Joe Ransdell
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | philosopher |
| Location | Lubbock, Texas, United States |
| Introduction | Married, four daughters, grew up in Oklahoma City, undergraduate in philosophy at San Francisco State, grad student in philosophy at Columbia U in New York, philosophy prof at U of California in Santa Barbara and Texas Tech in Lubbock, retired from classroom teaching of philosophy 1n 2000, managed PEIRCE-L discussion forum since 1993 and still at it. |
| Interests | philosophy, Pre-Columbian and contemporary Mexican culture, culture of India, culture of ancient Greece, Tarot cards |
| Favorite Movies | Lang's Metropolis, Bergman's Cries and Whispers, Kubrick's Paths of Glory, Deadwood saga on television |
| Favorite Music | Hindustani Raga, Bach, classical guitar, Grateful Dead, Dire Straits, Leonard Cohen (early), John Fahey, Terry Riley's In C |
| Favorite Books | Plato's Dialogues, Writings of Charles S. Peirce, Eliot's Four Quartets, Bhagavad Gita, Tao Te Ching, Hesse's Glassbead Game, Mann's Doctor Faustus, everything by Mircea Eliade |