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Episode #244 ... After Virtue - Alasdair MacIntyre (why moral conversations feel unsatisfying)

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 23:21:00 -0000

Today we talk about the book After Virtue by Alasdair MacIntyre. We talk about his genealogy of moral discourse. The teleologies of Aristotle. The failure of the Enlightenment moral project. Our modern culture of Emotivism and the sorts of characters that thrive in it. Shared practices and community as a way to revitalize moral conversation. Hope you love it! :)

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Episode #243 ... Hamlet - William Shakespeare

Sat, 27 Dec 2025 00:43:00 -0000

Today we talk about the play Hamlet written by William Shakespeare. We compare more traditional takes on the themes of the play to a more modern, philosophical analysis of the play done by Simon Critchley and Jamieson Webster. We talk about Hamlet and his inability to take action. Surveillance in 16th century England. Ophelia as the tragic hero of the play. How ultimately Hamlet may best be described as a play about "nothing". Hope you love it. :)

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Episode #242 ... Romeo and Juliet - William Shakespeare

Sat, 29 Nov 2025 15:26:00 -0000

Today we talk about the philosophy behind the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. We talk about how ineffective violence and honor codes are as ways of maintaining the stability of a society. How catastrophe may be a deterrent to violence. The tension presented by Shakespeare between a Christian view of love, marriage and salvation and an alternative religion of love from his time. How in the kinds of love we most admire there is sometimes an element of irrationality that makes it possible. Hope you love it. :)

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Episode #241 ... The Tragedy of Julius Caesar - William Shakespeare

Sun, 16 Nov 2025 21:47:00 -0000

Today we talk about the philosophical themes of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare. We talk about the hypocrisy and false nostalgia of political violence. The ironies of living by a moral ideal like honor. Rhetoric as a site of where political power is won and lost in a republic. And Brutus as a unique kind of tragic hero somewhere between Stoicism and Christianity. Hope you love it. :)

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Episode #240 ... Varieties of Religion Today (Charles Taylor)

Sat, 08 Nov 2025 22:45:00 -0000

Today we talk more about the work of Charles Taylor and his book The Varieties of Religion Today. We look at different answers to a classic question around religious belief. The sociological and structural role that religion plays at any given point in history. Paleo, Neo and Post Durkheim versions of religious society. What religion becomes in the age of authenticity we live in. We paint a picture of the very unique spiritual predicament the modern person has to navigate. Hope you love it. :)

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Episode #239 ... Authenticity and the history of the self. (Charles Taylor)

Fri, 17 Oct 2025 20:11:00 -0000

Today we talk about the work of the philosopher Charles Taylor. First, we trace the historical origins of how he views the modern self. From the Greeks to the Reformation. From Descartes to Rousseau. The modern self to him is something "irreconcilably multileveled". Then we talk about our modern focus on authenticity as a moral ideal and why Taylor thinks many people misunderstand what it requires. Hope you love it! :)

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Episode #238 ... Frankenstein - Mary Shelley

Wed, 08 Oct 2025 14:52:00 -0000

Today we talk about the book Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. We talk about the mix of Romantic and Enlightenment attitudes and how it leads to problems without the proper oversight. We talk about technology and the responsibility that comes with creation. We talk about how ostracized people often learn to resent the world they live in. Hope you love it and have a great week! :)

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Episode #237 ... The Stoics Are Wrong - Nietzsche, Schopenhauer

Tue, 30 Sep 2025 21:01:00 -0000

Today we talk about two famous critiques of Stoicism. One by Friedrich Nietzsche who thought the Stoics weren’t life affirming enough and so rob themselves of some of the best parts of life. The other by Arthur Schopenhauer who thought the Stoics were too life-affirming of worldly things to ever reach a deep understanding of things. Hope you love it! :)

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Episode #236 ... Meditations - Marcus Aurelius

Sat, 13 Sep 2025 01:41:00 -0000

Today we talk about the collection of journals known as Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. We mark the differences between Stoicism, modern Stoic ethics, and the journals of Marcus Aurelius. We talk about the divine logos, indifferents, and how metaphysical assumptions ladder up into the virtue ethics of the ancient Stoics. We talk about some of the context that Marcus was writing each of these journals in. All of this while trying to relay some of the biggest ideas that he wrote about. Hope you love it. :)

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Episode #235 ... The Philosophy of Zen Buddhism - Byung Chul Han

Thu, 04 Sep 2025 00:33:00 -0000

Today we talk about one of Han's earlier books where he offers an alternative to classic western ideas about subjectivity. We talk about Zen as a religion without God. Substance and emptiness. Alternatives to the reified self. Dwelling nowhere. Original friendliness. And death as an event we desperately try to control. Hope you love it! :)

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Episode #234 ... The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Milan Kundera

Wed, 13 Aug 2025 13:57:00 -0000

Today we try to produce a philosophical guide for the book The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera. We talk about Parmenides, Nietzsche's eternal recurrence, kitsch as something more than just an aesthetic category, existential codes and his animal test of morality. Hope you love it! :)

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Episode #233 ... A philosophy of self-destruction. (Dostoevsky, Bataille)

Mon, 04 Aug 2025 16:01:00 -0000

Today we talk about two different theories for why we ritualize self-destructive behavior. We check out a lesser-known work from Dostoevsky called The Gambler. We consider how much we can hold people morally accountable for this kind of stuff. Then we look at the work of Georges Bataille, his book The Accursed Share, and how a hidden underlying economics may be a way we can understand self-destructive behavior from a new angle. Hope you love it and have a great week. :)

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Episode #232 ... Byung Chul Han - The Crisis of Narration

Mon, 07 Jul 2025 20:50:00 -0000

Today we talk about the book The Crisis of Narration by the philosopher Byung Chul Han. We talk about the history of storytelling. Walter Benjamins distinction between a Paris fire and a revolution in Madrid. The effects of social media on memory. Story telling vs story selling. AI as pure Intelligenz lacking Geist. The ability for stories to give shape to suffering. The importance of boredom for self-discovery. Hope you love it! :)

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Episode #231 ... The Late Work of Wittgenstein - Language Games

Sat, 28 Jun 2025 22:53:00 -0000

Today we talk about the late work of Wittgenstein in Philosophical Investigations. We talk about the meaning of words. Augustine's theory. Forms of life. Rules and practices. Grammar. Geometry. Family resemblance. And the role of a philosopher on the other side of accepting this view of language. Hope you love it. :)

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Episode #230 ... Hope as an Existentialism (Ernst Bloch)

Sat, 14 Jun 2025 23:51:00 -0000

Today we talk about the early work of Ernst Bloch. Hope as anticipatory consciousness. The darkness of the lived moment. Educated hope vs false hope. Music as an experiential metaphysics and gateway to the Not-Yet. Hope you love it. :)

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Episode #229 - Kafka and Totalitarianism (Arendt, Adorno)

Sun, 25 May 2025 00:01:00 -0000

Today we talk about Kafka's book The Castle and how the symbolism is interpreted by two powerhouse philosophers: Theodore Adorno and Hannah Arendt. Hope you love it! :)

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Episode #228 ... Albert Camus - Kafka and The Fall

Mon, 12 May 2025 13:26:00 -0000

Today we talk about Camus' book The Fall and what the main character represents in his larger project. We also talk about someone Camus deeply admired, Franz Kafka, and how to think of the images he created in his work. We talk about the experience of the modern individual in relation to politics. We also talk about what Camus and Kafka disagreed on. Hope you love it. :)

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Episode #227 ... Albert Camus - On Exile

Fri, 18 Apr 2025 14:11:00 -0000

Today we talk about the concept of exile from the work of Camus. We focus on a couple stories from his book Exile and The Kingdom. We talk about why Camus insists that true lucidity can only arise from the jarring lived experience he calls “exile,” not from armchair reflection. We talk about Janine’s desert epiphany in “The Adulterous Woman.” We talk about school‑teacher Daru in “The Guest,” trapped between France and Algeria, whose double exile shows how history can choose for us. We talk about the everyday escape hatches—nostalgia, comfort contracts, curated news bubbles—that let people dodge exile until reality blindsides them. Hope you enjoy it! :)

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Episode #226 - Albert Camus - The Rebel

Fri, 04 Apr 2025 14:51:00 -0000

Today we talk about Camus’ concept of rebellion and how it offers a powerful alternative to abstract ideologies. We talk about solidarity as the foundation for justice without systems. We talk about the death penalty as a symbol of premeditated murder disguised as virtue. We talk about rebellion as something closer to art than politics—an act rooted in experience, defined by limits, and carried out with sincerity. Hope you love it! :)

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Episode #225 ... Albert Camus - The Plague

Thu, 27 Mar 2025 18:38:00 -0000

We look at Albert Camus' The Plague. We talk about a common misreading from the Myth of Sisyphus. We talk about different cycles of his work from his earlier individual confrontation with the absurd to a more community focus. We talk about solidarity. Absurd heroes. Empathy and metaphysical rebellion. Hope you enjoy it, my friends. :)

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Episode #224 ... Albert Camus - The Stranger

Sat, 15 Mar 2025 18:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about the book The Stranger by Albert Camus. We talk about why Camus saw himself as an artist and not a philosopher. We talk about happiness. The absurd and it's full implications. The Mediterranean lifestyle. The sun as a symbol of immanence. Revolt against the absurd as a descriptive claim-- not a normative one.

