Psychemulation and Dataism of Consciousness

One of the key disputes in the continental vs analytic divide in modern philosophy is one of style. German and French philosophers largely follow Hegel’s impenetrable style—or worse, Heidegger’s—while English-speaking philosophers largely follow Bertrand Russell’s approachable prose. https://sweettalkconversation.com/2016/03/13/the-gordian-knot/

Hilary Putnam, Cogan University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University, died earlier today. http://dailynous.com/2016/03/13/hilary-putnam-1929-2016/ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/martha-c-nussbaum/hilary-putnam-1926-2016_b_9457774.html

The prescription opioid crisis of overdosing and overprescribing has reached epic proportions, according to the North American media. http://neurocritic.blogspot.com/2016/01/opioid-drugs-for-mental-anguish-basic.html NB  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaak_Panksepp