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BO C KLINTBERG |
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BO C. KLINTBERG is the founder, author and editor of Philosophical Plays. He has a Master of Arts degree in Philosophy from Virginia Tech (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University) in Blacksburg, Virginia; a Master of Arts degree in History and Philosophy of Science and Technology from the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology (IHPST) at Victoria College, University of Toronto, Canada; a Master of Science degree in Philosophy and History of Science from London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), England; and a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Lund University, Sweden. Other academic excursions include three years in the Ph.D. program in Philosophy at Emory University in Atlanta; working as a Lecturer/Instructor in the Philosophy Department at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg; and many years as a graduate teaching assistant in various philosophy departments. He is an invited associate member in Eta Sigma Phi, the American honorary collegiate society for students of Latin and Greek. Klintberg is listed in Marquis's Who's Who in the World, beginning in 1996.
Plays by Bo C Klintberg
Katherine's Questionable Quest for Love and Happiness | ||
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| 1st Published: | in Philosophical Plays, vol. 1, no. 1, Jan. 2008. ISSN 1654-6296, available from Lulu.com | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
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Genre: | Philosophy play; historical fiction; comedy; social criticism | |||||
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Notes: | In the course of the play, Katherine and Christianus converse about many philosophical issues: the modern American military presence in Iraq; the meaning of life; the ethics of abortion; assessing WHO death statistics; the potential personhood of foetuses; ancient Egyptian moustaches and beards; defining criteria for progress in human society; objectivity and subjectivity; Chicago futures trading developments; the virtues of cryonics (deep-freezing humans) technology; a U.S. Supreme Court case; important and unimportant knowledge; and spiritualist dualism (with soul-body theories and afterlife) vs. scientific materialism (with mind-brain identity theories and nothingness).This work is accompanied by elaborate footnotes and comments (including full bibliographical references). It is published as open-access (free online edition, free PDFs of the print edition) at the Philosophical Plays website (http://www.philosophicalplays.com/pgKQQv1sc01.htm). | |||||
Synopsis: | Katherine, a slightly neurotic American lawyer, has tried very hard to find personal happiness in the form of friends and lovers. But she has not succeeded, and is therefore very unhappy. So she travels to London, hoping that Christianus - a well-known satisfactionist - may be able to help her. | |||||
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Tim's Sexy Girl-Goddess and the Tale of the British Raisin | ||
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| 1st Published: | in Philosophical Plays, vol. 1, no. 2, Dec. 2008. ISSN 1654-6296, available from Lulu.com | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #139809 | |||
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Genre: | Philosophy play; historical fiction; comedy; social criticism | |||||
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Notes: | In the course of the play, Tim and Christianus discuss different metaphysical, epistemological, and ontological ideas. Many of these are either related to issues in the philosophy of science (explanation, methodology, scientific investigation, etc.), or to issues in human psychology and the philosophy of mind (the self vs. the mind, dualism, 'Who am I?', etc.). In one scene, for example, Tim tries to invoke 'Ockham's Razor' (or 'Occam's Razor') to quickly dismiss some of Christianus's metaphysical ideas (see Scene VII: Ockham's Raisin; Scene XIII: The Raisin Tale Revisited); in another scene, Christianus introduces his 'Postman' scenario, and the idea that successful ('scientific') prediction or forecasting is not necessarily a sure sign of true understanding (see Scene XV: The Postman Always Turns Twice). This work features elaborate footnotes and comments (including full bibliographical references) by the author, to enhance the reader's experience of the play and its philosophizing characters. It is published as open-access (free online edition, free PDFs of the print edition) at the Philosophical Plays website (http://www.philosophicalplays.com/pgTSGv1sc01.htm). | |||||
Synopsis: | Tim -- a physics professor with a certain taste for young female university students -- recently got a new appointment at a London university. But, as it turns out, he is still unsatisfied. Why? Is it because Rachael unexpectedly left him under strange circumstances? Or does it have to do with his sudden departure from another university? Or is it his research? When Tim meets Christianus for a brown-bag discussion on philosophy and science, new facts and perspectives are revealed. | |||||
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Wendy's Risky Role-Play and the Gory Plot of the Okefenokee Man-Monster | ||
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| 1st Published: | in Philosophical Plays, vol. 2, no. 1-2, Apr. 2012. ISSN 1654-6296, available from Lulu.com | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #139810 | |||
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Genre: | Philosophy play; historical fiction; comedy; social criticism | |||||
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Notes: | In the course of this philosophy play, Katherine and Christianus discuss many things: friendship, a Renoir painting, global warming, elephant conservation, freemasons, Prince of Wales and his tiger-hunting experience in Nepal, Victorian Chartism and a Kennington Common daguerreotype, a Mortality Proof, and, last but not least, Baldy, Wendy, and the gory plot of the Okefenokee Man-Monster. This work features elaborate footnotes and comments (including full bibliographical references) by the author, to enhance the reader's experience of the play and its philosophizing characters. It is published as open-access (free online edition, free PDFs of the print edition) at the Philosophical Plays website (http://www.philosophicalplays.com/pgWRRv1sc01.htm). | |||||
Synopsis: | Katherine, a neurotic American lawyer, meets Christianus for a philosophy session at The Late Victorian coffee shop in London, where they also meet Wendy the waitress and Baldy the player. Will Katherine be able to overcome her deep depression by adopting some of Christianus's satisfactionist ideas? Or will she stay unsatisfied and unhappy by stubbornly sticking to her own neti-neti nothingness philosophy? And what roles do Baldy, Wendy, and the Okefenokee Man-Monster have in this connexion? | |||||
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