The 21st Century Monads
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 – Interlocutor
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All songs copyright 2013 © The 21st Century Monads. All rights reserved.
Songs
Body, Monad, World (2012)
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All songs copyright 2012 © The 21st Century Monads. All rights reserved.
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Everybody Has to Carry Their Own Bag of TropesCopyright 2012 © The 21st Century Monads
Breaking Windows (2011)
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All songs copyright 2011 © The 21st Century Monads. All rights reserved.
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Total Monadic Domination (2010)
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All songs copyright 2010 © The 21st Century Monads. All rights reserved.
Songs
The New Monadology (2009)
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All songs copyright 2009 © The 21st Century Monads. All rights reserved.
Songs
Academic Life
Call on Me Don’t Get Smoked At The Smoker Hard Drive I Can’t Stop Buying Books I Don’t Want to Be the Chair I Like to See the Ladies Listen to the Folk My Paper Was Rejected Again Sometimes I Wish I Were a Scientist Still Not Male Teaching Intro The G. E. Moore Shift We Can’t Stop Doing MetaphysicsEpistemology
Achiever A Priori Entitled Epistemic Vice Squad I Ain’t Satisficing I Want to Make Sweet Love to Wisdom The Psychologistic Blues Watch What You Say Willard Van Orman QuineEthics
Death is Bad for a Cow I Ain’t Satisficing The Final Song This Is Not The Actual World Utilitarian GirlfriendHistory of Philosophy
Do You Want to Be a Monad? Synthesize the Manifold The Nothing Noths The World Is Made of Fire Willard Van Orman QuineLogic
In the Land of P and Not P The G. E. Moore Shift The Psychologistic Blues The Transitive Property We Demand Willard Van Orman QuineMetaphysics
All I Want To Do Do You Want to Be a Monad? Everybody Has to Carry Their Own Bag of Tropes I Don’t Care I’m a Denier I’m Your Shadow In the Land of P and Not P I Think I Might Be Grounded In You Mr. Determinable The Ballad of Tim The Block Just Keeps On Growing The Final Song There Ain’t No Gunk The World Is Made of Fire This Is Not The Actual World Time to Fission Void and Object We Can’t Stop Doing Metaphysics We Demand When Does Composition Occur? You Are the One Your Body Is You
We provide our songs to you for free. If you enjoyed them, please consider paying it forward by making an appropriate donation to a charity of your choice. In exchange, we’ll make available to you a higher quality uncompressed 16 bit/44.1khz version of the songs. Details in this blog post.
Videos
Promos for Interlocutor
Leasing the True-for-me
Watch on YouTubeBehind the Music
Watch on YouTubeNevermind the Hegel, the Album’s for Sale
Watch on YouTubeLive Show, Syracuse, NY (August 2012)
Watch What You Say, Live
Watch on YouTubeWillard Van Orman Quine, Live
Watch on YouTubeMy Paper Was Rejected Again, Live
Watch on YouTubeWe Can’t Stop Doing Metaphysics, Live
Watch on YouTubeSynthesize the Manifold, Live in Rehearsal
Watch on YouTubePromo for Body Monad World
The Dawn of Time
Watch on YouTubeCarrie’s Solo Live Performances
Willard Van Orman Quine
Watch on YouTubeA Priori
Watch on YouTubeCover of “Counterparts”
Watch on YouTubeFan Videos
The G. E. Moore Shift, by LennyBound
Watch on YouTubeThe Band
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Carrie Ichikawa Jenkins
“The Pre-Established Harmony”
University of British Columbia
personal website
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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.
Band Press
- Interview with Carrie at the Aesthetics for Birds Blog
- Interview at the New APPS (Art, Politics, Philosophy, Science) blog (Part I)
- Interview at the New APPS (Art, Politics, Philosophy, Science) blog (Part II)
- Interview at the New APPS (Art, Politics, Philosophy, Science) blog (Part III)
- New APPS piece on our fundraising
- Interview at the Feminist Philosophers blog about “I Like to See the Ladies” and the Gendered Conference Campaign
- New York Times Opinionator: Philosophy Stone Links
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