Phil Intakes: June Review

Slow month...


Journal:

Science is a Stern God by Harold Punke

I had been wanting to return to the practice of reading scholarly journal writings in philosophy. While surfing around JSTOR, I came across Punke's classic article. Science is a Stern God was published by The Journal of Philosophy in 1945.

Punke describes how a society uses 'faith', and what 'a faith' demands of its adherents. The comparisons between adherents of religion and science are well defined both in scope and severity.

Fear not, Punke is no Sunday morning televangelist. He's not making a science is just a different religion sermon. He's simply suggesting what is required of those relying upon science should they want science to be successful.

Audio:

The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius:

After reading Book 1 in May, June had me listening to Books 2 through 4.

I was able to purchase an audio-book version of The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius through Audible. It was rather inexpensive. The narrator had a soft voice which I enjoyed as a walked around my neighborhood.

FYI: Jogging to the The Meditations isn't very productive.


Pop Video:

Diogenes:

Amazon has a video series on it called Famous People of the World, and a section of Famous Philosophers within it. All of this series is currently included in Prime. I just watched the Diogenes clip. The production quality isn't bad. However, the details are predictably paltry with a 6 minute run-time.


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