It seems here that the personality of this account’s admin is starting to take over, dominate a bit too much. Time for a clampdown, perhaps?

Nah, there can be only one admin. Greetings from Lumbarda, Korčula.

Tim recalls reading a book on history of the Royal Navy, and a character from the time of Elizabeth I had a short entry where he was listed as pirate and lexicographer.

An accessible essay by Yale philosopher Daniel Greco on Timothy Williamson’s recent book “Overfitting and Heuristics in Philosophy” Page about Timothy Williamson, philosopher. grecowansley.substack.com/p/biting-bulle…

An anecdote from Tim’s childhood: He was taken to a local shop by his step grandmother Maud, who simply introduced him to a shopkeeper: “This is my grandson,” to which the shopkeeper replied: “Yes, I can see the resemblance.”

Oh, dear, this may not make Tim popular, but could it be true? He said: “If you use irony in your philosophy essay you can expect half of readers to misunderstand it.”

Oxford philosopher Timothy Williamson (from an interview in 2017):

Interesting detail, a bit of a paradox: when his kids watched e.g Tom and Jerry, Tim was (unlike the kids) on the side of Tom, but was also annoyed at the general mindless violence in the cartoon…

Someone from a large European country once said to Tim: “Someone told me, in England you often use irony and sometimes to the detriment of others.Could this really be true?” 😅

Dani Yordanova Kathleen Stock “Precision-loving philosophers are sometimes criticized for excessive caution, even for intellectual cowardice. The idea is that the truly bold philosophers are those ready to plunge into the depths of obscurity, risking all in murky darkness, while the precision-lovers play

In the next six weeks Tim will have something like a mini work tour, combination of lectures, festivals and conferences: Urbino (Italy), Rijeka (Croatia), Mainz (Germany), London, Ben Guerir (Morocco), York (England), Vercelli (Italy).

Starting on Monday in Urbino: philevents.org/event/show/133…

In fact, activities already started, Tim joined this Beijing event for Jennifer Nagel, from Korčulan house, just before leaving for Urbino, all packed up, to be accompanied by six members of his family…newsen.pku.edu.cn/events/14895.h…

Ana and Tim, 25 years together. Celebrating on a ferry Split- Ancona, travelling from Korčula to Urbino.

Handout for Tim’s Urbino talk, in progress.

In Urbino

Fantastic poster, always good taste in Italy:

Tim listening to Sandy Goldberg in Urbino.