Latest Philosophy History Podcast Episodes
S8 E4: Experiential Morality and Keeping the Moral Books
Unlimited Opinions - Philosophy, Theology, Linguistics, & More - April 30, 2024 02:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsWhich came first? Foundational moral thinking or metaphors that we use to express those foundations? George Lakoff seems to think the language came first! Join us as we try to figure out Lakoff's chicken-or-the-egg moral system as he outlines the metaphor of accounting and how morality is viewed...
S8 E4: Experiential Morality and Keeping the Moral Books
Unlimited Opinions - Philosophy, Theology, Linguistics, & More - April 30, 2024 02:00 - 1 hourWhich came first? Foundational moral thinking or metaphors that we use to express those foundations? George Lakoff seems to think the language came first! Join us as we try to figure out Lakoff's chicken-or-the-egg moral system as he outlines the metaphor of accounting and how morality is viewed...
S8 E3: The Worldview Problem for American Politics
Unlimited Opinions - Philosophy, Theology, Linguistics, & More - April 23, 2024 02:00 - 1 hourOur very first episode with a live studio audience! Join us as we discuss what linguist George Lakoff views as the worldviews of liberals and conservatives. In this episode, we examine what Lakoff thinks confuses liberals about conservative views (while also just attempting to refute the conserv...
S8 E3: The Worldview Problem for American Politics
Unlimited Opinions - Philosophy, Theology, Linguistics, & More - April 23, 2024 02:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsOur very first episode with a live studio audience! Join us as we discuss what linguist George Lakoff views as the worldviews of liberals and conservatives. In this episode, we examine what Lakoff thinks confuses liberals about conservative views (while also just attempting to refute the conserv...
HBH 56: The Psychopathography of Adolf Hitler
The History of Being Human - April 17, 2024 12:15 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 101 ratingsHitler was a failure who achieved the opposite of nearly all of his stated intentions. But was he insane as well? His life and legacy might argue he was, but what do the experts say? If he was insane, what was the diagnosis? And if he was not insane, how do you account for his actions? Was...
No Superior and Few Equals: Elizabeth Freeman
Portraits of Liberty - April 16, 2024 20:46 - 14 minutesBorn into slavery, Elizabeth Freeman gained her freedom in 1781, eighty years before the American Civil War. Freeman did not escape to Pennsylvania as was common at the time. She gained her freedom through the courts. Upon winning her case, she changed her name to Elizabeth Freeman to celebrate h...
S8 E2: The Mind and Politics
Unlimited Opinions - Philosophy, Theology, Linguistics, & More - April 16, 2024 02:00 - 1 hourIn this episode, we discuss George Lakoff's completely analytical, opinion-free, 100% objective explanation of what he views as the role of cognitive linguists in examining liberal and conservative worldviews. We discuss whether or not unconscious thoughts truly exist, the importance of categori...
S8 E2: The Mind and Politics
Unlimited Opinions - Philosophy, Theology, Linguistics, & More - April 16, 2024 02:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIn this episode, we discuss George Lakoff's completely analytical, opinion-free, 100% objective explanation of what he views as the role of cognitive linguists in examining liberal and conservative worldviews. We discuss whether or not unconscious thoughts truly exist, the importance of categori...
S8 E1: Preface to George Lakoff's "Moral Politics"
Unlimited Opinions - Philosophy, Theology, Linguistics, & More - April 09, 2024 02:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIn this first episode of Season 8, we look at the preface to our new book: George Lakoff's Moral Politics: How Liberals and Conservatives Think, which examines the different linguistic metaphors that liberals and conservatives use to shape their worldview. We discuss Lakoff's plan for the book, ...
S8 E1: Preface to George Lakoff's "Moral Politics"
Unlimited Opinions - Philosophy, Theology, Linguistics, & More - April 09, 2024 02:00 - 56 minutesIn this first episode of Season 8, we look at the preface to our new book: George Lakoff's Moral Politics: How Liberals and Conservatives Think, which examines the different linguistic metaphors that liberals and conservatives use to shape their worldview. We discuss Lakoff's plan for the book, ...
