Philosophy Talk

This episode was the best. I enjoyed it and had alot to think about. Thank you.

Gender Trouble by Judith Butler

He's not necessarily a philosopher, but Oscar Wilde's "Picture of Dorian Gray" is one of my favorites; it's a pretty thought provoking read.

A fine article -- and thanks for using "torture" instead of one of the familiar euphemisms for it. But I quibble over one point: John assumes that, like Lincoln, Bush/Cheney acted "under the fear of incredible immanent [sic] danger." It's becoming increasingly clear that the real purpose of the torture regime was to extract "evidence" that Iraq had... Read More ties to Al Qaida and/or was building WMD's. The reliability of that evidence was seemingly of no concern as long as it supported the case for an invasion that was already planned.

Power and truth need each other for thier existence.

truth stands on its own, it needs nothing for its existence.* "Subversive" is a relative term, hence truth can not be "inherently" such. If you are saying it with regard to government, then I agree.

*with perhaps the exception of a conceptual, reasoning mind.

Check out Ken's Blog on the topic here:

http://theblog.philosophytalk.org/2009/04/philosophical-wife-swapping.html

Hmm... let me think about that...

VERY funny : )

We think West Virginia is a big breakthrough. Many program directors turn down our program because they think it only works in places like San Francisco and Oregon, where the audience is stereotyped as being full of lefty tree-huggers.

We think the program can find an audience wherever there are thoughtful, intelligent people. And we think you find people like that in many, many places. So we're really THRILLED to be playing (as of July 1) in West Virginia on West Virginia Public Broadcasting.

They've been running the show as an occasional special since December. It's gone over well enough that the PD there has decided to give us a regular slot as soon as one opens up. ... Read More

So we're thrilled, really thrilled.

a status update *about* a show about facebook posted *on* facebook -- so meta...

It will be broadcast on our radio affiliates sometime in the next several months -- I think this summer, but that's above my pay grade.

We'll also post it on our webpage for streaming, but only after it has been broadcast on all of our affiliates.

It was a really fun show. Thanks to Dave Boersma and all the folks at Pacific University for inviting us up. ... Read More

One of the things that made it fun was an audience full of undergraduate Philosophy Majors from all over. They were a great audience.

John's impish side comes out..

very interesting but honestly by the end i felt like loosing my mind :pp

Well, you see yourself,or a known representation of yourself.Different things,butt.

I need the sinecure of a government job!---Oh, I forgot, I've got it. I'm an academic!