Transcendence with The Boys in the Boat Harmonizing the Team and the Individual (Reposted from Psychology Today) The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown is a terrific underdog story about how the University of Washington crew team became national champions and eventually Olympic gold medal winners in 1936. I’m sure there will be…
Memo to Frank Underwood Your plan to cut entitlements by $500 billion and use the money to ‘create’ jobs won’t work. Why not use it to cut payroll taxes across the board instead? By Peter Lewin The consensus verdict on season 3 of Netflix’s House of Cards will arrive in due course. I will…
Great excerpt from How You Play the Game, over at the following link: On killing virtual dogs
Check this out: A UGA Philosopher professor decodes 5 Modest Mouse songs.
…Why are there no empowering words for vagina? By William Irwin [originally posted over at Psychology Today] I read Fifty Shades of Grey because I wanted to see what all the fuss is about, and I hoped I might be titillated. The book didn’t excite me, but I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. The trilogy…
[Deadline for Abstracts extended to March 23rd 2015] Minecraft and Philosophy Edited by Ian Schnee The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series Please circulate and re-post widely Abstracts and subsequent essays should be philosophically substantial but accessible, written to engage the intelligent lay reader. Contributors of accepted essays will receive an honorarium. Submission…
Humans of New York and Philosophy How to See a Face By Roberto Sirvent and Duncan Reyburn Even in our image-saturated world, the face remains the primary signal of identity. From infancy, the face initiates that all-important moment of genuine recognition. We find ourselves mirrored in the lives of others as they welcome us into…
Supernatural and Philosophy 10 Years, 200 episodes, and Millions of Fans Supernatural and the Social Contract By Jillian L. Canode The 2014 fall television season marked the beginning of the 10th year of Supernatural. Despite the show’s longevity and fans who are über devoted to it, many people still say, “I’ve never heard of…
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 43,000 times in 2014. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 16 sold-out performances for that many…
Unbroken Hope The Existentialism of Louis Zamperini By William Irwin (NOTE: This article was previously published via Psychology Today) If you’re one of the millions who have read Unbroken, then you already know. If you don’t already know, then you’ll know soon enough when the film version of Unbroken is released on Christmas day. It’s an incredible story…
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