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Episode #223 ... Religion and the duck-rabbit - Kyoto School pt. 3

Mon, 03 Mar 2025 00:43:00 -0000

Today we talk about the relationship between philosophy and religion. We talk about the duck-rabbit as a metaphor that may have something useful to teach us about the way we experience reality. We talk about the enormous difficulty of fully addressing the question: what is religion? We talk about Schelling's historical view of revelation and its connection to a possible new era of Christian religious practice. Hope you love it! :)

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Episode #222 ... Dostoevsky - Love in The Brothers Karamazov

Sun, 16 Feb 2025 01:10:00 -0000

Today we talk about the philosophical themes around love in The Brothers Karamazov. We talk about Dostoevsky's existential, tragic form of Christianity. Family as a microcosm of society. Active love as an experiential framing. The Grand Inquisitor. Hope you love it! :)

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Episode #221 ... Dostoevsky - The Idiot

Sat, 01 Feb 2025 02:45:00 -0000

Today we talk about the book The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky. We talk about the curse of sainthood. The connection between beauty and morality via his moral-aesthetic spectrum. Realism vs. Idealism. And how beauty can save the world. Hope you love it! :)

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Episode #220 ... Dostoevsky - Demons

Mon, 13 Jan 2025 04:39:00 -0000

Today we discuss the philosophical themes of the book Demons by Fyodor Dostoevsky. We talk about western liberalism, the lack of moral leadership, the promises of Nihilism, the Madman and the Saint, and Dostoevsky's complicated relationship to faith. Hope you love it! :)

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Episode #219 ... Dostoevsky - Crime and Punishment

Mon, 23 Dec 2024 00:42:00 -0000

Today we talk about the philosophical themes that Dostoevsky had in mind when writing Crime and Punishment. We talk about Russian Nihilism and its consequences. Rational Utilitarianism and Egoism. A common misunderstanding of Raskolnikov as an embodiment of Nietzsche's work. Confession. Guilt. Affirming life through consent. And much more. Hope you love it! :)

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Episode #218 ... Dostoevsky - Notes From Underground

Tue, 17 Dec 2024 07:31:48 -0000

Today we talk about the philosophical themes of one of Dostoevsky's most famous books: Notes From Underground. We talk about contemplative inertia, the "stone wall" of rationality, utopian socialism, the tension between love and freedom in the modern world, self-loathing as a defense mechanism, and much more. Hope you enjoy it. :)

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Episode #217 ... Religion and Nothingness - Kyoto School pt. 2 - Nishitani

Fri, 06 Dec 2024 16:27:29 -0000

Today we talk about expanding our view of what a religious quest includes. The limits of dualistic thinking. Technological enframing and obsession with utility. Self-emptying. Consciousness, Nihility and Sunyata. Sunyata as immanence. Hope you love it! :)

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Episode #216 ... The Self-Overcoming of Nihilism - Kyoto School pt. 1 - Nishitani

Mon, 18 Nov 2024 03:36:16 -0000

Today we look at the work of Keiji Nishitani. We examine Nihilism in a deeper way than we've ever covered on the podcast before. We talk about The Great Doubt. Zen Buddhism. Sunyata. The self as similar to structural linguistics. Hope you enjoy it! :)

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Episode #215 ... How Mysticism is missing in our modern lives. (Critchley, Heidegger)

Wed, 30 Oct 2024 20:12:00 -0000

Today we talk about whether it's possible to achieve not just freedom of the will, but freedom from the will. The technological enframing of reality from the perspective of Heidegger. Misconceptions about Mysticism. The ways that modern life prevents us from having more of a connection with Being. Some ways to start practicing mystical types of experiences using the resources that we have available to us. We do all of this via some points made by Simon Critchley in his new book On Mysticism: The Experience of Ecstasy.

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Episode #214 ... Framing our Being in a completely different way. (Heidegger)

Mon, 21 Oct 2024 14:40:49 -0000

Today we look at Heidegger's critique of metaphysics and the traditional subject-object framing in philosophy. How multiple framings are necessary for a fuller picture of our being. His challenge to thinkers like Nietzsche and Descartes. Dasein, the limitations of objectivity. Phenomenology as an alternative focusing on the importance of lived experience. And his ideas on temporality and death as a horizon of our being. Hope you love it! :)

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Episode #213 ... Deleuze Interprets Nietzsche (Difference, Joy, Affirmation)

Sun, 13 Oct 2024 17:28:06 -0000

Today we talk about Deleuze's interpretation of Nietzsche's work. We talk about difference taken to radical new levels. The image of thought from the history of philosophy. Nietzsche framed as the enemy to the dialectic. Active vs Reactive forces. Deleuze's thoughts on art as a vehicle for the creation of the new instead of our typical approach via acquiring more information. Hope you love it! Be well. :)

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Episode #212 ... Nietzsche and Critchley on the tragic perspective. (Amor Fati pt. 2)

Mon, 30 Sep 2024 19:14:00 -0000

Today we begin by talking about Nietzsche's concept of life-affirmation. Contrasting it with the renunciative, rational traditions of Western thought. The episode then delves into Greek tragedy through the lens of Simon Critchley's work; making a case for how these ancient plays offer a life-affirming perspective by embracing the ambiguity of human existence.

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Episode #211 ... Nietzsche returns with a hammer!

Sun, 22 Sep 2024 17:29:00 -0000

Today we talk about Nietzsche's views on the decay of western society. We talk about his problems with Socrates. The genealogy of Egalitarianism that has led to our modern societies, and how to contextualize his concept of the Ubermensch within modern culture. Hope you enjoy it! :)

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Episode #210 ... The Pedagogy of the Oppressed (Paulo Freire, Education)

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 17:14:00 -0000

We talk about Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed. His critique of the banking model of education. The importance of critical consciousness. His Existentialist influence. The dialectic between oppression and liberation. The problem-posing model of education. The role of dialogue in learning and the co-creation of knowledge. Marx's influence on Freire. The flexibility of Freire’s pedagogy. And some response to critics of Freire.

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Episode #209 ... Improving our world through applied ethics. (Peter Singer, Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek)

Mon, 26 Aug 2024 06:46:00 -0000

Today we talk about Peter Singer's response to an anticapitalist critique of his work. Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek's thoughts on the wrong ways to be thinking about ethical terminology. Philosophy in schools. Creative activism. The ongoing impact of the Effective Altruist movement. Hope you enjoy it! :)

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Episode #208 ... The moral evolution of a philosopher. (Peter Singer)

Sun, 18 Aug 2024 18:21:00 -0000

On this episode, we track the changes in Peter Singer's ethical views throughout his career. We talk about Emotivism. R.M. Hare's Prescriptivism. Nozick's Experience Machine. Some thought experiments from Derek Parfit. Henry Sidgwick and Objectivist Hedonistic Utilitarianism. Hope you enjoy it!

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Episode #207 ... Fear is toxic to a democracy. (Martha Nussbaum)

Thu, 01 Aug 2024 04:16:00 -0000

Today we talk more about the work of Martha Nussbaum and her book The Monarchy of Fear. We discuss emotions as important appraisals of reality. The comparison of shame and guilt and their social implications. The prevalence of fear and its toxic impact on democracy. The importance of practical hope in fostering democratic participation. Hope you enjoy it! :)

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Episode #206 ... Capitalism is dead. This is Technofeudalism. (Yanis Varoufakis)

Sun, 21 Jul 2024 04:48:00 -0000

Today we talk about the concept of Technofeudalism as described by Yanis Varoufakis. We talk about the comparisons of our world to the feudal system, the origins in the economic policy of 2008, and a few potential paths forward centered around important questions to be revisiting. Hope you enjoy it! :)

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Episode #205 ... Why a meritocracy is corrosive to society. (Michael Sandel)

Mon, 01 Jul 2024 04:04:00 -0000

Today we talk about the dark side of meritocracy, the effects it has on the way people see each other, the dialectic of pride and humility, education reform, and a rethinking of the way we see government officials. Hope you enjoy it. :)

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Episode #204 ... The importance of philosophy, justice and the common good. (Michael Sandel)

Mon, 24 Jun 2024 03:27:00 -0000

Today we talk about some of the benefits of being a practitioner of philosophy. Michael Sandel's view of the three main approaches to justice throughout the history of philosophy. The strengths and weaknesses of all three. The consequences of replacing social norms with market norms. And the importance of the common good as a piece of a just society that is able to endure. Hope you enjoy it! :)

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Episode #203 ... Why the future is being slowly cancelled. - Postmodernism (Mark Fisher, Capitalist Realism)

Mon, 17 Jun 2024 01:38:00 -0000

Today we continue developing our understanding of the ideas that have led to what Mark Fisher calls Capitalist Realism. We talk about tolerant relativism, postmodern artwork, the slow cancellation of the future, Hauntology and Acid Communism. Hope you enjoy it! :)

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Episode #202 ... Why we can't think beyond capitalism. - Neoliberalism (Mark Fisher, Capitalist Realism)

Mon, 03 Jun 2024 05:10:00 -0000

Today we begin our discussion on the work of Mark Fisher surrounding his concept of Capitalism Realism. We talk about the origins of Neoliberalism, it's core strategies, some critiques of Neoliberalism, and the hyperfocus on individualism and competition that has come to define a piece of our thinking in the western world. Hope you enjoy it and have a great rest of your week. :)

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Episode #201 ... Resistance, Love, and the importance of Failure. (Zizek, Byung Chul Han)

Mon, 06 May 2024 04:59:00 -0000

Today we talk about a potential way to find meaning for someone prone to postmodern subjectivity. We talk about surplus enjoyment. Zizek's alcohol use, or lack thereof. Resisting surface level consumption. Love. And failure.

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Episode #200 ... The Postmodern subject and "ideology without ideology" (Zizek, Byung Chul Han, Marx)

Sat, 27 Apr 2024 07:05:00 -0000

Today we talk about several different common versions of the postmodern subject in contemporary culture. Hope you enjoy it! :)

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Episode #199 ... A conservative communist's take on global capitalism and desire. (Zizek, Marx, Lacan)

Mon, 15 Apr 2024 12:20:00 -0000

Today we talk about the distinction between left and right. Lacan's thoughts on desire. How Capitalism captures desire and identity. I would prefer not to. Moderately conservative communism. Hope you enjoy it! :)

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Episode #198 ... The truth is in the process. - Zizek pt. 3 (ideology, dialectics)

Sun, 24 Mar 2024 02:08:00 -0000

Today we go into a deeper explanation of ideology and dialectics. Liberal democratic capitalism is featured as a special guest. Hope you enjoy it! :)

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Episode #197 ... New Atheists and cosmic purpose without God - (Zizek, Goff, Nagel)

Sun, 10 Mar 2024 07:12:00 -0000

As we regularly do on this program-- we steelman different philosophical positions. Hopefully the process brings people some joy. Today we go from ideology, to New Atheism vs Creationism, to Aristotle, to Thomas Nagel, to Phillip Goff's new book called Why? The Purpose of the Universe.

