Grunge and Philosophy What Nirvana Can Teach Us about the Philosophy of History By Micah Tillman Prelude: Epochal Boundary-Markings “The new millennium doesn’t start till 2001,” my classmate told me in the dining hall. “There was no year 0, so every century and millennium begins on a ‘1’.” I found that argument annoying in 1999,…
It’s been 6 months since we relaunched ANDPHILOSOPHY and as a little half-birthday treat, we’ve collected here the 10 most popular posts since launch. Happy reading. And remember there are plenty of ways for you to get involved. 1. True Detective and Philosophy: The Light Is Winning 2. Burning Man and Philosophy: Love in the…
Over at BoingBoing, Ethan Gilsdorf explains why Socrates would have made a good DM and that John Stuart Mill was Lawful Neutral. Read now. Also, if you buy (and read) the book, you get an advantage on all wisdom checks:
Sons of Anarchy and Philosophy Holy, Moses! The Pleasures and Perils of Revenge (Part II) George A. Dunn “Anyone who maims another shall suffer the same injury in return: fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; the injury inflicted is the injury to be suffered.” ~ Leviticus 24:19-20 Do you think Jax Teller…
Happy Halloween, kiddies. This is the AndPhilosophy Cryptkeeper here, daring you to explore this menacing menagerie of Philosophy and Pop Culture books. OK, so, maybe some of these aren’t all that scary, but they’re all written by folks with some serious braaaaaaains. HAhahAHAHHAHAHAHAAAAA!!! Not-so-fresh from the metaphysical mausoleum today: ….. ….. ….. …. … Also in the spirit of the…
Lucy and Philosophy Nietzsche and Human 2.0 Duncan Reyburn Okay, it’s true, Lucy’s entire plot is built upon a complete fallacy (that we use only ten percent of our brains), and, yes, the ever imaginative writer-director Luc Besson does ask us to suspend quite an awful lot of disbelief as we watch Scarlett Johansson…
The Ultimate Star Trek and Philosophy Edited by Kevin S. Decker and Jason T. Eberl 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. Works focusing on the five television series and twelve…
Sons of Anarchy and Philosophy The Pleasures and Perils of Revenge (Part I) George A. Dunn “And where the offense is, let the great ax fall.” ~ Claudius in William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Act IV, Scene V In this current and final season of Sons of Anarchy, one thing has become unmistakably clear: Jax Teller’s…
Destination Star Trek kicks off in London today. The 3 day event includes appearances from Star Trek actors present and past, including William Shatner, Patrick Stewart, Nichelle Nichols, Karl Urban, Brent Spiner, Michael Dorn, LeVar Burton and others. Events include a costume parade, Klingon speed-dating (whatever that is), and a video conference with Leonard Nimoy. Which is a good an excuse…
A great article from Nick Gillespie over at Reason.com on Why Libertarians (and Everyone Else) Love South Park. You might also like: View the complete list of books:
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