The 21st Century Monads

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The 21st Century Monads

The 21st Century Monads are an international musical collaboration whose music deals with 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, not cheesy parodies. 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. Thanks!

  1. 99

    The Ways

    Some things are best left unsaid Music copyright 2024 © The 21st Century Monads Music and lyrics by Kris McDaniel. Kris McDaniel: vocals, bass melodion, bass xylophone, clarinet, nova dood, soprano recorder, stellar flutes Laura Callahan: vocals Cover art by Carrie Jenkins. Copyright 2025 © The 21st Century Monads

  2. 98

    The Shore

    Just another adventure. Music copyright 2024 © The 21st Century Monads Music and lyrics by Kris McDaniel. Kris McDaniel: vocals, banjitar, bass ukulele, bass melodion, bawu, clarinet, hulusi, bawu, clarinet, hulusi, nova jhorn, soprano recorder, stellar flutes, three-string ukulele Laura Callahan: vocals Cover art by Carrie Jenkins. Copyright 2025 © The 21st Century Monads

  3. 97

    The Impossible

    Some things just cannot not be. Music copyright 2024 © The 21st Century Monads Music and lyrics by Kris McDaniel. Kris McDaniel: vocals, bass recorder, bass clarinet, clarinet, hulusi, slide pan flute, soprano recorder Cover art by Carrie Jenkins. Copyright 2025 © The 21st Century Monads

  4. 96

    Tough Enough

    You can’t handle the truth! Music copyright 2024 © The 21st Century Monads Music and lyrics by Kris McDaniel. Kris McDaniel: vocals, acoustic guitar, baby sitar, bass guitar, clarinet, drums, nova dude, soprano saxophone Laura Callahan: vocals Cover art by Carrie Jenkins. Copyright 2025 © The 21st Century Monads

  5. 95

    Write Alone

    Is the author really dead, or is it just me? Music copyright 2024 © The 21st Century Monads Music and lyrics by Kris McDaniel. Kris McDaniel: vocals, alto recorder, baby sitar, bass guitar, bawu, drums, hand percussion, practice guzheng, soprano recorder, soprano sax, stellar flutes, tongue drum Laura Callahan: vocals Cover art by Carrie Jenkins. Copyright 2025 © The 21st Century Monads

  6. 94

    Your Noumena Are Ill

    We have no windows. Music copyright 2025 © The 21st Century Monads Music and lyrics by Kris McDaniel. Kris McDaniel: banjitar (bowed), bass guitar, bouzouki, clarinet, drums, Godin Multi-Oud, Guitar (electric), hand percussion, Ran (electric), stellar flutes, Ukulele (8 string) Ben Bradley: vocals Laura Callahan: fiddle, vocals Cover art by Carrie Jenkins. Copyright 2025 © The 21st Century Monads

  7. 93

    There’s a Hole

    Something is there because nothing is. Music copyright 2024 © The 21st Century Monads Music and lyrics by Kris McDaniel. Kris McDaniel: vocals, baby sitar, bass guitar, bass melodion, phin, soprano saxophone, stellar flutes, 3-string ukulele Laura Callahan: vocals Cover art by Carrie Jenkins. Copyright 2025 © The 21st Century Monads

  8. 92

    Mary

    The story of Mary, a brilliant color scientist, and what happens to her when she escapes the black and white prison she grew up in. Music copyright 2024 © The 21st Century Monads Music and lyrics by Kris McDaniel. Kris McDaniel: vocals, baby sitar, bass guitar, clarinet, cornet, drums, Godin multioud, hand percussion, nova jhorn, keyboards, phin, psaltery, stellar flutes, trombone, stellar flutes, phin, soprano recorder Carrie Jenkins: vocals Cover art by Carrie Jenkins. Copyright 2025 © The 21st Century Monads

  9. 91

    Nothing

    Nothing comes from nothing but nothing. Music copyright 2024 © The 21st Century Monads Music and lyrics by Kris McDaniel. Kris McDaniel: vocals, bass guitar, box tanpura, nova dood, percussion sitar Laura Callahan: vocals Cover art by Carrie Jenkins. Copyright 2025 © The 21st Century Monads

