Omss-Culture: Culturebox: Philosophical Sweep



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culturebox Philosophical Sweep To understand the fiction of David Foster Wallace, it helps to have a little Wittgenstein. By James Ryerson Posted Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010, at 10:42 AM ET The following is adapted from "A Head That Throbbed Heartlike: The Philosophical Mind of David Foster Wallace," an introduction to Wallace's undergraduate honor thesis in philosophy, which has just been published by Columbia University Press as Fate, Time, and Language: An Essay on Free Will. I. "A special sort of buzz" To continue reading, click here. James Ryerson is an editor at the New York Times Magazine. Join the Fray: our reader discussion forum What did you think of this article? POST A MESSAGE \| READ MESSAGES Also In Slate Can the 14,000 Gay Soldiers Kicked Out Under DADT Re-enlist Now? There's a Much Better Way To Measure Inflation Than the Consumer Price Index Hitchens: Are We Committed to Afghanistan or to Hamid Karzai?	Advertisement
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culturebox Philosophical Sweep To understand the fiction of David Foster Wallace, it helps to have a little Wittgenstein. By James Ryerson Posted Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010, at 10:42 AM ET The following is adapted from "A Head That Throbbed Heartlike: The Philosophical Mind of David Foster Wallace," an introduction to Wallace's undergraduate honor thesis in philosophy, which has just been published by Columbia University Press as Fate, Time, and Language: An Essay on Free Will. I. "A special sort of buzz" To continue reading, click here. James Ryerson is an editor at the New York Times Magazine. Join the Fray: our reader discussion forum What did you think of this article? POST A MESSAGE \| READ MESSAGES Also In Slate Can the 14,000 Gay Soldiers Kicked Out Under DADT Re-enlist Now? There's a Much Better Way To Measure Inflation Than the Consumer Price Index Hitchens: Are We Committed to Afghanistan or to Hamid Karzai?	Advertisement
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Culturebox: Philosophical Sweep

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