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Episode #196 ... The improbable Slavoj Zizek - Part 1

Sat, 24 Feb 2024 17:30:00 -0000

Today we give an introduction to the thinking of Slavoj Zizek-- at least as much as is possible in ~35 mins. The goal is for this to be a primer for the rest of the series.

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Episode #195 ... Could Anarcho-Capitalism be the solution to our problems? - Anarchism pt. 4 (Rothbard, Friedman, Malice)

Sat, 10 Feb 2024 07:16:00 -0000

Today we talk more about anarchism.

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Episode #194 ... Do we really need the police? - Anarchism pt. 3 - (Gelderloos, Security)

Sat, 27 Jan 2024 05:43:00 -0000

Today we answer some questions about the potential security risks of an anarchist society.

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Episode #193 ...The chief export of the western world is trash. - Anarchism pt. 2 (Bookchin, Social Ecology)

Tue, 09 Jan 2024 19:40:00 -0000

Today we talk about some of the work of Murray Bookchin. We talk about anarchism as a historical trend in human thought that keeps recurring. Then we talk about the superficiality of typical approaches to being environmentally conscious. We talk about Futurism and the hope of colonizing other planets. We talk about Artificial Intelligence and why people sometimes don't feel like celebrating its arrival.

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Episode #192 ... Should we overthrow the government tomorrow? - Anarchism pt. 1 (Chomsky, Malatesta)

Mon, 25 Dec 2023 23:36:00 -0000

Today we talk about some common misconceptions about Anarchism, the weaknesses of traditional government structures, a possible alternative way of cooperating and whether or not the government is the hierarchy we should be focusing on.

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Episode #191 ... The modern day concentration camp and the failure of human rights. (Giorgio Agamben)

Tue, 05 Dec 2023 04:24:00 -0000

Today we talk about the philosophy of Giorgio Agamben. Human rights, a political tactic to dehumanize groups that has been growing in popularity, governments declaring states of emergency and how the concept of potential may in fact be a unifying force.

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Episode #190 ... Are emotions a waste of time? - Neo-Stoicism (Martha Nussbaum)

Mon, 27 Nov 2023 08:02:00 -0000

Today we talk about the lessons found in the ancient Greek play titled Hecuba. We talk about the great Stoic ethicists Epictetus, Seneca and Marcus Aurelius. We talk about Martha Nussbaum and her work looking to infuse classical Stoic ideas with all that we've learned in the sciences over thousands of years. We talk about compassion. Shame and guilt. Her capabilities approach. It's a whole lot of fun for the whole family. :)

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Episode #189 ... Everything that connects us is slowly disappearing. - Byung Chul Han pt. 2

Tue, 03 Oct 2023 22:59:00 -0000

Today we talk about the disappearance of rituals, truth, community, communication, public spaces and talk about the importance sometimes of being an idiot. Hope you love it! :)

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Episode #188 ... Achievement Society and the rise of narcissism, depression and anxiety - Byung-Chul Han

Thu, 07 Sep 2023 02:07:00 -0000

Today we talk about positive power, neoliberalism, narcissism as a reaction to modern life, how technology makes isolation easier, and some tactics to find peace in the digital panopticon.

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Episode #187 ... How much freedom would you trade for security? (Foucault, Hobbes, Mill, Agamben)

Thu, 31 Aug 2023 05:25:00 -0000

On today's episode we talk about the upsides of a surveillance state. The ongoing social dilemma of freedom vs security. The value of privacy. States of exception. And Deleuze's Postscript on Societies of Control.

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Episode #186 ... Are we heading for a digital prison? - Panopticon (Foucault, Bentham, Cave)

Thu, 24 Aug 2023 00:09:00 -0000

Today we talk about Jeremy Bentham's concept of the Panopticon. Michel Foucault's comparison to society in 1975. The historical role of intelligence as a justification for dominance. The anatomy of free will, and how a digital world may systematically limit our free will without us knowing it.

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Episode #185 ... Should we prepare for an AI revolution?

Thu, 10 Aug 2023 06:11:00 -0000

Today we talk about the revolutionary potential of generative AI. For better or worse.

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Episode #184 ... Is Artificial Intelligence really an existential risk?

Wed, 02 Aug 2023 18:58:00 -0000

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Episode #183 ... Is ChatGPT really intelligent?

Sat, 22 Jul 2023 01:36:00 -0000

Today we discuss ideas from John Searle and Noam Chomsky and consider several questions surrounding machine intelligence.

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Episode #182 ... What if free will is an illusion?

Sun, 02 Jul 2023 18:03:00 -0000

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Episode #181 ... What if consciousness is an illusion?

Fri, 23 Jun 2023 20:54:00 -0000

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Episode #180 ... What if everything is consciousness? - Phillip Goff on Panpsychism

Wed, 24 May 2023 20:35:00 -0000

Today we talk about one theory of consciousness known as Panpsychism.

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Episode #179 ... Why is consciousness something worth talking about?

Mon, 24 Apr 2023 19:59:00 -0000

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Episode #178 ... Susan Sontag - How Much Is Your View Of Everything Affected By Metaphors?

Wed, 05 Apr 2023 14:03:00 -0000

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Episode #177 ... Susan Sontag - Do you speak the language of pictures and videos?

Wed, 22 Mar 2023 00:50:00 -0000

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Episode #176 ... Susan Sontag - Do you criticize yourself the way you criticize a movie?

Wed, 01 Mar 2023 21:43:00 -0000

Today we talk about the essay titled Against Interpretation by Susan Sontag.

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Episode #175 ... Simone Weil - Vessels of God

Thu, 02 Feb 2023 17:47:00 -0000

Today we continue talking about the work of Simone Weil.

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Episode #174 ... Simone Weil - The Mathematician

Thu, 02 Feb 2023 17:44:00 -0000

Today we continue talking about the work of the brilliant Simone Weil. Hope you love it.

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Episode #173 ... Simone Weil - The Need for Roots

Tue, 10 Jan 2023 00:16:00 -0000

Today we continue talking about Simone Weil. Hope you love it.

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Episode #172 ... Simone Weil - Attention

Mon, 21 Nov 2022 23:48:00 -0000

Today we begin some general discussions in the direction of the thought of Simone Weil and tell some stories from her life.

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Episode #171 ... Guy Debord - The Society of the Spectacle

Tue, 01 Nov 2022 04:09:00 -0000

Today we talk about a famous call to action by the philosopher Guy Debord.

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Episode #170 ... Albert Camus - The Fall

Fri, 23 Sep 2022 20:31:00 -0000

Today we explore some of the themes discussed in The Fall by Albert Camus.

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Episode #169 ... Bruno Latour - We Have Never Been Modern

Sat, 20 Aug 2022 13:57:00 -0000

Today we cover thought provoking pieces of an early work by a great philosopher named Bruno Latour. Hope you love it.

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Episode #168 ... Introduction to an Ethics of Care

Wed, 13 Jul 2022 04:31:00 -0000

Today we begin discussing an Ethics of Care. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help.

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Episode #167 ... Jose Ortega - Revolt of the Masses

Sat, 25 Jun 2022 19:14:00 -0000

Today we continue talking about the work of Ortega. This time about his book Revolt of the Masses.

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Episode #166 ... Jose Ortega - Circumstance

Wed, 01 Jun 2022 20:12:00 -0000

Today we begin talking about the work of Jose Ortega Y Gasset.

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Episode #165 ... Ralph Waldo Emerson - Nature and Other Things

Sat, 30 Apr 2022 12:51:00 -0000

Today we continue our discussion of Emerson.

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Episode #164 ... Ralph Waldo Emerson - Self Reliance

Fri, 22 Apr 2022 02:28:00 -0000

Today we talk about Emerson and his essay about self reliance.

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Episode #163 ... The Creation of Meaning - Escape From Evil

Wed, 02 Mar 2022 20:20:00 -0000

Today we continue talking about the work of Ernest Becker.

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Episode #162 ... The Creation of Meaning - The Denial of Death

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 14:25:00 -0000

Today we begin talking about the work of Ernest Becker.

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Episode #161 ... Karl Popper - The Open Society and Its Enemies

Sat, 15 Jan 2022 00:09:00 -0000

Today we talk about a famous book from the work of Karl Popper.

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Episode #160 ... The Creation of Meaning - Kierkegaard - Silence, Obedience and Joy

Wed, 05 Jan 2022 21:42:00 -0000

Today we discuss the work of Soren Kierkegaard. His famous work The Lily of the Field and The Bird of The Air.

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Episode #159 ... The Creation of Meaning - Nietzsche - Amor Fati

Wed, 10 Nov 2021 23:35:00 -0000

Today we continue our discussion on the creation of meaning.

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Episode #158 ... The Creation of Meaning - Nietzsche - The Ascetic Ideal

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 21:37:00 -0000

Today we look at the creation of meaning through the work of Nietzsche.

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Episode #157 ... The Creation of Meaning - Beauvoir

Wed, 01 Sep 2021 20:12:00 -0000

Today we talk about the creation of meaning.

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Episode #156 ... Emil Cioran part 2 - Failure and Suicide

Tue, 10 Aug 2021 00:46:00 -0000

Today we continue talking about Cioran.

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Episode #155 ... Emil Cioran - Absurdity and Nothingness

Thu, 08 Jul 2021 19:24:00 -0000

Today we begin our discussion on Emil Cioran.

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Episode #154 ... Pragmatism and Truth

Tue, 22 Jun 2021 18:42:00 -0000

Today we discuss Pragmatism.

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Episode #153 ... The Frankfurt School - Walter Benjamin pt. 2 - Distraction

Thu, 01 Apr 2021 21:08:00 -0000

Today we continue talking about Walter Benjamin.

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Episode #152 ... The Frankfurt School - Walter Benjamin pt. 1

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 21:09:00 -0000

Today we begin discussing the work of Walter Benjamin.

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Episode #151 ... The Frankfurt School - Erich Fromm on Freedom

Sat, 06 Feb 2021 11:33:00 -0000

Today we continue our discussion of the work of Erich Fromm.

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Episode #150 ... The Frankfurt School - Erich Fromm on Love

Sun, 31 Jan 2021 01:22:00 -0000

Today we discuss Erich Fromm and his work The Art of Loving.