  10. 90

    One Time

    It's hard to live in the moment when a moment lasts for only a moment. Music copyright 2024 © The 21st Century Monads Music and lyrics by Kris McDaniel. Kris McDaniel: vocals, baby sitar, bass melodion, clarinet, drums, hand percussion, nova dood, stellar flutes, soprano recorder, soprano sax, ukulele, ukulele bass. Carrie Jenkins: vocals Cover art by Carrie Jenkins. Copyright 2025 © The 21st Century Monads

  11. 89

    Red_Yellow_Green

    Musing about the metaphysics of color, and the affective significance of a particular theory of color. Music copyright 2024 © The 21st Century Monads Music and lyrics by Kris McDaniel. Kris McDaniel: vocals, classical guitar, stellar flutes Cover art by Carrie Jenkins. Copyright 2025 © The 21st Century Monads

  12. 88

    The Desire

    Why Can't I Be You? Music copyright 2024 © The 21st Century Monads Music and lyrics by Kris McDaniel. Kris McDaniel: vocals, baglama, baby sitar, bass guitar, cornet, drums, hand percussion, mellophone, nova dood, stellar flutes, nova dude, clarinet, hand percussion, soprano recorder Cover art by Carrie Jenkins. Copyright 2025 © The 21st Century Monads

  13. 87

    The Dreamer’s Dream

    Unreal, perchance to be dreamt? Music copyright 2024 © The 21st Century Monads Music and lyrics by Kris McDaniel. Kris McDaniel: vocals, bass clarinet, bass guitar, bass recorder, bass melodion, box tanpura, clarinet, drums, guzheng, hand percussion, nova dood, ukelele Laura Callahan: vocals Cover art by Carrie Jenkins. Copyright 2025 © The 21st Century Monads

  14. 86

    The World Soul: Theme One

    Opening instrumental theme music for the World Soul. Music copyright 2024 © The 21st Century Monads Music and lyrics by Kris McDaniel. Kris McDaniel: cello, clarinet Laura Callahan: fiddle Cover art by Carrie Jenkins. Copyright 2025 © The 21st Century Monads

  15. 85

    The World Soul: Theme Two

    Musical interlude/second theme of the World Soul. Music copyright 2024 © The 21st Century Monads Music and lyrics by Kris McDaniel. Kris McDaniel: bass clarinet, clarinet, nova dude, soprano saxophone Cover art by Carrie Jenkins. Copyright 2025 © The 21st Century Monads

  16. 84

    I Don’t Live In the Now

    When all times are as real as the present moment, it's hard to live in the now. Music copyright 2024 © The 21st Century Monads Music and lyrics by Kris McDaniel. Kris McDaniel: vocals, bass guitar, boomwhacker xylophone, drums, gopichand (soprano), hand percussion, soprano saxophone, trumpet Laura Callahan: vocals, fiddle Ben Bradley: cello Cover art by Carrie Jenkins. Copyright 2025 © The 21st Century Monads

  17. 83

    If You Want to Find Me

    Priorities. Music copyright 2024 © The 21st Century Monads Music and lyrics by Kris McDaniel. Kris McDaniel: vocals, bass guitar, drums, electric guitar, nova dood, keyboards, stellar flutes Laura Callahan: fiddle, vocals Ben Bradley: cello Cover art by Carrie Jenkins. Copyright 2025 © The 21st Century Monads

  18. 82

    Time Calls Everyone Home

    So long. Hope ya miss me. Lyrics written by Kris McDaniel Kris McDaniel: vocals, keyboards, hand percussion Carrie Jenkins: vocals Cover art by Carrie Jenkins A musing on finitude. Copyright 2022 © The 21st Century Monads

  19. 81

    Did It Make You Feel Small?

