Themes in Contemporary Analytic Philosophy as Reflected in the Work of Monty Python.

The positivists' revolt against metaphysics was really successful. Really, really, successful. It was so successful that even now, when everyone agrees that (a) logical positivism is dead, and that (2) even if it isn't dead, its arguments against metaphysics, to use the technical phrase, suck pond water, upper level courses in metaphysics taught in universities throughout the analytic world-- indeed, in this very university-- typically begin with self-conscious multi-week probing reflections on whether or not it's really okay to now do metaphysics.

(Thanks Cam.)