Sensible Erection | Philosophy lectures by Rick Roderick

Tuesday, 9 March 2010

Excellent lectures by the late continental philosopher Rick Roderick. Practicing in a unpretentious and socratic method that is sadly absent from most of the academy. Unfortunately I only heard of Roderick after his death. Thankfully his unique style and enthusiasm have been recorded and are available for free.

[literature] [by mado@6:01amGMT] [+9 Good]

Comments

swiggy said @ 6:25am GMT on 9th Mar
A few minutes into the first video, and I'm already feeling somewhat iffy here. Strawperson argument? Really?

Ankylosaur said @ 6:31am GMT on 9th Mar [Score:3 Funny]
yeah, it should be strawperson argupersont.

skainsmate said @ 6:41am GMT on 9th Mar
Argupersonsnt.

Nihil said @ 8:12am GMT on 9th Mar
Argupeoplet.

Naruki said @ 8:15am GMT on 9th Mar [Score:1 Hot Pr0n]
Argubeingsnt, you offspring of non-state recognized matrimonial pair bonding!

mado said @ 6:42am GMT on 9th Mar
How is a professor supposed to speak? Roderick is from west Texas and often speaks in a way we wouldn't expect from a professor of philosophy. He was an intelligent man who refused to put on airs and veil himself in pretension. He published a book about Habermas. I think that speaks to intelligence more than his quaint speech.

al_ said @ 7:35am GMT on 9th Mar
well yeah but every fucking phil dis has been about habermas for the last 15 years.

ctrlshift said @ 8:35am GMT on 10th Mar [Score:1 Funny]
his book was published in 1986
http://www.amazon.com/Habermas-Foundations-Critical-Theory-Roderick/dp/0312356110

swiggy said @ 9:05am GMT on 9th Mar
I think you might be reading something into my comment that isn't there.

My comment wasn't about his accent or mannerisms. I could barely be persuaded to give less than a third of a shit about someone's speech patterns or accent if thier points were valid. But the whole business of removing "man" from words is just silly (as demonstrated by the exchange above.) Reagrdless of surrounding content, I hear that shit and eyes roll inevitably skyward.

anagramophone said @ 4:16am GMT on 10th Mar
specialized talk for special topics

Naruki said @ 8:00am GMT on 10th Mar
Er... No. Strawperson might be a good word for a discussion on how to take Political Correctness to ridiculous extremes, but it is not a valid word in any other context.*

* Well, perhaps when discussing mythological beings who might want to hang out with the Wizard's successor to the throne of Oz.

ctrlshift said @ 8:31am GMT on 10th Mar
remember this was 20 years ago, when "political correctness" was a big thing. everyone had to stop making things gender specific.

Naruki said @ 2:01pm GMT on 10th Mar [Score:1 Insightful]
Technically they had to start making things non-gender specific, since most things were already made gender specific.

And PC is still with us. The funny thing is, it is pushed from both sides of the political spectrum, but for different purposes, and only the Right seems to be the ones who declare it complete shite (naturally making hypocrites of themselves, but that is what they do best).

anagramophone said @ 9:02am GMT on 10th Mar
QED!

Naruki said @ 11:53am GMT on 10th Mar
Whew! I thought I was the only one who saw that short-lived homage to Sherlock Holmes.

ctrlshift said @ 8:39am GMT on 10th Mar [Score:1 Interesting]
it was very much tongue in cheek, i think he was getting into trouble for not being "politically correct" enough. in one lecture he makes a joke about it "significant others, significant other others, dogs, cats... I am just trying to cover the whole gamut here, to make this contemporary"

themanwhoeatslettus said @ 7:09am GMT on 9th Mar
great just what we need, someone that can explain Nietzsche and make everyone that quotes him wrong.

sua_sponte said @ 5:52pm GMT on 9th Mar [Score:2 Funny]

anagramophone said @ 4:14am GMT on 10th Mar
+1 life of brian

ctrlshift said @ 8:33am GMT on 10th Mar [Score:1 Informative]
this is hilarious. even funnier because rick references monty python a lot to make points

anagramophone said @ 3:50am GMT on 10th Mar [Score:1 Interesting]
oh good. i will post this again, here.
Locating Ourselves Historically: Why We Are Not Living in a Western Civilization

anagramophone said @ 3:53am GMT on 10th Mar
oh that west texan drawl! ::swoon::