    Just a little ditty. A very little ditty. Lyrics written by Kris McDaniel Kris McDaniel: vocals, keyboards Cover art by Carrie Jenkins Some musings on perspective and the meaning of life. Copyright 2022 © The 21st Century Monads

  20. 80

    Title TBA

    It's coming. Soon. I promise. Lyrics written by Kris McDaniel Kris McDaniel: vocals, edrums, keyboards Carrie Jenkins: vocals, piano, keyboards Cover art by Carrie Jenkins Writing can be rewarding, but it can also be demoralising, torturous, and terrifying. Copyright 2022 © The 21st Century Monads

  21. 79

    The Veil

    Do you have an impression of what comes between us? Lyrics written by Kris McDaniel Kris McDaniel: vocals, edrums, keyboards, electric guitar Ben Bradley: electric guitar Carrie Jenkins: vocals Cover art by Carrie Jenkins Copyright 2022 © The 21st Century Monads

  22. 78

    Creature of Darkness

    But when will we rejoice with the reader? Lyrics written by Kris McDaniel Kris McDaniel: vocals, edrums, keyboards, bass guitar, electric guitar Cover art by Carrie Jenkins Numbers, propositions, properties, and types are examples of abstract objects. Abstract objects are not in space and time in the way that ordinary physical objects are. They might even be outside of space and time altogether—you won’t find the number five on a downtown bus, for example, but if it isn’t on a bus, then it’s probably nowhere else either. Abstract objects are puzzling. If they are outside of space and time, how can we know about them? What kind of intrinsic features do they have? What makes them different from each other? Some philosophers argue that because they would be puzzling in these ways, we shouldn’t believe that they exist. W.V.O. Quine called them, “creatures of darkness”. But did anyone ask about how they feel? Copyright 2022 © The 21st Century Monads

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    The Words

    So whaddya mean anyway? Lyrics written by Kris McDaniel Kris McDaniel: vocals, keyboards, edrums, electric guitar, bass guitar Cover art by Carrie Jenkins History of philosophy is hard. Really hard. Especially since you can’t email dead people! Copyright 2022 © The 21st Century Monads

  24. 76

    Overdetermined Man

    But still I'll do the best, if I can. Lyrics written by Kris McDaniel and Ben Bradley Kris McDaniel: vocals, edrums, electric guitar, bass guitar, keyboards Ben Bradley: piano, vocals Cover art by Carrie Jenkins Do you act freely only when there are alternative courses of action you could have done instead? Suppose that right now Fred wants to murder Tom. Fred has the means to do so, has crafted a fool-proof plan, and has positioned himself at the optimal angle to assassinate. He pulls the trigger and Tom is murdered. But there is an evil demon who has been passively monitoring Fred’s thoughts while lurking in the background. If Fred had hesitated and decided not to kill Tom, the demon would have intervened and used demonic magic to strengthen Fred’s resolve to murder. No matter what, Fred is going to kill Tom. But as a matter of fact, the demon never intervened. Did Fred freely kill Tom? Perhaps what makes an action free is not that one could have done otherwise, but rather that one is wholehearted in one what they do. Sometimes we desire something but wish that we didn’t. When I see a plate of cookies, I desire to eat them all, but this desire torments me. I’d rather not have it. You wholeheartedly desire something when you not only want the thing, but when you also want that you have the want for it. These are topics that the philosopher Harry Frankfurt explores in some classic papers. Copyright 2022 © The 21st Century Monads

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    One Damn Thing After Another

    Let us get back to fundamentals. Lyrics written by Kris McDaniel Kris McDaniel: vocals, keyboards, edrums, hand percussion Ben Bradley: electric guitar, bass guitar Carrie Jenkins: vocals Will Bradley: trumpet Cover art by Carrie Jenkins Humean Supervenience is the metaphysical theory that all the features of our world are determined by the distribution of properties and relations of simple objects. These simple objects stand in no necessary connection to each other. Imagine a pointillist painting of a face. This painting consists of a series of tiny dots of color at various distances from each other. If you want to change the appearance of the face, you have to do something with the dots: delete some of them, or add more to them, or change the colors of the dots, or change how distant the dots are from each other. The existence of the face and the features that it has are functions of what the dots are like and how they are arranged. And no dot stands in any necessary connection with any of the other dots. For example, I can change a dot in the left-hand corner of the painting without changing any other dot in the painting. If Humean Supervenience is true, our world is like this pointillist painting: all the macro features of things, such as our faces, are determined by the features and arrangements of simple things, the analogues of the dots. David Lewis was arguably the most significant metaphysician of the 20th century, and a decent sized chunk of his metaphysical work consists in trying show how we can make sense of wide variety of phenomena, such as causation, morality, consciousness, and meaning, even if Humean Supervenience is true. Copyright 2022 © The 21st Century Monads