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Episode #149 ... On Media pt. 2 - Marshall McLuhan

Tue, 05 Jan 2021 07:34:00 -0000

Today we discuss the work of Marshall McLuhan.

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Episode #148 ... On Media pt. 1 - Manufacturing Consent

Mon, 14 Dec 2020 22:09:00 -0000

Today we discuss the 1988 work of Chomsky and Herman entitled Manufacturing Consent.

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Episode #147 ... Being and Becoming

Tue, 10 Nov 2020 18:52:00 -0000

Today we discuss the ancient philosophical debate of being and becoming.

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Episode #146 ... Bergson on Laughter pt. 2 - Vitalism

Tue, 20 Oct 2020 16:56:00 -0000

Today we continue our discussion on the work of Henri Bergson.

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Episode #145 ... Bergson on Laughter pt. 1 - History

Sat, 19 Sep 2020 01:08:00 -0000

Today we begin our discussion on the work of Bergson.

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Episode #144 ... Max Weber - Iron Cage

Mon, 29 Jun 2020 02:27:00 -0000

Today we discuss some of the work of Max Weber in preparation for an upcoming series.

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Episode #143 ... Jürgen Habermas pt. 1 - The Public Sphere

Thu, 30 Apr 2020 17:46:00 -0000

Today we begin our discussion of the work of Jürgen Habermas.

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Episode #142 ... Richard Rorty

Wed, 15 Apr 2020 22:21:00 -0000

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Episode #141 ... Isaiah Berlin pt. 2 - Pluralism and Culture

Sat, 28 Mar 2020 23:52:00 -0000

Today we continue talking about the work of Isaiah Berlin.

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Episode #140 ... Isaiah Berlin pt. 1 - Pluralism

Wed, 11 Mar 2020 15:48:00 -0000

Today we begin discussing the work of Isaiah Berlin.

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Episode #139 ... Friedrich Von Hayek - The Road to Serfdom

Wed, 12 Feb 2020 00:52:00 -0000

Today we begin our discussion of the work of Friedrich Hayek.

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Episode #138 ... Robert Nozick - The Minimal State

Tue, 21 Jan 2020 02:31:00 -0000

Today we begin our discussion of the work of Robert Nozick.

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Episode #137 ... John Rawls - A Theory of Justice

Mon, 30 Dec 2019 23:40:00 -0000

Today we discuss the work of John Rawls.

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Episode #136 ... Hannah Arendt - The Banality of Evil

Thu, 31 Oct 2019 21:49:00 -0000

Today we discuss the work of Hannah Arendt.

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Episode 135 ... Leo Strauss - Ancients vs. Moderns

Tue, 08 Oct 2019 04:45:00 -0000

Today we talk about the work of Leo Strauss.

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Episode #134 ... Consequences of Reason

Wed, 07 Aug 2019 22:42:00 -0000

Today we talk about the growing dissatisfaction with Enlightenment Reason during the early 20th century.

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Episode #133 ... Carl Schmitt on Liberalism pt. 2

Mon, 01 Jul 2019 17:57:00 -0000

Today we continue our discussion of the work of Carl Schmitt.

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Episode #132 ... Carl Schmitt on Liberalism pt. 1

Mon, 01 Jul 2019 17:51:00 -0000

Today we begin our discussion on the work of Carl Schmitt.

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Episode #131 ... Gramsci - Cultural Hegemony

Wed, 22 May 2019 13:55:00 -0000

Today we discuss the work of Antonio Gramsci.

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Episode #130 ... Dewey and Lippman on Democracy

Tue, 30 Apr 2019 03:20:00 -0000

Today we talk about a famous debate from the early 20th century.

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Episode #129 ... Gilles Deleuze pt. 5 - Difference

Sat, 16 Mar 2019 00:03:00 -0000

Today we continue our discussion on the work of Deleuze.

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Episode #128 ... Gilles Deleuze pt. 4 - Flows

Sat, 16 Mar 2019 00:00:00 -0000

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Episode #127 ... Gilles Deleuze pt. 3 - Anti-Oedipus

Thu, 07 Feb 2019 04:23:00 -0000

Today we continue our discussion on the work of Gilles Deleuze.

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Episode #126 ... Gilles Deleuze pt. 2 - Immanence

Sat, 22 Dec 2018 05:09:00 -0000

Today we continue our discussion on the work of Deleuze.

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Episode #125 ... Gilles Deleuze pt. 1 - What is Philosophy?

Sat, 08 Dec 2018 04:17:00 -0000

Today we begin our discussion on Gilles Deleuze with a special thanks to Felix Guatarri.

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Episode #124 ... Simulacra and Simulation

Thu, 25 Oct 2018 01:09:00 -0000

Today we begin our discussion of Jean Baudrillard's book Simulacra and Simulation.

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Episode #123 ... Michel Foucault pt. 3 - Power

Mon, 24 Sep 2018 03:24:00 -0000

Today we talk about the work of Michel Foucault.

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Episode #122 ... Michel Foucault pt. 2 - The Order of Things

Mon, 24 Sep 2018 03:23:00 -0000

Today we talk about the work of Michel Foucault.

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Episode #121 ... Michel Foucault pt. 1

Wed, 15 Aug 2018 00:00:00 -0000

Today we begin talking about the work of Michel Foucault.

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Episode #120 ... Logical Positivism

Fri, 27 Jul 2018 02:27:00 -0000

Today we talk about Logical Positivism.

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Episode #119 ... Derrida and Words

Mon, 25 Jun 2018 01:39:00 -0000

Today we begin our discussion on the work of Jacques Derrida.

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Episode #118 ... A Basic Look At Postmodernism

Mon, 21 May 2018 04:42:00 -0000

Today we begin a lengthy conversation on the critiques of Postmodernism.

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Episode #117 ... Structuralism and Mythology pt. 2

Sun, 18 Mar 2018 06:50:00 -0000

Today we continue to talk about the projects of Structuralism.

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Episode #116 ... Structuralism and Mythology pt. 1

Sun, 18 Mar 2018 06:47:00 -0000

Today we begin talking about the initial projects of Structuralism.

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Episode #115 ... Structuralism and Context

Sun, 28 Jan 2018 09:05:00 -0000

Today we talk about the origins of Structuralism.

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Episode #114 ... The Frankfurt School pt. 7 - The Great Refusal

Sat, 23 Dec 2017 17:27:00 -0000

Today we talk about Herbert Marcuse's concepts of The Great Refusal and The New Sensibility.

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Episode #113 ... The Frankfurt School pt. 6 - Art As A Tool For Liberation

Sat, 02 Dec 2017 04:27:00 -0000

Today we talk about the revolutionary potential of Art through the eyes of Herbert Marcuse.

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Episode #112 ... The Frankfurt School pt. 5 - Civilization

Mon, 06 Nov 2017 05:01:00 -0000

Today we continue our discussion of Marcuse's work Eros and Civilization.

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Episode #111 ... The Frankfurt School pt. 4 - Eros

Fri, 20 Oct 2017 04:41:00 -0000

Today we talk about Freud's views on civilization and the first half of Marcuse's response to them.

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Episode #110 ... The Frankfurt School pt. 3 - The Culture Industry

Thu, 07 Sep 2017 03:52:00 -0000

Today we talk about an important chapter from The Dialectic of Enlightenment entitled The Culture Industry.

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Episode #109 ... The Frankfurt School pt. 2 - The Enlightenment

Sat, 26 Aug 2017 01:37:00 -0000

Today we talk about the Frankfurt School critique of enlightenment style thinking and Herbert Marcuse's book One Dimensional Man.

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Episode #108 ... The Frankfurt School pt. 1 - Introduction

Thu, 17 Aug 2017 03:12:00 -0000

Today we talk about The Frankfurt School.

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Episode #107 ... Simone De Beauvoir pt .3 - Responsibility

Sat, 29 Jul 2017 03:13:00 -0000

Today we talk about part three of Simone De Beauvoir's work The Ethics of Ambiguity.

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Episode #106 ... Simone De Beauvoir pt. 2 - The Ethics of Ambiguity

Wed, 19 Jul 2017 05:18:00 -0000

Today we talk about the first half of The Ethics of Ambiguity by Simone De Beauvoir.

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Episode #105 ... Sartre and Camus pt. 6 - The Self

Sun, 09 Jul 2017 16:27:00 -0000

Today a cloudy, muddled brain weary from fighting off sickness talks about Sartre's view on the self. Thank you for your patience.

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Episode #104 ... Sartre and Camus pt. 5 - Consciousness is Freedom

Thu, 01 Jun 2017 04:08:00 -0000

Today we talk about Sartre's view of consciousness and the notion of radical freedom.

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Episode #103 ... Sartre and Camus pt. 4 - The Quest For Certainty

Wed, 24 May 2017 22:03:00 -0000

Today we tell a story from the history of philosophy in an attempt to prepare us for understanding the Phenomenology of Sartre.

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Episode #102 ... Heidegger pt. 3 - Authenticity

Fri, 12 May 2017 11:14:00 -0000

Today we talk about Martin Heidegger and his concept of Authenticity.

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Episode #101 ... Heidegger pt. 2 - Science and Technology

Sun, 30 Apr 2017 06:01:00 -0000

Today we discuss Martin Heidegger and his views on Modern Technology.

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Episode #100 ... Heidegger pt. 1 - Phenomenology and Dasein

Fri, 14 Apr 2017 05:15:00 -0000

Today we begin our discussion of the philosophy of Martin Heidegger by looking at his roots in Phenomenology and his revolutionary concept of Dasein.

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Episode #099 ... Schopenhauer pt. 2 - Ethics

Wed, 29 Mar 2017 04:24:00 -0000

Today we talk about the ethics of Arthur Schopenhauer.

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Episode #098 ... Schopenhauer pt. 1 - Metaphysics and Love

Tue, 14 Mar 2017 04:43:00 -0000

Today we begin our discussion on Arthur Schopenhauer.

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Episode #097 ... Wittgenstein ep. 1

Wed, 01 Mar 2017 06:18:00 -0000

Today we talk about Ludwig Wittgenstein.

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Episode #096 ... Is Ayn Rand A Philosopher?

