B Perron, Ken Knisley is the host and refers to himself as a philosopher. He actually drives a cab for a living but is a very good thinker and he asks and...
Ken Knisely is a great guy and does an excellent tv show. I'm proud to say that Philosophy Now sponsors it. Unfortunately, as I live in London I've never been...
... And why not? If an eldery gentleman in white robes and with a long white beard appeared, and demonstrated the ability to alter laws of physics at will,...
Thankyou for taking the time to disagree. The elderly gentleman you describe with the powers you ascribe to him may very well be assumed to be a god. As you...
... Why do you say this? For example, if a person displays knowledge of firefighting techniques, has the physical abiity to perform firefighting tasks, and has...
... itself ... fundemental ... If a 'god' does exist, the only truth of his attitude is that 'it' is a purely scientific observer. so it doesn't matter...
... ascribe to him may very well be assumed to be a god. As you rightly point out the indicators of godhood are entirely empirical. There are in fact people in...
... itself ... fundemental ... The horrible fact is that it really doesn't matter. We have to take responsibility for ourselves. Whether there is a 'daddy'...
B Perron, No! I was encouraging you to say something worthwhile, if you could. Well, congratulations you have said something worthwhile, you said 'I have...
Rick, There seems to be a dearth of video (or audio) material in England on philosophy. I've got a couple of video recordings on Spinoza and Locke done by...
... Surely that is not the only concept of god? ... That is generally true regardless of any outcome of theological discussion. However, should we get...
In a message dated 7/3/2004 5:42:57 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... Paul, Thank you for the correction. Must be my Boston accent that does that. By the way ......
Hi Paul,. I think you are right - there is a bit of a dearth. I will investigate and report back if I find out anything interesting. However, I do already know...
B Perron, Well done! You have dropped Gadfly from your predicate ( apt as you do not appear to be very Socratic). And added Brandon A; I hesitate to guess what...
Dear Rick, Thanks for your reply. I agree that a campaign may spring the tapes from the BBC, but first we need to know why the beeb is not releasing them. Is...
It would be a good use of this group to lobby the BBC to make this material available - it doesn't sound a very convincing reason that the philosophers ...
On the subject of the popularization of the history of philosophy, I'm excerpting from something I wrote on 1 May 2004. My aim is not to endorse any of the...
For the Love of Wisdom Course description http://www.pbs.org/als/for_wisdom/ftlwdescrip.htm I found this in a PBS catalog which has a 6 VHS set (5 hours)...
Hi, Apologies - I wasn't sufficiently clear in my last post. The BBC DIDN'T say that the philosophers who appeared in the series wanted too much money. They...
Hi Ralph, Sounds like a fun series. I'm quite tempted to get hold of a copy, but on the other hand I suppose it would be formatted for the US standard of VHS...
Rick, I reckon that these videos are important to our interests in philosophy. Indeed, we have got the book however we have not directly the interlocution. ...
... philosopher...." And if a guy on television sez it, it must be true! We are looking for topics for the 2005 season, so please let us know what would be an...
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Ken, It's good to hear from you and know that you are reading our posts. As far as show topics go, I like the idea of exploring how art (paintings, music,...
Dear Brandon A. Perron (Author & Poet) Assumptions: You posted a message with a subject only but no content, so you were fishing for something. Someone bit and...
Boley, From the content of this; And from the timing of this; It reads you are near the end of a session on Special Brew. Regards, Paul. ... From: arising_uk ...
Boley, After checking things out I see that: From the content of this; And from the timing of this; It is I on the Special Brew. Apologies If I have...
Clark, Apologies accepted, peace restored. Although re-reading I can't understand why I added the bit about Americans and irony. Must have been that last tin...
Rick, Have you go any further with this? I would be more than happy to help you turn up the tapes as I think that they are important to our philosophical...
Kim, Cannot agree more that Super T is the only drink of choice for the truly dedicated philosopher; indeed I am enjoying a 'can' as I type. But I have also...
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