  26. 74

    The Gettier Problem

    It's true. You believe. You're justified. Ya know? Lyrics written by Kris McDaniel Kris McDaniel: vocals, edrums, electric guitar, keyboards Ben Bradley: bass guitar, vocals, electric guitar Cover art by Carrie Jenkins What does it take to know a fact? Is it enough to believe truly with excellent evidence? In a paper whose impact to length ratio is unbeaten, Ed Gettier argued that the answer is no, by presenting a few cases. Here are the cases in Ed’s own words: “CASE I: Suppose that Smith and Jones have applied for a certain job. And suppose that Smith has strong evidence for the following conjunctive proposition: (d) Jones is the man who will get the job, and Jones has ten coins in his pocket. Smith's evidence for (d) might be that the president of the company assured him that Jones would in the end be selected, and that he, Smith, had counted the coins in Jones's pocket ten minutes ago. Proposition (d) entails: (e) The man who will get the job has ten coins in his pocket. Let us suppose that Smith sees the entailment from (d) to (e), and accepts (e) on the grounds of (d), for which he has strong evidence. In this case, Smith is clearly justified in believing that (e) is true. But imagine, further, that unknown to Smith, he himself, not Jones, will get the job. And, also, unknown to Smith, he himself has ten coins in his pocket. Proposition (e) is then true, though proposition (d), from which Smith inferred (e), is false. In our example, then, all of the following are true: (i) (e) is true, (ii) Smith believes that (e) is true, and (iii) Smith is justified in believing that (e) is true. But it is equally clear that Smith does not KNOW that (e) is true; for (e) is true in virtue of the number of coins in Smith's pocket, while Smith does not know how many coins are in Smith's pocket, and bases his belief in (e) on a count of the coins in Jones's pocket, whom he falsely believes to be the man who will get the job. CASE II: Let us suppose that Smith has strong evidence for the following proposition: (f) Jones owns a Ford. Smith's evidence might be that Jones has at all times in the past within Smith's memory owned a car, and always a Ford, and that Jones has just offered Smith a ride while driving a Ford. Let us imagine, now, that Smith has another friend, Brown, of whose whereabouts he is totally ignorant. Smith selects three place names quite at random and constructs the following three propositions: (g) Either Jones owns a Ford, or Brown is in Boston. (h) Either Jones owns a Ford, or Brown is in Barcelona. (i) Either Jones owns a Ford, or Brown is in Brest-Litovsk. Each of these propositions is entailed by (f). Imagine that Smith realizes the entailment of each of these propositions … and proceeds to accept (g), (h), and (i) on the basis of (f). Smith has correctly inferred (g), (h), and (i) from a proposition for which he has strong evidence. Smith is therefore completely justified in believing each of these three propositions. Smith, of course, has no idea where Brown is. But imagine now that two further conditions hold. First, Jones does not own a Ford, but is at present driving a rented car. And secondly, by the sheerest coincidence, and entirely unknown to Smith, the place mentioned in proposition (h) happens really to be the place where Brown is. If these two conditions hold, then Smith does not KNOW that (h) is true, even though (i) (h) is true, (ii) Smith does believe that (h) is true, and (iii) Smith is justified in believing that (h) is true.” [Edmund Gettier, “Is Justified True Belief Knowledge?”, Analysis 33.6, pp. 121–123] As Gettier notes, these two cases show that whatever knowledge is, it is not simply true belief with excellent evidence. The Gettier Problem is the challenge of figuring out what needs to be added to justified true belief in order to get knowledge. Copyright 2022 © The 21st Century Monads

