A total solar eclipse will be taking place on April 8th.

[via NYT]

What, if anything, does this have to do with philosophy?

Laura Papish, a philosopher at George Washington University, is hoping Daily Nous readers may have some positive answers to that question.

She writes:

I’m wondering if you might consider soliciting from folks suggested readings to link up with the upcoming solar eclipse. My students will be viewing it, some within totality zones, and we will have a discussion later that day about their experiences. I’m interested in any readings that might supplement or enhance their viewing experience, and I was thinking that other instructors might be similarly interested in some crowd-sourced reading suggestions.

I would think that there is work in the history and philosophy of science on eclipses, yet perhaps there are philosophical or philosophy-related writings on the emotions, the environment, epistemology, ethics, meaning, metaphor, perception, time, and other topics that have some relevance to eclipses. Maybe there’s some philosophically-suggestive fiction related to eclipses?

Your suggestions welcome.

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