PhilosophyObituaryPeter Geach obituaryProminent Catholic philosopher admired for his mastery of logic and work on ethicsThere have been several notable Catholic philosophers in the last half century, among them Michael Dummett, but probably none whose Catholicism was so integral to their philosophy as it was for Peter Geach, who has died aged 97. The professor of logic at Leeds University (1966-81), and subsequently professor emeritus, he was admired by philosophers for his mastery of that discipline, and his contributions to the philosophy of language and ethics, while also acclaimed by Cardinal Cahal Daly, the archbishop of Armagh, for his fidelity to divine revelation, and awarded the papal medal Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice (1999). Read More...
America’s abs. One unforeseen benefit of having an attorney added to the MCU? Someone finally knows how to get answers to the questions we really need answers to. Namely, was Captain America boning anyone offscreen? A running gag in the newly released first episode of the Disney+ series She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, out weekly, shows the illustrious She-Hulk, a.k.a. Jennifer Walters, trying to get her cousin, He-Hulk, a. Read More...
Donald A. Pierce, unmerited Assault on an 82-year-old Portland man who was the objective of an unwarranted assault at a bus station close to Portland State University on June 25, has died, as per police on Tuesday.
The victim, 82, died in the medical clinic on Thursday night and was controlled by manslaughter by soft injury after an examination by the Medical Examiner’s Office.
Donald died of gruff power wounds on July 7, fourteen days after he and 88-year-old Edward Lichtenstein were battered close to Southwest fifth Avenue and Hall Street. Read More...