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    What Comes First

    Did you hope to be more than a mode? Lyrics written by Kris McDaniel Kris McDaniel: vocals, edrums, electric guitar, bass guitar Carrie Jenkins: vocals Cover art by Carrie Jenkins Copyright 2022 © The 21st Century Monads

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    It's Time for a Department Meeting

    Yes that time has come again. Lyrics written by Kris McDaniel and Ben Bradley Kris McDaniel: vocals, edrums, keyboards Ben Bradley: electric guitar, bass guitar, vocals Carrie Jenkins: vocals Hille Paakkunainen: vocals Cover art by Carrie Jenkins It’s time for a department meeting. Copyright 2022 © The 21st Century Monads

  29. 71

    The Principle of Change

    And I was never the same again. Lyrics written by Leneah McDaniel and Kris McDaniel Leneah McDaniel: vocals Kris McDaniel: electric guitar, electric ukulele, bass guitar, edrums, keyboards Cover art by Carrie Jenkins Things change all the time. Sometimes they change so dramatically that they go out of existence. Sometimes they change radically but still continue to exist. What are the principles that make something stay the same through change? This question is especially pressing since we undergo changes, sometimes extreme changes. Copyright 2022 © The 21st Century Monads

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    The Experience Machine

    Yeah it's great. It's just so real, man. Lyrics written by Kris McDaniel Kris McDaniel: vocals, keyboards, edrums, bass guitar, electric guitar, Hawaiian slide guitar, electric slide guitar Ben Bradley: vocals Cover art by Carrie Jenkins The Experience Machine is a fictional device that appears in a thought experiment by Robert Nozick. The Experience Machine is capable of perfectly duplicating any sensation or feeling that one might have in ordinary life. Imagine two people, Bill and Ted, whose lives are filled with experiences that feel the same to each of them. Bill believes he is at the University, studying for an exam that he must pass in order to pass a class; Ted believes he is at the University, studying for an exam that he must pass in order to pass a class. Later, Bill will experience the pleasures of going to a restaurant with a good friend; he will experience fine wine, good food, and fine company. Ted will experience these pleasures as well. However, none of Bill’s experiences are veridical. Bill has never been to a University, is not enrolled in any classes, has never eaten in a restaurant, and he has no friends. Instead, he has lived his life in the Experience Machine, which has produced all of the sensations and feelings present throughout Bill’s life. Ted’s experiences, however, are veridical. He really did study for an exam in a class he is enrolled in, and really did go to a restaurant with a good friend. Is Bill’s life going as well for him as Ted’s life is for Ted? Or does the fact that Ted has veridical experiences while Bill’s experiences are illusory imply that Ted has a better life than Bill’s? Is Ted having an awesome adventure, while Bill is having a bogus journey? Would you enter the Experience Machine? Copyright 2022 © The 21st Century Monads

  31. 69

    Please, Just Let Me Know

    I know it's been awhile baby but I need to know. Lyrics written by Kris McDaniel Kris McDaniel: vocals, keyboards, drum programming Cover art by Carrie Jenkins The hard knock life of submitting to academic journals. I suppose it is submitting in multiple senses. Copyright 2022 © The 21st Century Monads

