September 15, 2022September 14, 2022 by EditorM

Russell on Denoting?

This appeared on Daily Nous on 13 September 2022, just a couple days after the expression “the present King of England” changed(?) its meaning(?).

The “To φ or not to φ” comics feature on The Daily Nous is done by Tanya Kostocha , Assistant Professor of philosophy at Ashoka University. Russell’s theory of descriptions is long gone, but is still studied for the sake of understanding the variety of refutations and reformulations that succeeded it. Oh, and also for its well-remembered example, “The present King of France is bald” (uttered in 1905, when there was no current King of France).

September 18, 2021September 16, 2021 by EditorM

Saturday Morning Oys – September 18th, 2021

Pearls Before Swine is so often in service of a pun that we may stop noticing when it pulls off a pretty good one!

Here’s a bit of a CIDU-OY.

June 30, 2021June 24, 2021 by EditorM

What they’re resorting to

I only recently learned there is a newfangled fabric called “modal”, popular for linens[*] and underwear; which mostly explains the modal-logic joke for me. But some of the rest of these are still puzzling.
[*] No, linens are not presumptively made from linen. Though they can be. Oy!

June 14, 2021June 11, 2021 by EditorM

“Could you scoot over and make some room?”

Probably a bit too technical (though not hard to look up). But the point of interest is in how it uses the tools of “photographic meme” but in a drawing. Would the same joke (about “getting cancelled”) work in a direct cartoon format?

April 22, 2021April 21, 2021 by EditorM

Just some jargon

Also disturbing is that apparently they say ‘phi’ as a rhyme for ‘be’.

Comics I Don't Understand

… as the groundhog said to the president

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