A topic that is very popular right now given the lawsuits against the NFL for mishandling concussions, the evidence that football contributes to mental and cognitive disorders, in which there are no cures is whether philosophers can be good philosophers and support the NFL? Not sure, but I’ll be watching the Super Bowl.
Anonymous
8 years ago
Marshawn Lynch is pretty awesome, in the literal sense of that term.
Jake
8 years ago
As an academic, I’m obligated to pretend I care less about sports than I actually do. What’s a Super Bowl?
I can’t take credit for anything having to do with the philosophical quality of the book, but I do think he learned a thing or two from me about how to incorporate a good pun into a title.
Alan White
8 years ago
I’m a Cheesehead. I’m only commenting here so I don’t get fined.
Anonymous
8 years ago
“The official Twitter account of The NFL on NBC’s newest commentator, Slovenian Philosopher Slavoj Zizek” – https://twitter.com/ZizekOnNFL
Eddy Nahmias
8 years ago
Apparently Phil Carroll did not take Philosophy 101. If he had, he would have known you do not pass on 2nd down on the 1 yard line.
Oh, there’s this: http://existentialcomics.com/comic/65
And also there’s this:
http://xkcd.com/1480/
A topic that is very popular right now given the lawsuits against the NFL for mishandling concussions, the evidence that football contributes to mental and cognitive disorders, in which there are no cures is whether philosophers can be good philosophers and support the NFL? Not sure, but I’ll be watching the Super Bowl.
Marshawn Lynch is pretty awesome, in the literal sense of that term.
As an academic, I’m obligated to pretend I care less about sports than I actually do. What’s a Super Bowl?
Jake: you misspelled “superb owl”.
“Heidegger and the Super Bowl” — http://broadstreetreview.com/cross-cultural/heidegger-and-the-super-bowl (via Merilyn Jackson)
May I recommend this book edited by one of my former graduate students?
http://www.amazon.com/Football-Philosophy-Going-Popular-Culture/dp/0813192196
I can’t take credit for anything having to do with the philosophical quality of the book, but I do think he learned a thing or two from me about how to incorporate a good pun into a title.
I’m a Cheesehead. I’m only commenting here so I don’t get fined.
“The official Twitter account of The NFL on NBC’s newest commentator, Slovenian Philosopher Slavoj Zizek” – https://twitter.com/ZizekOnNFL
Apparently Phil Carroll did not take Philosophy 101. If he had, he would have known you do not pass on 2nd down on the 1 yard line.