Christopher de Bellaigue - "Suleyman the Magnificent and the 16th-century race for empire"
Lectures in Intellectual History - April 03, 2024 12:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★ - 52 ratingsThis lecture was delivered at the University of St Andrews on 31 January 2024.
The Soldier Philosopher: Adam Ferguson
Portraits of Liberty - March 28, 2024 15:06 - 15 minutesBorn between the Scottish Lowlands and Highlands, Ferguson made a name for himself writing philosophical history, an early precursor to sociology. In his famous work, An Essay on The History of Civil Society, Ferguson explained how civilization is refined over many generations as society evolves...
Ariane Fichtl - “Overcoming the biopolitical dynamic of enslavement to achieve Immediate Emancipation”
Lectures in Intellectual History - March 21, 2024 12:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★ - 52 ratingsThis lecture was delivered at the University of St Andrews on 24 January 2024.
S7 E11: Season Finale - The Cause and Cure of Relativism
Unlimited Opinions - Philosophy, Theology, Linguistics, & More - March 19, 2024 02:00 - 54 minutesIs the sexual revolution the true cause of moral relativism, or are the two intertwined? In this final episode covering Peter Kreeft's A Refutation of Moral Relativism, we look at some of the biggest cultural issues in the world today, particularly contraception, abortion, and divorce. We also t...
S7 E11: Season Finale - The Cause and Cure of Relativism
Unlimited Opinions - Philosophy, Theology, Linguistics, & More - March 19, 2024 02:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIs the sexual revolution the true cause of moral relativism, or are the two intertwined? In this final episode covering Peter Kreeft's A Refutation of Moral Relativism, we look at some of the biggest cultural issues in the world today, particularly contraception, abortion, and divorce. We also t...
Episode Seventy Seven
Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar: A History of Economics Podcast - March 15, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsÇınla and François are joined by Kseniia Lopukh, Associate Professor of Economics at National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv, to discuss her work on the famous Ukrainian economist, Mikhail Tugan-Baranovsky, as well as the economic history of, and history of economic thought in, Ukraine.
S7 E10: The Philosophical Assumptions of Absolutism
Unlimited Opinions - Philosophy, Theology, Linguistics, & More - March 12, 2024 02:00 - 52 minutesWe were always destined to publish this episode, at least according to the crazy determinists! In this episode, we discuss the philosophical assumptions that one must make in order to be an absolutist, particularly regarding metaphysics and epistemology. We look at flawed theories such as nomina...
S7 E10: The Philosophical Assumptions of Absolutism
Unlimited Opinions - Philosophy, Theology, Linguistics, & More - March 12, 2024 02:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsWe were always destined to publish this episode, at least according to the crazy determinists! In this episode, we discuss the philosophical assumptions that one must make in order to be an absolutist, particularly regarding metaphysics and epistemology. We look at flawed theories such as nomina...
Tim Stuart-Buttle - "Behind the Curtain: Hobbes and the politics of recognition"
Lectures in Intellectual History - March 07, 2024 12:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★ - 52 ratingsThis lecture was delivered at the University of St Andrews on 17 January 2024.
S7 E9: The Arguments for Moral Relativism
Unlimited Opinions - Philosophy, Theology, Linguistics, & More - March 05, 2024 03:00 - 52 minutesDo you want to hear our thoughts on Bryan Fiel's 1990 play Dancing at Lughnasa, a story of five sisters in 1936 Ireland? Do you want to hear our thoughts on the arguments in favor of moral absolutism? Luckily for you, we have those exact things in this episode! Join us as we discuss how language...
