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Official Song of Philosophy Forums?

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Posted 07/15/09 - 02:27 AM: Subject: Official Song of Philosophy Forums?	#1
I was just thinking about nation anthems and "unofficial" national anthems. If we were to have an "anthem" for this forum, what would you suggest? My list is a bit long, but I will throw one out there, video and lyrics. Taste of music and genre put aside, what lyrics would sum things up? http://vodpod.com/watch/203650-vid...lymotion-share-your-videos Hey, hey, The clouds are whey. There's straw for the donkeys, And the innocents can all sleep safely, All sleep safely. My, my, Sun is pie. There's fodder for the cannons, And the guilty ones can all sleep safely, All sleep safely. And all the world is football-shaped It's just for me to kick in space And I can see, hear, smell, touch, taste And I've got one, two, three, four, five Senses working overtime Trying to take this all in. I've got one, two, three, four, five Senses working overtime Trying to taste the difference 'Tween a lemon and a lime Pain and the pleasure And the church bells softly chime. Hey hey, Night fights day. There's food for the thinkers, And the innocents can all live slowly, All live slowly. My, my, The sky will cry Jewels for the thirsty, And the guilty one's can all die slowly , All die slowly. And all the world is biscuit-shaped, It's just for me to feed my face, And I can see, hear, smell, touch, taste, And I've got one, two, three, four, five, Senses working overtime Trying to take this all in. I've got one, two, three, four, five, Senses working overtime Trying to taste the difference, 'Tween a lemon and a lime, Pain and the pleasure, And the church bells softly chime, And birds might fall from black skies, And bullies might give you black eyes, And busses might skid on black ice, But to me it's very, very beautiful ˇ (England's glory!) Beautiful ˇ (A striking beauty!) And all the world is football-shaped, It's just for me to kick in space, And I can see, hear, smell, touch, taste, And I've got one, two, three, four, five, Senses working overtime Trying to take this all in I've got one, two, three, four, five Senses working overtime Trying to tell the difference 'Tween the goods and grime Turds and treasure And there's one, two, three, four, five Senses working overtime Trying to take this all in I've got one, two, three, four, five Senses working overtime Trying to taste the difference 'Tween a lemon and a lime Pain and the pleasure, And the church bells softly chime. Any suggestion? Meow! GREG
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Posted 07/15/09 - 04:31 AM:	#2
Monty Python, hands down: Immanuel Kant was a real pissant Who was very rarely stable. Heidegger, Heidegger was a boozy beggar Who could think you under the table. David Hume could out-consume Schopenhauer and Hegel, And Wittgenstein was a beery swine Who was just as schloshed as Schlegel. There's nothing Nietzche couldn't teach ya 'Bout the raising of the wrist. Socrates, himself, was permanently pissed. John Stuart Mill, of his own free will, On half a pint of shandy was particularly ill. Plato, they say, could stick it away-- Half a crate of whiskey every day. Aristotle, Aristotle was a bugger for the bottle. Hobbes was fond of his dram, And Ren Descartes was a drunken fart. 'I drink, therefore I am.' Yes, Socrates, himself, is particularly missed, A lovely little thinker, But a bugger when he's pissed.
Obama is humping the pump in an effort to re-inflate an economy that looks more like a balloon with a 55 caliber bullet hole in it. - Joe Bageant

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Posted 07/15/09 - 04:31 AM:	#3
In Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, Wittgenstein asserted "For an answer which cannot be expressed the question too cannot be expressed." By this he doesn't mean that anything that looks like a question has an answer -- what he's trying to point out is that unanswerable problems come from confused questions. "How does the mind interact with the brain?" for example is unanswerable (the interaction problem) because the question is confused -- the question treats the mind and brain like two seperate entities floating next to each other, which they are not. If your question is solid and doesn't fall apart on analysis, then Wittgenstein says that there is an answer for it.

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Posted 07/15/09 - 06:36 AM:	#4
Benkei is right. That song, sung by the famous Philosophy Department of Wallamaloo, has no rival.
"Let us not pretend to doubt in philosophy what we do not doubt in our hearts."--C.S. Peirce "There is nothing so absurd but some philosopher has said it."--Marcus Tullius Cicero "Philosophy recovers itself when it ceases to be a device for dealing with the problems of philosophers and becomes a method, cultivated by philosophers, for dealing with the problems of men."--John Dewey

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Posted 07/15/09 - 11:55 AM:	#5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eE7Fe1cGLPk&NR=1
Heard joke once: Man goes to doctor. Says he's depressed. Says life seems harsh and cruel. Says he feels all alone in a threatening world where what lies ahead is vague and uncertain. Doctor says "Treatment is simple. Great clown Pagliacci is in town tonight. Go and see him. That should pick you up." Man bursts into tears. Says "But Doctor... I am Pagliacci." Good joke, everybody laugh. Roll on snare drum... Curtains.

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Posted 07/15/09 - 04:36 PM:	#6
Call me biased, but I prefer the Kant song for its educational value: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzpL_5CI0WQ

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Posted 07/15/09 - 04:36 PM:	#7
Kant made a great point there.

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Posted 07/15/09 - 10:30 PM:	#8
Rats! I was going to suggest Monte Python.
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Posted 07/16/09 - 01:01 AM:	#9
Benkei! That's it! and to think I just watched it yesterday before write this thread... I guess I was just confused! Meow! GREG
I am not one to attribute that which I cannot understand immediately to be god(s)-perhaps I will never understand, but god(s) are not defined by my lack of understanding-this is the foundation of dogmas, the pressing of connotative values into the realm of dennotative meaning. - MOS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIYJERcdHb0 Jerry Sings!

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