Tom Morris



2008.07.12

Tyler Cowen is fundamentally wrong about throwing out books. There is no objective scale of the meritoriousness of books. Different readers have different needs for books. I have a few creationist books on my shelves, not because I'm a creationist or think that creationism is valid, but because I like to know my enemies. Therefore, if you were to take Cowen's suggestion (inspired no doubt by the fact that he is writing for a book publisher), you would think "Oh, that Tom character has got too much to read already, so I won't give him this book about creationism". You'd be mistaken. I would like to have the book, for reference. Book readers are odd people, and about the least likely to strictly follow the model of homo economicus. 2008-07-12T11:10:54ZUntitled entry permalink

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Tom Morris
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I am a , an , like to code in and noodle about with and the . I also have a BA in philosophy from London, and am studying for an MA. My philosophical interests are in Victorian-era German philosophy, Kierkegaard, Robert Nozick, hermeneutics and current approaches to the demarcation problem in the philosophy of science. Musically, I like jazz fusion, soul and P-Funk. My musical nirvana would be a mixture of Beethoven, Miles Davis and George Clinton topped with a side-serving of Erykah, Jill and Angie.

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