Bad Philosophy » Socrates http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog Ever just sat around and wondered Why? So have we. Bad Philosophy is your one-stop fix for random philosophical musings about pretty much anything. Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:52:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 CreativeCommons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ captainvalor@gmail.com (The Bad Philosophers) captainvalor@gmail.com (The Bad Philosophers) Philosophy 1440 http://www.badphilosophy.com/podcast/BF_Logo_144x144_Color.jpg Bad Philosophy http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog 144 144 Upsetting the balance of reality, one rabbit trail at a time Ever just sat around and wondered Why? So have we. Bad Philosophy is your one-stop fix for random musings about everything from the nature of reality to the essence of modern digital society. Every week Stephen Torrence and Kevin Saunders invite guests from greater Texas Tech to chew the cud and make some magic. The more rabbit trails the better... philosophy, random, humor, college, politics, life The Bad Philosophers The Bad Philosophers captainvalor@gmail.com no clean Episode 089: You Asked For It http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2011/04/24/episode-089-you-asked-for-it/ http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2011/04/24/episode-089-you-asked-for-it/#comments Sun, 24 Apr 2011 17:43:10 +0000 StephenTorrence http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/?p=261 At any given moment thousands of people around the world are praying (and since it’s Easter today you can probably tack a few more zeroes onto that estimate). Whether it’s praying for the destruction of sinful local businesses or just a little tsunami from God to show the world He’s still awake at the control board, people pray for stuff constantly. But there are a few philosophical problems with this practice, beyond the fact that it feels really, really good for some reason. Here to take us through these conundrums are the venerable Dr. Mark Webb from good ol’ Texas Tech University, alongside the indomitable Kiki Canon. Careful what you pray for! Have a listen…

This Week’s Post-show Song Pimpage: “Gambler’s Prayer” by Jonathan Coulton

]]> http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2011/04/24/episode-089-you-asked-for-it/feed/ 0 0:58:18 At any given moment thousands of people around the world are praying (and since it’s Easter today you can probably tack a few more zeroes onto that estimate). Whether it’s praying for the destruction of sinful local businesses or just a [...] Bad Philosophy Episode 089 "You Asked For It" Recorded 04-16-2011 Bad Philosophers: Dr. Mark Webb, Stephen Torrence, Kiki Canon At any given moment thousands of people around the world are praying (and since it's Easter today you can probably tack a few more zeroes onto that estimate). Whether it's praying for the destruction of sinful local businesses or just a little tsunami from God to show the world He's still awake at the control board, people pray for stuff constantly. But there are a few philosophical problems with this practice, beyond the fact that it feels really, really good for some reason. Here to take us through these conundrums are the venerable Dr. Mark Webb from good ol' Texas Tech University, alongside the indomitable Kiki Canon. Careful what you pray for! Have a listen... This Week's Post-show Song Pimpage: "Gambler's Prayer" by Jonathan Coulton Podcast The Bad Philosophers clean no Episode 048: Full of WINtegrity http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2009/10/22/episode-048-full-of-wintegrity/ http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2009/10/22/episode-048-full-of-wintegrity/#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:16:21 +0000 StephenTorrence http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/?p=177 We hear a lot of talk these days about “Integrity,” and how it’s all good to have and such. But what does it even mean to have integrity? In this episode BF took a trip to Curzertown (the realm of Texas Tech philosophy professor Dr. Howard Curzer) to find out the answer. Ad-hoc philosopher Michael Hayslip also joined us for another appearance, and sadly we did without the presence of the good Kevin Saunders. Somehow we survived though, and came up with quite the F-isode in the process. Check it out!

