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Movie: Sorry We Missed You

Hoping that self-employment through the gig economy can solve their financial woes, a hard-up UK delivery driver and his wife struggling to raise a family end up trapped in the vicious circle of this modern-day form of labour exploitation. The newest film from Ken Loach. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Jul 11, 2020 - 5 comments

Book: Realism With A Human Face by Hilary Putnam. Part I: Metaphysics

I'm starting the discussion about the first part of the Hilary Putnam book. The lengthy introduction discusses Putnam's influences, and the essays in Part I focus on metaphysics. [more inside]
posted by Fritz Langwedge on May 1, 2016 - 0 comments

Book: Realism With A Human Face by Hilary Putnam

Our first selection is a set of essays by Hilary Putnam that covers Metaphysics, Ethics and Aesthetics, and Studies in American Philosophy in its three parts. [more inside]
posted by Fritz Langwedge on Mar 23, 2016 - 0 comments

Movie: The Heiress

A wealthy, naive young woman falls for a handsome young man who is suspected by her emotionally distant father to be a fortune hunter. [more inside]
posted by Sheydem-tants on Feb 9, 2016 - 7 comments

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