Comments on: God is Undead

By: Ross

Ross — Tue, 14 Oct 2003 20:29:59 +0000

Talk about serendipity! I was just cruising around the APA web site (looking for a citation to something I had published in one of the newsletters) and had run across the Philosophy and The Onion call. I then stopped by my blog, and noticed someone had clicked over to my blog from this very post. cue the spooky music—and write a paper about it!

By: Alan

Alan — Tue, 14 Oct 2003 19:18:10 +0000

On the other hand, the call for papers comes from Weber State University, which though not a noted center of eldritch activity is located in Ogden, Utah, where it’s probably pretty dead most of the time. Hey now, as I’m likely to be the single reader here who was not only born but raised in Ogden, Utah, I have to … well, damn, I have to pretty much agree. However, while there may be not much of a night-life in Ogden (though there’s a great brewpub, really), there’s climbing, skiing, and even mountain biking that Kieran would enjoy.

By: Harry Potter

Harry Potter — Tue, 14 Oct 2003 18:16:01 +0000

daquared: Open Court are planning a book on Harry Potter and philosophy. A web search will hit some of the articles. Or check out this: http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/Entertainment/potter030619.html

By: Harry Tuttle

Harry Tuttle — Tue, 14 Oct 2003 17:43:55 +0000

Might be combined? Jesus was a corporeal being (we’ll give ‘em the benefit of the doubt here), died and was dead for several days, and rose to rule the universe from beyond the grave (indeed!). Fits the definition to a tee. Any Corn King derived ressurected God would fit the definition. Jesus, Mithra, Attis, Osirus, Dionyssus… the list goes on.

By: dsquared

dsquared — Tue, 14 Oct 2003 17:04:03 +0000

In all fairness, I feel it necessary to point out that this is a call for papers for another one in that series that has “Philosophical Issues in The Matrix” and “The Philosophy of Star Trek”, and those books were quite good. Although if someone does “The Philosophy of Harry Potter”, I’m getting out the baseball bat.

By: JD

JD — Tue, 14 Oct 2003 15:33:12 +0000

Seems it is time for “Buffy Studies” to claim their rightful place in the ivory tower.

By: Richard Greene

Richard Greene — Tue, 14 Oct 2003 15:22:23 +0000

The undead volume looks quite promising. I know I’m going to encourage every competent philosopher I know to submit a proposal. All of you should do the same. In all seriousness, thanks for the good publicity.

By: pathos

pathos — Tue, 14 Oct 2003 12:56:34 +0000

Onion Headline: “Movie Studio Sues Jewish Qabalistic Group Over Use of Term ‘Golem’”

By: James Russell

James Russell — Tue, 14 Oct 2003 09:54:13 +0000

For some reason the reference to “the novels of… Bruce Campbell” made me think there was something not entirely serious about the proposal. Unless one of the following is true: 1) the author mistook Bruce Campbell for Ramsey Campbell or 2) Bruce Campbell has, unbeknownst to me, gone from fighting zombies to writing books about them.

By: dsquared

dsquared — Tue, 14 Oct 2003 07:19:45 +0000

Did we ever find out what abstract sex and viral trading were?

By: Norbizness

Norbizness — Tue, 14 Oct 2003 03:49:42 +0000

Isn’t humor like a frog being dissected… you learn something, but it dies in the process? The second call for papers sounds better, because Bruce Campbell’s going to get mentioned hella-frequently.

By: eszter

eszter — Tue, 14 Oct 2003 03:27:27 +0000

Does this mean that some can deduct the purchase of a Ouija board from their research accounts?

By: Carlos Non-Zweibel

Carlos Non-Zweibel — Tue, 14 Oct 2003 02:02:08 +0000

Noted and communicated.