tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post4832422082592022854..comments2024-03-28T01:17:42.336-04:00Comments on The Philosopher's Stone: WHO KNEW?Robert Paul Wolffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-35659082888124526952014-09-01T20:47:22.769-04:002014-09-01T20:47:22.769-04:00Just to be clear, I wasn't making the correcti...Just to be clear, I wasn't making the correction about Chomsky to be flippant or contrary, I just like the way Chomsky breaks down the popular slogan "speak truth to power".Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08250295324149056708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-61065420843507201562014-09-01T17:28:20.825-04:002014-09-01T17:28:20.825-04:00BY the way, this recorder is similar to what I use...BY the way, this recorder is similar to what I use, search it online to find the user manual pdf file at sony or look on amazon.com<br /><br />ICD PX333 Digital Voice Recorder<br />by Sony (amazon price is $52)<br /><br />It should come with a USB cable to attach to a computer USB port, and a CD or instructions on how to put the Sound Organizer (editing) files on your computer. It has settings for lecture rooms or other meetings, and ways to up or lower the quality (changes size of files). My recorder makes MP3 type files which can be played almost any where.<br /><br />You could record some music for listeners of your blog and try putting it online to see how much work it is or is not.<br /><br />There are many more exotic recorders, I go for the cheap reliable basic one. You use the recorder with a computer keyboard so that you can rename files, put them in order, and so on. Many philosophers could improve themselves by using this tool. Imagine what history would be like if they had a recorder at Cambridge University in England, the night that Wittgenstein threatened Karl Popper with a poker....Tony Couturehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05152011867765494204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-27526191558941613052014-09-01T13:06:23.432-04:002014-09-01T13:06:23.432-04:00Yes I would try it out on your grandchildren, or o...Yes I would try it out on your grandchildren, or others who might appreciate being etched in time (not a cop stopping you for a speeding ticket). I have recorded my young daughter and son for fun in order to learn how to use it, however a large classroom with many (noisy) people would pose a problem. I understand you will have a class or 20-50 students and faculty at Chapel Hill (my guestimate) for the Marx class, so side noise should not be a problem (coffee slurping, etc.). It is fun to use and a great tool for philosophical rumination. I have to set up 2 courses next week at UPEI (Phil 102: Intro to Ethics = The Republic, Walden, On Liberty; and Phil 353: Philosophies of Communication = ALfred Hitchcock's Foreign Correspondent to Crypto Anarchy, Chomsky and Anders Breivik as Cyber-terrorist). Both courses will be podcast and put online so that guests can sign in and observe from their distance the course being taught (handouts, outlines are put online in the same place to access). So you could also observe the philosophical use of this tool in action--maybe also its misuse! I apologize for my Sandelization of scandal in philosophy, or scandalization of Sandel as a pawn of Harvard. Perhaps I have been reading too much Armand Mattelart, you know Belgian pastry type philosophy of communication. Back to work!Tony Couturehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05152011867765494204noreply@blogger.com