Philosophica
1,010 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago - ★★★★ - 19 ratingsA curated playlist of podcasts. For educational purpose only and views expressed are not endorsements.
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Episode 127 - Nic Koziolek discusses self-knowledge
July 16, 2020 20:40 - 40 minutesPodcast: Elucidations Episode: Episode 127 - Nic Koziolek discusses self-knowledge Pub date: 2020-07-15 In this episode, Nic Koziolek (Washington University in St. Louis) returns to talk to me and Nora Bradford about self-consciousness. Self-consciousness, as philosophers use the term, is a word for when you know something about one of your own mental states. Like when I really enjoy some pizza and note that I'm enjoying it. Someone else might ask me: ‘Hey Matt, do you like that pizza?’ An...
Justice and Retribution
July 16, 2020 20:40 - 54 minutesPodcast: Hi-Phi Nation Episode: Justice and Retribution Pub date: 2020-06-27 A woman spends 40 years in and out of prison for shoplifting and finally gets a break from a judge in her late 50s. She uses the opportunity to abolish a jail and transform her city. This week we look at prison abolition and the arguments for eliminating all punishment from the system. From the denial that we have free will, to the view that perpetuating injustice disqualifies the state from punishing, we look at w...
"Is Free Speech Worth It?"
July 16, 2020 20:40 - 1 hourPodcast: WHY? - Philosophical Discussions About Everyday Life Episode: "Is Free Speech Worth It?" Pub date: 2020-07-12 Host Jack Russell Weinstein visits with Thane Rosenbaum, novelist, essayist, and Distinguished University Professor. He is the director of the Forum on Life, Culture, & Society, hosted by Touro College. The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Prairie Public, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
David Edmonds on Wittgenstein's Poker
July 16, 2020 20:39 - 17 minutesPodcast: Philosophy Bites Episode: David Edmonds on Wittgenstein's Poker Pub date: 2020-07-07 For this special episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast (produced under lockdown) Nigel Warburton interviews David Edmonds about his bestselling book, written with David Edinow, Wittgenstein's Poker. It focuses on a heated argument between the two great Viennese philosophers Karl Popper and Ludwig Wittgenstein, and the differing accounts that were give of it by those who were there. The podc...
BS 173 Exploring the Unconscious Origins Of Certainty
July 16, 2020 20:39 - 1 hourPodcast: Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone Episode: BS 173 Exploring the Unconscious Origins Of Certainty Pub date: 2020-06-26 In this special episode of Brain Science host Dr Ginger Campbell reads an excerpt from her bestseller "Are You Sure? The Unconscious Origin of Certainty." While it might seem ironic to talk about certainty during these extremely uncertain times, understanding how our brain generates the feeling of knowing or certainty is actually more...
Anthony Pinn on Religion, Oppression, and Humanists
July 16, 2020 20:39 - 46 minutesPodcast: Point of Inquiry Episode: Anthony Pinn on Religion, Oppression, and Humanists Pub date: 2020-07-09 In this episode of Point of Inquiry, co-host Leighann Lord talks with professor, writer, and humanist Dr. Anthony Pinn. Lord and Pinn discuss the power and persistence of magical thinking as we face the current pandemic, the role of the church at a time when science is so important, Black Lives Matter and Pinn's opinion on struggle and progress, how women of color deal with oppressi...
Ep. 102 - Scientific Progress and Intellectual Schelling Points | Dr. Geoff Anders
July 16, 2020 20:39 - 1 hourPodcast: Patterson in Pursuit Episode: Ep. 102 - Scientific Progress and Intellectual Schelling Points | Dr. Geoff Anders Pub date: 2020-04-19 What does scientific progress look like? Is it steady progress, getting ever closer to the truth? Or does it go through waves? What about cases where we seem to have lost knowledge or the foundations of a theory we’ve been building on turned out to be wrong? Can that still be useful? Is that still progress? These are some of the questions I e...
Can saving an important building ever be worth a life?
July 16, 2020 20:39 - 18 minutesPodcast: Philosophy 247 Episode: Can saving an important building ever be worth a life? Pub date: 2020-07-12 How far should we go to protect a building? The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from David Edmonds, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
Shorts - E30: The American Dream
July 16, 2020 20:38 - 43 minutesPodcast: The Dawdler's Philosophy Episode: Shorts - E30: The American Dream Pub date: 2020-07-13 What is a dream? How do we come to form “cherished aspirations” as one dictionary put it? Why do we bother? And how can such aspirations be American? How can such aspirations be shared widely? Equality, egalitarianism, opportunity. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. For whom do these bells toll? Is it a good dream? And does one “have to be asleep to believe it”? In this long short, ...
Episode 192: Postmodern Wet Dreams (Borges' "Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote")
July 16, 2020 20:38 - 1 hourPodcast: Very Bad Wizards Episode: Episode 192: Postmodern Wet Dreams (Borges' "Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote") Pub date: 2020-07-07 David and Tamler dive into “Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote,” a very funny Borges story that also raises deep questions about authorship, reading, and interpretation. What would it mean for the same text to be written by two different authors more than three hundred years apart? Is this story the post-modernist manifesto that literary critics like ...