Fri, 20 Jan 2017 20:57:00 -0000

Today we talk about Ayn Rand.

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Episode #095 ... Are you living in a simulation?

Fri, 30 Dec 2016 04:04:00 -0000

Today we discuss the famous paper by Nick Bostrom about the probability that we are living in a simulation.

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Episode #094 ... A Look at Suffering

Thu, 24 Nov 2016 02:34:00 -0000

Today we look at the concept of suffering from multiple different angles including the philosopher Fyodor Dostoyevsky and the movement in Transhumanism known as The Hedonistic Imperative.

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Episode #093 ... Nietzsche pt. 4 - Love

Sun, 06 Nov 2016 00:47:00 -0000

Today we look at the concept of love from several different angles in an attempt to better understand our own thoughts on love.

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Episode #092 ... Nietzsche pt. 3 - Thus Spoke Zarathustra

Tue, 04 Oct 2016 06:48:00 -0000

Today we talk about Nietzsche's famous work Thus Spoke Zarathustra.

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Episode #091 ... Nietzsche pt. 2 - The Will to Power

Wed, 21 Sep 2016 00:27:00 -0000

Today we talk about Nietzsche, the concept of the Will to Power and the dangers of predatory buffalos.

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Episode #090 ... Nietzsche pt. 1 - God is dead and so is Captain Morgan

Fri, 26 Aug 2016 21:27:00 -0000

Today we begin our discussion on the work of Friedrich Nietzsche.

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Episode #089 ... Simone De Beauvoir - The Second Sex

Wed, 17 Aug 2016 01:36:00 -0000

Today we discuss the revolutionary work of Simone De Beauvoir entitled: The Second Sex

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Episode #088 ... Sartre and Camus pt. 3 - The Great Debate

Wed, 27 Jul 2016 06:46:00 -0000

Today we talk about the great post WW2 debate between Sartre and Camus.

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Episode #087 ... Sartre and Camus pt. 2

Thu, 14 Jul 2016 08:02:00 -0000

Today we talk about the philosopher Albert Camus.

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Episode #086 ... Sartre and Camus pt. 1 - Freedom

Wed, 29 Jun 2016 03:56:00 -0000

Today's episode is the first installment of a series on the great Cold War era thinkers Sartre and Camus. Today we lay the foundations for the line of thinking known as existentialism and focus on Sartre's view of freedom.

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Episode #085 ... Peter Singer on Effective Altruism

Tue, 21 Jun 2016 04:47:00 -0000

Today we talk about the great Peter Singer, his views on the unique moral obligations that we face as members of modern society and how we might fulfill the obligations in the most effective manner.

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Episode #084 ... William James on Truth

Tue, 14 Jun 2016 23:27:00 -0000

Today we take a look at William James and his work on the concept of Truth.

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Episode #083 ... Henry David Thoreau

Sat, 04 Jun 2016 16:16:00 -0000

Today we take a look at Henry David Thoreau's views on the individual, society and civil disobedience.

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Episode #082 ... Austrians and Marx

Thu, 26 May 2016 07:26:00 -0000

Today we talk about various classic critiques of Marx's economics made by the Austrian School of Economics.

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Episode #081 ... Capitalism vs. Communism

Wed, 11 May 2016 06:11:00 -0000

Today we talk about Karl Marx and his famous critiques of Capitalism.

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Episode #80 ... Feuerbach on Religion

Tue, 03 May 2016 20:21:00 -0000

On this episode we talk about Ludwig Feuerbach and his (occasionally) controversial views on the origins of religion.

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Episode #079 ... Kierkegaard on Anxiety

Wed, 23 Mar 2016 00:49:00 -0000

On this episode of the podcast we talk about Kierkegaard's views on anxiety.

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Episode #078 ... Marx and Kierkegaard on Religion pt. 2

Wed, 27 Jan 2016 05:40:00 -0000

Today we talk about Soren Kierkegaard and his views on the function and value of religion.

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Episode #077 ... Marx and Kierkegaard on Religion pt. 1

Sun, 17 Jan 2016 00:07:00 -0000

Today we discuss Marx, his views on religion as a means of oppression, and his connection to Hegel's Dialectic.

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Episode #076 ... Hegel's God

Thu, 31 Dec 2015 17:43:00 -0000

Today we talk about Hegel and a unique possibility of what God could be.

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Episode #075 ... How To Win An Argument Pt. 2

Mon, 21 Dec 2015 05:47:00 -0000

Today we answer listener questions clarifying How To Win An Argument Pt. 1 and discuss several other common logical fallacies, how to spot them and how to deal with them.

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Episode #074 ... Hegel Returns

Thu, 17 Dec 2015 06:46:00 -0000

Today we talk about an overview of Hegel and what is truly important about his work.

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Episode #073 ... How To Win An Argument Pt. 1

Tue, 01 Dec 2015 09:17:00 -0000

Today we take a look at several common logical fallacies and how to spot them.

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Episode #072 ... Insecurity

Wed, 18 Nov 2015 07:50:00 -0000

On this episode of the podcast we talk about insecurity.

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Episode #071 ... Is Killing Animals For Food Morally Justifiable?

Sun, 01 Nov 2015 06:56:00 -0000

Today we talk about whether killing animals for food is morally justifiable.

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Episode #070 ... Off Moodiness

Tue, 20 Oct 2015 04:58:00 -0000

On this episode we talk about several outlooks on negative emotions.

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Episode #069 ... An Appeal To Reason

Mon, 12 Oct 2015 04:29:00 -0000

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Episode #068 ... On Moodiness

Tue, 06 Oct 2015 04:38:00 -0000

On this episode we talk about one angle of the complex subject known to us all as: moodiness.

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Episode #067 ... What Hegel Was Saying!

Mon, 21 Sep 2015 06:31:00 -0000

We continue our unfortunately abridged discussion on Hegel from last episode.

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Episode #066 ... Hegel pt. 1 - Introduction

Mon, 14 Sep 2015 05:13:00 -0000

Today we begin our discussion on the work of Hegel.

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Episode #065 ... Mary Wollstonecraft

Mon, 07 Sep 2015 04:06:00 -0000

On this episode of the podcast, we discuss the feminist philosopher Mary Wollstonecraft. First, we learn about the unexpected origin of The Royal Humane Society and how they assisted Mary Wollstonecraft. Next, we learn about the many ways Wollstonecraft challenged societal conventions and why she believed that women were essentially slaves to their husbands during her time. Finally, we consider the behavioral conditioning that is perpetuated by society even today and think about how we enact change when we’re not satisfied with the results. All this and more on the latest episode of Philosophize This!

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Episode #064 ... Interpreting Interpretations

Wed, 19 Aug 2015 22:15:00 -0000

On this episode of the podcast, we discuss Hermeneutics, or “the art of avoiding misunderstanding.” First, we meet Johnny--a disgruntled Philosophize This! listener who is bored and frustrated by episodes about philosophers who make unverifiable speculations about metaphysics. Next, we discuss the effects our individual biases have on the way we interpret the world around us, and how this changes the reality we experience. Finally, we examine why Hermeneutics is so important, how this relates to Kant’s metaphysical claims, and why Johnny may want to consider giving those ideas a second glance. All this and more on the latest episode of Philosophize This!

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Episode #063 ... Kant pt. 8 - Limits of Knowledge

Wed, 01 Jul 2015 04:35:00 -0000

On this episode of the podcast, we discuss Kant’s views on the limits of human knowledge. First, we ask ourselves why we seek knowledge at all and whether there will ever be an endpoint to our search for it. Next, we discuss our human experience of the world in contrast to the world as it actually exists and what limits this imposes on our ability to know. Finally, we learn why Kant believed in god, human souls, and free will, and the important distinction he made between two types of faith-based thinking. All this and more on the latest episode of Philosophize This!

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Episode #062 ... Kant pt. 7 - Suicide

Tue, 23 Jun 2015 04:46:00 -0000

On this episode of the podcast, we discuss the morality of suicide. We begin by questioning our own biases and assumptions about suicide and where they come from. Next, we examine suicide from a Christian perspective by considering the arguments posed by St. Augustine and Thomas Aquinas. Finally, we discuss the perspectives of enlightenment thinkers Hume, Voltaire, and Kant and ultimately discover that suicide may not be as easy to categorize as many people think. All this and more on the latest episode of Philosophize This!

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Episode #061 ... Kant pt. 6 - What is Enlightenment?

Sun, 14 Jun 2015 13:57:00 -0000

On this episode of the podcast, we discuss Kant’s answer to the question “What is enlightenment?” We begin by recounting the story of how Kant came to answer this question in the first place and why this was an important question to consider at the time. Next, we examine why Kant believed that we impose immaturity on ourselves by outsourcing our thinking to others. Finally, we discuss why it takes courage to think for yourself and the importance of “daring to be wise." All this and more on the latest episode of Philosophize This!

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Episode #060 ... Kant pt. 5 - The Sublime

Mon, 01 Jun 2015 09:00:00 -0000

On this episode of the podcast, we attempt to tackle the elusive concept of the sublime. We begin by clarifying everything the sublime is NOT, and then attempt to pin it down by considering a common motif that is has been associated with the sublime throughout history. Next, we discuss several anecdotes from people who have experienced the sublime and why one described it as “an agreeable kind of horror.” Finally, we discuss how the sublime relates to beauty and question some commonly made assumptions about ugliness. All this and more on the latest episode of Philosophize This!

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Episode #059 ... Kant pt. 4 - Categorical Trolley Cars

Thu, 28 May 2015 04:31:00 -0000

On this episode of the podcast, we analyze the infamous Trolley Car Problem and think about it in relation to Kant’s categorical imperative. First, we discuss the value of thought experiments and call into question the concept of “common sense”. Next, we look at the Trolley Car Problem from various perspectives and try to understand why we react to it in the ways we do. Finally, we discuss Kant’s categorical imperative and four other prerequisites he felt were necessary for arriving at moral principles. All this and more on the latest episode of Philosophize This!

