ILB Brief Encounters: Literary Figures Appearing in Interesting Situations

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The one and only exchange between Michael Dummett and Ludwig Wittgenstein, recounted in Williamson's "How did we get here from there? The transformation of analytic philosophy":

Dummett was going for a tutorial at Anscombe’s house. She kept the door unlocked. As was the practice, Dummett went in, and sat down to await her summons. An elderly man in a dressing-gown came downstairs and asked ‘Where’s the milk?’; Dummett replied ‘Don’t ask me’. That was the extent of his conversation with Wittgenstein.

jmm, Monday, 21 December 2020 16:25 (three years ago) link

one year passes...

TIL that Shizuo Kakutani was the thesis advisor of Saul Bellow's fourth wife, Alexandra. I wonder if this created a conflict of interest for Shizuo's daughter, Michiko.

(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Razor (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 3 January 2022 15:30 (two years ago) link


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