Philosophy
Posts have been a bit long this week, so thought we'd do something shorter. Yesterday was a good pun day and I figured that would be a fine excuse for a post. The first is from my first year seminar and the second from a response to a paper I'm working on:
Of course, according to Kepler, the orbits of the planets are...
The author claims that analytic philosophy is sterile, yet Russell's "On Denoting" is not only seminal, but begat Strawson's response, "On Referring."
Got other good ones?
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Philosophy
Smart Puns
Posts have been a bit long this week, so thought we'd do something shorter. Yesterday was a good pun day and I figured that would be a fine excuse for a post. The first is from my first year seminar and the second from a response to a paper I'm working on:
Of course, according to Kepler, the orbits of the planets are...
The author claims that analytic philosophy is sterile, yet Russell's "On Denoting" is not only seminal, but begat Strawson's response, "On Referring."
Got other good ones?
- Short Ethics Questions
This weekend, the short people had some very good questions. The taller of the short people asked whether doing a number of good acts made it ok to do a bad one, whether we save up ethics points that can be redeemed on something we know we shouldn't...
- Our Third Blogoversary
Today is the third anniversary of Philosophers' Playground. Hard to believe it's been three years and 975 posts. I want thank everyone who has stopped by, commented, guest posted, or lurked. I am incredibly proud of the gang who frequents the...
- Who Are The Best Looking Philosophers?
So, a student yesterday asked who were the best looking analytic philosophers, not convinced that there actually were any. My initial response -- aside from yours truly, of course -- was Moritz Schlick whom I'd always thought had that handsome strict...
- The Limits Of Rational Discourse: When Do You Shut Someone Up?
Last Friday, the post was a meditation on race, looking at the loss of Dr. King and the changes that have occurred since. We had a horrible comment leading off the discussion and the responses were harsh. I stepped in to stop the ad hominems and Kerry's...
- Bullshit Or Not: Hitchens Edition
There's an old sketch film called Amazon Women on the Moon and one of the bits is a parody of the old Leonard Nimoy show, "In Search Of..." called, "Bullshit or Not?" with the tagline "Bullshit or not? You decide." So I've stolen it for what is...