habitually probing generalist

Harris, Roy. 1998. Introduction to Integrational Linguistics. 1st ed. Kidlington, Oxford, UK: Pergamon. Harris, Roy, ed. 2002. The Language Myth in Western Culture. Richmond Surrey: Curzon. Harris, Roy. 2005. The Semantics of Science. London: Continuum. Harris, Roy, and Indian Institute of Advanced Study. 2003. History, Science, and the Limits of Language : an Integrationist Approach. [...]

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Feel free to ignore this post. I am simply testing the new version of WP with the COinS generator plugin that I have been using. One of the main things I checked after the upgrade was whether it was working. Past posts still showed the data and the draft of last week’s readings did, too. [...]

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I have just upgraded to WordPress 2.5 so please let me know if you notice anything wonky going on. I need to upgrade my template probably but I do not like all the changes that were recently made to it. Thus, I’ll stick with the older version until I find time to modify all I [...]

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I have two lazy web requests. Online job applications I am in the process of filling out my first fully online job application and it is not pleasant for so many reasons. Complaining is not my point here, though. The main issues are that in several places there is not enough room to add the [...]

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Monday, 4 Feb 2008 Portrait: Charles Taylor by Ben Rogers. Prospect. At the heart of Taylor’s thought is a critique of “naturalist” modes of thinking, whether manifest in philosophy, social science, economics or psychology. For Taylor, naturalism is the view that all human and social phenomena, including our subjectivity, are best understood on the model [...]

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I finally got around to upgrading this blog’s version of WordPress from 2.2.3 to the newest, 2.3.2. There’s an brand-new updated version of the Cutline theme that I use that I still need to do but … … I did something really stupid when I did the upgrade. With printed instructions in front of me. [...]

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Don’t worry … I’m not looking for a new name for this wittily named blog (wasn’t christened by me anyway ). I’m starting a 2nd blog and no worries. I am not breaking my thoughts here, either. This is nt a professional/other stuff split like has been discussed here before from assorted angles. My intention [...]

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There will be changes in this blog this coming year. Not necessarily, and, in fact, not particularly, intended. Those intended may well not happen. “Some things read this week, …” posts will likely continue. They will be reconfigured somehow—not yet discerned—by the change in my reading habits, at least through mid-May. As the year begins, [...]

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Thanks to all my friends for sending their condolences in various venues. I am uplifted by your care. I’m a right proper heathen but if your views run differently and you can spare a thought for my aunt’s family right now that’d be awesome. She was a rock for that family. For a very long [...]

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NOTE: CommentPress version of LC Working Group Draft Final Report needed Please see last entry. We really need a CommentPress install of the LC Working Group’s Draft Final Report. Can anyone do this service quickly? Sunday – Tuesday, 25 – 27 Nov Winograd, Terry and Fernando Flores. Understanding Computers and Cognition: A New Foundation for [...]

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