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Philosophy Shorts

Philosophers on Listening

by Matt Qvortrup

More Songs About Buildings and Food was the title of a 1978 album by the band Talking Heads. It was about all the things rock stars normally don’t sing about. Pop songs are usually about variations on the theme of love. Tracks such as Rose Royce’s 1976 hit Carwash are the exception.

Philosophers, likewise, have a narrow focus on epistemology, metaphysics and trifles like the meaning of life.

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