Longest. Dawdle. Yet. But we come back to you now at the turn of the tide. This time Ryan asks a question and Harland gets it wrong (of course). But we’re ok. Are YOU ok? Let’s talk about how the world will end then, shall we?
Tastes like chicken! What does? Dinosaurs… Happy Harrahdays, -Dawdlers
Metaphysical outlaws? Does our universe operate according to some set or other of fixed, eternal rules? Enforced by whom/what? Could these “laws” themselves “evolve”? This week the Dawdlers consider some lawlike generalizations from Alfred North Whitehead’s book Adventures of Ideas where he presents a quadruple of suggestions for how “laws” might Read more…
What makes humans special? Is it language? Culture? Throwing? Semiotics? Impossible burgers? Ryan thinks it’s the extent to which we combine (“meat”, cheese, bun – see!?). In this episode we Dawdlers discuss this in this “short long” and will perhaps revisit it again sometime. Join hands and feel our infinite Read more…
To be or not to be, that’s the question, isn’t it? In this episode, we Dawdlers discuss Jacques Derrida’s idea “Hauntology.” Not an easy philosopher to understand, we do our best to work out what spooks a Frenchman. In the end, this was but a first foray into the thoughts Read more…
In this episode Harland engages in some more of that pesky normative semantics and proposes a new definition of the word ‘definition’ (n): a paraphrastic replacement function. Huh? Well then he defines all those words too! The primary intent is to provide a pragmatically, anthropologically useful interpretation of current usage Read more…
Fnord. This week the Dawdler’s dip a toe into the wild and wacky world of parody religion and spread a few memes and participate in their small way to the Pan-Pontification Project. Duck! Here comes a golden apple, thrown into our little party. Let’s not fight over it, k? ~The Read more…
Do we need to explain to you what breathing is? It’s obvious. The evidence is in the doing. Or is it? In this Short, we discuss Harland’s disdain for the phrase and its strange loopiness. Song: Can’t Get Used To Losing You Artist: Andy Williams
A first for the Dawdlers, they speak to a third person. No longer are they experiencing what it’s like to be a duo. Keith Frankish is here to tell them their duality is but a mere illusion and he is the proof! Something like that. Enjoy their conversation with Dr. Read more…
Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose… Been a bit, but the Dawdlers are back. And, yes, things change but we’re still the same ol’ Dawdlers. Yer welcome. This week enjoy our exploration of some mind bending philosophical musings from philosopher Nelson Goodman. Ryan thinks a scientific orientation can Read more…