From bad-mouthing scientists to existential comic strips, the March Round-Up covers everything you need to know for this month.
What happens when you overdose on philosophy? According to this week’s Existential Comics post, overdosing means cheating on a test as a way of rejecting slave morality and proclaiming that free will is only an illusion. And when your frantic mother asks, “Will religion help?” you reply that God is nothing but an illusion–just in time for Easter.
Why Do Philosophers Make Unsuitable Life Partners?
University College London philosophy professor Jonathan Wolff noticed a trend among notable philosophers: childlessness and unmarried life. Wolff poses some possible reasons for the pattern, but argues that it doesn’t have to be that way.
‘Cool’ but Pointless? Bill Nye Betrays His Utter Ignorance of Philosophy
Scientists and philosophers have been at war over whose area of study is more “important” or “useful” since the Renaissance, but it seems that the war is not yet over. Contemporary scientists have taken to the internet to voice their opinions, and it has not been pretty. First Richard Dawkins, then Stephen Hawking, and now Bill Nye. Will there ever be peace?
Hilary Putnam, Giant of Modern Philosophy, Dies at 89
Philosopher and professor Hilary Putnam died on March 13 at 89 in Arlington, Massachusetts. Putnam used infamous thought experiments like “brain in a vat” and “Twin Earth,” to change the way that we think about our perceptions of the objects around us.