Happy (Early) Birthday to Warren!

Texas Dem Debate

http://www.news8austin.com/shared/video/player.asp?destlist=49532&AdShown=

New Hampshire Primary

Care to prognosticate?

Iowa Caucus Predictions

Any takers? It looks like Obama and Huckabee are the late favorites with McCain and Edwards making last minute surges.

I think Edwards may surprise folks and will take at least second. McCain did well in Iowa in 2000 and may be the most sympathetic candidate of the GOP contenders.

Personally, I like Edwards. Obama hasn't convinced me that he has much substance and Hilary comes with way too much baggage (though she certainly is hard working and competent).

Care to chime in?

Experimental Philosophy

Is actually becoming quite popular in major departments. A NYT article is here.

Continental Philosophy and Robert C. Solomon

I've just been invited to chair an "octavian session" for a memorial conference UT is having for Bob Solomon. Our session will be an informal discussion with a few former students and colleagues focused on "continental philosophy and Bob." In preparation, I'm going to be reading around a couple of books he wrote on the subject and thought I'd use this forum as a means to formulate some ideas and questions for discussion.

In case you're interested, the two books are Continental Philosophy since 1750: The Rise and Fall of the Self and The Blackwell Guide to Continental Philosophy.

The DIR Model

John emailed a pdf article to start the discussion. More background information can be found here.