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Episode #058 ... Kant pt. 3 - Deontology vs Consequentialism

Wed, 20 May 2015 06:53:00 -0000

On this episode of the podcast, we continue our discussion of Kant, this time focusing on ethics. We begin with a thought experiment that calls into question whether or not lying is morally justifiable if it results in preserving human life. Next, we discuss the nature of morality and question the validity of the sources from which we typically derive these concepts. Finally, we explore the strengths and weaknesses of Deontology and Consequentialism and find out that there isn’t an easy answer when it comes to how human action should be judged. All this and more on the latest episode of Philosophize This!

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Episode #057 ... Kant pt. 2 - The Actual Introduction

Mon, 11 May 2015 22:32:00 -0000

On this episode of the podcast we continue our discussion of Kant, this time focusing on his contributions to the debate between rationalism and empiricism . We begin by reviewing the major points of contention between the rationalists and empiricists regarding how we arrive at knowledge. Next, we learn about Kant’s “eureka!” moment, which arose from his discovery of a major assumption made by empiricist David Hume. Finally, we find out why Kant believed that we can never truly know the external world as it actually is, an idea which calls into questions basic concepts like space, time, and causality and goes well beyond the “veil of perception” discussed in previous episodes. All this and more on the latest episode of Philosophize This!

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Episode #056 ... Kant pt. 1 - An Introduction to the Introduction

Wed, 22 Apr 2015 06:05:00 -0000

On this episode of the podcast, we begin our discussion of Immanuel Kant. We first examine the historical context Kant was born into and consider the challenges philosophy was faced with, thanks to David Hume. We also discuss the change in the way humans were beginning to look at the universe during Kant’s time. Finally, we hear what Kant has to say about whether or not we can know anything beyond “I think, therefore I am.” All this and more on the latest episode of Philosophize This!

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Episode #055 ... Interview on Hume with Massimo Pigliucci

Wed, 01 Apr 2015 02:54:00 -0000

On this episode of the podcast, Massimo Pigliucci calls in to help tie together some loose ends in our overview of David Hume. Massimo is a professor of philosophy at City University of New York. He is the author of the best sellers Philosophy of Pseudoscience and Answers For Aristotle, and is currently working on a book called How To Be A Stoic.

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Episode #054 ... Hume pt. 4 - Art

Fri, 27 Mar 2015 23:35:00 -0000

On this episode of the podcast, we discuss Hume’s views on taste and find out whether or not all of our opinions about art are equally valid. First, we compare the poetry of Shakespeare and Shel Silverstein, the music of Beethoven and Skrillex, and throw in the profound prose of Spongebob Squarepants just for good measure. Next, we examine some of the biases that influence our ability to judge art, and Stephen correctly guesses your favorite song of all time by throwing a dart at the Top 40 chart from your senior year of high school. Finally, we learn how to be better art critics by employing the five qualities Hume sets out as pre-requisites for Art Appreciation 101. All this and more on the latest episode of Philosophize This!

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Episode #053 ... David Hume pt. 3 - Custom

Mon, 16 Mar 2015 03:02:00 -0000

On this episode of the podcast we talk about David Hume's thoughts on the soul, the self and how "custom is the great guide of human life." All this and more on the latest episode of Philosophize This!

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Episode #052 ... David Hume pt. 2 - Design

Thu, 05 Mar 2015 03:28:00 -0000

On this episode of the podcast, we continue our discussion of David Hume. This time, we focus on Hume's response to the Teleological Argument, which goes a little something like this: “Look at how perfectly everything works! All of this must have been designed by God.” We also learn about Hume’s view on miracles, and find out how unimpressed he is that Bruce Willis was the sole survivor of that train accident. All this and more on the latest episode of Philosophize This!

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Episode #051 ... David Hume pt. 1

Wed, 25 Feb 2015 06:24:00 -0000

On this episode of the podcast, we talk about David Hume! First, we learn about Hume’s ‘is’ versus ‘ought’ distinction and how not being mindful of this pitfall can lead us down a dangerous path. Next, we discuss the limitations of science and learn what Hume thought should fill in the gaps it leaves (spoiler alert: it’s not religion). Finally, we discuss Hume’s thoughts on causality and ensure that you’ll never think about playing pool the same way again. All this and more on the latest episode of Philosophize This!

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Episode #050 ... Are You Left Or Right?

Sat, 07 Feb 2015 03:42:00 -0000

On this episode of the podcast, we discuss the contrasting political philosophies of Edmund Burke and Thomas Paine. First, we find out the origin of the terms “left” and “right” in relation to politics, and find out that the meanings of these terms are not as simple as they may first seem. Next, we discuss the opposing viewpoints of Edmund Burke and Thomas Paine on how society should progress and implement change. Finally, we think about how their ideas relate to modern issues and consider whether or not their positions are mutually exclusive. All this and more on the latest episode of Philosophize This!

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Episode #049 ... Adam Smith pt. 2 - The Tip of the Iceberg of Wealth

Tue, 27 Jan 2015 04:21:00 -0000

On this episode of the podcast, we continue our discussion of Adam Smith. First, we look at two towns with the same name on opposite sides of the US-Mexico border, and consider why their residents have such markedly different standards of living. Next, we ask ourselves what determines a nation’s wealth, which leads us to a discussion of Mercantilism and its various pitfalls. Finally, we learn about Adam Smith’s response to Mercantilism and how his ideas relate back to the two cities from the beginning of the episode. All this and more on the latest episode of Philosophize This!

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Episode #048 ... Adam Smith pt. 1 - Specialization

Sun, 18 Jan 2015 00:45:00 -0000

On this episode of the podcast we begin our discussion of Adam Smith.

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Episode #047 ... Rousseau pt. 3 - The General Will

Sat, 10 Jan 2015 05:30:00 -0000

On this episode of the podcast, we continue our desert island thought experiment, this time focusing on the general will of the people. First, we examine several interpretations of what "the general will of the people" actually means. Next, we take an in-depth look at Rousseau's interpretation, and discuss the difference between democratic and transcendental will. Finally, we explore the multitude of complications that arise when a government tries to enact the general will after it's (somewhat) agreed upon. All this and more on the latest episode of Philosophize This!

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Episode #046 ... Rousseau pt. 2 - Democracy, Aristocracy or Monarchy?

Fri, 02 Jan 2015 06:40:00 -0000

On this episode of the podcast, we continue last week's thought experiment about creating a society from scratch on a deserted island. First, we find out how building a society is similar to making cupcakes, in the sense that every ingredient contributes something important and interacts with the other ingredients in a unique way. Next, we discuss “human nature” and consider how our perception of it may be unfairly influenced by a small handful of people. Finally, we compare the three categories into which Rousseau believs all governments can be classified (democracy, monarchy, and aristocracy), and analyze the pros and cons of each structure. All this and more on the latest episode of Philosophize This!

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Episode #045 ... Rousseau Government pt. 1

Mon, 15 Dec 2014 03:26:00 -0000

On this episode of the podcast, we examine the origins of government and discuss several opinions on how to construct the best system. First, we imagine that we’re stranded on an island and are forced to devise a system to organize ourselves into a functional “society.” Next, we discuss Hobbes' and Rousseau’s viewpoints on the state of nature and how it relates to the formation of governments. Finally, we talk about the adverse affects civilization and government have on our happiness and why we should constantly reevaluate the systems that are in place. All this and more on the latest episode of Philosophize This!

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Episode #044 ... Slavery

Tue, 02 Dec 2014 05:02:00 -0000

On this episode of the podcast, we revisit the topic of belief, this time focusing on the ramifications of the beliefs we hold. First, we ask ourselves why we should even attempt to arrive at truth if certainty is impossible, and examine this question in the context of how our beliefs affect others. Next, we introduce slavery as an example of the consequences that can come from false beliefs and learn why Aristotle, St. Augustine, and St. Thomas Aquinas argued in favor of it. Finally, we hear Jean Jacque Rousseau’s rebuttal to the pro-slavery philosophers and ask ourselves what practices we might be engaged in today that future generations will see as barbaric. All this and more on the latest episode of Philosophize This!

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Episode #043 ... Tolerance

Fri, 21 Nov 2014 03:38:00 -0000

On this episode of the podcast, we examine the true implications of tolerance and intolerance. First, we ask ourselves the inception-esque question of how tolerant we should be of intolerance, and find out that the answer may not be as simple as it seems. Next, we learn why intolerance was seen as a virtue during Voltaire’s time and discuss the paradox of tolerance. Finally, we consider the age-old question of the relative superiority of hot pockets and lean pockets, and think about the relationship between tolerance and the laws that govern our society. All this and more on the latest episode of Philosophize This!

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Episode #042 ... Optimism

Wed, 12 Nov 2014 03:01:00 -0000

On this episode, we explore the benefits and drawbacks of optimism. First, we examine the various motivations for pessimism, and hear what Winston Churchill, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Marcus Aurelius have to say about optimism. Next, we think about the vastly different implications of optimism in our personal lives and optimism on a societal level. Finally, we find out why Voltaire thought it was preposterous to think that we’re living in the best of all possible worlds and why he said, "Optimism is the madness of insisting all is well when we are miserable." All this and more on the latest episode of Philosophize This!

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Episode #041 ... Belief

Tue, 04 Nov 2014 01:27:00 -0000

On this episode of the podcast, we discuss the many facets of belief. We start out by discussing two major complications that belief brings to the table. First, absolute certainty is impossible--even certainty about the fact that "certainty is impossible”. Second, we can convince ourselves to believe in literally anything we want (such as the belief that demonic possession is achieved through rustling curtains and slamming doors). Next, we talk about justified, true belief and the multitude of ways our beliefs can be proven wrong. Finally, we learn how to put our beliefs under a microscope and why it’s absolutely necessary to do so in order to achieve true knowledge. All this and more on the latest episode of Philosophize this!

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Episode #040 ... Superstition

Thu, 16 Oct 2014 23:04:00 -0000

On this episode of the podcast, we explore superstition in its various forms and examine the ways Berkeley and Voltaire tried to eliminate it in their work. First, we think about the superstitions we subscribe to in our everyday lives, whether it’s “an apple a day keeps the doctor away” or “the key to happiness is buying lots and lots of stuff.” Next, we learn why Berkeley wanted to throw out the notion that true reality lies behind the veil of perception and find out his answer to that cliché question about a tree falling in the forest. Finally, we begin our discussion of Voltaire and find out why he called Christianity "the most ridiculous, the most absurd and the most bloody religion which has ever infected this world.” All this and more on the latest episode of Philosophize This!

