Chicken joke: Foucault

01Apr10

Michel Foucault (1926-1984) was a French philosopher and all-around intellectual whose work has perhaps been more often cited than understood. Q: Why did the chicken cross the road? Michel Foucault: The discursive practices of the farm, which led to the development of chicken wire, the fenced barnyard, and the institution of the chicken coop, also […]

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Chicken joke: Comte

17Jan10

Q: Why did the chicken cross the road? Auguste Comte: This effort to explain and justify quasi-intentional actions of an animal (probably a fetish of some kind) indicates that the questioner is still mired in the theological phase of development and is probably incapable of comprehending the positive philosophy, which is the destiny of mankind.

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