tiger c. roholt

The Humanities and Innovation

A short MSNBC interview with Harvard's president Drew Faust on the benefit of majoring in the humanities. *Nice points about innovation and creativity.*

 

 

 

the public understanding of philosophy

Angie Hobbs is the UK's first Senior Fellow in the Public Understanding of Philosophy, at Warwick. What a great use of funds! < twitter, blog >

She makes a nice point in this interview: "philosophy often works best as a social activity, teaching people 'not only to articulate their own ideas more clearly, but also to listen to other people's.' "

foucault—chomsky

Broadcast on Dutch television in 1971, this is a thirteen-minute debate between Michel Foucault and Noam Chomsky on justice, human nature, power, etc. This is a link to part 1.

What is Philosophy?

On the weblog Philosophy Bites, Edward Craig and Nigel Warburton have an interesting ten-minute conversation (MP3) about the question.