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Episode #253 ... The Philosophy of Alan Watts - What Am I?
Episode #253 ... The Philosophy of Alan Watts - What Am I?
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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.
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- Episode #253 ... The Philosophy of Alan Watts - What Am I? · 36 Min.Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philosophizethis Social…
- Episode #252 ... Slaughterhouse-Five - Kurt Vonnegut · 36 Min.Today we talk about Kurt Vonnegut’s book Slaughterhouse-Five. How war stories can distort the reality of war, how trauma can fracture our experience of time and identity, and why…
- Episode #251 ... You Must Change Your Life, Pt. 2 - The Worlds That Make Us · 35 Min.Today we talk more about Peter Sloterdijk’s book You Must Change Your Life. We talk about Heidegger, the subject-object view of the world, how environments form us, symbolic…
- Episode #250 ... You Must Change Your Life. - Peter Sloterdijk · 36 Min.Today we talk about half of the book You Must Change Your Life by Peter Sloterdijk. From criticism towards views of change that he thinks are far too centered on belief and moral…
- Episode #249 ... The Trap of Modern Cynicism - Peter Sloterdijk · 34 Min.Today we talk about the book Critique of Cynical Reason by Peter Sloterdijk. Cynicism as a defense mechanism. Why the cynic isn't crazy. The way it ladders up into institutions…
- Episode #248 ... What philosophers say about lying. · 37 Min.Today we talk about some of the best arguments for and against lying in the history of philosophy. Hope you love it. :) Sponsor: Nord VPN: https://nordvpn.com/philothis Thank…
- Episode #247 ... The Failure of the Modern University - Alasdair MacIntyre · 29 Min.Today we talk about some of Macintyre's later work. How he thinks philosophy isn’t optional. It’s already hiding inside everything we do. How he thinks modern universities create…
- Episode #246 ... The Myth of the Self-Made Person - Alasdair Macintyre · 33 Min.Today we talk about Macintyre's book Dependent Rational Animals. Hope you love it. :) Sponsors: Nord VPN: https://nordvpn.com/philothis Saily: https://www.saily.com/philothis…
- Episode #245 ... The Rival Moral Approaches of the Modern World - Alasdair Macintyre · 33 Min.Today we talk about the book Three Rival Versions of Moral Enquiry by Alasdair Macintyre. We talk about each of the different sets of assumptions people bring to moral debates…
- Episode #244 ... After Virtue - Alasdair MacIntyre (why moral conversations feel unsatisfying) · 37 Min.Today we talk about the book After Virtue by Alasdair MacIntyre. We talk about his genealogy of moral discourse. The teleologies of Aristotle. The failure of the Enlightenment…
- Episode #243 ... Hamlet - William Shakespeare · 29 Min.Today we talk about the play Hamlet written by William Shakespeare. We compare more traditional takes on the themes of the play to a more modern, philosophical analysis of the…
- Episode #242 ... Romeo and Juliet - William Shakespeare · 30 Min.Today we talk about the philosophy behind the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. We talk about how ineffective violence and honor codes are as ways of maintaining the…
- Episode #241 ... The Tragedy of Julius Caesar - William Shakespeare · 30 Min.Today we talk about the philosophical themes of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare. We talk about the hypocrisy and false nostalgia of political violence. The…
- Episode #240 ... Varieties of Religion Today (Charles Taylor) · 29 Min.Today we talk more about the work of Charles Taylor and his book The Varieties of Religion Today. We look at different answers to a classic question around religious belief. The…
- Episode #239 ... Authenticity and the history of the self. (Charles Taylor) · 35 Min.Today we talk about the work of the philosopher Charles Taylor. First, we trace the historical origins of how he views the modern self. From the Greeks to the Reformation. From…
- Episode #238 ... Frankenstein - Mary Shelley · 29 Min.Today we talk about the book Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. We talk about the mix of Romantic and Enlightenment attitudes and how it leads to problems without the proper…
- Episode #237 ... The Stoics Are Wrong - Nietzsche, Schopenhauer · 29 Min.Today we talk about two famous critiques of Stoicism. One by Friedrich Nietzsche who thought the Stoics weren’t life affirming enough and so rob themselves of some of the best…
- Episode #236 ... Meditations - Marcus Aurelius · 35 Min.Today we talk about the collection of journals known as Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. We mark the differences between Stoicism, modern Stoic ethics, and the journals of Marcus…
- Episode #235 ... The Philosophy of Zen Buddhism - Byung Chul Han · 37 Min.Today we talk about one of Han's earlier books where he offers an alternative to classic western ideas about subjectivity. We talk about Zen as a religion without God. Substance…
- Episode #234 ... The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Milan Kundera · 33 Min.Today we try to produce a philosophical guide for the book The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera. We talk about Parmenides, Nietzsche's eternal recurrence, kitsch as…
- Episode #233 ... A philosophy of self-destruction. (Dostoevsky, Bataille) · 31 Min.Today we talk about two different theories for why we ritualize self-destructive behavior. We check out a lesser-known work from Dostoevsky called The Gambler. We consider how…
- Episode #232 ... Byung Chul Han - The Crisis of Narration · 30 Min.Today we talk about the book The Crisis of Narration by the philosopher Byung Chul Han. We talk about the history of storytelling. Walter Benjamins distinction between a Paris…
