The 21st Century Monads are an international musical collaboration whose songs address fundamental issues in philosophy, including specialized topics in contemporary analytic philosophy and the history of philosophy. The musical genres range from dance to folk. The songs are unique, original songs, written and recorded by the band in their home studios.

New album “Perceptions and Appetitions” currently being released!

Perceptions and Appetitions (2022)

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Songs

  1. [Cover Art]
    One Damn Thing After Another
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    The Cabinet
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    Overdetermined Man
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    A Halting Problem
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    Reference Magnets
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    Please, Just Let Me Know
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    The Words
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    What Comes First
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    It’s Time for a Department Meeting
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    The Gettier Problem
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    The Principle of Change
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    The Experience Machine
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    Creature of Darkness
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    The Veil
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    Title TBA
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    Did It Make You Feel Small?
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  17. [Cover Art]
    Time Calls Everyone Home
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Interlocutor (2013)

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Songs

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    The Ballad of Tim
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    The Psychologistic Blues
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  3. [Cover Art]
    Epistemic Vice Squad
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    Thoughts
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    Entitled
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    Sometimes I Wish I Were a Scientist
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    We Demand
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    Teaching Intro
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    Dear Arnie
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    The World Is Made of Fire
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    Who Is Your Interlocutor?
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    Void and Object
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Body, Monad, World (2012)

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Songs

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    Achiever
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    Are You A Zombie?
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    Hard Drive
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    I Want to Make Sweet Love to Wisdom
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    Call on Me
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  6. [Cover Art]
    I Can’t Stop Buying Books
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    Watch What You Say
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    I Don’t Want to Be the Chair
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    The Nothing Noths
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  10. [Cover Art]
    Death is Bad for a Cow
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  11. [Cover Art]
    This Is Not The Actual World
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  12. [Cover Art]
    These Arrows in My Head
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  13. [Cover Art]
    Everybody Has to Carry Their Own Bag of Tropes
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Breaking Windows (2011)

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Songs

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    Synthesize the Manifold
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    In the Land of P and Not P
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    I Like to See the Ladies
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  4. [Cover Art]
    Still Not Male
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  5. [Cover Art]
    I Ain’t Satisficing
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    I’m a Denier
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    I’m Your Shadow
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    The Block Just Keeps On Growing
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    The Final Song
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Total Monadic Domination (2010)

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Songs

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    We Can’t Stop Doing Metaphysics
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    I Don’t Care
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    There Ain’t No Gunk
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  4. [Cover Art]
    Listen to the Folk
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  5. [Cover Art]
    Time to Fission
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    Your Body Is You
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    Don’t Get Smoked At The Smoker
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    The Transitive Property
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    Utilitarian Girlfriend
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  10. [Cover Art]
    Do You Want to Be a Monad?
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The New Monadology (2009)

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Songs

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    The G. E. Moore Shift
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  2. [Cover Art]
    My Paper Was Rejected Again
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  3. [Cover Art]
    When Does Composition Occur?
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    A Priori
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    Mr. Determinable
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  6. [Cover Art]
    Willard Van Orman Quine
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    All I Want To Do
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  8. [Cover Art]
    I Think I Might Be Grounded In You
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  9. [Cover Art]
    You Are the One
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Videos

Promos for Perceptions and Appetitions

Perceptions and Appetitions Promo Video 1
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Perceptions and Appetitions Brain-in-a-vat Promo Video
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Perceptions and Appetitions The Visitor Promo Video
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Perceptions and Appetitions Yoko Ed Goatier Promo
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Perceptions and Appetitions Today Is The Day Promo
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Perceptions and Appetitions In One Week Promo
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Perceptions and Appetitions Ask Your Doc Promo
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Perceptions and Appetitions Department Meeting Promo
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Perceptions and Appetitions Gettier Problem Promo
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Promos for Interlocutor

Leasing the True-for-me
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Behind the Music
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Nevermind the Hegel, the Album’s for Sale
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Live Show, Syracuse, NY (August 2012)

Watch What You Say, Live
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Willard Van Orman Quine, Live
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My Paper Was Rejected Again, Live
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We Can’t Stop Doing Metaphysics, Live
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Synthesize the Manifold, Live in Rehearsal
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Promo for Body Monad World

The Dawn of Time
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Carrie’s Solo Live Performances

Willard Van Orman Quine
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Cover of “Counterparts”
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Fan Videos

The G. E. Moore Shift, by LennyBound
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The Band

[Mereological Bastard]
Kris McDaniel
“The Mereological Bastard”
University of Notre Dame
personal website
[Lazy Monad]
Ben Bradley
“The Lazy Monad”
Syracuse University
faculty page
[The Pre-Established Harmony]
Carrie Ichikawa Jenkins
“The Pre-Established Harmony”
University of British Columbia
personal website
[The Infinite Progression]
Hille Paakkunainen
“The Infinite Progression”
Syracuse University
faculty page

Associates

“Determined Art Director” Paul Prescott, Syracuse University, creates our logos and album art.

“Manager of Monads” Kevin Klement, UMass–Amherst, manages this website.

“Perifery” Jason Raibley, Cal State–Long Beach, is responsible for some awesome remixes of our music.

Want more philosophical music? Check out Gourmet Rapport by Richard Hanley.

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