Philosophize This!
Episodes
Episode #044 ... Slavery
02 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
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 ourselve...
Episode #043 ... Tolerance
21 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the podcast, we examine the true implications of tolerance and intolerance. First, we ask ourselves the inception-esque question of...
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 motivations for pessimism, and hear what Winston Chu...
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 major complications that belief brings to the tab...
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 Berkeley and Voltaire tried to eliminate it in their...
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 perceiving its true nature. First, we launch a smear...
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 more into the feud between Leibniz and Isaac Newton, ...
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 what important invention created a riff between Leibn...
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 Locke was to share his ideas during a time when di...
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 or not we own our bodies and what other things we ...
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 concept of God. We begin by asking ourselves whether or ...
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 life-threatening to have an unpopular opinion during...
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 his assertion that man is “the supreme paradox of ...
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. We begin by hearkening back to last week's episo...
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 discuss what the concept of God meant to Descartes. ...
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: www.philosophizethis.org Thank you so much for li...
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 entire human race can be compared to the loud, obno...
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 for listening! Could never do this without your help...
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 be like to live in a society with no laws or govern...
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 first discuss what it meant to pursue knowledge d...
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 16th century road rage led to a near-death experien...
Episode #023 ... Machiavelli
20 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
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 Death, a bacterial plague that wiped out 30-60% of...
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 Aquinas. We begin by examining a song by The Postal S...
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 first broaden our definition of God by recalling th...
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 three Islamic philosophers who each had a differen...
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 his “Flying Man” thought experiment. We discus...
Episode #017 ... Boethius
26 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
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 trea...
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 ideas of Neoplatonism and Christianity. We learn ...
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 Rome during "the crisis of the third century.” We ...
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 how Philo of Alexandria reconciled Judaism with Pl...
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 Skepticism. We find out how Pyrrho used Skepticism...
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. We learn about the three most noteworthy contrib...
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 logic. We learn how the Stoics would likely react if ...
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 about Epicureanism—one of four schools of thought...
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-esque transformation into Buddha. We learn how Buddha...
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 eastern philosophy for thousands of years after his dea...
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.philosophizethis.org/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com...
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 system of biological classification, the first syste...
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 discuss making a "plan" for your life, the underlying ...
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 version of fan fiction. We also learn about Plato...
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 philosopher teachers called the Sophists, we tied ...
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 philosophy, Pythagoras, the annoying dark cloud of de...
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", the first philosopher Thales, the meanest philo...