  32. 68

    Reference Magnets

    Can we get these works to stick? Lyrics written by Kris McDaniel Kris McDaniel: vocals, keyboards, drum programming Ben Bradley: vocals Cover art by Carrie Jenkins The word “red” refers to the color red rather than the color blue; the name “Kris” refers to the Mereological Bastard rather than the Lazy Monad. But what makes it the case that a word refers to the thing that it in fact refers to? How the word is used is a large part of the story, but it also seems like it can’t be all of it. To see why, let’s consider the word “plus” as used in the sentence “two plus three equals five”. There are infinitely many possible sentences in which the word “plus” appears, but some of them are so lengthy that the human race will expire before anyone is able to finish uttering one of them. Consider now a mathematical function called “quus” that behaves indistinguishably from plus up to the point in which the numerical expressions are to lengthy to ever be uttered–and at that point, this function always yields the answer five. (That is, for any numbers n and m such that n and m have numerical expressions that can be uttered prior to the extinction of the human race, n quus m = n plus m. But if n or m cannot be uttered prior to the extinction of the human race, n quus m = 5. Why does “plus” mean plus rather than quus? Both functions fit equally well with how we use the word “plus” because the difference between them shows up only in sentences that are too long for any of us to ever use. So if facts about how we use “plus” are not sufficient to explain why “plus” refers to plus rather the quus, what other facts are needed? Perhaps plus is simply more eligible to be meant! This is the core idea of a reference magnet: when two objects both equally fit use, but one of them is more inherently eligible to be meant, the more eligible one is the one that is meant. Like a magnet, the eligible referent attracts the word. But reference magnets, how do they work? Copyright 2022 © The 21st Century Monads

  33. 67

    A Halting Problem

    Will I ever stop? I guess that's the point. Lyrics written by Carrie Jenkins and Kris McDaniel Kris McDaniel: vocals, edrums, electric guitar, 8-string ukulele, keyboards Carrie Jenkins: vocals Ben Bradley: bass guitar, cello, electric guitar, acoustic guitar Cover art by Carrie Jenkins A Turing machine is a simple device that calculates a mathematical function. For any given function f and input i, a Turing machine that calculates f will, if fed the input i, halt on the output f(i) in the event that such an output exists (i.e. if f is defined for input i). A Halting Problem is the problem of specifying, for a given machine-input pair, whether the machine will halt (i.e. deliver an output) when fed that input, or keep calculating forever (in the event that the function is undefined for that input). Alan Turing, for whom the Turing machine is named, proved that there can be no universal algorithm which decides, for every machine-input pair, whether or not the machine halts when fed that input. This undecidability result helps philosophers understand the scope and limitations of formal mathematical systems. However, for robots it is a source of stress. Copyright 2022 © The 21st Century Monads

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    The Cabinet

    Are we all really in there? Lyrics written by Kris McDaniel and Carrie Jenkins Kris McDaniel: vocals, edrums, keyboards, electric guitar, melodica, bass melodica Ben Bradley: bass guitar, electric guitar Hille Paakkunainen: vocals Will Bradley: trumpet Cover art by Carrie Jenkins Copyright 2022 © The 21st Century Monads

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    Why Metaphysicians Make the Best Lovers (Remix)

    2016 remix Music by Kris McDaniel. Lyrics by Joshua Spencer. Recorded in Syracuse by Yoko Monad. Mixed by Kris McDaniel. Remixed by Kris McDaniel. Photo by Sophie Ban. Art by Paul Prescott. Copyright 2012,2016 © Yoko Monad.

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    ‘I’ Be Not Insensitive (Remix)

    2016 Remix Music by Kris McDaniel. Lyrics by Joshua Spencer. Guest Vocals by Hille Paakkunainen. Recorded in Syracuse by Yoko Monad. Mixed by Kris McDaniel. Remixed by Kris McDaniel. Photo by Lewis Powell. Layout by Paul Prescott. Copyright 2012,2016 © Yoko Monad.

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    Great Souled Man (Remix)

    A great souled 2016 remix. Music by Kris McDaniel. Lyrics by Joshua Spencer. Recorded in Syracuse by Yoko Monad. Mixed by Kris McDaniel. Remixed by Kris McDaniel. Art by Paul Prescott. Copyright 2011,2016 © Yoko Monad.

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    Void and Object

    Can silence speak louder than words, or this song? Lyrics by Kris McDaniel and Carrie Jenkins. Ben Bradley: bass guitar, vocals. Carrie Jenkins: vocals. Kris McDaniel: vocals, electric guitar, synthesizers. Hille Paakkunainen: edrums, vocals. Art by Paul Prescott. Copyright 2013 © The 21st Century Monads.

  39. 61

    Who Is Your Interlocutor?

