Comments on: The 21st Century Monads … http://tar.weatherson.org/2009/10/25/the-21st-century-monads/ Donate to Oxfam: <a>Australian link</a>, <a>New Zealand link</a>, <a>UK link</a>, <a>US link</a>. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:37:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Richard Hanley http://tar.weatherson.org/2009/10/25/the-21st-century-monads/comment-page-1/#comment-5871 Richard Hanley Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:57:22 +0000 http://tar.weatherson.org/?p=2452#comment-5871 Maybe this idea shouldn't be buried in a comment, but I've been struck over the years by the number of musicians one finds amongst philosophers, and now there seem to be musicians writing self-consciously philosophical songs. So... I propose we start a tradition of "philking" at philosophy conferences. If you've ever been to a science fiction conference, you'll know about "filk" (and if you don't, go find out). It's often pretty bad, but can be rather good as well. And goddam good fun. I further propose that we start with the Pacific APA--it's suitably laid-back. Who's with me? Instead of going to a crappy Ayn Rand or Carl Jaspers group meeting, let's philk! Apart from the Monads, there are a few people mentioned on V. Alan White's site: http://www.manitowoc.uwc.edu/staff/awhite/PHISONG.HTM Please suggest some other potential philkers, or other potential conferences. Or not. RH Maybe this idea shouldn’t be buried in a comment, but I’ve been struck over the years by the number of musicians one finds amongst philosophers, and now there seem to be musicians writing self-consciously philosophical songs.

So… I propose we start a tradition of “philking” at philosophy conferences. If you’ve ever been to a science fiction conference, you’ll know about “filk” (and if you don’t, go find out). It’s often pretty bad, but can be rather good as well. And goddam good fun.

I further propose that we start with the Pacific APA—it’s suitably laid-back. Who’s with me? Instead of going to a crappy Ayn Rand or Carl Jaspers group meeting, let’s philk!

Apart from the Monads, there are a few people mentioned on V. Alan White’s site:
http://www.manitowoc.uwc.edu/staff/awhite/PHISONG.HTM

Please suggest some other potential philkers, or other potential conferences.

Or not.
RH

]]> By: Jeffrey Daniel Rubard http://tar.weatherson.org/2009/10/25/the-21st-century-monads/comment-page-1/#comment-5869 Jeffrey Daniel Rubard Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:37:31 +0000 http://tar.weatherson.org/?p=2452#comment-5869 Cool deal, Carrie, incl. the uncomfortable shout-out to "Judaica": a "maximally inauthentic" band is something to be, but my days of Popery and roses and Socialist Labor and "ghostwriting the whip" and yes, even a "soca hoax" writ small over I am getting into a new record <em>of long gestation</em> from *one* Atlas Sound. <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/noah+lennox/_/Walkabout%2B%255Bw%252F%2BNoah%2BLennox%255D" rel="nofollow">"Walkabout"</a> Cool deal, Carrie, incl. the uncomfortable shout-out to “Judaica”: a “maximally inauthentic” band is something to be, but my days of Popery and roses and Socialist Labor and “ghostwriting the whip” and yes, even a “soca hoax” writ small over I am getting into a new record of long gestation from one Atlas Sound.
“Walkabout”

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