More specifically concerning: uncouth behavior
the doubtful guest
17 November 2011, around 8.50.
Mrs. Boswell reacts to a visitation by Samuel Johnson.
pullover
8 August 2012, around 8.43.
Annoyed at having first to turn his pullovers the right side out every time he puts them on, he decides to turn them around as soon as he has taken them off. Surely, this is rational. But since this decision does not override the decision automatically to turn out his pullover when he puts it […]
recursus
29 March 2021, around 8.01.
Isaiah Berlin makes a decision.
Adversaria (35)
28 February 2026, around 4.24.
‘Vagueness may be used as a vehicle for the exercise of control or for the evasion of control’ —Donald A Schön (The Reflective Practitioner, p. 305) ‘Some words cause on to behave in a certain way. Then too he likes these words because they have no synonyms, and they are able to combine technical precision […]