‘Philosophy’ Category
Logicomix!
Logicomix is a graphic novel about mathematics, logic, philosophy, war, Bertrand Russell, the Vienna Circle, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and Godel’s incompleteness theorem. Oh, and Truth, with a very capital T. Despite that unlikely description, the work is a real page-turner. (I forced myself to ration my reading each night, to make it last.) You don’t have to [...]
This is your brain on podcasts
Philosophers with an interest in the philosophy of mind might want to ruminate on the idea of subscribing to The Brain Science Podcast, the creation of physician Ginger Campbell. Campbell describes the program as “the podcast for everyone who has a brain.” The show combines interviews with philosophers, psychologists and neurologists, with summaries of important [...]
And I thought that empty chair was for Elijah!
What to do if you meet Rene Descartes.
If Marx had to take out the trash….
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/38517
Philosophy Born of Struggle: upcoming conference
PBS09 “The Sixteenth Annual Philosophy Born of Struggle Conference will address a variety of approaches to religion in contemporary society and particularly the interconnections between race, religious practices, and political action.” Proposals of 150 to 200 words are due by August 10. See the attached flyer for details.
Just in time for beach reading
Wondering what to read when you head to the ocean/lake/bathtub this summer? How about bringing along your waterproof laptop, so you can check out the theses produced this year by our six senior majors? Navigate on over to http://gustavus.edu/academics/philosophy/seniortheses.php. Summer is the perfect time for theory, don’t you think?
What Would Plato Program?
The jokes are probably a lot funnier if, oh, you know a lot about programming languages. But even philosophers such as I, who never look under the hoods of our computers, can appreciate this look at the languages philosophers would use, If Philosophers Were Programmers. A tip o’ the pixel to my blog coach, Joe Lencioni, [...]
Egg-sistentialism: Sartre’s cookbook
Reading Sartre’s cookbook makes it clear why the man spent so much time in cafes.
Senior Philosophers Present
The six graduating members of the philosophy department presented their thesis research at the second annual Celebration of Creative Inquiry, held in the college dining rooms on Friday, May 1. Representing the department were Kate Goodpaster, Joe Hillman, Laurel Hoch, Rhea Muchalla, Jeff Nichols, Caleb Phillips.
How do you say “rout” in Greek?
The playing fields at Gustavus were busy on Saturday afternoon, April 25–so busy, in fact, that the second annual Classics-Philosophy kickball game found itself being played not on a regulation field, but on a grassy patch near Mattson Hall, using bases made out of cardboard boxes. No matter. Nor did it matter that last year’s [...]