Descartes + Maps by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs: This one needs some more explanation. Descartes was the guy who arguably started the Modern Philosophical Tradition. Aside from that he pointed out that we want to subject things to doubt. He had important contributions to many of the sciences in those days. His contributions, including the coordinate plane, are still used today. The fact that this greatest contribution outside of philosophy of the coordinate plane is a map is not lost on me, either. The greatest contribution Descartes made to Philosophy was a roadmap to knowledge that said we have to have a good foundation of knowledge when we figure stuff out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZOgoVEud_w
Hobbes + Moby Dick by Led Zeppelin: This one is actually more of a stretch. Hobbes was partly a mathematician, so he would get a kick out of this. Although he had doctrines in basically everything of the day, Hobbes is remembered today as a Political Philosopher. Those of you who graduated High School will remember that 5 minutes we all spent on the philosophers who influenced the American Constitution.
His greatest work of Political Philosophy was Leviathan, which gives an argument for why we should have government in the first place. Now, Leviathan is a name for a generally big monster, and it's taken from the Bible. Moby Dick is Herman Melville's Leviathan, minus (perhaps) the political philosophy. Thus, here is Moby Dick by Led Zeppelin.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgYzaM8l4U0
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