Reading for August: poll

Jamal August 12, 2016 at 10:12 4400 views 5 comments

Every month (in theory) we choose a philosophical paper or short work to examine in depth. The following is a short-list based on members' suggestions. Vote now!

Michael Thompson, "Apprehending Human Form"
http://cas.uchicago.edu/workshops/wittgenstein/files/2007/10/ThompsonApprehending.pdf

Peter Sloterdijk, "Rules for the Human Zoo"
https://rekveld.home.xs4all.nl/tech/Sloterdijk_RulesForTheHumanZoo.pdf

GEM Anscombe, "Modern Moral Philosophy"
http://www.pitt.edu/~mthompso/readings/mmp.pdf

Harry Frankfurt, "On Bullshit"
http://www.stoa.org.uk/topics/bullshit/pdf/on-bullshit.pdf

Comments (5)

S August 13, 2016 at 02:30 #15847 0 likes

G.E.M. Anscombe, "Modern Moral Philosophy". (Y)

usmnrd August 14, 2016 at 02:28 #15959 0 likes

Thank you. I will be reading this month.

Jamal August 14, 2016 at 04:29 #15982 0 likes

Reply to usmnrd Good. Welcome to the forum. :)

Reply to Sapientia Assuming it doesn't win, I think we should do it next month and not bother with a poll.

BC August 14, 2016 at 16:07 #16017 0 likes

"Rules for the Human Zoo" is good, but so is the Bullshit article. The Human Zoo seems especially current, what with the question "Are Trump and Clinton one of us or are they different than us?" Why are we proceeding to chose one of them to be our shepherd?

Jamal August 14, 2016 at 18:25 #16021 0 likes

Thompson wins. @Pierre-Normand is going to start the discussion thread in a couple of days, so get reading!