How good are doctors at diagnosis? This is the most relevant paper I have written. Not perfect but addresses a huge issue I think could change medicine if acknowledged …it has changed how I think about diagnosis ja.ma/3rQNtjv JAMA Internal Medicine John Mandrola, MD 1/n

On the Importance of Finding Meaning in Life voegelinview.com/on-the-importa… Yost @voegleinview has penned a lovely personal tribute to Grant and to Aldus (of whose work, and remarkable effort, I was unfamiliar. I appreciate the introduction.)

A review by Thomas Nagel. newstatesman.com/international-…

A remarkable program: a thoughtful and creative engagement by Monk, Richter, and Gjessing with Wittgenstein, interweaving philosophy, music, and poetry.Ray Monk maxrichtermusic London Review Bookshop podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lon…

A compelling interview with Edward Mendelson—an oral history, if you will, on his relationship with W. H. Auden, and illustrative of his dedicated engagement with Auden’s work. ⁦The Spectator World⁩ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

Pierre Hadot, Don't Forget to Live: Goethe and the Tradition of Spiritual Exercise - University of Chicago Press, April 2023 progressivegeographies.com/2023/02/17/pie… via @stuartelden UChicagoPress

In his characteristic style, Phillips ‘free associates’ on Freud and psychoanalysis: our curiosity with ourselves, resistance, what we can believe, and on “one who is supposed to know.”

In the recent issue of the LRB, Mulhall constructs a challenging critical assessment of Edmonds’s biography, “Parfit: A Philosopher and His Mission to Save Philosophy”—“perfect philosophical answers,” and alternative ways of practicing philosophy. lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/…

pearson.com/en-au/media/2y… “The AI Revolution in Medicine” is a fascinating and essential book. With compelling examples, it illuminates how GPT-4 will transform the practice of medicine and patient care—and the attendant ethical challenges. Isaac Kohane Peter Lee carey goldberg

This book has much to recommend it. Above all, it is urgent. The opening chapter by Taylor is a master class on how to do “public philosophy”: the narrative (argument) is clear, comprehensive, patient, and evenhanded.

Prof. Jonathan Lear to examine gratitude in 2024 Ryerson Lecture | University of Chicago News news.uchicago.edu/story/prof-jon…

Three narrative episodes (aspects and reflections) on Auden: religion, politics, and love. bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m… With intersperced brief remarks/readings by Auden.

The Journal of Clinical Ethics, Summer 2024

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The Journal of Clinical Ethics | Vol 35, No 4 Winter 2024 Issue Online ⁦The MacLean Center⁩ journals.uchicago.edu/toc/jce/2024/3…

The Journal of Clinical Ethics | Vol 36, No 1 The Spring 2025 issue, featuring a Special Section addressing “Trauma and Surrogate Decision Makers,” edited by Autumn Fiester, is now online. Link below. ⁦The MacLean Center⁩ journals.uchicago.edu/toc/jce/2025/3…

The Journal of Clinical Ethics | Vol 36, No 2, Summer 2025, from the MacLean Center, is now available online. ⁦The MacLean Center⁩ ⁦UChicago Medicine⁩ ⁦UChicagoPress⁩ journals.uchicago.edu/toc/jce/2025/3…