Combining mixtape aesthetics with philosophical reflection on technology, Processing… is a new type of listening experience for the curious and creative.

Join us on Wednesday, March 5…

…for the launch Of Processing...a Philosophy Mixtape and The Opening of Mixtape Metaphysics, a new installation exploring ideas of technology, philosophy, and religion. Featuring a discussion on knowledge and reality by philosophy powerhouses David Chalmers and Grace Helton.

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Audio Essay Contributors 

Grace Helton is an assistant professor of philosophy at Princeton University. She works in philosophy of mind, cognitive science, and epistemology, including social epistemology. A major concern that runs through much of her work is how we represent others’ inner lives and what the value of those representations is, with special attention paid to the epistemic value of those representations. 

Luvell Anderson is a professor of philosophy at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. His research and teaching interests include philosophy of language, African American philosophy, aesthetics, humor, and social ontology. He is currently writing books on the Ethics of Racial Humor (Oxford University Press) and The Philosophy of Race and Racism (Routledge). 

Katie Elliott is an assistant professor of philosophy at Brandeis University, where she teaches courses on the philosophy of science and metaphysics. She has written on philosophical issues surrounding chance, explanation, and prediction. She is currently working on a book about scientific explanation in indeterministic contexts. 

Joshua Habgood-Coote works at the school of Philosophy, Religion, and History of Science at the University of Leeds. His research is mainly in epistemology and the philosophy of language, where his interests connect more or less directly to the question of how we should think about knowledge and inquiry, given our nature as practical and social creatures.

Producers 

Nick Kroll
Co-Director of The Institute of the Mechanical Surround. Sound maker. Associate Professor of Philosophy at Franklin and Marshall College.

Vincent Smaldone AKA DJ Image
Sound Ecologist at The Institute of the Mechanical Surround. National touring DJ that has produced and performed alongside artists such as Billy Martin from Medeski Martin and Wood, Raekwon, from Wu Tang Clan, and Def Jam’s Slick Rick.

Funding & Support

Processing is made possible by the generous support of The Henry Luce Foundation, The Luther Binkley Fund in Philosophy at Franklin and Marshall College, The Marc Sanders Philosophy in Media Initiative, and the Office of College Grants at Franklin and Marshall College.