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Episode #144 ... Max Weber - Iron Cage
29 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today we discuss some of the work of Max Weber in preparation for an upcoming series. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without y...
Episode #143 ... Jürgen Habermas pt. 1 - The Public Sphere
30 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today we begin our discussion of the work of Jürgen Habermas. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: h...
Episode #142 ... Richard Rorty
15 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today we begin our discussion of the work of Richard Rorty. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: http...
Episode #141 ... Isaiah Berlin pt. 2 - Pluralism and Culture
28 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today we continue talking about the work of Isaiah Berlin. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: https...
Episode #140 ... Isaiah Berlin pt. 1 - Pluralism
11 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today we begin discussing the work of Isaiah Berlin. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: https://www...
Episode #139 ... Friedrich Von Hayek - The Road to Serfdom
12 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today we begin our discussion of the work of Friedrich Hayek. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: ht...
Episode #138 ... Robert Nozick - The Minimal State
21 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today we begin our discussion of the work of Robert Nozick. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: http...
Episode #137 ... John Rawls - A Theory of Justice
30 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today we discuss the work of John Rawls. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: https://www.philosophiz...
Episode #136 ... Hannah Arendt - The Banality of Evil
31 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today we discuss the work of Hannah Arendt. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: https://www.philosop...
Episode 135 ... Leo Strauss - Ancients vs. Moderns
08 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today we talk about the work of Leo Strauss. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: https://www.philoso...
Episode #134 ... Consequences of Reason
07 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today we talk about the growing dissatisfaction with Enlightenment Reason during the early 20th century. Thank you so much for listening! Could neve...
Episode #133 ... Carl Schmitt on Liberalism pt. 2
01 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today we continue our discussion of the work of Carl Schmitt. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: ht...
Episode #132 ... Carl Schmitt on Liberalism pt. 1
01 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today we begin our discussion on the work of Carl Schmitt. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: https...
Episode #131 ... Gramsci - Cultural Hegemony
22 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today we discuss the work of Antonio Gramsci. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: https://www.philos...
Episode #130 ... Dewey and Lippman on Democracy
30 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today we talk about a famous debate from the early 20th century. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website:...
Episode #129 ... Gilles Deleuze pt. 5 - Difference
16 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today we continue our discussion on the work of Deleuze. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: https:/...
Episode #128 ... Gilles Deleuze pt. 4 - Flows
16 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today we continue our discussion on the work of Deleuze. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: https:/...
Episode #127 ... Gilles Deleuze pt. 3 - Anti-Oedipus
07 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today we continue our discussion on the work of Gilles Deleuze. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: ...
Episode #126 ... Gilles Deleuze pt. 2 - Immanence
22 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today we continue our discussion on the work of Deleuze. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: https:/...
Episode #125 ... Gilles Deleuze pt. 1 - What is Philosophy?
08 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today we begin our discussion on Gilles Deleuze with a special thanks to Felix Guatarri. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this withou...
Episode #124 ... Simulacra and Simulation
25 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today we begin our discussion of Jean Baudrillard's book Simulacra and Simulation. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your h...
Episode #123 ... Michel Foucault pt. 3 - Power
24 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today we talk about the work of Michel Foucault. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: https://www.phi...
Episode #122 ... Michel Foucault pt. 2 - The Order of Things
24 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today we talk about the work of Michel Foucault. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: https://www.phi...
Episode #121 ... Michel Foucault pt. 1
15 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today we begin talking about the work of Michel Foucault. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: https:...
Episode #120 ... Logical Positivism
27 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today we talk about Logical Positivism. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: https://www.philosophize...
Episode #119 ... Derrida and Words
25 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today we begin our discussion on the work of Jacques Derrida. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: ht...
Episode #118 ... A Basic Look At Postmodernism
21 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today we begin a lengthy conversation on the critiques of Postmodernism. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. ...
Episode #117 ... Structuralism and Mythology pt. 2
18 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today we continue to talk about the projects of Structuralism. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: h...
Episode #116 ... Structuralism and Mythology pt. 1
18 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today we begin talking about the initial projects of Structuralism. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Websi...
Episode #115 ... Structuralism and Context
28 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today we talk about the origins of Structuralism. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: https://www.phil...
Episode #114 ... The Frankfurt School pt. 7 - The Great Refusal
23 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Today we talk about Herbert Marcuse's concepts of The Great Refusal and The New Sensibility. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this wi...
Episode #113 ... The Frankfurt School pt. 6 - Art As A Tool For Liberation
02 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Today we talk about the revolutionary potential of Art through the eyes of Herbert Marcuse. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this witho...
