Cheryl Misak
@cherylmisak.bsky.social
Philosopher, Univ of Toronto
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.
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.
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
www.youtube.com
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
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.
Come and remember Chris Hookway if you’re in the Sheffield neighborhood! www.sheffield.ac.uk/hpdh/events/...
The Chris Hookway Memorial Lecture
This memorial lecture is in honour of Emeritus Professor Chris Hookway, who sadly died in October 2024, see https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/hpdh/news/chris-hookway-1949-2024.
www.sheffield.ac.uk
May 29, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Come and remember Chris Hookway if you’re in the Sheffield neighborhood! www.sheffield.ac.uk/hpdh/events/...
Long may you run.
www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/article...
www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/article...
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
www.theglobeandmail.com
May 24, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Long may you run.
www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/article...
www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/article...
RIP James Till. Discoverer of stem cells. He and McCulloch should have won a Nobel Prize for it.
www.legacy.com/ca/obituarie...
www.legacy.com/ca/obituarie...
JAMES TILL Obituary (2025) - The Globe and Mail
View JAMES EDGAR TILL's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.
www.legacy.com
May 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
RIP James Till. Discoverer of stem cells. He and McCulloch should have won a Nobel Prize for it.
www.legacy.com/ca/obituarie...
www.legacy.com/ca/obituarie...
Have a talk at Humbolt U today. This is Hegel’s desk.
May 22, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Have a talk at Humbolt U today. This is Hegel’s desk.
Thank you, Ian Ground, for bringing Ramsey under the care of the British Wittgenstein Society. Found the tag: @brittwittsoc.bsky.social
F.P. Ramsey’s grave finally has a refurbished headstone! Thank you British Wittgenstein Society for doing all the work and for allowing me to contribute in a more mundane way.
February 25, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Thank you, Ian Ground, for bringing Ramsey under the care of the British Wittgenstein Society. Found the tag: @brittwittsoc.bsky.social
F.P. Ramsey’s grave finally has a refurbished headstone! Thank you British Wittgenstein Society for doing all the work and for allowing me to contribute in a more mundane way.
February 25, 2025 at 8:01 AM
F.P. Ramsey’s grave finally has a refurbished headstone! Thank you British Wittgenstein Society for doing all the work and for allowing me to contribute in a more mundane way.
Reposted by Cheryl Misak
Some nice events coming up here in Sheffield:
11/3: Warrender Lecture: @leaypi.bsky.social
7/5: Book launch: Luke Ulas, 'Being Cosmopolitan'
28/5: Theory seminar: @stuartgwhite.bsky.social
2/6: Chris Hookway Lecture: @roberttalisse.bsky.social and @cherylmisak.bsky.social
11/3: Warrender Lecture: @leaypi.bsky.social
7/5: Book launch: Luke Ulas, 'Being Cosmopolitan'
28/5: Theory seminar: @stuartgwhite.bsky.social
2/6: Chris Hookway Lecture: @roberttalisse.bsky.social and @cherylmisak.bsky.social
February 20, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Some nice events coming up here in Sheffield:
11/3: Warrender Lecture: @leaypi.bsky.social
7/5: Book launch: Luke Ulas, 'Being Cosmopolitan'
28/5: Theory seminar: @stuartgwhite.bsky.social
2/6: Chris Hookway Lecture: @roberttalisse.bsky.social and @cherylmisak.bsky.social
11/3: Warrender Lecture: @leaypi.bsky.social
7/5: Book launch: Luke Ulas, 'Being Cosmopolitan'
28/5: Theory seminar: @stuartgwhite.bsky.social
2/6: Chris Hookway Lecture: @roberttalisse.bsky.social and @cherylmisak.bsky.social
Looking forward to doing my first ever joint talk, with @roberttalisse.bsky.social: the Chris Hookway Memorial Lecture, Sheffield, June 3. If you're in the UK (or from farther afield and loved Chris), do come!
Doing a bunch of talks in the coming months. If you're around, let me know...
February 11, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Looking forward to doing my first ever joint talk, with @roberttalisse.bsky.social: the Chris Hookway Memorial Lecture, Sheffield, June 3. If you're in the UK (or from farther afield and loved Chris), do come!
Reposted by Cheryl Misak
BREAKING: Ontario Premier Doug Ford says they are removing ALL American drinks from the market.
The LCBO has a monopoly on drinks distribution in Ontario.
Trump just torched $1 billion of US exports.
Holy shit.
The LCBO has a monopoly on drinks distribution in Ontario.
Trump just torched $1 billion of US exports.
Holy shit.
February 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
BREAKING: Ontario Premier Doug Ford says they are removing ALL American drinks from the market.
The LCBO has a monopoly on drinks distribution in Ontario.
Trump just torched $1 billion of US exports.
Holy shit.
The LCBO has a monopoly on drinks distribution in Ontario.
Trump just torched $1 billion of US exports.
Holy shit.
Just think of all the those over the last 150 years who walked by and admired this tree - Keynes, Ramsey, Wittgenstein, Russell, and even the likes of you and me.
Story about the feat that was the removal of the iconic 180yo beech affected by two fungi and hence no longer safe. I picked up some wood chips for my garden (hopefully without the fungi)
Farewell to Bodley's beech tree
King's beloved beech tree was removed in January 2025
kingscollege.shorthandstories.com
January 28, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Just think of all the those over the last 150 years who walked by and admired this tree - Keynes, Ramsey, Wittgenstein, Russell, and even the likes of you and me.