Heap of Links
1. Human civilization is over, says Noam Chomsky.
2. But in case it’s not: a forum on parenthood and academia, at Times Higher Education.
3. Using statistics in your philosophical work? Need help? You can get free one-on-one stats consulting.
4. “Philosophy emerges in society when it loses meaning and fails to provide a unified and coherent picture of reality” — from an interesting review of newly translated lectures by Jean-Francois Lyotard (that’s right, Lyotard; get over it) on the value of philosophy.
5. The “most memorable” conversation one retired airman ever had was with Marjorie Grene, who earned her doctorate in 1935; “unable to find work in philosophy she farmed near Chicago and raised her daughter and son while writing several books about philosophy between 1944 and 1959.” Eventually she became chair of the philosophy department at UC Davis.
6. A recently republished 2009 interview with Judith Butler about Israel (with a rather sycophantic introduction).
7. Should the military use a version of deep brain stimulation to modify soldiers? Matthew Liao (NYU) discusses the issues.
8. Need to get the creative juices flowing? This article explains why you should go for a walk.
9. If you have some time to kill you can see what people have to say about their “philosophy professor” on Twitter.
10. The canon of philosophy karaoke songs ❤. (via Jeff Engelhardt)
http://terenceblake.wordpress.com/2014/09/04/16-traits-of-continental-philosophy/
More Philosophy Karaoke Songs:
Popper Don’t Preach
Hit Me With Your Oakeshott
A Groovy Quine of Love
Nietzsche Tonight
Oh Searle
The Total Eclipse of the Hart
Smalltown Boyd
Perry Lane
Strawberry Field Forever
Kamm Together
Sgt. Popper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
Lucy in the Sky with Diamond
Dworkin Like An Egyptian
A Whitehead Shade of Pale
LOOK WHAT YOU HAVE DONE TO ME, Justin!!!
Dennett You Want Me (Baby)
Hungry Like Sue Wolf
In the Ayer Tonight
It’s the Rand Of the World As We Know It (I know…)
Shiny Appiah People
What’s Lowe Got To Do With It
The Dark Sider of the Moon
She Talks to Engels
Since Justin posted a Lyotard link and Terence Blake references Lyotard, this might be a good place to ask: what is the current status of Lyotard in continental philosophy?
Obviously he’s not well thought of among the analytically minded, but many controversial figures have achieved something like canonical status in continental circles. So, I find it a bit surprising that Lyotard doesn’t have a higher profile there.
I haven’t read his work in ages, and only encountered him very early in my philosophy study, but at the time I thought among stylistically obscure writer he was sometimes more readable than things like Derrida, Foucault, and Deleuze.
Is there a reason why interest in him has declined among continentals? Is there a reason why analytic philosophers treat him as a kind of worst-case version of “bad” continental philosophy? Does this new volume suggest a renewed interest?
The Boyd With Hawthorne on His Sider
There is a Leiter That Never Goes Out