Does Philosophy Still Matter? | The New School

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A distinguished panel addresses this question on the occasion of the publication of Professor James Miller's new book, Examined Lives: From Socrates to Nietzsche. Panelists include Simon Critchley, professor of philosophy at The New School for Social Research and author of The Book of Dead Philosophers; Anthony Gottlieb, author of The Dream of Reason, a three-volume history of philosophy; James Miller, professor of political science and chair of the Committee on Liberal Studies at The New School for Social Research; Astra Taylor, independent filmmaker and director of Zizek! and Examined Life: Philosophy Is in the Streets; and Cornel West, author of Race Matters and Class of 1943 Professor at Princeton University. The panel will be moderated by Lewis H. Lapham, editor of Lapham's Quarterly.

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This event is presented by Farrar, Straus & Giroux and the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers of the New York Public Library and sponsored by the Committee on Liberal Studies.

Location: Tishman Auditorium, Alvin Johnson/J. M. Kaplan Hall
01/26/2011 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

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[Contextcatcher]

Beginning of some special moments: speech Cornel 18:54 speech Simon 24:35 speech Cornel 32:00 speech Astra 34:46 'shit' speech Simon 37:20 "Ayn Rand question" 1:01:20 "rhetoric question" 1:05:50 "Apocalyptic question" 1:22:37 "the trap in context question" 1:29:13 Very interesting...

[TamedShadow]

The woman is a defeatist.

NOW, that is all.

[cuervacho]

@ 0:52:14 Always nice to see, once again, some american philosopher's jingoism in action... "french, fru-fru philosophy" [and everyone laughs!]. I don't know if French philosophers are to blame. I would tend to think that all the "postmo" way of talking actually generated itself with the reception -and poor imitation- of French thinkers in american academy. What happens there that all subversive thought loses its edge? Think about Freud's fate in america for God's sake.

[TheDavid2222]

I couldn't disagree more with the girl on this panel. She is embarrassing the name of philosophy and herself. If there is no "money" in philosophy then there is NO "money" in any other pursuit whatsoever. I question whether or not she has actually READ philosophy. If she has then she would know that philosophy truly changes the world more than any other discipline on the face of the earth. The fact that most people would rather die than think just means that philosophers think FOR them.

[MrPEDOCTOR]

Nice... 

[CohanDigitmatta]

"Beware the men who think too much, for they blind themselves."

[TamedShadow]

The guy on the far left is the only interesting individual.

Now, that is all.

[TamedShadow]

The guy on the far right is ignorant.

That is all.

[TamedShadow]

What matters is /how/ you manifest what you 'do' become aware of.

[TamedShadow]

We are our own teachers.

If the man cannot stand for the man they say; the man and his vision falls apart.

Words are as whole as a hole can be.

Philosophy isn't a practice. It's the very key to connecting everything and everyone through how we choose to apply our experience and awareness.

This world is not as solid is it appears to be, but you can make the best of what you do become aware of.

Clouded judgment is the farthest judgment any one is capable of attaining..

[DidGjestvang]

"Because life is spread out over time, and you only can think at one thing every moment. You have to chose a direction, and that direction is you!!"

Thats why psilosophy is needed.