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S7 E8: The Roots of Relativism: Reductionism

Unlimited Opinions - Philosophy, Theology, Linguistics, & More - February 27, 2024 03:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Send us a Text Message. What 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 l...

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S7 E8: The Roots of Relativism: Reductionism

Unlimited Opinions - Philosophy, Theology, Linguistics, & More - February 27, 2024 03:00 - 38 minutes
Send us a Text Message. What 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 l...

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HBH 55: The Gruesome Wretched Death of Herod the Great

The History of Being Human - February 27, 2024 01:04 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 101 ratings
He'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...

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S7 E7: The Arguments from Situations, Intentions, Projection, and Evolution

Unlimited Opinions - Philosophy, Theology, Linguistics, & More - February 20, 2024 03:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Send us a Text Message. Do 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 Relat...

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S7 E7: The Arguments from Situations, Intentions, Projection, and Evolution

Unlimited Opinions - Philosophy, Theology, Linguistics, & More - February 20, 2024 03:00 - 41 minutes
Send us a Text Message. Do 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 Relat...

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Episode Seventy Six

Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar: A History of Economics Podcast - February 15, 2024 07:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratings
François, 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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S7 E6: The Arguments for Relativism from Social Conditioning, Freedom, and Tolerance

Unlimited Opinions - Philosophy, Theology, Linguistics, & More - February 15, 2024 01:00 - 46 minutes
Send us a Text Message. Does Jesus just get us, or does he call us to something more? Is He really all about tolerance, or is there an objective truth beyond that? Join us as we discuss how our values aren't just ingrained in us by society, why absolutists promote freedom more than relativists,...

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S7 E6: The Arguments for Relativism from Social Conditioning, Freedom, and Tolerance

Unlimited Opinions - Philosophy, Theology, Linguistics, & More - February 15, 2024 01:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Send us a Text Message. Does Jesus just get us, or does he call us to something more? Is He really all about tolerance, or is there an objective truth beyond that? Join us as we discuss how our values aren't just ingrained in us by society, why absolutists promote freedom more than relativists,...

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Introductory YouTube Video

The History of Being Human - February 07, 2024 03:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 101 ratings
I have released my first TouTube video and this is the audio -- see the episode here: https://youtu.be/uVfn5Ar1rmg?si=e3TE_6tCWEuQxf7h Schrodinger's Cat Quick and Easy Yes, this is based on a longer podcast episode -- but hey, you've got to start somwhere!

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S7 E5: The Argument for Relativism from Self-Esteem and from Cultural Relativity

Unlimited Opinions - Philosophy, Theology, Linguistics, & More - February 06, 2024 03:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Send us a Text Message. "Be better:" the new horrible slogan for Unlimited Opinions! In this episode, we look at Peter Kreeft's answer to one of the most difficult objections to moral absolutism: if there are absolute moral truths, why have there been cultures with wildly different moral norms?...

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S7 E5: The Argument for Relativism from Self-Esteem and from Cultural Relativity

Unlimited Opinions - Philosophy, Theology, Linguistics, & More - February 06, 2024 03:00 - 35 minutes
Send us a Text Message. "Be better:" the new horrible slogan for Unlimited Opinions! In this episode, we look at Peter Kreeft's answer to one of the most difficult objections to moral absolutism: if there are absolute moral truths, why have there been cultures with wildly different moral norms?...

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Liberty's Forgotten Man: William Graham Sumner

Portraits of Liberty - January 30, 2024 17:57 - 21 minutes
This month, we examine the often-overlooked legacy of William Graham Sumner, a 19th-century sociologist, economist, and political thinker. Despite his pivotal role in establishing sociology as a discipline at Yale, Sumner's contributions have been overshadowed, partly due to his association with ...

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S7 E4: The Data

Unlimited Opinions - Philosophy, Theology, Linguistics, & More - January 30, 2024 03:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Send us a Text Message. Does the existence of a moral conscience prove moral absolutism right? This is the question on the table as we continue reading Peter Kreeft's A Refutation of Moral Relativism. We discuss the four sources of data for moral absolutism (our conscience, our interpersonal un...

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S7 E4: The Data

Unlimited Opinions - Philosophy, Theology, Linguistics, & More - January 30, 2024 03:00 - 54 minutes
Send us a Text Message. Does the existence of a moral conscience prove moral absolutism right? This is the question on the table as we continue reading Peter Kreeft's A Refutation of Moral Relativism. We discuss the four sources of data for moral absolutism (our conscience, our interpersonal un...