This week’s post-show song pimpage: “A Talk With George” by Jonathan Coulton

]]> http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2009/10/22/episode-048-full-of-wintegrity/feed/ 1 0:54:41 We hear a lot of talk these days about “Integrity,” and how it’s all good to have and such. But what does it even mean to have integrity? In this episode BF took a trip to Curzertown (the realm of Texas Tech philosophy professor Dr[...] We hear a lot of talk these days about “Integrity,” and how it’s all good to have and such. But what does it even mean to have integrity? In this episode BF took a trip to Curzertown (the realm of Texas Tech philosophy professor Dr. Howard Curzer) to find out the answer. Ad-hoc philosopher Michael Hayslip also joined us for another appearance, and sadly we did without the presence of the good Kevin Saunders. Somehow we survived though, and came up with quite the F-isode in the process. Check it out! This week’s post-show song pimpage: “A Talk With George” by Jonathan Coulton Podcast The Bad Philosophers no no Episode 047: A Big To Do About WOO http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2009/10/06/episode-047-a-big-to-do-about-woo/ http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2009/10/06/episode-047-a-big-to-do-about-woo/#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:06:35 +0000 StephenTorrence http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/?p=174 Input, Achiever, Restorative, Deliberative… to many these are but a few odd-sounding words, but to those of us here at BF they are the vocabulary of success and self-knowledge itself. They are Strengths, as defined by the Gallup Organization’s StrengthsFinder assessment. This past weekend Jay Killough of Texas Tech University Career Services joined us to discuss the assessment, its philosophy of success, and his own WOO-nature. Kevin Saunders and Jed Cummins also came along for the ride, with Bryan Mitchell providing camera support. We had a grand old time. Enjoy!

This week’s post-show song pimpage: “Handlebars” by Flobots

]]> http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2009/10/06/episode-047-a-big-to-do-about-woo/feed/ 0 0:48:45 Input, Achiever, Restorative, Deliberative… to many these are but a few odd-sounding words, but to those of us here at BF they are the vocabulary of success and self-knowledge itself. They are Strengths, as defined by the Gallup Organization[...] Bad Philosophy Episode 047 "A Big To Do About WOO" Recorded 10-04-09 Input, Achiever, Restorative, Deliberative... to many these are but a few odd-sounding words, but to those of us here at BF they are the vocabulary of success and self-knowledge itself. They are Strengths, as defined by the Gallup Organization's StrengthsFinder assessment. This past weekend Jay Killough of Texas Tech University Career Services joined us to discuss the assessment, its philosophy of success, and his own WOO-nature. Kevin Saunders and Jed Cummins also came along for the ride, with Bryan Mitchell providing camera support. We had a grand old time. Enjoy! Podcast The Bad Philosophers clean no Episode 045: Bach in Business http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2009/09/16/episode-045-bach-in-business/ http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2009/09/16/episode-045-bach-in-business/#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2009 05:33:39 +0000 StephenTorrence http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/?p=172 Stop me if you’ve heard this one… a pianist, a mathematician, and a crab walk into a bar. No wait… I forget how the rest goes. Anyway, this week Julie Meadows, now back from the future, joined me alongside sneezing philosopher Michael Hayslip and spaghetti extraordinaire Kevin Saunders to talk about some music. I think it’s safe to call this one a solid F-isode, people. So grab yourself a bowl of Raisin Brahms, hang onto your mobius strip, and enjoy this aurally stimulating installment of BF…

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This week’s post-show song pimpage: “Hurt” by Johnny Cash

]]> http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2009/09/16/episode-045-bach-in-business/feed/ 5 0:58:31 Stop me if you’ve heard this one… a pianist, a mathematician, and a crab walk into a bar. No wait… I forget how the rest goes. Anyway, this week Julie Meadows, now back from the future, joined me alongside sneezing philosopher Mich[...] Stop me if you’ve heard this one… a pianist, a mathematician, and a crab walk into a bar. No wait… I forget how the rest goes. Anyway, this week Julie Meadows, now back from the future, joined me alongside sneezing philosopher Michael Hayslip and spaghetti extraordinaire Kevin Saunders to talk about some music. I think it’s safe to call this one a solid F-isode, people. So grab yourself a bowl of Raisin Brahms, hang onto your mobius strip, and enjoy this aurally stimulating installment of BF… (No embedded video, but you can check out the archived clips here) This week’s post-show song pimpage: “Hurt” by Johnny Cash Podcast The Bad Philosophers no no