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Episode 212: Free Will and Determinism Part 4

Philosophy? WTF?? - April 17, 2024 00:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings
Yes, we're back for another round of Free will and determinism! Remember you chose to tune in and hear the latest from Danny and Mike as they get deeper into the limits of of freedom and free speech. Or did you? Join us and remember you can say what you like about the podcast - as long ...

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Ep. 81 Religious Experience, Part 1

Open Door Philosophy - April 16, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
In the book of Exodus, God appears to the biblical patriarch Moses in the form of a burning bush, and tells him he is to lead the Isrealites, enslaved by the Egyptians, to freedom. In the Bhagavad Gita, the source of all things, lord Krisha, appears to prince Arjuna as his charioteer and helps h...

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Episode 211: Freewill and Determinism Part 3

Philosophy? WTF?? - April 03, 2024 00:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings
Are you really free to eat anything you like for breakfast? Even turkey? Maybe, How about wear any clothes you want? Even slippers outside? Could be. But what about having children and keeping them? Is there really an option not to procreate and not to keep a child you produce? Is evolu...

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Ep. 80 Philosophers on God with Guest Jack Symes

Open Door Philosophy - April 02, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
What’s the most important question in philosophy? Our guest Jack Symes believes it to be the question of God’s existence, no matter where you fall on the belief spectrum.  In this episode, Jack discusses with us his latest book, Philosophers on God: Talking about Existence which directly address...

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The Exterminating Angel

Greg Proops Film Club - March 29, 2024 21:58 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 141 ratings
Greg screens Luis Buñuel's 1962 surrealist claustrophobic house party "The Exterminating Angel."

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Episode 210: Freewill and Determinism Part 2

Philosophy? WTF?? - March 20, 2024 00:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings
See, we knew you would be back! This time Danny and Dr. Mike consider whether or not they are truly 'good' people or perhaps 'bad' without knowing it? If morality changes as time moves on, can you be 'good' one moment and 'bad' the next because the world has changed its mind on what is ...

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Ep. 79 From Wollstonecraft to Wolf: Women Who Shaped Philosophy, Part 3

Open Door Philosophy - March 19, 2024 05:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
Included in this episode are feminist icons Mary Wollstonecraft and Simone de Beauvoir, champions of new ethics Mary Midgley, Iris Murdoch, Philippa Foot, and Elizabeth Anscombe, and contemporary powerhouse on love and other moral stances Susan Wolf. It's a lot packed into one hour! Join us for ...

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Episode 209: Freewill and Determinism Part 1

Philosophy? WTF?? - March 06, 2024 00:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings
You were always going to end up here, why fight it?  Come and join Danny and Dr, Mike from your own free will, as they discuss, from their own free will, er... free will. Are we truly completely free or are we determined in our actions through social, psychological or political forces?...

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Ep. 78 Ban Zhao and Christine de Piaza: Women Who Shaped Philosophy, Part 2

Open Door Philosophy - March 05, 2024 06:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
Throughout the history of philosophy, women have been active, yet markedly absent from much of the scholarship. If you go into a book store or do a google search for the greatest philosophers, you would most likely see one or two women, at most on any given list. How can those two things coexist...

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Ep. 77 Diotima and Hypatia: Women Who Shaped Philosophy, Part 1

Open Door Philosophy - February 20, 2024 06:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
Throughout the history of philosophy, women have been active, yet markedly absent from much of the scholarship. If you go into a book store or do a google search for the greates philosohers, you would most likely see one or two women, at most on any given list. How can those two things coexist t...

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Episode 208: Existentialism Final Part

Philosophy? WTF?? - February 14, 2024 00:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings
Where do you live? In the real world or online? Danny and Dr. Mike finish off their existentialism chat with a discussion about the way we have recorded our lives and how we present ourselves online. Also, a rigorous talk on what Dr. Jakyll gets up to when his fiancé is 'taking the wate...

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The Band's Visit

Greg Proops Film Club - February 12, 2024 22:19 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 141 ratings
Greg screens Eran Kolirin's 2007 comedy "The Band's Visit."

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Ep. 76 Looking for Beauty: The Philosophy of Beauty, Part Two

Open Door Philosophy - February 06, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
Whether concepts such as the Golden Ratio or more subjective standards of aesthetic judgments, beauty has been the subject of debate for every era of philosophical history. In the ancient world, it was the Greeks that formed much of what the ancient era would think about when considering beauty ...

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Ep. 76 Looking for Beauty: The Philosophy of Beauty, Part 2

Open Door Philosophy - February 06, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
Whether concepts such as the Golden Ratio or more subjective standards of aesthetic judgments, beauty has been the subject of debate for every era of philosophical history. In the ancient world, it was the Greeks that formed much of what the ancient era would think about when considering beauty ...

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Episode 207: Existentialism Part 8

Philosophy? WTF?? - January 31, 2024 00:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings
This week, Dr. Mike whisks Danny of into the mists of time and recalls his days as Earth's first line of defense against Alien invasion! You heard correctly, Mike once was part of a crack team of first responders who were engaged in monitoring the night skies for suspicious flying objec...

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Ep. 75 Engaging with Beauty: The Philosophy of Beauty, Part 1

Open Door Philosophy - January 23, 2024 06:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
Beauty and aesthetics seems to be one of the least discussed branches of philosophy, yet occupied the minds of some of the greatest philosophers such as: Plato, Aristotle, Kant, and Hume, just to name a few. Its appeal is immediately obvious, however, when someone asks the seemingly simple quest...

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Ep. 75 Engaging with Beauty: The Philosophy of Beauty, Part One

Open Door Philosophy - January 23, 2024 06:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
Beauty and aesthetics seems to be one of the least discussed branches of philosophy, yet occupied the minds of some of the greatest philosophers such as: Plato, Aristotle, Kant, and Hume, just to name a few. Its appeal is immediately obvious, however, when someone asks the seemingly simple quest...

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Episode 206: Existentialism Part 7

Philosophy? WTF?? - January 17, 2024 00:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings
It's a new year and everyone is feeling optimistic and about the year ahead! Everyone except for Dr. Mike and Danny who return with more of their chat on the dark side of existentialism. Come join them as they talk Sisyphean ordeals, Star Trek and being 'Beach Ready'.

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Trailer - Welcome To Open Door Philosophy!

Open Door Philosophy - January 16, 2024 06:00 - 35 seconds ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
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Ep. 74 Preview of 2024

Open Door Philosophy - January 09, 2024 06:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
Join us as we discuss our goals and plans for Open Door Philosophy in 2024. We discuss upcoming guests, episode topics, and more! Sign up for our newsletter here! Open Door Philosophy Newsletter Contact us via email at [email protected] Open Door Philosophy on Instagram @opendoorp...

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ODP Nonsense 3: Latin, Booze, Neck Ties, Camera Angles

Open Door Philosophy - January 02, 2024 06:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
In this bit of nonsense, Andrew tries to convince Mr. Parsons to learn Latin, no one is sure what whiskey is, Mr. Parsons ditches the neck ties, and there's some dissatisfaction with camera angles.   Sign up for our newsletter here! Open Door Philosophy Newsletter Contact us via email at contac...