Egg Timer Philosophy
220 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 months ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsA podcast where philosophical ideas are scrambled up in about five to ten minutes. From ancient philosophy to contemporary approaches and everything in between, if you are looking for accessible, interesting, and relevant philosophy served up fast then you are in the right spot. New episode dished out weekly. Check out the egg timer philosophy website at: www.eggtimerphilosophy.com
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30: Ought Implies Can, or Does it?
January 09, 2021 07:00 - 6 minutes - 5.92 MBThis episode of the egg timer is devoted to exploring the moral principle that 'ought implies can'. The principle enjoys lots of philosophical support but is more questionable than it first appears. Send over your thoughts, questions or ideas for future episodes to: [email protected] Art Attribution: By Edmund Leighton - Art Renewal Center Museum, image 15585., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1782908
Ep. #29 - Music, Money, and Value
January 02, 2021 08:21 - 6 minutes - 5.76 MBHow much money would it take for you to sell your ability to experience music? That's the question up for examination on this episode of the egg timer. Art Attribution: By Phintias - User:Bibi Saint-Pol, own work, 2007-02-10, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2724330
Ep.#29 - Music, Money, and Value
January 02, 2021 08:21 - 6 minutes - 5.77 MBHow much money would it take for you to sell your ability to experience music? That's the question up for examination on this episode of the egg timer.
29: Music, Money, and Value
January 02, 2021 08:21 - 6 minutes - 5.76 MBHow much money would it take for you to sell your ability to experience music? That's the question for this episode of the egg timer. Send over your thoughts, questions or ideas for future episodes to: [email protected] Art Attribution: By Phintias - User:Bibi Saint-Pol, own work, 2007-02-10, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2724330
28: Self-Ownership
December 26, 2020 06:24 - 9 minutes - 8.55 MBWhat does it mean for a person to own their self? This episode of the egg timer explores the basic answer that political philosophers have given to this vexing question. Send over your thoughts, questions or ideas for future episodes to: [email protected] Image Attribution: By Collectie Stichting Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=38618231
Ep. #28 - Self-Ownership
December 26, 2020 06:24 - 9 minutes - 8.55 MBWhat does it mean for a person to own their self? On this episode of the egg timer we explore the basic answer that political philosophers have given to this vexing question. Image Attribution: By Collectie Stichting Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=38618231
Ep. #27 - Ownership
December 19, 2020 13:00 - 9 minutes - 9.06 MBOn this episode of the egg timer we explore the concepts of ownership and property. Do you own, in any sense, a car that you have just rented at the airport counter? Tune in, as this and other examples are discussed. Image Attribution: By Brian Stansberry (photographer) - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15893366
27: Ownership
December 19, 2020 13:00 - 9 minutes - 9.06 MBThis episode of the egg timer explores the concepts of ownership and property. Do you own, in any sense, a car that you have just rented at the airport counter? Tune in, as this and other examples are discussed. Send over your thoughts, questions or ideas for future episodes to: [email protected] Image Attribution: By Brian Stansberry (photographer) - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15893366
Ep. #27 - Ownership and Property
December 19, 2020 13:00 - 9 minutes - 9.02 MBOn this episode of the egg timer we explore the concepts of ownership and property. Do you own a car that you have just rented at the airport counter? Tune in as this and other examples are discussed. Image Attribution: By Brian Stansberry (photographer) - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15893366
Ep. #26 - Science and Falsification
December 12, 2020 22:30 - 7 minutes - 6.89 MBWhat separates science from other areas of inquiry? Karl Popper argued that it is the activity of falsification. Tune in this episode to hear about Karl Popper's falsification driven view of scientific inquiry. Image Attribution: By NASA/WMAP Science Team - Original version: NASA; modified by Cherkash, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11885244
26: Science and Falsification
December 12, 2020 22:30 - 7 minutes - 6.89 MBWhat separates science from other areas of inquiry? Karl Popper argued that it is the activity of falsification. Tune in to hear about Karl Popper's falsification driven view of scientific inquiry. Send over your thoughts, questions or ideas for future episodes to: [email protected] Image Attribution: By NASA/WMAP Science Team - Original version: NASA; modified by Cherkash, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11885244
Ep. #25 - Aristotle's Ethics
December 05, 2020 19:43 - 12 minutes - 12 MBThis episode of the egg timer is devoted to discussing the major themes within Aristotle's approach to ethics. Art Attribution: By After Lysippos - Jastrow (2006), Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1359807
25: Aristotle's Ethics
December 05, 2020 19:43 - 12 minutes - 12 MBThis episode of the egg timer is devoted to discussing the major themes within Aristotle's approach to ethics. Send over your thoughts, questions or ideas for future episodes to: [email protected] Art Attribution: By After Lysippos - Jastrow (2006), Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1359807
