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Cheryl Misak

@cherylmisak.bsky.social

Philosopher, Univ of Toronto

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Reminded today of this very nice compliment from Tom Stoppard (his favorite book of 2020)

30.11.2025 21:45 β€” πŸ‘ 72    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bill Twining, superb legal scholar and kind man, has died. Here he is in his lovely garden in Iffley, not very long ago.

15.10.2025 16:45 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Oxford Pragmatism, discounted.

28.08.2025 18:17 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Lovely review. I look forward to reading the book. At first glance, I was sure that was you on the deck!

27.08.2025 18:14 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wow! That pic is a keeper!

27.08.2025 18:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A little bit of feel-good in a shitty world.

27.08.2025 00:14 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks. It’s one of the most rewarding projects I’ve been involved in.

27.08.2025 00:12 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hot off the press: Michael Kremer’s and my resurrection of Margaret Macdonald.

26.08.2025 17:56 β€” πŸ‘ 76    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

@huwprice.bsky.social, you are a direct cause of this book!

18.08.2025 21:04 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wow!

12.08.2025 17:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks for the kind words, David!

08.08.2025 12:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks!

07.08.2025 19:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You should read it in Oxford, as you read Cambridge Pragmatism in Cambridge!

07.08.2025 18:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New arrival: Final installment of my trilogy on the ripple effects of American pragmatism.

07.08.2025 16:47 β€” πŸ‘ 146    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 3
The Day The Mississippi Died
YouTube video by Gillian Welch - Topic The Day The Mississippi Died

The great Gillian Welch summing up the state of America in words that will haunt. "I do believe we've broken what we never knew could break. @roberttalisse.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0Ht...

03.08.2025 17:34 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Fabulous appointment to the British Academy!

20.07.2025 16:36 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Part of my argument is that Wittgenstein was the old genius at Ramsey’s side!

14.07.2025 23:11 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Why does the Swedish translation of my Ramsey biography have Ludwig on the cover??

14.07.2025 22:59 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Canada’s Trump-Fueled Brain Gain

There have been a ton of news items about American academics moving to the University of Toronto. Today's in the NYT is the best of them:
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/w...

28.06.2025 11:43 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tommie Shelby giving the Walter Benjamin Lectures in the Miriam Makeba Auditorium.

18.06.2025 16:24 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Otto Neurath giving a tour good social housing/gardens.

16.06.2025 09:10 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Alan Richardson describing Quine’s autobiography perfectly: On the Road if it had been told by the car. @roberttalisse.bsky.social

14.06.2025 12:29 β€” πŸ‘ 51    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Looking forward to joining you tomorrow!

13.06.2025 12:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Giving a talk in Frankfurt at the wonderful Normative Orders Centre in Frankfurt.

10.06.2025 15:24 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The city of Berlin, speaking truth.

09.06.2025 18:13 β€” πŸ‘ 101    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 4
The Chris Hookway Memorial Lecture This memorial lecture is in honour of Emeritus Professor Chris Hookway, who sadly died in October 2024, seeΒ https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/hpdh/news/chris-hookway-1949-2024.

Come and remember Chris Hookway if you’re in the Sheffield neighborhood! www.sheffield.ac.uk/hpdh/events/...

29.05.2025 13:55 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Neil Young returns home with solo benefit concert in Ontario’s Kawartha Lakes The show before more than 2,000 people on a soggy Friday was for a historic farm belonging to Lakefield College School, not far from both Young’s cottage and his childhood home

Long may you run.
www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/article...

24.05.2025 19:56 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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JAMES TILL Obituary (2025) - The Globe and Mail View JAMES EDGAR TILL's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.

RIP James Till. Discoverer of stem cells. He and McCulloch should have won a Nobel Prize for it.
www.legacy.com/ca/obituarie...

23.05.2025 15:09 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Have a talk at Humbolt U today. This is Hegel’s desk.

22.05.2025 21:53 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Rural Alberta Advantage was an Alberta gov't slogan in the 70s, picked up by this indie band (one of whom I think was raised in rural Alberta), who then went on to sing about the Frank slide. I heartily recommend a visit!

16.04.2025 22:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0