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Philosophy, like modern agriculture, is a little too prone to monoculture. True, unpopular philosophical traditions are less in danger of complete extinction than varieties of apple, or breeds of pig. For this difference, however, the subject is often indebted to a few far-sighted scholars who appreciate the value of unfashionable ideas; who stand ready to reinvigorate the gene pool, when popular approaches succumb to mould and inbreeding. Like the Gloucestershire Old Spot (a pig) and the Herefordshire Brown Snout (an apple), Hume’s Scottish Expressivism has been rather a rare breed, for much of the past �fty years, in many parts of our discipline. When the history of the subject is seen in proper perspective, I think, Simon Blackburn will stand out as one of these unfashionable but far-sighted �gures, lauded for his role in preserving and improving this once-endangered species, through decades in which the Monsantos of the subject had shifted their attention elsewhere. Admittedly, my own perspective on this history, and Blackburn’s central role in it, is hardly detached. From my avowedly partial viewpoint, however, two aspects
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