Ep. #24 - Veblen's Conspicuous Consumption
November 27, 2020 15:26 - 9 minutes - 8.52 MBWhat forces drive us to economically consume? On today's egg timer we will take a look at the philosophical and socially engaging answer that Thorstein Veblen gives to this question. Photo Attribution: Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=249718
24: Veblen's Conspicuous Consumption
November 27, 2020 15:26 - 9 minutes - 8.52 MBWhat forces drive us to economically consume? Today's egg timer will take a look at the philosophical and socially engaging answer that Thorstein Veblen gives to this question. Send over your thoughts, questions or ideas for future episodes to: [email protected] Photo Attribution: Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=249718
Ep. #23 - Time and Experience
November 21, 2020 14:22 - 9 minutes - 8.42 MBOn this episode of the egg timer we explore a passage from Robert Pirsig's 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance' to better explore the relationship between time and experience. Image Attribution: Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=259260
23: Pirsig on Time and Experience
November 21, 2020 14:22 - 9 minutes - 8.42 MBThis episode of the egg timer explores a passage from Robert Pirsig's 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance' to better understand the relationship between time and experience. Send over your thoughts, questions or ideas for future episodes to: [email protected] Image Attribution: Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=259260
23: Time and Experience
November 21, 2020 14:22 - 9 minutes - 8.42 MBThis episode of the egg timer explores a passage from Robert Pirsig's 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance' to better understand the relationship between time and experience. Send over your thoughts, questions or ideas for future episodes to: [email protected] Image Attribution: Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=259260
22: Mill's Marketplace of Ideas
November 15, 2020 13:50 - 6 minutes - 6.06 MBShould society regulate objectionable speech? This episode of the egg timer considers and critiques John Stuart Mill's answer to this long standing and difficult question. Send over your thoughts, questions or ideas for future episodes to: [email protected] Image Attribution: By BeenAroundAWhile at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=45374438
Ep. #22 - Mill's Marketplace of Ideas
November 15, 2020 13:50 - 6 minutes - 6.06 MBShould society regulate objectionable speech? On this episode of the egg timer we consider and critique John Stuart Mill's answer to this long standing and difficult question. Image Attribution: By BeenAroundAWhile at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=45374438
21: Voluntary Choice and Belief
November 07, 2020 12:26 - 7 minutes - 7.23 MBDo we have voluntary control over our beliefs? It turns out probably not in the vast majority of cases. This episode explains why this is the case and explore the relationship between freedom and belief. Send over your thoughts, questions or ideas for future episodes to: [email protected] Image Attribution: By User:Lbeaumont based on image by Mila / Brocken Inaglory - This file has been extracted from another file: Multy droplets impact.JPG, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikim...
Ep. #21 - Voluntary Choice and Belief
November 07, 2020 12:26 - 7 minutes - 7.23 MBDo we have voluntary control over our beliefs? It turns out probably not in the vast majority of cases. On this episode we see why this is the case and explore the relationship between freedom and belief. Image Attribution: By User:Lbeaumont based on image by Mila / Brocken Inaglory - This file has been extracted from another file: Multy droplets impact.JPG, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=29111316
Ep. #21 - Voluntary Choice and Beliefs
November 07, 2020 12:26 - 7 minutes - 7.1 MBDo we have voluntary control over our beliefs? It turns out probably not in the vast majority of cases. On this episode we see why this is the case and explore the relationship between freedom and belief.
20: God and the Problem of Evil
November 01, 2020 14:01 - 9 minutes - 8.54 MBDo the evils of the world provide evidence against the existence of God? Listen in as this question is explored on this episode of the egg timer. Send over your thoughts, questions or ideas for future episodes to: [email protected] Art Attribution: By Michelangelo - English Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Sistine_jonah.jpg, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=820319
Ep. #20 - God and the Problem of Evil
November 01, 2020 14:01 - 9 minutes - 8.54 MBDo the evils of the world provide evidence against the existence of God? We will break this question down on this episode of the egg timer. Art Attribution: By Michelangelo - English Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Sistine_jonah.jpg, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=820319
Ep. #19 - Justice in Rawls's Veil of Ignorance: Part II
October 24, 2020 15:42 - 10 minutes - 9.34 MBWhat principles of justice would people agree to under a veil of ignorance that prevents them know things about themselves such as their ethnicity, gender identity, and sexual orientation? John Rawls says, the 'difference principle' and the 'liberty principle'. On this episode we break down and discuss each of these ideas. Image Attribution: English: Published by the Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. Photograph taken by Alec Rawls, John's son. The portrait was uncredited on the or...
