Some Background Reading

For the new semester, some philosophical background reading:

http://www.philosophersnet.com/magazine/article.php?id=1045

Philosophy & the Olympics: Win or lose, Nethercott is philosophical - Times Online

As the Olympics wind down & the academic year is ready to begin,
here's another philosophy degree in action:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/article1050487.ece

See you soon.

(Again, thanks are due to Gary Smith.)

NPR Applauds Philosophy

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93192093

...and I guess we applaud them.

More philosophical humor

In case you've not seen this before:

http://www.philosophicallexicon.com/

Ah, philosophical humor.

Philosophy and Film (?) - "Evolving Thoughts: The Dark Knight"

Here's a discussion of the latest Batman movie, sent to us by Emeritus
Correspondent Gary Smith:

http://scienceblogs.com/evolvingthoughts/2008/07/the_dark_knight.php

(Since I haven't yet seen the movie, I can't vouch for the discussion.)

Philosophy in the Summer? Sure!

If the freedom of summer also brings an absence of philosophy to your
life, and if this is displeasing to you, then here are two potential
cures:

"Philosophy Bites" (a series of short interviews with various
philosophers on various topics)

http://philosophybites.libsyn.com/

-and-

"Philosophy Talk" (an actual philosophy radio show)

http://www.philosophytalk.org/

Philosophers and "big events"

Here's a rather varied sampling of tidbits from ten well-known
philosophers talking about "the response of philosophy to big events":

http://blog.talkingphilosophy.com/?p=296

(from Talking Philosophy - The Philosophers' Magazine Blog)