You’ve long longed for a list of links. And it’s been a long time since I listed any links. So here’s a long list of long longed-for links.
Chris Kaczor is interviewed at National Review and America magazine about his new book The Gospel of Happiness.
At Nautilus, philosopher Roger Trigg explains why science needs metaphysics.
Sexual ethics and the modern academy: a Princeton Anscombe Society panel discussion with John Haldane, Candace Vogler, Roger Scruton, and Robert P. George.
The Wall Street Journal on how Steely Dan created “Deacon Blues.”
At The University Bookman, Robert Koons reviews R. J. Snell’s Acedia and its Discontents.
Mike Flynn on sentimentality and civilization.
Thinking of getting a Ph.D.? Maybe you should first read Charlotte Allen’s piece in The Weekly Standard. And Gabrielle Girgis’s in Public Discourse. (However: If you can overcome both of the obstacles described in these articles, we desperately need you in academia.)
We Catholics are living in interesting times. Commentary from R.R. Reno, Ross Douthat, and Damian Thompson. And there's a theme song.
Philosopher Paul Symington on Aquinas on prime matter.
Also at The University Bookman: David Seed’s new book on Ray Bradbury is reviewed.
Leslie Marsh has the coolest looking blog I’ve ever seen.
At New Yorkmagazine, Jonathan Chait explains why it’s time to take political correctness seriously.
And as if to illustrate the problem, Germaine Greer is under fire for stating the bleeding obvious.
The second volume of Peter Adamson’s “history of philosophy without any gaps” has just come out. So has his book on Islamic philosophy. Adamson’s blog and his history of philosophy homepage will keep you up to date on the project and on his podcasts.
For what it’s worth: Richard Dawkins’ interview with the late Christopher Hitchens, in New Statesman.
New in Thomism: Fred Freddoso on Thomism and the philosophy of mind in Acta Philosophica; David Oderberg on divine premotion in International Journal for Philosophy of Religion.
Vanity Fair on the secret origin of Tom Wolfe.
At The American Conservative, Don Devine mourns the army he knew.
Conservative philosopher Roger Scruton on Catholicism and Anglicanism, at the Catholic Herald.
St. Peter Damian’s The Book of Gomorrah is now available in a new translation.
Swastikas! Pornography! And… the Latin Mass? The absolutely bizarre story of the “Latin Mass Society.” More details from Fr. Z.
Can materialism account for truth? Philosopher Douglas Groothuis says No.
A 24-volume Neo-Scholastic theology and philosophy collection is available. Register and make a bid at Logos.com.