Philosopher, Univ of Torontohttps://bsky.app/profile/cherylmisak.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/cherylmisak.bsky.social/post/3m6uv5fk7hs2yReminded today of this very nice compliment from Tom Stoppard (his favorite book of 2020)30 Nov 2025 21:45 +0000at://did:plc:e2epg2a3arvm5r6h7oux73uj/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6uv5fk7hs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/cherylmisak.bsky.social/post/3m3aoxqhan223Bill Twining, superb legal scholar and kind man, has died. Here he is in his lovely garden in Iffley, not very long ago.15 Oct 2025 16:45 +0000at://did:plc:e2epg2a3arvm5r6h7oux73uj/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3aoxqhan223https://bsky.app/profile/cherylmisak.bsky.social/post/3lxi5pocnwk2wOxford Pragmatism, discounted.28 Aug 2025 18:17 +0000at://did:plc:e2epg2a3arvm5r6h7oux73uj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxi5pocnwk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/cherylmisak.bsky.social/post/3lxd3mjytks23Hot off the press: Michael Kremer’s and my resurrection of Margaret Macdonald.26 Aug 2025 17:56 +0000at://did:plc:e2epg2a3arvm5r6h7oux73uj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxd3mjytks23https://bsky.app/profile/cherylmisak.bsky.social/post/3lvt6vp44hs2xNew arrival: Final installment of my trilogy on the ripple effects of American pragmatism.07 Aug 2025 16:47 +0000at://did:plc:e2epg2a3arvm5r6h7oux73uj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvt6vp44hs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/cherylmisak.bsky.social/post/3lvj7o6sprs2yThe 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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0Ht0QtbMXI03 Aug 2025 17:34 +0000at://did:plc:e2epg2a3arvm5r6h7oux73uj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvj7o6sprs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/cherylmisak.bsky.social/post/3lufvvquh6k22Fabulous appointment to the British Academy! [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Jul 2025 16:36 +0000at://did:plc:e2epg2a3arvm5r6h7oux73uj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lufvvquh6k22https://bsky.app/profile/cherylmisak.bsky.social/post/3ltxj6kkxvc25Part of my argument is that Wittgenstein was the old genius at Ramsey’s side! [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Jul 2025 23:11 +0000at://did:plc:e2epg2a3arvm5r6h7oux73uj/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltxj6kkxvc25https://bsky.app/profile/cherylmisak.bsky.social/post/3ltxiifvp2225Why does the Swedish translation of my Ramsey biography have Ludwig on the cover??14 Jul 2025 22:59 +0000at://did:plc:e2epg2a3arvm5r6h7oux73uj/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltxiifvp2225https://bsky.app/profile/cherylmisak.bsky.social/post/3lso3bccv222pThere 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: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/world/canada/trump-universities-professors-toronto.html28 Jun 2025 11:43 +0000at://did:plc:e2epg2a3arvm5r6h7oux73uj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lso3bccv222phttps://bsky.app/profile/cherylmisak.bsky.social/post/3lrvgc6hkhk2qTommie Shelby giving the Walter Benjamin Lectures in the Miriam Makeba Auditorium.18 Jun 2025 16:24 +0000at://did:plc:e2epg2a3arvm5r6h7oux73uj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrvgc6hkhk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/cherylmisak.bsky.social/post/3lrpn4pawrs2sOtto Neurath giving a tour good social housing/gardens.16 Jun 2025 09:10 +0000at://did:plc:e2epg2a3arvm5r6h7oux73uj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrpn4pawrs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/cherylmisak.bsky.social/post/3lrkxbusyi22iAlan Richardson describing Quine’s autobiography perfectly: On the Road if it had been told by the car. @roberttalisse.bsky.social14 Jun 2025 12:29 +0000at://did:plc:e2epg2a3arvm5r6h7oux73uj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrkxbusyi22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/cherylmisak.bsky.social/post/3lrb777hwz225Giving a talk in Frankfurt at the wonderful Normative Orders Centre in Frankfurt.10 Jun 2025 15:24 +0000at://did:plc:e2epg2a3arvm5r6h7oux73uj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrb777hwz225https://bsky.app/profile/cherylmisak.bsky.social/post/3lr6y6x5ads25The city of Berlin, speaking truth.09 Jun 2025 18:13 +0000at://did:plc:e2epg2a3arvm5r6h7oux73uj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lr6y6x5ads25https://bsky.app/profile/cherylmisak.bsky.social/post/3lqcumjnmf22wCome and remember Chris Hookway if you’re in the Sheffield neighborhood! https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/hpdh/events/chris-hookway-memorial-lecture29 May 2025 13:55 +0000at://did:plc:e2epg2a3arvm5r6h7oux73uj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqcumjnmf22whttps://bsky.app/profile/cherylmisak.bsky.social/post/3lpwwinfisk2aLong may you run. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/article-neil-young-lakefield-concert/24 May 2025 19:56 +0000at://did:plc:e2epg2a3arvm5r6h7oux73uj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpwwinfisk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/cherylmisak.bsky.social/post/3lptvyglcfk2aRIP James Till. Discoverer of stem cells. He and McCulloch should have won a Nobel Prize for it. https://www.legacy.com/ca/obituaries/theglobeandmail/name/james-till-obituary?id=5845026823 May 2025 15:09 +0000at://did:plc:e2epg2a3arvm5r6h7oux73uj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lptvyglcfk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/cherylmisak.bsky.social/post/3lps43yjhwk2kHave a talk at Humbolt U today. This is Hegel’s desk.22 May 2025 21:53 +0000at://did:plc:e2epg2a3arvm5r6h7oux73uj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lps43yjhwk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/cherylmisak.bsky.social/post/3lk3heqozo22ySuch a good health journalist @picardonhealth.bsky.social https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-hindsight-is-2020-did-canada-get-the-early-response-to-the-covid-19/11 Mar 2025 06:38 +0000at://did:plc:e2epg2a3arvm5r6h7oux73uj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk3heqozo22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/cherylmisak.bsky.social/post/3liymgvg6i22oThank you, Ian Ground, for bringing Ramsey under the care of the British Wittgenstein Society. Found the tag: @brittwittsoc.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Feb 2025 10:05 +0000at://did:plc:e2epg2a3arvm5r6h7oux73uj/app.bsky.feed.post/3liymgvg6i22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/cherylmisak.bsky.social/post/3liyfjftzjs2oF.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.25 Feb 2025 08:01 +0000at://did:plc:e2epg2a3arvm5r6h7oux73uj/app.bsky.feed.post/3liyfjftzjs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/cherylmisak.bsky.social/post/3lhw5ufux6c2wLooking 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! [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Feb 2025 17:14 +0000at://did:plc:e2epg2a3arvm5r6h7oux73uj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhw5ufux6c2whttps://bsky.app/profile/cherylmisak.bsky.social/post/3lgtdfgvxak2xJust 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. [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Jan 2025 20:50 +0000at://did:plc:e2epg2a3arvm5r6h7oux73uj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgtdfgvxak2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/cherylmisak.bsky.social/post/3lgkpt3sohs2xWise words from the president @uoft.bsky.social https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-lessons-from-canadas-nobel-prize-win-and-why-capping-graduate-students/25 Jan 2025 10:38 +0000at://did:plc:e2epg2a3arvm5r6h7oux73uj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgkpt3sohs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/cherylmisak.bsky.social/post/3lg3zc5pt522qSnowdrops in Berlin today!!!19 Jan 2025 14:18 +0000at://did:plc:e2epg2a3arvm5r6h7oux73uj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lg3zc5pt522q