Archive for August, 2006

Tuesday, August 29th, 2006

Vladimir Tretchikoff

BBC has a

reporton Vladimir Tretchikoff, "king of kitch", who has passed away. A

websiteabout him claims that prints of his

(right) are the largest selling of all time.

The website includes a gallery of pictures many of which are quite interesting. Also see: Wikipedia page about him; Art.com poster gallery.

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Links and News [2006.08.28]

Links and News [2006.08.26]

Defining “non”-analytical philosophy

Leiter reports has a guest blog entry by Jason Stanley, that provides a fair[er] definition of that type of philosophy that is not considered "analytical":

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Links and News [2006.08.25]

Links and News [2006.08.24]

Ducking the ethical issues

The city of Chicago, in a moment of surprising enlightenment, passed a law banning the sale of foie gras. The response? Civil disobedience from restaurateurs and a indignation from the already overfed population. Curtailment of civil rights? No problem. Illegal and immoral war? Who cares. Lesser cruelty towards animals? NO WAY, dude!

What is pathetic about this is the lack of a meaningful response in terms of the ethical issues raised. Instead naive individual choice arguments are offered to justify personal opinion. Some counts offer the staggering number of six billion animals killed each year for human consumption (the number perhaps is approximate and is intentionally coincidental with the current human population). At least the Germans just stood by while horror was committed around them.

Links and News [2006.08.23]

Israeli buffoonery continues

How do you get from the image of the most advanced and successful fighting force in the world to a pathetic joke, in the period of one month?

It would all be hilarious if the IDF silliness did not involve the death of others (15 people in this case).