Thursday — July 24th, 2008
Today’s comic is inspired by a discussion I got involved in over at The Garden of Forking Paths related to the subject of prepunishment. GFP is an excellent site you should check out, if you’re at all interested in philosophy blogs.
One of the really interesting, and creepy, things about this idea is that we may actually be getting close to the reality of erasing targeted memories. Sure it might be nice for easing the stress of traumatic memories, but I have to say that the potential abuses of this kind of technology make me more than a little uneasy…
July 3rd, 2008
So you may have noticed a bit of chaos on the site lately. Basically I’ve been dealing with some sort of hacking which has forced me to start almost from scratch. I’ve been able to recover all of the old content (comics, comments, etc), which is the important thing. However the customized look of the old site is lost. Still I’m happy to have the thing running again - keep an eye out for a new look soon!
January 25th, 2008
*edit*
Ok, the 12 famous philosophers about whom wonderful comics will be made have been selected! They are:
- Daniel Dennett
- Friedrich Nietzsche
- David Lewis
- Baruch Spinoza
- Ludwig Wittgenstein
- Thomas Kuhn
- Jean-Paul Sartre
- St. Thomas Aquinas
- Rene Descartes
- Rudolf Carnap
- Graham Priest
- Donald Davidson
Stay tuned!
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Here it is - the announcement for the next gimmick! This gimmick I am shamelessly stealing from the fabulous Kate Beaton.
Kate (who has a fantastic comic that you should read if you haven’t already) recently did a series of 20 comics about famous historical figures, based on suggestions from her readers. So I’ve decided that starting next month, I will do the same thing, but with philosophers rather than general historical figures, and 12 rather than 20 (I don’t produce comics nearly as quickly as Kate does).
So here is the deal - I will take the first 12 suggestions, and make philosopher comics out of them over the course of February. So just leave me a comment here or send me an e-mail, and let me know which famous philosopher you would like to see a comic about!
November 9th, 2007
I have made my first progress on the dissertation writing month project thingy. 3157 words, to be exact. I am 15% of the way there!
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November 4th, 2007
Ok, so I’ve decided to use this area occasionally for blogging/rambling/ranting, in addition to news and announcements. If you don’t like blogs, just keep your gaze focused on the comic above, and you’ll be ok.
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