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The Tractatus book is beautifully done, and the pop-out model is a great teaching aid when I discuss the Tractatus…
David Berman treated students with great generosity and seriousness as partners in philosophical discovery; correlatively, he was completely unimpressed by…
This is terribly sad news. I did not know David well, but he proved to be a hugely encouraging and…
I never met Alan, sadly, but his work leading the charge in making philosophy of sex “a thing” in contemporary…
Professor O’Grady’s considerate tribute highlights many of David Berman’s admirable qualities. I did not know Berman well personally – I…
Permanecer junto a los griegos. Ética, dialéctica y política en la filosofía temprana de Hans-Georg Gadamer. San Martín: UNSAM Edita…
I’ve only just heard this news and am sorry to read it. I was taught as an undergrad and postgrad…
Nigel Warburton (Open U) reports my skepticism about a contrary account. Those with more information should post there.
UPDATE: So two informative comments at Warburton’s site reveal that Nietzsche did, indeed, have a typewriters, and did type some odds and ends with it, though not, it appears, any of his philosophical work. But did Nietzsche have a laptop? On that point, I’m more confident….
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