19: Justice in Rawls's Veil of Ignorance: Part II
October 24, 2020 15:42 - 10 minutes - 9.34 MBWhat principles of justice would people agree to under a veil of ignorance that prevents them from knowing things about themselves such as their ethnicity, gender identity, and sexual orientation? John Rawls says, the 'difference principle' and the 'liberty principle'. This episode breaks down and discuss each of these ideas. Send over your thoughts, questions or ideas for future episodes to: [email protected] Image Attribution: English: Published by the Belknap Press of Harvar...
Ep. #18 - Justice In Rawls's Veil of Ignorance: Part 1
October 16, 2020 13:13 - 8 minutes - 7.83 MBHow do we create a just society? In this episode of the egg timer we take a look at how John Rawls used the idea of ignorance to provide a very inventive answer to this question. Image Attribution: English: Published by the Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. Photograph taken by Alec Rawls, John's son. The portrait was uncredited on the original dust jacket, but Alec is identified as its photographer on the copyright page of the 1994 German-language first edition of the book John Raw...
18: Justice In Rawls's Veil of Ignorance: Part 1
October 16, 2020 13:13 - 8 minutes - 7.88 MBHow do we create a just society? In this episode of the egg timer we take a look at how John Rawls used the idea of ignorance to provide a very inventive answer to this question. Send over your thoughts, questions or ideas for future episodes to: [email protected] Image Attribution: English: Published by the Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. Photograph taken by Alec Rawls, John's son. The portrait was uncredited on the original dust jacket, but Alec is identified as its...
Ep. #17 - What Are Rights?
October 11, 2020 00:24 - 7 minutes - 6.92 MBOn this episode of the egg timer we tackle the question: what are rights? In order to answer this question the relationship between rights and obligations is cracked open. Image Attribution: By Rowland Scherman - U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16632865
17: Rights
October 11, 2020 00:24 - 7 minutes - 6.97 MBThis episode of the egg timer tackles the question: what are rights? In order to answer this question the relationship between rights and obligations is cracked open. Send over your thoughts, questions or ideas for future episodes to: [email protected] Image Attribution: By Rowland Scherman - U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16632865
17: What Are Rights?
October 11, 2020 00:24 - 7 minutes - 6.97 MBOn this episode of the egg timer we tackle the question: what are rights? In order to answer this question the relationship between rights and obligations is cracked open. Image Attribution: By Rowland Scherman - U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16632865
16: Experience, Knowledge and Qualia
October 02, 2020 19:36 - 7 minutes - 7.06 MBIf you knew every physical fact about the world but had only experienced the confines of a black and white room would you learn anything new when you see a ripe red tomato for the first time? This episode of the egg timer considers this thought experiment and the threats to the physicalist world view that it poses. Send over your thoughts, questions or ideas for future episodes to: [email protected] Art Attribution: By made by Was a bee. - Original strawberry's image is fr...
Ep. #16 - Experience, Knowledge and Qualia
October 02, 2020 19:36 - 7 minutes - 7.06 MBIf you knew every physical fact about the world but had only experienced the confines of a black and white room would you learn anything new when you see a ripe red tomato for the first time? In this episode of the egg timer we take on this thought experiment and the threats to the physicalist world view that it poses. Art Attribution: By made by Was a bee. - Original strawberry's image is from Image:Fragaria_Fruit_Close-up.jpg uploaded by User:FoeNyx,and original man's image is ...
15: Four Noble Truths of Buddhism: Part II
September 25, 2020 16:30 - 7 minutes - 6.77 MBThis episode of the egg timer delves into the depths of Nirvana through Buddha's third and fourth noble truths. This episode is a continuation of last week's episode that explored Buddha's first and second noble truths. Send over your thoughts, questions or ideas for future episodes to: [email protected] Art Attribution: By Daderot - Own work, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=41616919
Ep. #15 - Four Noble Truths of Buddhism: Part II
September 25, 2020 16:30 - 7 minutes - 6.77 MBToday on the egg timer we delve into the depths of Nirvana as we explore Buddha's third and fourth noble truths. This episode is a continuation of last week's episode that explored Buddha's first and second noble truths. Art Attribution: By Daderot - Own work, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=41616919
14: Four Noble Truths of Buddhism: Part 1
September 17, 2020 00:20 - 7 minutes - 7.14 MBThis episode of the egg timer takes a look at Buddha's first and second noble truths. Particular attention will be given to the idea of attachment. Send over your thoughts, questions or ideas for future episodes to: [email protected] Art Attribution: By Daderot - Own work, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=41616919
Ep. #14 - Four Noble Truths of Buddhism: Part 1
