Hegel’s a priori astronomy is laughed at, yet a priori theories of mind remain entirely respectable.
Feb 242016
Feb 232016
I am beginning to hope that the mark of a good aphorism is the number of uses it can be put to of which its author would not approve.
Feb 222016
If the efficient-market hypothesis were true, someone would have thought of it before Fama.
Feb 192016
Every fictional utopia has one feature in common with every modern state: compulsory public education.
Feb 182016
The silent partner in every business is Our Policy.
Feb 172016
Vehemence is the infallible sign of opinion.
Feb 162016
I write mostly for intellectuals, and mostly against them.
Feb 152016
It is the rare philosopher who notices how well most of the world gets on without philosophy.
Feb 122016
The very worst people are never much interested in money.
Feb 112016
The admission that irreparably damages the argument is introduced, by convention, with “of course”.