S7 E9: The Arguments for Moral Relativism
Unlimited Opinions - Philosophy, Theology, Linguistics, & More - March 05, 2024 03:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsDo you want to hear our thoughts on Bryan Fiel's 1990 play Dancing at Lughnasa, a story of five sisters in 1936 Ireland? Do you want to hear our thoughts on the arguments in favor of moral absolutism? Luckily for you, we have those exact things in this episode! Join us as we discuss how language...
S7 E9: The Arguments for Moral Absolutism
Unlimited Opinions - Philosophy, Theology, Linguistics, & More - March 05, 2024 03:00 - 52 minutesDo you want to hear our thoughts on Bryan Fiel's 1990 play Dancing at Lughnasa, a story of five sisters in 1936 Ireland? Do you want to hear our thoughts on the arguments in favor of moral absolutism? Luckily for you, we have those exact things in this episode! Join us as we discuss how language...
S7 E9: The Arguments for Moral Absolutism
Unlimited Opinions - Philosophy, Theology, Linguistics, & More - March 05, 2024 03:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsDo you want to hear our thoughts on Bryan Fiel's 1990 play Dancing at Lughnasa, a story of five sisters in 1936 Ireland? Do you want to hear our thoughts on the arguments in favor of moral absolutism? Luckily for you, we have those exact things in this episode! Join us as we discuss how language...
The Forgotten Abolitionist: The Black Revolutionary, Industrialist, and Abolitionist James Forten
Portraits of Liberty - February 27, 2024 15:54 - 23 minutesDespite his upbringing in poverty and vicious racial discrimination, the black freeman James Forten rose to become one of the foremost sailmakers in Philadelphia and a crucial voice in the abolition of slavery. Though largely forgotten today, Forten defied the racial stereotypes of his day and be...
S7 E8: The Roots of Relativism: Reductionism
Unlimited Opinions - Philosophy, Theology, Linguistics, & More - February 27, 2024 03:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsWhat does hemlock taste like, and if drank in a small enough dose, can we find out? This important question and much more is discussed in this episode of Unlimited Opinions, as we examine where the philosophy of relativism came from. We talk about how reductionism has led to a complete lack of ...
S7 E8: The Roots of Relativism: Reductionism
Unlimited Opinions - Philosophy, Theology, Linguistics, & More - February 27, 2024 03:00 - 38 minutesWhat does hemlock taste like, and if drank in a small enough dose, can we find out? This important question and much more is discussed in this episode of Unlimited Opinions, as we examine where the philosophy of relativism came from. We talk about how reductionism has led to a complete lack of ...
HBH 55: The Gruesome Wretched Death of Herod the Great
The History of Being Human - February 27, 2024 01:04 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 101 ratingsHe's one of the most reviled people in Western history -- a man whose cruelty, jealousy, and violence are proverbial. And yet his legacy is much more nuanced, his person more complicated than most of us know. One thing that is not in question is that he died a miserable death; in pain, angry, a...
S7 E7: The Arguments from Situations, Intentions, Projection, and Evolution
Unlimited Opinions - Philosophy, Theology, Linguistics, & More - February 20, 2024 03:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsDo good intentions make acts good, or do we need something more? Did we simply evolve morality as a beneficial social system? Are relativists really just the most judgmental people of all time? Find out as we continue discussing Peter Kreeft's A Refutation of Moral Relativism, examining even mor...
S7 E7: The Arguments from Situations, Intentions, Projection, and Evolution
Unlimited Opinions - Philosophy, Theology, Linguistics, & More - February 20, 2024 03:00 - 41 minutesDo good intentions make acts good, or do we need something more? Did we simply evolve morality as a beneficial social system? Are relativists really just the most judgmental people of all time? Find out as we continue discussing Peter Kreeft's A Refutation of Moral Relativism, examining even mor...
Episode Seventy Six
Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar: A History of Economics Podcast - February 15, 2024 07:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsFrançois, Jennifer, and Çınla chat with George Tavlas about his new book The Monetarists: The Making of the Chicago Monetary Tradition, 1927–1960.
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