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Daniel Dennett on Philosophy Blogs

Dennett wrote this brief essay as the judge of the 3 quarks daily prize in philosophy. Worth a read.I wish philosophy blog postings were more like the best science blog postings: short, jargon-free,...

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The End of Philosophers

Simon Critchley, a philosopher at the New School for Social Research, presents a fascinating and funny examination of how many of the great philosophers met their ultimate end. Critchley is the author...

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Filmosophy

By HannoLast year we started doing a series of lectures using film as the background for questions in Philosophy, which we called 'filmosophy.' It is easy to use film to raise philosophical issues when...

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Facebook Philosophy: Epistemology

By Hanno, Lee and c.e.Lee: The difference between cockiness and confidence is that confidence does not depend on the opinion or view of others, it comes from self assurance through knowledge and...

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An Analysis of Knowledge (A weekly discussion)

Since the subject of "knowledge" has been brought up, I thought I might ask whether anyone would be interested in me try to step through my dissertation week by week, section by section. In the...

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Avatar

by HannoI read a recent analysis of Avatar [it seems the popular thing in some quarters] where people are offened by the movie for a variety of reasons, both on the left and the right. The criticism on...

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Epistemology

Yes.... I am still planning on posting concerning my analysis of knowledge --to take some of the burden off of Hanno. I will start doing so as soon as I over come some technical difficulties regarding...

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Kant and the Truth, the whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth

By HannoDr. Thomason, Dr. Butkus and I were having a discussion at Darrell's [blessed be his place] about Kant and his ethics. At the heart of the discussion was Kant's defense of the absolute...

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Kant and the Holocaust

By HannoAfter last weeks discussion, I wanted to investigate the Kantian response to the Gestapo argument. It may be, perhaps, that Dr. Furman's and Dr. Thomason's moral views are radically different...

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Yet Another Reason Not To Use Wikipedia

See Further ReadingWe are officially part of the problem...or are we contributing to the solution?~guybrarian

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Philosophy Club Meeting

We have started again. We now meet in Kaufman, 241, Fridays at 12:00. Anyone welcome. Even c.e.Hanno

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Next Weeks Post

I promised to post about Kant again on Monday, but I forgot that Monday is a holiday here at McNeese. So that post will be delayed till after the Mardi Gras break. for those of you who do not get a...

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State of Nature

By HannoDr. Thomason suggested that one way Kant can answer the Gestapo problem [that on Kant's view, it is immoral to lie to the Gestapo even to save innocent lives, which appears to be a reductio,...

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Philosophy Club Meeting Tomorrow [Friday]

Meeting in Kaufman 241 at 1:00. All are welcome.

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Sports and Bands

By HannoOK, as I went to work today, I started thinking about something quite different from what I promised. OK, Krista, I always promise*, and I promise* I will return to Rousseau and the state of...

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MSU Philosophy Club Meeting Today, 1:00

There will be a meeting of the philosophy club, Friday March 5th, 1:00 in Kaufman 241. Everyone is welcome.

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Filmosophy: Star Trek Through Time

By HannoThe Philosophy Club will host two Filmosophies this year. This is our discussion of film and philosophy, showing some philosophical issues depicted in popular films. The first one we will...

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Another one bites the dust?

It was recently announced by the Dean of the School of Arts & Humanities at Middlesex University plans to cut the entire philosophy program, a simple cost-cutting measure. Lombard Street blog...

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What is a philosopher?

The latest New York Times Opinionator column features Simon Critchley's op-ed, "What Is a Philosopher?"Kuddos to Professor Critchley for both reflecting on the nature of time, and referencing Monty...

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