Episode #112 ... The Frankfurt School pt. 5 - Civilization
06 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Today we continue our discussion of Marcuse's work Eros and Civilization. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. ...
Episode #111 ... The Frankfurt School pt. 4 - Eros
20 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Today we talk about Freud's views on civilization and the first half of Marcuse's response to them. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do ...
Episode #110 ... The Frankfurt School pt. 3 - The Culture Industry
07 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Today we talk about an important chapter from The Dialectic of Enlightenment entitled The Culture Industry. Thank you so much for listening! Could n...
Episode #109 ... The Frankfurt School pt. 2 - The Enlightenment
26 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Today we talk about the Frankfurt School critique of enlightenment style thinking and Herbert Marcuse's book One Dimensional Man. Thank you so much ...
Episode #108 ... The Frankfurt School pt. 1 - Introduction
17 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Today we talk about The Frankfurt School. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: https://www.philosophi...
Episode #107 ... Simone De Beauvoir pt .3 - Responsibility
29 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Today we talk about part three of Simone De Beauvoir's work The Ethics of Ambiguity. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without yo...
Episode #106 ... Simone De Beauvoir pt. 2 - The Ethics of Ambiguity
19 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Today we talk about the first half of The Ethics of Ambiguity by Simone De Beauvoir. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without yo...
Episode #105 ... Sartre and Camus pt. 6 - The Self
09 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Today a cloudy, muddled brain weary from fighting off sickness talks about Sartre's view on the self. Thank you for your patience. Thank you so much f...
Episode #104 ... Sartre and Camus pt. 5 - Consciousness is Freedom
01 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Today we talk about Sartre's view of consciousness and the notion of radical freedom. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without y...
Episode #103 ... Sartre and Camus pt. 4 - The Quest For Certainty
24 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Today we tell a story from the history of philosophy in an attempt to prepare us for understanding the Phenomenology of Sartre. Thank you so much fo...
Episode #102 ... Heidegger pt. 3 - Authenticity
12 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Today we talk about Martin Heidegger and his concept of Authenticity. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Web...
Episode #101 ... Heidegger pt. 2 - Science and Technology
30 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Today we discuss Martin Heidegger and his views on Modern Technology. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Web...
Episode #100 ... Heidegger pt. 1 - Phenomenology and Dasein
14 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Today we begin our discussion of the philosophy of Martin Heidegger by looking at his roots in Phenomenology and his revolutionary concept of Dasein. ...
Episode #099 ... Schopenhauer pt. 2 - Ethics
29 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Today we talk about the ethics of Arthur Schopenhauer. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: https://www...
Episode #098 ... Schopenhauer pt. 1 - Metaphysics and Love
14 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Today we begin our discussion on Arthur Schopenhauer. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: https://www....
Episode #097 ... Wittgenstein ep. 1
01 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Today we talk about Ludwig Wittgenstein. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: https://www.philosophiz...
Episode #096 ... Is Ayn Rand A Philosopher?
20 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Today we talk about Ayn Rand. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/ ...
Episode #095 ... Are you living in a simulation?
30 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today we discuss the famous paper by Nick Bostrom about the probability that we are living in a simulation. Thank you so much for listening! Could n...
Episode #094 ... A Look at Suffering
24 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today we look at the concept of suffering from multiple different angles including the philosopher Fyodor Dostoyevsky and the movement in Transhumanis...
Episode #093 ... Nietzsche pt. 4 - Love
06 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today we look at the concept of love from several different angles in an attempt to better understand our own thoughts on love. Thank you so much fo...
Episode #092 ... Nietzsche pt. 3 - Thus Spoke Zarathustra
04 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today we talk about Nietzsche's famous work Thus Spoke Zarathustra. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Websi...
Episode #091 ... Nietzsche pt. 2 - The Will to Power
21 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today we talk about Nietzsche, the concept of the Will to Power and the dangers of predatory buffalos. Thank you so much for listening! Could never ...
Episode #090 ... Nietzsche pt. 1 - God is dead and so is Captain Morgan
26 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today we begin our discussion on the work of Friedrich Nietzsche. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website...
Episode #089 ... Simone De Beauvoir - The Second Sex
17 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today we discuss the revolutionary work of Simone De Beauvoir entitled: The Second Sex Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without yo...
Episode #088 ... Sartre and Camus pt. 3 - The Great Debate
27 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today we talk about the great post WW2 debate between Sartre and Camus. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. W...
Episode #087 ... Sartre and Camus pt. 2
14 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today we talk about the philosopher Albert Camus. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: https://www.phil...
Episode #086 ... Sartre and Camus pt. 1 - Freedom
29 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Episode #085 ... Peter Singer on Effective Altruism
21 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
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 fulfi...
