Episode #042 ... Optimism
12 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, we explore the benefits and drawbacks of optimism. First, we examine the various mo...
Episode #041 ... Belief
04 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the podcast, we discuss the many facets of belief. We start out by discussing two...
Episode #040 ... Superstition
16 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the podcast, we explore superstition in its various forms and examine the ways Be...
Episode #039 ... The Limits of Empiricism
08 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the podcast, we explore the idea of reality and how our senses prevent us from pe...
Episode #038 ... Leibniz pt. 2 - The Best of All Possible Worlds
02 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the podcast, we continue our discussion of Gottfried Leibniz. First, we delve mor...
Episode #037 ... Leibniz pt. 1 - A Million Points of Light
23 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the podcast, we begin our discussion of Gottfried Leibniz. First, we find out wha...
Episode #036 ... John Locke pt. 2 - The Blank Slate
15 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the podcast, we continue our discussion of John Locke. We first admire how brave ...
Episode #035 ... John Locke pt. 1
09 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the podcast, we begin learning about John Locke. First, we ask ourselves whether ...
Episode #034 ... Spinoza pt. 2 - Force of Nature
02 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the podcast, we continue learning about Spinoza, this time focusing on his concep...
Episode #033 ... Spinoza pt. 1 - From Baruch to Benedicto
26 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the podcast, we learn about Baruch De Spinoza. We find out why it was not only li...
Episode #032 ... Blaise Pascal pt. 2 - +EV your way to success!!
19 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the podcast we continue our discussion of Blaise Pascal, this time focusing on hi...
Episode #031 ... Pascal's Wager
12 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the podcast, we begin our discussion of Blaise Pascal by examining Pascal's Wager...
Episode #030 ... Descartes pt. 3 - God Exists
05 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the podcast we conclude our three-part installment on Rene Descartes. First we di...
Episode #029 ... Descartes pt. 2 - See episode description
16 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
The audio file for this episode was lost years ago. There is a transcript available on the website: ...
Episode #028 ... Rene Descartes pt. 1 - Context
09 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the podcast, we begin learning about Rene Descartes. First, we find out why the e...
Episode #027 ... Thomas Hobbes pt. 2
01 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the podcast, we continue our discussion of Thomas Hobbes. Thank you so much fo...
Episode #026 ... Thomas Hobbes pt. 1 - The Social Contract
17 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the podcast, we learn about Thomas Hobbes. We first ask ourselves what it would b...
Episode #025 ... A Scientific Method For Your Life!
10 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the podcast, we learn about Francis Bacon, a 16th century English philosopher. We...
Episode #024 ... Montaigne
04 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the podcast, we learn about Michel de Montaigne. We first discuss how a case of 1...
Episode #023 ... Machiavelli
20 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the podcast, we discuss The Protestant Reformation and Machiavellianism. We begin...
Episode #022 ... Blast off to the Renaissance!
13 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the podcast, we begin learning about the Renaissance. We first discuss the Black ...
Episode #021 ... One God - St. Thomas Aquinas
05 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the podcast, we learn about the Christian Aristotelean philosopher St. Thomas Aqu...
Episode #020 ... Two Medieval Approaches To God
24 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the podcast, we discuss the concept of God from a philosophical perspective. We f...
Episode #019 ... Three Islamic Truths
14 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the podcast, we discuss the nature of truth and examine it through the lenses of ...
Episode #018 ... Avicenna
04 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the podcast we learn about Avicenna, an Arabic philosopher who is most known for ...
Episode #017 ... Boethius
26 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the podcast, we learn about the medieval neoplatonist philosopher Boethius. We fi...
Episode #016 ... Saint Augustine
28 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the podcast, we discuss St. Augustine, a philosopher who is known for merging the...
Episode #015 ... A Period of Transition - Plotinus
13 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the podcast, we learn about Plotinus, a Neo-Platonist philosopher who lived in Ro...
Episode #014 ... The Hellenistic Age Pt. 5 - A Race To The Dark Ages
18 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the podcast, we discuss Middle Platonism and the Race to the Dark Ages. We learn ...
Episode #013 ... The Hellenistic Age Pt. 4 - Skepticism
05 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the podcast, we continue our study of the Hellenistic Age, this time focusing on ...
Episode #012 ... The Hellenistic Age Pt. 3 - Hallmarks of Stoic Ethics
20 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the podcast, we continue our discussion of Stoicism, this time focusing on ethics...
Episode #011 ... The Hellenistic Age Pt. 2 - The Early Stoa and the Cynics
07 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This is the first of two episodes on Stoicism; in this episode, we learn about stoic physics and log...
Episode #010 ... The Hellenistic Age Pt. 1 - Epicurus
24 Nov 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the podcast, we shift our focus back to Western philosophy. On this episode, we learn a...
Episode #009 ... The Buddha
11 Nov 2013
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the podcast, we learn about the life of Siddhartha Gautama and his Heisenberg-esq...
Episode #008 ... Confucianism
29 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the podcast, we learn about Confucius, a man whose ideas impacted China and easte...
Episode #007 ... Daoism
10 Aug 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: https://www.phil...
Episode #006 ... Aristotle Pt. 2
26 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the podcast, we continue learning about Aristotle, a man who created the first sy...
Episode #005 ... Aristotle Pt. 1
14 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This week we talk about various different applications of Aristotle's ethics in modern life. We disc...
Episode #004 ... Plato
01 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode, we learn about Plato's "Symposium", which you might think of as philosophy's...
Episode #003 ... Socrates and the Sophists
23 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This week we talk about the prosperity of athens and how it led to the rise and ideas of a group of ...
Episode #002 ... Presocratic Philosophy - Italian
15 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Today we talk about why philosophy is taken for granted, the crazed cult leader of ancient Greek phi...
Episode #001 ... Presocratic Philosophy - Ionian
06 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Today we discussed the "Out of Africa" theory, the adversity of early humans, the term "Pre-Socratic...