Cheryl Misak
@cherylmisak.bsky.social
Philosopher, Univ of Toronto
Reminded today of this very nice compliment from Tom Stoppard (his favorite book of 2020)
November 30, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Reminded today of this very nice compliment from Tom Stoppard (his favorite book of 2020)
Bill Twining, superb legal scholar and kind man, has died. Here he is in his lovely garden in Iffley, not very long ago.
October 15, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Bill Twining, superb legal scholar and kind man, has died. Here he is in his lovely garden in Iffley, not very long ago.
Oxford Pragmatism, discounted.
August 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Oxford Pragmatism, discounted.
Lovely review. I look forward to reading the book. At first glance, I was sure that was you on the deck!
August 27, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Lovely review. I look forward to reading the book. At first glance, I was sure that was you on the deck!
Wow! That pic is a keeper!
August 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Wow! That pic is a keeper!
A little bit of feel-good in a shitty world.
August 27, 2025 at 12:14 AM
A little bit of feel-good in a shitty world.
Thanks. It’s one of the most rewarding projects I’ve been involved in.
August 27, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Thanks. It’s one of the most rewarding projects I’ve been involved in.
Hot off the press: Michael Kremer’s and my resurrection of Margaret Macdonald.
August 26, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Hot off the press: Michael Kremer’s and my resurrection of Margaret Macdonald.
@huwprice.bsky.social, you are a direct cause of this book!
August 18, 2025 at 9:04 PM
@huwprice.bsky.social, you are a direct cause of this book!
Thanks for the kind words, David!
August 8, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Thanks for the kind words, David!
You should read it in Oxford, as you read Cambridge Pragmatism in Cambridge!
August 7, 2025 at 6:31 PM
You should read it in Oxford, as you read Cambridge Pragmatism in Cambridge!
New arrival: Final installment of my trilogy on the ripple effects of American pragmatism.
August 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM
New arrival: Final installment of my trilogy on the ripple effects of American pragmatism.
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...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0Ht...
The Day The Mississippi Died
YouTube video by Gillian Welch - Topic
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August 3, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0Ht...
Fabulous appointment to the British Academy!
And Hasok Chang got elected too! Hurrah
July 20, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Fabulous appointment to the British Academy!
Part of my argument is that Wittgenstein was the old genius at Ramsey’s side!
The subtitle has somehow changed to make FR Luddy’s side genius….
July 14, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Part of my argument is that Wittgenstein was the old genius at Ramsey’s side!
Why does the Swedish translation of my Ramsey biography have Ludwig on the cover??
July 14, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Why does the Swedish translation of my Ramsey biography have Ludwig on the cover??
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...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/w...
Canada’s Trump-Fueled Brain Gain
www.nytimes.com
June 28, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/w...
Tommie Shelby giving the Walter Benjamin Lectures in the Miriam Makeba Auditorium.
June 18, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Tommie Shelby giving the Walter Benjamin Lectures in the Miriam Makeba Auditorium.
Otto Neurath giving a tour good social housing/gardens.
June 16, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Otto Neurath giving a tour good social housing/gardens.
Alan Richardson describing Quine’s autobiography perfectly: On the Road if it had been told by the car. @roberttalisse.bsky.social
June 14, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Alan Richardson describing Quine’s autobiography perfectly: On the Road if it had been told by the car. @roberttalisse.bsky.social
Looking forward to joining you tomorrow!
June 13, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Looking forward to joining you tomorrow!
Giving a talk in Frankfurt at the wonderful Normative Orders Centre in Frankfurt.
June 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Giving a talk in Frankfurt at the wonderful Normative Orders Centre in Frankfurt.
The city of Berlin, speaking truth.
June 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The city of Berlin, speaking truth.