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Episode #039 ... The Limits of Empiricism

Wed, 08 Oct 2014 04:36:00 -0000

On this episode of the podcast, we explore the idea of reality and how our senses prevent us from perceiving its true nature. First, we launch a smear campaign against human eyes and their limitations. Next, we discuss the difference between deductive reasoning (the kind you see on CSI) and inductive reasoning (the kind you see on Bill Nye the Science Guy). Finally, we touch on Locke’s theory of primary and secondary qualities and end with Berkeley's teaser for next week’s episode: “To be is to be perceived.” All this and more on the latest episode of Philosophize This!

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Episode #038 ... Leibniz pt. 2 - The Best of All Possible Worlds

Thu, 02 Oct 2014 03:29:00 -0000

On this episode of the podcast, we continue our discussion of Gottfried Leibniz. First, we delve more into the feud between Leibniz and Isaac Newton, which we briefly mentioned last week. Next, we ask ourselves why God sometimes allows Steve Buschemi to murder innocent hitchhikers and why this question is so crucial to Leibniz. Finally, we return to the issue of free will vs. determinism and wonder whether we’re ever actually free to decide what kind of cheese to buy. All this and more on the latest episode of Philosophize This!

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Episode #037 ... Leibniz pt. 1 - A Million Points of Light

Tue, 23 Sep 2014 05:32:00 -0000

On this episode of the podcast, we begin our discussion of Gottfried Leibniz. First, we find out what important invention created a riff between Leibniz and Isaac Newton. Next, we learn about Leibniz’s theory of Monads (which are basically the atoms of the spirit world), and how they are programmed to ensure that we are living in the best of all possible worlds. Finally, we learn about Leibniz’s distinction between “necessary truths” and “truths of fact,” and how knowing the difference can save you a lot of time and confusion. All this and more on the latest episode of Philosophize This!

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Episode #036 ... John Locke pt. 2 - The Blank Slate

Mon, 15 Sep 2014 22:34:00 -0000

On this episode of the podcast, we continue our discussion of John Locke. We first admire how brave Locke was to share his ideas during a time when dissent earned you the privilege of being drawn and quartered (literally… quartered). Next, we discuss Locke’s views on the Nature vs. Nurture debate and how they differed from those of the Continental Rationalists. Finally, we find out what kind of changes Locke would make if he were the Secretary of Education (e.g., more dancing and less required reading). All this and more on the latest episode of Philosophize This!

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Episode #035 ... John Locke pt. 1

Tue, 09 Sep 2014 05:34:00 -0000

On this episode of the podcast, we begin learning about John Locke. First, we ask ourselves whether or not we own our bodies and what other things we are entitled to simply by virtue of being born. Next, we consider whether its possible to develop a system of ethics by studying the world around us, just as we develop systems of science and mathematics. Finally, we discuss the three unalienable rights Locke believes humans have (they’ll sound a bit familiar!), and why he thinks its the government’s job to uphold those rights. All this and more on the latest episode of Philosophize This!

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Episode #034 ... Spinoza pt. 2 - Force of Nature

Tue, 02 Sep 2014 03:09:00 -0000

On this episode of the podcast, we continue learning about Spinoza, this time focusing on his concept of God. We begin by asking ourselves whether or not Stephen’s English bulldog Charlie is part of God, and analyzing the implications of our answer. Next, we discuss the concept of “substance” and what Spinoza thought the only one true substance was (hint: it’s not water). Finally, we consider how Spinoza’s concept of God/Nature impacts his thoughts on free will and why he would say Stephen has no choice but to imitate a drunk person singing “I Love Rock and Roll” every time he drives past that certain billboard. All this and more on the latest episode of Philosophize This!

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Episode #033 ... Spinoza pt. 1 - From Baruch to Benedicto

Tue, 26 Aug 2014 02:01:00 -0000

On this episode of the podcast, we learn about Baruch De Spinoza. We find out why it was not only life-threatening to have an unpopular opinion during the time Spinoza lived, but also potentially very profitable. We also question whether religion is really to blame for the violent acts that are committed on its behalf, and find out why Spinoza was exiled from his community and forced to live a life of solitude. Finally, we read excerpts from Spinoza’s correspondence with his ex-friend Albert Burgh regarding Christianity and find out whose arguments hold the most water (spoiler alert: Spinoza wins). All this and more on the latest episode of Philosophize This!

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Episode #032 ... Blaise Pascal pt. 2 - +EV your way to success!!

Tue, 19 Aug 2014 02:04:00 -0000

On this episode of the podcast we continue our discussion of Blaise Pascal, this time focusing on his assertion that man is “the supreme paradox of creation.” First, we learn about Pascal’s early life and feel completely inadequate when we learn that he invented the calculator (yes, the calculator) at age 18. Next, we learn why Pascal believed it was impossible to arrive at scientific truth, and how this led him to develop the foundations of probability theory. Finally, we discuss "expected value" and how Barack Obama utilized it to secure his residency in the White House and avoid living underneath a freeway overpass. All this and more on the latest episode of Philosophize This!

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Episode #031 ... Pascal's Wager

Tue, 12 Aug 2014 00:02:00 -0000

On this episode of the podcast, we begin our discussion of Blaise Pascal by examining Pascal's Wager. We begin by hearkening back to last week's episode and imagine Pascal as Descartes' wingman in a door-to-door campaign to convince us to believe in God. Whereas Descartes tries to prove that God exists, Pascal simply argues that believing in God is the most logical choice (assuming you want to avoid eternal damnation). We then examine various arguments for and against Pascal's wager, including some submitted by our Twitter followers. All this and more on the latest episode of Philosophize This!

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Episode #030 ... Descartes pt. 3 - God Exists

Tue, 05 Aug 2014 22:14:00 -0000

On this episode of the podcast we conclude our three-part installment on Rene Descartes. First we discuss what the concept of God meant to Descartes. Then we discuss why the concept of God was crucial for his system to be received well. Finally we imagine how it would feel to be lambasted by the most annoying/brilliant Jehovah's Witness in the history of the world. All this and more on this episode of Philosophize This!

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Episode #029 ... Descartes pt. 2 - See episode description

Wed, 16 Jul 2014 00:23:00 -0000

The audio file for this episode was lost years ago. There is a transcript available on the website: www.philosophizethis.org

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Episode #028 ... Rene Descartes pt. 1 - Context

Wed, 09 Jul 2014 03:23:00 -0000

On this episode of the podcast, we begin learning about Rene Descartes. First, we find out why the entire human race can be compared to the loud, obnoxious guy at a party who thinks he’s smarter than everyone else. Next, we examine Descartes’ rigorous method of doubt and how it involves Morpheus from the Matrix and Sully from Monsters Inc. Finally, we think about how doubt can help us live better lives and why, when it comes to our beliefs, one bad apple really does spoil the barrel. All this and more on the latest episode of Philosophize This!

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Episode #027 ... Thomas Hobbes pt. 2

Tue, 01 Jul 2014 07:02:00 -0000

On this episode of the podcast, we continue our discussion of Thomas Hobbes.

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Episode #026 ... Thomas Hobbes pt. 1 - The Social Contract

Tue, 17 Jun 2014 02:41:00 -0000

On this episode of the podcast, we learn about Thomas Hobbes. We first ask ourselves what it would be like to live in a society with no laws or government, much like the scenario depicted in The Purge. Next, we question whether or not humans are inherently selfish and how this affects the way we relate to each other. Finally, we find out why society needs a quarterback, so to speak, and why it’s important that we follow his playbook even when we don’t understand the plays. All this and more on the latest episode of Philosophize This!

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Episode #025 ... A Scientific Method For Your Life!

Tue, 10 Jun 2014 00:55:00 -0000

On this episode of the podcast, we learn about Francis Bacon, a 16th century English philosopher. We first discuss what it meant to pursue knowledge during the time Francis Bacon lived and why he thought that scientific advancement should be society’s chief priority. Next, we examine Bacon’s “Four Idols of the Mind,” which were the biases he believed prevented humans from thinking scientifically. We touch on everything from germ theory to diet fads to healthcare reform to gender inequality, with some Flamin’ Hot Cheetos thrown in for good measure. All this and more on the latest episode of Philosophize This!

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Episode #024 ... Montaigne

Wed, 04 Jun 2014 03:55:00 -0000

On this episode of the podcast, we learn about Michel de Montaigne. We first discuss how a case of 16th century road rage led to a near-death experience which ironically helped Montaigne overcome his fear of dying. Next, we learn why Montaigne valued personal experience above all other evidence, and how his philosophy drew from the four dominant schools of thought of the Hellenistic age. Finally, we find out why Montaigne thought that “to philosophize is to learn how to die,” and how he believed this idea could be put into practice. All this and more on the latest episode of Philosophize This!

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Episode #023 ... Machiavelli

Tue, 20 May 2014 02:11:00 -0000

On this episode of the podcast, we discuss The Protestant Reformation and Machiavellianism. We begin by examining what it was like to live during the Renaissance under the rule of The Church and why the people of that time could have really benefited from Google Translate. Next, we dispel a common misconception about Machiavellianism by discussing the subjective nature of virtue. Finally, we find out why Machiavelli thought that rulers needed to act immorally at times in order to be successful. All this and more on the latest episode of Philosophize This!

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Episode #022 ... Blast off to the Renaissance!

Tue, 13 May 2014 03:18:00 -0000

On this episode of the podcast, we begin learning about the Renaissance. We first discuss the Black Death, a bacterial plague that wiped out 30-60% of the population of Europe. We examine how the population crisis caused by the Black Death led to an economic and political crisis that was ultimately the catalyst for a paradigm shift in philosophical thought. We also learn about the Humanist philosopher Erasmus, who, unlike the philosophers we’ve discussed on recent episodes, did not think that fusing faith and reason was a very good idea. It was much simpler than that. All this and more on the latest episode of Philosophize This!

