Category: humor
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A Parody Issue of Mind… from 118 Years Ago (Updated)
Some people worry that philosophers keep asking the same questions over and over again. If you think that’s bad, you may be upset to…
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Philosophers Whose Names Match Their Specializations
Which philosophers have names that reflect what they study and write about?
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Halloween Costumes of Famous Philosophers
Happy Halloween! If well-known philosophers were to dress up for Halloween in what they’d think are scary costumes, what would their costumes be?
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Philosophers Sing about the “Epistemic Epidemic”
It’s the latest dance, the best in town: / Grab a word like “epistemic”, then add a noun / Like “angst” or “insouciance” or “indulgence” or…
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“Physics Envy” and Some More Light Verse
The following are three poems from Felicia Nimue Ackerman, Professor of Philosophy at Brown University.
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Topic-Appropriate Excuses for Plagiarism in Philosophy Papers
For a paper on time travel: “I didn’t plagiarize David Lewis’s 1976 American Philosophical Quarterly paper. In 1975, he traveled to the future and plagiarized me!”
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“In Love With Your Philosophy”
This may be the best philosophy-inspired parody of a pop song ever…
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Philosophy Memes from Tomas Bogardus
Tomas Bogardus, associate professor of philosophy at Pepperdine University, handles the Instagram feed for the Pepperdine Philosophy Club, and he takes this role very…
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A Collection of Philosophy Humor
Gerald Dworkin, distinguished professor of philosophy emeritus at UC Davis, has put together another volume of philosophical humor, Philosophy: A Commonplace Book, Volume II.…
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“Easter Eggs” in Academic Philosophy
Secret features or qualities, hidden messages, subtle references, often humorous—what’s come to be known as “Easter Eggs”—appear in various media, from video games, to…
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Funding Opportunities and Award Competitions (guest post by Amy Olberding)
The following is a guest post* by Amy Olberding, professor of philosophy at the University of Oklahoma, in which she shares some, uh, unusual…
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Songs That Would Have Been Different If Co-Written With Philosophers
“The Shadow of Your Cave Wall” – Tony Bennett (J. Mandel/P.F. Webster/Plato) “Being and Time In a Bottle” – Jim Croce (J. Croce/M. Heidegger)…
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Did You Hear The One About…?
Did you hear the one about Heraclitus? Well I bet you haven’t heard this version. Did you hear the one about Foot? It kills.
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Philosophical Malapropisms
“Let me illiterate…” A student once wrote that when he meant “let me reiterate.” It may be the apothecary of malapropisms. I was reminded of it by…
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Which Philosophy Ideas Make for Good Costumes?
Which philosophical ideas (or examples) would make for a good Halloween costume? Yes, Brain in Vat. We all think we’ve thought of that one…
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Fallacy Ref Calls It
Fallacy Ref is the creation of Glen Welch, a performing arts critic for Red Publication. It’s “a series of image macros featuring an NFL referee calling…
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Lesser-Known Trolley Problems
Kyle York at McSweeney’s presents a very funny selection of lesser-known trolley problem variations. Here are just a few. Feel free to add your own in the…
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Lack of Philosophical Progress Owed to Procrastination, Study Hopes to Find
Historians of philosophy and experimental philosophers have teamed up to determine why there has been so little progress in philosophy. “Socrates asked ‘what is…