September 17, 2020 00:20 - 7 minutes - 7.14 MBThis episode of the egg timer will take a look at Buddha's first and second noble truths. Particular attention will be given to the idea of attachment. Art Attribution: By Daderot - Own work, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=41616919
Ep. #13 - The State as a Force Monopolizer
September 09, 2020 16:17 - 10 minutes - 9.27 MBHow should we define the state? On this episode of the egg timer we explore Max Weber's influential attempt to answer this question with the idea that the state is a political association that monopolizes the use of force over a specific territory. Image Attribution: Joseph A. Lambach, U.S. Marine Corps, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
13: The State as a Force Monopolizer
September 09, 2020 16:17 - 10 minutes - 9.27 MBHow should the state be defined? This episode of the egg timer takes a look at Max Weber's influential attempt to answer this question. Send over your thoughts, questions or ideas for future episodes to: [email protected] Image Attribution: Joseph A. Lambach, U.S. Marine Corps, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
12: Pascal's Wager
September 02, 2020 11:43 - 7 minutes - 7.27 MBIs believing that God exists a good rational bet to place? Blaise Pascal thought so. This episode of the egg timer takes a closer look at this divine wager. Art Attribution: By unknown; a copy of the painting of François II Quesnel, which was made for Gérard Edelinck en 1691[réf. nécessaire]. - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12193020
Ep. #12 - Pascal's Wager
September 02, 2020 11:43 - 7 minutes - 7.27 MBIs believing that God exists a good rational bet to place? Blaise Pascal thought so. On this episode of the egg timer we take a closer look at this divine wager. Art Attribution: By unknown; a copy of the painting of François II Quesnel, which was made for Gérard Edelinck en 1691[réf. nécessaire]. - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12193020
Ep. #11 - Sartre and Bad Faith
August 26, 2020 15:43 - 7 minutes - 6.82 MBOn this episode of the egg timer we take a look at Jean Paul Sartre's notions of bad faith and authenticity. Many claim to value freedom a great deal but bad faith threatens to make that valuing an act of self-deception. We will explore the roots of this self-deception and explore whether authenticity offers a path to genuine freedom. Image Attribution: By Unknown author - Archivo del diario Clarín. Fotografía publicada en 1983 en la revista dominical del periodico ilustrando un artículo ...
11: Sartre and Bad Faith
August 26, 2020 15:43 - 7 minutes - 6.82 MBThis episode of the egg timer takes a look at Jean Paul Sartre's notions of bad faith and authenticity. Many claim to value freedom a great deal but bad faith threatens to make that valuing an act of self-deception. The roots of this self-deception are explores as well as whether authenticity offers a path to genuine freedom. Send over your thoughts, questions or ideas for future episodes to: [email protected] Image Attribution: By Unknown author - Archivo del diario Clarín. F...
10: Existentalism
August 20, 2020 04:17 - 7 minutes - 6.69 MBThis episode of the egg timer is devoted to existential philosophy. In particular Sartre's existential slogan that 'existence proceeds essence' will be discussed and its implications explored. Send over your thoughts, questions or ideas for future episodes to: [email protected] Art Attribution: By Eexistentialcrisiss - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=64115224
Ep. #10 - Existentalism
August 20, 2020 04:17 - 7 minutes - 6.51 MBThis episode of the egg timer is devoted to existential philosophy. In particular Sartre's existential slogan that 'existence proceeds essence' will be discussed and its implications explored. Art Attribution: By Eexistentialcrisiss - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=64115224
Ep. #9 - Plato's Allegory of the Cave
August 05, 2020 19:33 - 7 minutes - 7.17 MBThis episode of the egg timer is devoted to Plato's infamous allegory of the cave. Art Attribution: By RaphaelQS - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=65546874
9: Plato's Allegory of the Cave
August 05, 2020 19:33 - 7 minutes - 7.24 MBThis episode of the egg timer is devoted to Plato's infamous allegory of the cave. Send over your thoughts, questions or ideas for future episodes to: [email protected] Art Attribution: By RaphaelQS - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=65546874
8: Aquinas, Big Rocks, and God
July 26, 2020 00:37 - 9 minutes - 8.79 MBCan God make a rock so big that He cannot lift it? This episode of the egg timer explores the answer that Thomas Aquinas gave to this seeming paradox. Send over your thoughts, questions or ideas for future episodes to: [email protected] Art Attribution: By Benozzo Gozzoli - The Yorck Project (2002) 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei (DVD-ROM), distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH. ISBN: 3936122202., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=314693
8: God, Big Rocks, and Aquinas
July 26, 2020 00:37 - 9 minutes - 8.79 MBCan God make a rock so big that He cannot lift it? In this episode of the egg timer we explore the answer that Thomas Aquinas gave to this seeming paradox. Art Attribution: By Benozzo Gozzoli - The Yorck Project (2002) 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei (DVD-ROM), distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH. ISBN: 3936122202., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=314693