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S7 E3: The History of Relativism

Unlimited Opinions - Philosophy, Theology, Linguistics, & More - January 23, 2024 03:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Send us a Text Message. Introducing our new product: Unlimited Opinions Deconstructed Peanut Butter!* Join us as we look at the history of relativism according to Peter Kreeft, beginning with the devil in the Garden of Eden, the rise of nominalism, and the eventual prominence of complete Decons...

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S7 E3: The History of Relativism

Unlimited Opinions - Philosophy, Theology, Linguistics, & More - January 23, 2024 03:00 - 1 hour
Send us a Text Message. Introducing our new product: Unlimited Opinions Deconstructed Peanut Butter!* Join us as we look at the history of relativism according to Peter Kreeft, beginning with the devil in the Garden of Eden, the rise of nominalism, and the eventual prominence of complete Decons...

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S7 E2: What Is Moral Relativism?

Unlimited Opinions - Philosophy, Theology, Linguistics, & More - January 16, 2024 03:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Send us a Text Message. In this episode, we find a new favorite feature of the podcast: relative buzzing! We also continue looking at Peter Kreeft's conversation between an absolutist and relativist, this time examining how exactly to define moral relativism, separating it out from metaphysical...

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S7 E2: What Is Moral Relativism?

Unlimited Opinions - Philosophy, Theology, Linguistics, & More - January 16, 2024 03:00 - 48 minutes
Send us a Text Message. In this episode, we find a new favorite feature of the podcast: relative buzzing! We also continue looking at Peter Kreeft's conversation between an absolutist and relativist, this time examining how exactly to define moral relativism, separating it out from metaphysical...

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Episode Seventy Five

Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar: A History of Economics Podcast - January 15, 2024 07:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratings
Çınla, François, and Jennifer discuss a number of recent additions to the literature. If you are interested in reading the papers discussed in this episode, here they are (unfortunately, some may be behind paywalls): Macroeconomics under pressure: the feedback effects of economic expertise b...

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S7 E1: The Importance of Moral Relativism: Will It Really "Damn Our Souls and End Our Species?"

Unlimited Opinions - Philosophy, Theology, Linguistics, & More - January 09, 2024 03:00 - 45 minutes
Send us a Text Message. Season Premiere! Join us as we begin discussing Peter Kreeft's wonderfully written A Refutation of Moral Relativism: Interviews with an Absolutist. In this episode, we talk about the structure of the book and Kreeft's use of the dialogue format, the importance of truth i...

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S7 E1: The Importance of Moral Relativism: Will It Really "Damn Our Souls and End Our Species?"

Unlimited Opinions - Philosophy, Theology, Linguistics, & More - January 09, 2024 03:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Send us a Text Message. Season Premiere! Join us as we begin discussing Peter Kreeft's wonderfully written A Refutation of Moral Relativism: Interviews with an Absolutist. In this episode, we talk about the structure of the book and Kreeft's use of the dialogue format, the importance of truth i...

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New Year's Special: Unlimited Opinions in 2023 and Plans for 2024

Unlimited Opinions - Philosophy, Theology, Linguistics, & More - January 02, 2024 03:00 - 44 minutes
Send us a Text Message. Happy New Year! Join us as we have a more free-form discussion not attached to a particular Season of Unlimited Opinions! We look back at some of our highlights from 2023, including reading James Hitchcock's History of the Catholic Church and Austin Freeman's Tolkien Dog...

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New Year's Special: Unlimited Opinions in 2023 and Plans for 2024

Unlimited Opinions - Philosophy, Theology, Linguistics, & More - January 02, 2024 03:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Send us a Text Message. Happy New Year! Join us as we have a more free-form discussion not attached to a particular Season of Unlimited Opinions! We look back at some of our highlights from 2023, including reading James Hitchcock's History of the Catholic Church and Austin Freeman's Tolkien Dog...

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1 - Introduction in Defence of Everything Else

Orthodoxy by G. K. Chesterton - January 02, 2024 00:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratings
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Book 1

Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman - January 02, 2024 00:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
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00 – Introduction

Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville - January 02, 2024 00:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratings
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HBH 54: Homo Erectus

The History of Being Human - January 01, 2024 13:30 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 101 ratings
The OG, greatest generation of Human ever! At least if your metric is a dogged determination to keep existing. For 2 million years these prehistoric hominins wandered far and wide, high and low, filling every available lakeshore and riverbed. What can we know about them? Their looks, abilities...

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2 - The Maniac

Orthodoxy by G. K. Chesterton - January 01, 2024 00:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratings
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