Stephen Colbert and Philosophy - Aaron Allen Schiller [140]
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Episode 3063, originally aired May 9th, 2007.
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Episode 1008, originally aired October 27th, 2005.
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Why am I obsessed with presidential assassinations?
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For more on the difference between the philosopher’s use of “intuition” and truthiness, see Chapter 9 in this volume.
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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (Dutton, 1978), p. 291
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p. 295. For those of you who worry that Locke is putting reason above God, Locke goes on to clarify: “I do not mean that we must consult reason and examine whether a proposition revealed from God can be made out by natural principles, and if it cannot, that then we may reject it; but consult it we must and by it examine whether it be a revelation from God or no; and if reason finds it to be revealed from God, reason then declares for it as much as for any other truth, and makes it one of her dictates” (p. 295). Locke was pointing out that reason was needed to make sure the revelation did not come from some other source—like the Devil or yourself.
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Episode 1001, originally aired October 17th, 2005.
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Besides, think how hard that law would be to enforce! But that is not to say we shouldn’t try. You know who I’m talking about.
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Jamie Whyte, Crimes Against Logic (McGraw-Hill, 2004), Chapter 1.
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Whether or not moral rights are always coupled with moral duties is a debatable issue. For an argument that contests this issue, see Joel Feinberg, Social Philosophy (Prentice-Hall, 1973), pp. 61-64.
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Crimes Against Logic, p. 9.
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James Kunstler, The Long Emergency (Grove, 2006).
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Episode 4063, originally aired May 8th, 2008.
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Stephen Colbert, White House Correspondents’ Dinner, April 29th, 2006.
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Actually this question was never really asked by medieval philosophers—another misconception. That’s just the kind of question they are accused of asking too often. But, truth be told, they talked about a lot of important stuff too.
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Actually, this may be a bit too strong. As Malcolm Gladwell points out in Blink, when it comes to recognizing danger and “reading people” our gut may be more reliable than reason. (Back Bay Books, 2007). But this doesn’t defend the Colbertian gut-thinker, since he gut thinks about politics and philosophy, not danger and body language.
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Episode 1001, originally aired October 17th, 2005.
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See American Philosophical Association, Critical Thinking: A Statement of Expert Consensus for Purposes of Educational Assessment and Instruction. “The Delphi Report,” Committee on Pre-College Philosophy. (ERIC Doc. No. ED 315 423). 1990. The APA also described six cognitive skills, such as interpretation, evaluation and inference. I’ll draw freely on the dispositions, attitudes, and skills in italicized sub-headings.
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Episode 4022, originally aired February 12th, 2008.
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Episode 3066, originally aired May 15th, 2007.
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Episode 3066, originally aired May 15th, 2007.
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Episode 2064, originally aired May 15th, 2006.
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Episode 3109, originally aired August 21st, 2007.
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Episode 2101, originally aired August 9th, 2006.
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Episode 2051, originally aired April 20th, 2006.
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Episode 2047, originally aired April 17th, 2006.
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Episode 2110, originally aired August 24th, 2006.
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Episode 2110, originally aired August 24th, 2006.
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Episode 2073, originally aired June 13th, 2006.
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Episode 4021, originally aired February 11th, 2008.
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Episode 2067, originally aired May 18th, 2006.
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Episode 2156, originally aired December 12th, 2006.
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Episode 2087, originally aired July 13th, 2006.
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Episode 2093, originally aired July 25th, 2006.
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Episode 2093, originally aired July 25th, 2006.
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Episode 4032, originally aired March 10th, 2008.
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Episode 2113, originally aired September 13th, 2006.
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Episode 2113, originally aired September 13th, 2006.
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Episode 2087, originally aired July 13th, 2006.
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Episode 2093, originally aired July 25th, 2006.
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Episode 2093, originally aired July 25th, 2006.
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