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History of Philosophy: a free weekly podcast
Peter Adamson, Professor of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy at King’s College London, takes listeners through the history of philosophy, “without any gaps.” Beginning with the earliest ancient thinkers, the series will look at the ideas and lives of the major philosophers (eventually covering in detail such giants as Plato, Aristotle, Avicenna, Aquinas, Descartes, and Kant) … Read more
What Happens in Vagueness Stays in Vagueness: The decline and fall of American English, and stuff
I recently watched a television program in which a woman described a baby squirrel that she had found in her yard. “And he was like, you know, ‘Helloooo, what are you looking at?’ and stuff, and I’m like, you know, ‘Can I, like, pick you up?,’ and he goes, like, ‘Brrrp brrrp brrrp,’ and I’m … Read more
monochrom’s ISS: Astronaut training camp
Our actors Jeff Ricketts (Star Trek: Enterprise, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly, CSI), Maciej Salamon (Barbarella, Tanz der Vampire, Sweeney Todd), Claire Tudela (Carmen, The Producers), Geoff Pinfield (Aoterroroa, Lovepuke) will portray the crew of the International Space Station — but first they need some serious astronaut coaching. Space experts Norbert Frischauf (OEWF) and Maria … Read more