http://madisonian.net/2007/11/15/new-paper-on-the-commander-in-chiefs-powers/ a blog about law, tech, culture, and related things Thu, 10 May 2012 20:32:56 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://madisonian.net/2007/11/15/new-paper-on-the-commander-in-chiefs-powers/comment-page-1/#comment-224481 Frank Pasquale Fri, 23 Nov 2007 16:50:07 +0000 http://madisonian.net/archives/2007/11/15/new-paper-on-the-commander-in-chiefs-powers/#comment-224481 Sounds very interesting. The temporal point about "before and after" reminds me of a recent podcast by Stephen Pinker on his book The Stuff of Thought, which looks at the strange slipperiness of the idea of the present. Literally speaking, there is no "end" of a ribbon, and no recognizable present...every moment instantly becoming past at its recognition as present. But anyway, I'm sure such metaphysical concerns needn't detain an argument like this. Sounds very interesting. The temporal point about “before and after” reminds me of a recent podcast by Stephen Pinker on his book The Stuff of Thought, which looks at the strange slipperiness of the idea of the present. Literally speaking, there is no “end” of a ribbon, and no recognizable present…every moment instantly becoming past at its recognition as present. But anyway, I’m sure such metaphysical concerns needn’t detain an argument like this.

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