Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Philosophy of Language Muxtape!


Names, indexicals, sense, what is said, truth, tense, unarticulated constituents...from a logical point of view.

The philosophy of language muxtape

Track list:

1. Biz Markie - My Name Is...
2. De La Soul - Me Myself and I (radio version)
3. Missing Persons - Words
4. ESG - You Make No Sense
5. The Cure - Speak My Language
6. Sleater-Kinney - Things You Say
7. Led Zeppelin - Communication Breakdown
8. Johnny Cash - What is Truth
9. The Germs - Lexicon Devil
10. MC5 - future/now
11. Irma Thomas - It's Raining
12. Robert Mitchum - From A Logical Point Of View

Related posts:

The Philosophy of Mind Muxtape

**UPDATE 8/14/08: In response to Aidan's suggestion, I added Led Zeppelin's "Communication Breakdown".**

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

A few additions of the top of my head:

Communication Breakdown - Led Zeppelin

Words (Between the lines of age)- Neil Young

F-Word - Jens Lekman

Nat Hansen said...

Awesome. I think I'll add Communication Breakdown. Muxtape only allows 12 songs on one "tape", but there might be enough material for a second language mix. I considered but eventually rejected the following songs, some for aesthetic reasons, some because they duplicated themes already on the list, and sometimes because, in spite of the title, the content wasn't right:

Policy of Truth- Depeche Mode
Atomic - Blondie
Liar, Liar - The Castaways
The Argument - Sea and Cake
Talking Loud and Saying Nothing - James Brown
Express Yourself - Charles Wright
Meaningless - Magnetic Fields
Wordy Rappinghood - Tom Tom Club

Nat Hansen said...

Dan G. suggested XTC's "There is No Language in Our Lungs".

Anonymous said...

Um, what about "More than Words"? And why hasn't anyone commented on my muxtape?