{"id":8293,"date":"2020-02-25T18:30:20","date_gmt":"2020-02-25T18:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ffephilosophy.org\/theforum\/?p=8293"},"modified":"2020-06-14T23:44:32","modified_gmt":"2020-06-14T22:44:32","slug":"flann-obriens-the-third-policeman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ffephilosophy.org\/theforum\/flann-obriens-the-third-policeman\/","title":{"rendered":"The Philosophers\u2019 Book Club: Flann O\u2019Brien\u2019s The Third Policeman"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paul Fagan \/Clare Moriarty\/ David Papineau<\/h3>\n

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‘What you think is the point is not the point at all but only the beginning of the sharpness.’<\/em><\/p>\n

The Philosopher\u2019s Book Club is back! We’re discussing Flann O\u2019Brien\u2019s The Third Policeman<\/em>, a novel about the consequences of a murder occasioned by the narrator\u2019s desire to publish a book about his favourite philosopher, de Selby. From bicycles and wooden legs to dualism and the nature of reality, O\u2019Brien\u2019s absurdist tale contains more philosophical themes (and footnotes) than you can shake a stick at. We bring philosophical and literary minds together to answer the question, \u2018Is it about a bicycle?\u2019.<\/p>\n

Speakers<\/strong>
\nPaul Fagan<\/a>, Editor, The Parish Review: Journal of Flann O’Brien Studies<\/em> & Founder, The International Flann O’Brien Society
\nDavid Papineau<\/a>, Professor of Philosophy, KCL\/CUNY<\/p>\n

Chair<\/strong>
\nClare Moriarty<\/a>, Fellow, Forum for Philosophy & IRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Trinity College Dublin<\/p>\n

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