻
And your first episode is nearly 5 hours long? Impressive! 😮
Looks state-of-the-art!
True!
That wouldn’t be Prof McWhorter, would it? Sounds like the sort of thing he would do…
My pleasure! This is my favorite kind of philosophy, that illuminates something you might not have thought about before, but still relates to our everyday lives.
This is a fascinating idea, that our sense of well-being depends, at least in part, on the continued existence of human society, at least for a while.
It’s been explored by the philosopher Samuel Scheffler. In case you haven’t come across his work, here’s a link:
www.npr.org/2013/10/09/2...
A, especially if you’ll be discussing cases from everyday life. But B or D if you’re focusing mainly on legal contexts.