Dude Reads Like a Lady

I took the day off from work today to get a head start on some school work. I'm trying to nail down topics for my papers in both Ethics and Philosophy of Mind.

When it comes to the latter, one of my primary interests is in the intersection of Mind and Computers, and one person has been key in those discussions: Hilary Putnam. As I started reading Putnam, I became curious if the philosopher was still alive so I Wikipedia'd the name and found out who I thought was a woman (because of the name) was actually a man (pictured above) and yes he is still very much alive.

It's sad (that he's a man) only because I thought I was finally going to get a feminist take on the philosophy of mind. Paging through the primary text for the course, which is an anthology, there is not a single female in it (at least as far as I can tell from the names).

This is typical in the entire field of philosophy but I feel, from looking around at the population in my classes both at WCU and Temple, that there are going to be many more women coming into the field, which I can say will only improve it.

Later tonight, I'm going to meet the former Director of Clandestine Operations for the C.I.A, Tyler Drumheller. He recently published a book "On the Brink," exposing White House manipulation of intelligence. He's giving a talk on campus this evening. I'll try to take pics and discuss tomorrow morning.