Philosophize This!
Beginner friendly if listened to in order! For anyone interested in an educational podcast about philosophy where you don't need to be a graduate-level philosopher to understand it. In chronological order, the thinkers and ideas that forged the world we live in are broken down and explained.
- Website
- http://www.philosophizethis.org
- Description
- Beginner friendly if listened to in order! For anyone interested in an educational podcast about philosophy where you don't need to be a graduate-level philosopher to understand it. In chronological order, the thinkers and ideas that forged the world we live in are broken down and explained.
- Language
- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2024-11-19 02:21
- last episode published
- 2024-11-18 03:36
- publication frequency
- 19.45 days
- Contributors
- Stephen West
- Author
- Stephen West
- Owner
- steve@stephenwestshow.com (steve@stephenwestshow.com)
- Managing editor
- Explicit
- false
- Number of Episodes
- 216
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- Categories
- Society & Culture Education Philosophy Fiction
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Episodes
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| 2024-11-18 |
Episode #216 ... The Self-Overcoming of Nihilism - Kyoto School pt. 1 - Nishitani Today we look at the work of Keiji Nishitani. We examine Nihilism in a deeper way than we've ever covered on the podcast before. We talk about The Great Doubt. Zen Buddhism. Sunyata. The self as similar to structural linguistics. Hope you enjoy it! :) ... |
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| 2024-10-30 |
Episode #215 ... How Mysticism is missing in our modern lives. (Critchley, Heidegger) Today we talk about whether it's possible to achieve not just freedom of the will, but freedom from the will. The technological enframing of reality from the perspective of Heidegger. Misconceptions about Mysticism. The ways that modern life prevents u... |
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| 2024-10-21 |
Episode #214 ... Framing our Being in a completely different way. (Heidegger) Today we look at Heidegger's critique of metaphysics and the traditional subject-object framing in philosophy. How multiple framings are necessary for a fuller picture of our being. His challenge to thinkers like Nietzsche and Descartes. Dasein, the li... |
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| 2024-10-13 |
Episode #213 ... Deleuze Interprets Nietzsche (Difference, Joy, Affirmation) Today we talk about Deleuze's interpretation of Nietzsche's work. We talk about difference taken to radical new levels. The image of thought from the history of philosophy. Nietzsche framed as the enemy to the dialectic. Active vs Reactive forces. Dele... |
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| 2024-09-30 |
Episode #212 ... Nietzsche and Critchley on the tragic perspective. (Amor Fati pt. 2) Today we begin by talking about Nietzsche's concept of life-affirmation. Contrasting it with the renunciative, rational traditions of Western thought. The episode then delves into Greek tragedy through the lens of Simon Critchley's work; making a case ... |
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| 2024-09-22 | Today we talk about Nietzsche's views on the decay of western society. We talk about his problems with Socrates. The genealogy of Egalitarianism that has led to our modern societies, and how to contextualize his concept of the Ubermensch within modern ... |
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| 2024-09-12 |
Episode #210 ... The Pedagogy of the Oppressed (Paulo Freire, Education) We talk about Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed. His critique of the banking model of education. The importance of critical consciousness. His Existentialist influence. The dialectic between oppression and liberation. The problem-posing model of... |
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| 2024-08-26 | Today we talk about Peter Singer's response to an anticapitalist critique of his work. Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek's thoughts on the wrong ways to be thinking about ethical terminology. Philosophy in schools. Creative activism. The ongoing impact of the ... |
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| 2024-08-18 |
Episode #208 ... The moral evolution of a philosopher. (Peter Singer) On this episode, we track the changes in Peter Singer's ethical views throughout his career. We talk about Emotivism. R.M. Hare's Prescriptivism. Nozick's Experience Machine. Some thought experiments from Derek Parfit. Henry Sidgwick and Objectivist He... |
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| 2024-08-01 |
Episode #207 ... Fear is toxic to a democracy. (Martha Nussbaum) Today we talk more about the work of Martha Nussbaum and her book The Monarchy of Fear. We discuss emotions as important appraisals of reality. The comparison of shame and guilt and their social implications. The prevalence of fear and its toxic impact... |
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