ION, I am just sitting here on my couch, and I'm sweating. I went out for a few hours and sought air conditioning but made the mistake of thinking it might have cooled off a bit and so came home. NSM.
(I totally want the cool robes.)
I don't fancy spending the next month trying to get librarian out of the carpet.
Spike ,'Chosen'
Natter 45: Smooth as Billy Dee Williams.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Pix - Jun 02, 2006 1:59:58 pm PDT #381 of 10002
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Topic!Cindy - Jun 02, 2006 2:00:09 pm PDT #382 of 10002
What is even happening?
I have read some Sider: his essay, "Hell and Vagueness" was good, and his new introduction to philosophy, Riddles of Existence: A Guided Tour of Metaphysics seems, from what I have read of it, to be solid and clear. There's no doubt he's a good philosopher, although I've heard that he's kind of a tool. I hope he doesn't read this board. Anyway, it's just hearsay. But it's true.Hee. I knew him a little in college. He was a year ahead of me, but I was in Philosophy 101 with him. I was surprised he philosophized himself out of theism (maybe with "Hell and Vagueness" which I tried to read online, but was over my head).
Topic!Cindy - Jun 02, 2006 2:01:22 pm PDT #383 of 10002
What is even happening?
Emily! Whoooot! Congratulations. I was mid-post when I left the computer to get Julia and Chris in their jammies.
Barak was your speaker!?! Man, that would make it all worth the lousy weather.
Bob Bob - Jun 02, 2006 2:02:17 pm PDT #384 of 10002
So, um Bob Bob, I'm taking note too. Do you want me to attach your name to my notes, or can I pillage at will?
Pillage at will, except for that bit on Ted Sider. And you might want to be wary about the morality v. ethics discussion, because, y'know, it's not really discussed, from what I've ever encountered.
Anyway, I've got to run now; time for wood-fired pizza with dad. I'm sure I'll be talking to at least one of you later tonight.
vw bug - Jun 02, 2006 2:02:36 pm PDT #385 of 10002
Mostly lurking...
Man, that would make it all worth the lousy weather.
I was so waiting for you to comment.
Emily - Jun 02, 2006 2:03:42 pm PDT #386 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
I have the PhD and didn't bother buying the robes, so, er, so much for the cool outfit. Whoops!
Well, all right. But if you wanted to, you could have the cool outfit. With the stripes, and the nifty hat, and the much less stupid sleeves, and possibly the nifty colors! There were some very nifty-colored doctoral robes on stage today.
Jesse - Jun 02, 2006 2:04:51 pm PDT #387 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I'm sure I'll be talking to at least one of you later tonight.
::waits by the phone::
Gus - Jun 02, 2006 2:07:37 pm PDT #388 of 10002
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
First you get the PhD, then you get the womens, then you gets the money ...
Wait. I never get this right.
Topic!Cindy - Jun 02, 2006 2:08:48 pm PDT #389 of 10002
What is even happening?
Enjoy the pizza, Bob. My eyes somehow missed your Plantinga for Dummies recommendations, before. Thank you. I've marked the post.
Jars - Jun 02, 2006 2:10:38 pm PDT #390 of 10002
My favourite easy-to-read textbook from philosophy was (I think) Existentialism for Beginners. It covered Sartre, Kierkegaard, Heidegger and Nietzsche. In fairly digestible snippets. And now I can't find it on Amazon. Hm, I might have got the name wrong.
Other than that I can't really remember the introductory textbooks. I just remember struggling to get through Leviathan and Being and Nothingness and such. Probably a good thing I dropped it in favour of archaeology.