Episode #084 ... William James on Truth
14 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today we take a look at William James and his work on the concept of Truth. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. ...
Episode #083 ... Henry David Thoreau
04 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today we take a look at Henry David Thoreau's views on the individual, society and civil disobedience. Thank you so much for listening! Could never ...
Episode #082 ... Austrians and Marx
26 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today we talk about various classic critiques of Marx's economics made by the Austrian School of Economics. Thank you so much for listening! Could nev...
Episode #081 ... Capitalism vs. Communism
11 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today we talk about Karl Marx and his famous critiques of Capitalism. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Websi...
Episode #80 ... Feuerbach on Religion
03 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we talk about Ludwig Feuerbach and his (occasionally) controversial views on the origins of religion. Thank you so much for listening!...
Episode #079 ... Kierkegaard on Anxiety
23 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the podcast we talk about Kierkegaard's views on anxiety. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help....
Episode #078 ... Marx and Kierkegaard on Religion pt. 2
27 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today we talk about Soren Kierkegaard and his views on the function and value of religion. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this with...
Episode #077 ... Marx and Kierkegaard on Religion pt. 1
17 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today we discuss Marx, his views on religion as a means of oppression, and his connection to Hegel's Dialectic. Thank you so much for listening! Cou...
Episode #076 ... Hegel's God
31 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Today we talk about Hegel and a unique possibility of what God could be. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. ...
Episode #075 ... How To Win An Argument Pt. 2
21 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
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 ho...
Episode #074 ... Hegel Returns
17 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Today we talk about an overview of Hegel and what is truly important about his work. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without yo...
Episode #073 ... How To Win An Argument Pt. 1
01 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Today we take a look at several common logical fallacies and how to spot them. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help....
Episode #072 ... Insecurity
18 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the podcast we talk about insecurity. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: https://w...
Episode #071 ... Is Killing Animals For Food Morally Justifiable?
01 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Today we talk about whether killing animals for food is morally justifiable. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. ...
Episode #070 ... Off Moodiness
20 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we talk about several outlooks on negative emotions. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Webs...
Episode #069 ... An Appeal To Reason
12 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com...
Episode #068 ... On Moodiness
06 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we talk about one angle of the complex subject known to us all as: moodiness. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this wit...
Episode #067 ... What Hegel Was Saying!
21 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
We continue our unfortunately abridged discussion on Hegel from last episode. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help...
Episode #066 ... Hegel pt. 1 - Introduction
14 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Today we begin our discussion on the work of Hegel. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: https://www.ph...
Episode #065 ... Mary Wollstonecraft
07 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the podcast, we discuss the feminist philosopher Mary Wollstonecraft. First, we learn about the unexpected origin of The Royal Huma...
Episode #064 ... Interpreting Interpretations
19 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the podcast, we discuss Hermeneutics, or “the art of avoiding misunderstanding.” First, we meet Johnny--a disgruntled Philosoph...
Episode #063 ... Kant pt. 8 - Limits of Knowledge
01 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
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 w...
Episode #062 ... Kant pt. 7 - Suicide
23 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
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 the...
Episode #061 ... Kant pt. 6 - What is Enlightenment?
14 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
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 c...
Episode #060 ... Kant pt. 5 - The Sublime
01 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
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 the...
Episode #059 ... Kant pt. 4 - Categorical Trolley Cars
28 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
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, ...
Episode #058 ... Kant pt. 3 - Deontology vs Consequentialism
20 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
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 q...
Episode #057 ... Kant pt. 2 - The Actual Introduction
11 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the podcast we continue our discussion of Kant, this time focusing on his contributions to the debate between rationalism and empir...
Episode #056 ... Kant pt. 1 - An Introduction to the Introduction
22 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Episode #055 ... Interview on Hume with Massimo Pigliucci
01 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Episode #054 ... Hume pt. 4 - Art
27 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
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,...
Episode #053 ... David Hume pt. 3 - Custom
16 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
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 a...
Episode #052 ... David Hume pt. 2 - Design
05 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
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 g...
Episode #051 ... David Hume pt. 1
25 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
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 min...
Episode #050 ... Are You Left Or Right?
07 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
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 t...
Episode #049 ... Adam Smith pt. 2 - The Tip of the Iceberg of Wealth
27 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
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-M...
Episode #048 ... Adam Smith pt. 1 - Specialization
18 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the podcast we begin our discussion of Adam Smith. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Webs...
Episode #047 ... Rousseau pt. 3 - The General Will
10 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
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 exam...
Episode #046 ... Rousseau pt. 2 - Democracy, Aristocracy or Monarchy?
02 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Episode #045 ... Rousseau Government pt. 1
15 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
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 imagi...