    Are you talking to me? Well, then who are you talking to, and why? Lyrics by Kris McDaniel. Ben Bradley: bass guitar, cello. Carrie Jenkins: vocals, piano. Kris McDaniel: vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, chimelong. Hille Paakkunainen: edrums. Art by Paul Prescott. Copyright 2013 © The 21st Century Monads.

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    The World Is Made of Fire

    The spirit of Heraclitus burns still. Lyrics based on the fragments of Heraclitus arranged by Kris McDaniel. Carrie Jenkins: vocals. Kris McDaniel: classical guitar, ukulele, keyboards, hand percussion. Hille Paakkunainen: edrums. Art by Paul Prescott. Copyright 2013 © The 21st Century Monads.

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    Dear Arnie

    Can everything be ideal? Lyrics by Kris McDaniel. Ben Bradley: bass guitar. Carrie Jenkins: vocals. Kris McDaniel: vocals, mandolin, electric guitar, synthesizers, edrums. Art by Paul Prescott. Copyright 2013 © The 21st Century Monads.

  42. 58

    Teaching Intro

    Since the beginning of time, I've been teaching Phil 100. Lyrics by Kris McDaniel. Ben Bradley: bass guitar. Carrie Jenkins: vocals. Kris McDaniel: vocals, electric guitar. Hille Paakkunainen: edrums. Art by Paul Prescott. Copyright 2013 © The 21st Century Monads.

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    We Demand

    We demand that you read this description now! Lyrics by Kris McDaniel. Ben Bradley: vocals, electric bass. Kris McDaniel: vocals, electric guitar. Hille Paakkunainen: vocals, edrums. Art by Paul Prescott. Copyright 2013 © The 21st Century Monads.

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    Sometimes I Wish I Were a Scientist

    Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer the doubts of philosophy, or actually do some empirical research… Lyrics by Kris McDaniel. Ben Bradley: bass guitar. Carrie Jenkins: vocals. Kris McDaniel: vocals, piano, lap slide electric guitar. Hille Paakkunainen: edrums. Art by Paul Prescott. Copyright 2013 © The 21st Century Monads.

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    Entitled

    Can I know what I know without knowing it? Lyrics by Carrie Jenkins. Ben Bradley: bass guitar, cello. Carrie Jenkins: piano, vocals. Kris McDaniel: minor percussion. Hille Paakkunainen: edrums. Art by Paul Prescott. Copyright 2013 © The 21st Century Monads.

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    Thoughts

    Does the mind only reflect itself, or something beyond? Lyrics by Kris McDaniel. Ben Bradley: piano, bass guitar. Carrie Jenkins: vocals. Kris McDaniel: vocals, electric guitar, synthesizers. Hille Paakkunainen: edrums. Art by Paul Prescott. Copyright 2013 © The 21st Century Monads.

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    Epistemic Vice Squad

    We’re about to bust this Gettier case wide open. Lyrics by Kris McDaniel and Carrie Jenkins. Ben Bradley: bass guitar. Carrie Jenkins: vocals. Kris McDaniel: vocals, electric guitar, synthesizers, edrums. Hille Paakkunainen: vocals. Art by Paul Prescott. Copyright 2013 © The 21st Century Monads.

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    The Psychologistic Blues

    And here you thought there wasn’t any other kind. Lyrics by Kris McDaniel. Carrie Jenkins: vocals. Kris McDaniel: synthesizers. Hille Paakkunainen: edrums. Art by Paul Prescott. Copyright 2013 © The 21st Century Monads.

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    The Ballad of Tim

    A song you might remember before hearing it for the first time. Maybe. Lyrics by Carrie Jenkins. Ben Bradley: bass guitar. Carrie Jenkins: piano, vocals, organ. Kris McDaniel: vocals. Hille Paakkunainen: edrums. Art by Paul Prescott. Copyright 2013 © The 21st Century Monads.

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    The Nothing Noths (Flaming Volcano Mix)

    Remix by Jason Raibley. Copyright 2012 © Monads vs. Perifery

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The 21st Century Monads are an international musical collaboration whose music deals with 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, not cheesy parodies. 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. Thanks!

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