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Episode #021 ... One God - St. Thomas Aquinas

Mon, 05 May 2014 03:04:00 -0000

On this episode of the podcast, we learn about the Christian Aristotelean philosopher St. Thomas Aquinas. We begin by examining a song by The Postal Service which sets the stage for a discussion about how often humans mistake correlation with causation. Next, we learn about Aristotle’s conception of God as “The Unmoved Mover” and his thoughts on the nature of infinity. All of these ideas lead us to St. Thomas Aquinas’ quest to reconcile Aristotelianism and Christianity, which he approaches by arguing that the Christian belief that God created the universe and the Aristotelean belief that the universe has always existed are not mutually exclusive ideas. All this and more on the latest episode of Philosophize This!

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Episode #020 ... Two Medieval Approaches To God

Thu, 24 Apr 2014 21:05:00 -0000

On this episode of the podcast, we discuss the concept of God from a philosophical perspective. We first broaden our definition of God by recalling the multitude of ways that the philosophers we’ve already studied have approached the subject. Next, we examine St. Anselm’s famous “Ontological Argument” in proof of God’s existence, which is strangely reminiscent of a tongue twister Ron Burgundy might use to prepare for his evening newscast. Finally, we learn why Moses Maimonides would say that the first rule of God is, “You do not talk about God.” Or at least, “You do not talk about what God is, only what he isn’t.” All this and more on the latest episode of Philosophize This!

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Episode #019 ... Three Islamic Truths

Mon, 14 Apr 2014 03:40:00 -0000

On this episode of the podcast, we discuss the nature of truth and examine it through the lenses of three Islamic philosophers who each had a different approach to truth seeking. We first discuss Al Kindi and what he would have to say about modern day news organizations and their approach to reporting the “truth.” Then, we learn about Al Ghazali, who at one point became so skeptical about our ability to discover the truth, he actually made himself physically ill. Lastly, we take a look at Averroes who desperately wanted philosophy and religion to be business partners. All this and more on the latest episode of Philosophize This!

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Episode #018 ... Avicenna

Fri, 04 Apr 2014 01:15:00 -0000

On this episode of the podcast we learn about Avicenna, an Arabic philosopher who is most known for his “Flying Man” thought experiment. We discuss the mind-body connection (or lack thereof) and ask ourselves what becomes of an iPhone if you pulverize it in a blender. We also work in two Breaking Bad references, and apply Avicenna’s Flying Man argument to modern day ethical dilemmas relating to life support. All this and more on the latest episode of Philosophize This!

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Episode #017 ... Boethius

Wed, 26 Mar 2014 20:38:00 -0000

On this episode of the podcast, we learn about the medieval neoplatonist philosopher Boethius. We find out how he came to be wrongly convicted of treason and subsequently sentenced to death, and how this led him to write a philosophical text that solved one of the oldest problems in philosophy. We manage to compare the main characters of Boethius’ book to Lady Liberty and Eeyore selling a rice cooker on QVC, and explain why Boethius believed that we’re all just contestants on a never-ending episode of Wheel of Fortune. All this and more on the latest episode of Philosophize This!

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Episode #016 ... Saint Augustine

Fri, 28 Feb 2014 18:00:00 -0000

On this episode of the podcast, we discuss St. Augustine, a philosopher who is known for merging the ideas of Neoplatonism and Christianity. We learn how an unsuspecting child led St. Augustine to devote his life to Christianity through divine intervention, and find out why he thinks crying babies are sinners. We also discuss St. Augustine’s explanation of the concept of time and why he claims that the past and future don’t really exist. All this and more on the latest episode of Philosophize This!

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Episode #015 ... A Period of Transition - Plotinus

Thu, 13 Feb 2014 05:13:00 -0000

On this episode of the podcast, we learn about Plotinus, a Neo-Platonist philosopher who lived in Rome during "the crisis of the third century.” We discuss the difference between religion and philosophy and question whether or not JK Rowling stole parts of Harry Potter’s backstory from Plotinus’ life. We also learn about Plotinus’ Hierarchy of Being and use the phrase “Polaroid picture” more times than Outkast does in their hit song “Hey Ya!”. All this and more on the latest episode of Philosophize This!

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Episode #014 ... The Hellenistic Age Pt. 5 - A Race To The Dark Ages

Sat, 18 Jan 2014 23:54:00 -0000

On this episode of the podcast, we discuss Middle Platonism and the Race to the Dark Ages. We learn how Philo of Alexandria reconciled Judaism with Plato's vision of God as a master craftsman, and find out how this relates to building an IKEA bookcase. We also discuss the important distinction Plutarch made between a flatterer and a friend, and why he would have absolutely hated Facebook. All this and more on the latest episode of Philosophize This!

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Episode #013 ... The Hellenistic Age Pt. 4 - Skepticism

Sun, 05 Jan 2014 05:58:00 -0000

On this episode of the podcast, we continue our study of the Hellenistic Age, this time focusing on Skepticism. We find out how Pyrrho used Skepticism to endure surgery without anesthesia, and learn why you can never really know if a pomegranate is a pomegranate. We also discover how winning the lottery could be the worst thing that ever happens to you, and compare Skepticism's key philosophers to their Smurf counterparts.

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Episode #012 ... The Hellenistic Age Pt. 3 - Hallmarks of Stoic Ethics

Fri, 20 Dec 2013 05:52:00 -0000

On this episode of the podcast, we continue our discussion of Stoicism, this time focusing on ethics. We learn about the three most noteworthy contributors to Stoic ethics--a crippled slave, a statesman, and the emperor of Rome--and find out how much they actually had in common. We discuss what angry sports fans and Stephen's English bulldog could learn from Stoic ethics, as well as why you should start each day expecting the worst. All this and more on the latest episode of Philosophize This!

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Episode #011 ... The Hellenistic Age Pt. 2 - The Early Stoa and the Cynics

Sat, 07 Dec 2013 04:06:00 -0000

This is the first of two episodes on Stoicism; in this episode, we learn about stoic physics and logic. We learn how the Stoics would likely react if faced with a zombie apocalypse and how a shipwreck caused a guy named Zeno to start dabbling in philosophy. We also learn about Diogenes, a man who lived in a tub, urinated in public, barked at passersby, and somehow managed to be envied by Alexander the Great. Finally, we find out what John Locke, Charlie Pace and a wild boar from LOST have to do with Stoic philosophy. All this and more on the latest episode of Philosophize This!

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Episode #010 ... The Hellenistic Age Pt. 1 - Epicurus

Sun, 24 Nov 2013 05:10:00 -0000

This week on the podcast, we shift our focus back to Western philosophy. On this episode, we learn about Epicureanism—one of four schools of thought that were prevalent during the Hellenistic Age, which will be our focus for the next few episodes. We find out why Diogenes liked Epicurus’ ideas so much that he permanently graffitied them onto the walls of an ancient greek community center. We also learn why Epicurus thought that the most satisfying part of eating a half gallon of ice cream was the moment after the last spoonful, and why a jacket from Nordstrom really isn’t that much better than a jacket from Target. All this and more on the latest episode of Philosophize This!

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Episode #009 ... The Buddha

Mon, 11 Nov 2013 02:57:00 -0000

On this episode of the podcast, we learn about the life of Siddhartha Gautama and his Heisenberg-esque transformation into Buddha. We learn how Buddha left a lifestyle of being fed grapes and being fanned with palm leaves to pursue a life of celibacy, starvation, and sleep deprivation. We also learn about how Buddha reached enlightenment while sitting beneath a fruit tree à la Isaac Newton, and about the four noble truths which he believed were the key to ending human suffering once and for all. All this and more on the latest episode of Philosophize This!

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Episode #008 ... Confucianism

Tue, 29 Oct 2013 22:35:00 -0000

On this episode of the podcast, we learn about Confucius, a man whose ideas impacted China and eastern philosophy for thousands of years after his death. We find out how Confucius went from being the poor, friendless son of an ancient Chinese 'Teen Mom' to becoming one of the most quoted people in history, as well as how he was reduced to selling his philosophy door-to-door after a brief career as a politician which ended in conspiracy and bribery. All this and more on the latest episode of Philosophize This!

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Episode #007 ... Daoism

Sat, 10 Aug 2013 04:21:00 -0000

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Episode #006 ... Aristotle Pt. 2

Fri, 26 Jul 2013 04:32:00 -0000

On this episode of the podcast, we continue learning about Aristotle, a man who created the first system of biological classification, the first system of logic, and the first formal scientific method. We find out why Aristotle was anti-women and pro-slavery, and learn how Plato and Aristotle differed when it came to their definitions of "tree-e-ness." We also learn why Aristotle would have been the world champion of Guess Who? and how to determine whether or not a carnivorous reptile with legs could possibly be a snake.

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Episode #005 ... Aristotle Pt. 1

Sun, 14 Jul 2013 07:29:00 -0000

This week we talk about various different applications of Aristotle's ethics in modern life. We discuss making a "plan" for your life, the underlying similarities between all human desires and the best way to live life.

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Episode #004 ... Plato

Mon, 01 Jul 2013 05:34:00 -0000

In this week's episode, we learn about Plato's "Symposium", which you might think of as philosophy's version of fan fiction. We also learn about Plato's "Theory of Forms" and ask ourselves what makes a tree, well, a tree. This leads to discussion of Plato's famous "Allegory of the Cave" and calls into question whether or not everything we see is merely a shadow of its true self. Finally, we learn about Plato's views on society and government and why he thought democracy was one of the worst forms of government, second only to tyranny.

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Episode #003 ... Socrates and the Sophists

Sun, 23 Jun 2013 11:57:00 -0000

This week we talk about the prosperity of athens and how it led to the rise and ideas of a group of philosopher teachers called the Sophists, we tied up some loose ends and helped put all that we've learned in the last two episodes into context with a graph of the presocratics, and we ended by talking about a man named Socrates.

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Episode #002 ... Presocratic Philosophy - Italian

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 12:30:00 -0000

Today we talk about why philosophy is taken for granted, the crazed cult leader of ancient Greek philosophy, Pythagoras, the annoying dark cloud of deductive reasoning, Parmenides and the super hero Empedocles.

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Episode #001 ... Presocratic Philosophy - Ionian

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 22:10:00 -0000

Today we discussed the "Out of Africa" theory, the adversity of early humans, the term "Pre-Socratic", the first philosopher Thales, the meanest philosopher Heraclitus and Democritus, the godfather of the theory of atomism.

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