- Episode #231 ... The Late Work of Wittgenstein - Language Games · 26 Min.Today we talk about the late work of Wittgenstein in Philosophical Investigations. We talk about the meaning of words. Augustine's theory. Forms of life. Rules and practices…
- Episode #230 ... Hope as an Existentialism (Ernst Bloch) · 28 Min.Today we talk about the early work of Ernst Bloch. Hope as anticipatory consciousness. The darkness of the lived moment. Educated hope vs false hope. Music as an experiential…
- Episode #229 - Kafka and Totalitarianism (Arendt, Adorno) · 29 Min.Today we talk about Kafka's book The Castle and how the symbolism is interpreted by two powerhouse philosophers: Theodore Adorno and Hannah Arendt. Hope you love it! :)…
- Episode #228 ... Albert Camus - Kafka and The Fall · 30 Min.Today we talk about Camus' book The Fall and what the main character represents in his larger project. We also talk about someone Camus deeply admired, Franz Kafka, and how to…
- Episode #227 ... Albert Camus - On Exile · 34 Min.Today we talk about the concept of exile from the work of Camus. We focus on a couple stories from his book Exile and The Kingdom. We talk about why Camus insists that true…
- Episode #226 - Albert Camus - The Rebel · 32 Min.Today we talk about Camus’ concept of rebellion and how it offers a powerful alternative to abstract ideologies. We talk about solidarity as the foundation for justice without…
- Episode #225 ... Albert Camus - The Plague · 30 Min.We look at Albert Camus' The Plague. We talk about a common misreading from the Myth of Sisyphus. We talk about different cycles of his work from his earlier individual…
- Episode #224 ... Albert Camus - The Stranger · 29 Min.Today we talk about the book The Stranger by Albert Camus. We talk about why Camus saw himself as an artist and not a philosopher. We talk about happiness. The absurd and it's…
- Episode #223 ... Religion and the duck-rabbit - Kyoto School pt. 3 · 34 Min.Today we talk about the relationship between philosophy and religion. We talk about the duck-rabbit as a metaphor that may have something useful to teach us about the way we…
- Episode #222 ... Dostoevsky - Love in The Brothers Karamazov · 39 Min.Today we talk about the philosophical themes around love in The Brothers Karamazov. We talk about Dostoevsky's existential, tragic form of Christianity. Family as a microcosm of…
- Episode #221 ... Dostoevsky - The Idiot · 36 Min.Today we talk about the book The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky. We talk about the curse of sainthood. The connection between beauty and morality via his moral-aesthetic spectrum…
- Episode #220 ... Dostoevsky - Demons · 38 Min.Today we discuss the philosophical themes of the book Demons by Fyodor Dostoevsky. We talk about western liberalism, the lack of moral leadership, the promises of Nihilism, the…
- Episode #219 ... Dostoevsky - Crime and Punishment · 32 Min.Today we talk about the philosophical themes that Dostoevsky had in mind when writing Crime and Punishment. We talk about Russian Nihilism and its consequences. Rational…
- Episode #218 ... Dostoevsky - Notes From Underground · 34 Min.Today we talk about the philosophical themes of one of Dostoevsky's most famous books: Notes From Underground. We talk about contemplative inertia, the "stone wall" of…
- Episode #217 ... Religion and Nothingness - Kyoto School pt. 2 - Nishitani · 45 Min.Today we talk about expanding our view of what a religious quest includes. The limits of dualistic thinking. Technological enframing and obsession with utility. Self-emptying…
- Episode #216 ... The Self-Overcoming of Nihilism - Kyoto School pt. 1 - Nishitani · 34 Min.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…
- Episode #215 ... How Mysticism is missing in our modern lives. (Critchley, Heidegger) · 30 Min.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…
- Episode #214 ... Framing our Being in a completely different way. (Heidegger) · 35 Min.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…
- Episode #213 ... Deleuze Interprets Nietzsche (Difference, Joy, Affirmation) · 34 Min.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…
- Episode #212 ... Nietzsche and Critchley on the tragic perspective. (Amor Fati pt. 2) · 36 Min.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…
- Episode #211 ... Nietzsche returns with a hammer! · 38 Min.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…
- Episode #210 ... The Pedagogy of the Oppressed (Paulo Freire, Education) · 36 Min.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…
- Episode #209 ... Improving our world through applied ethics. (Peter Singer, Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek) · 33 Min.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…
- Episode #208 ... The moral evolution of a philosopher. (Peter Singer) · 42 Min.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…
- Episode #207 ... Fear is toxic to a democracy. (Martha Nussbaum) · 33 Min.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…
- Episode #206 ... Capitalism is dead. This is Technofeudalism. (Yanis Varoufakis) · 35 Min.Today we talk about the concept of Technofeudalism as described by Yanis Varoufakis. We talk about the comparisons of our world to the feudal system, the origins in the economic…
- Episode #205 ... Why a meritocracy is corrosive to society. (Michael Sandel) · 31 Min.Today we talk about the dark side of meritocracy, the effects it has on the way people see each other, the dialectic of pride and humility, education reform, and a rethinking of…
- Episode #204 ... The importance of philosophy, justice and the common good. (Michael Sandel) · 35 Min.Today we talk about some of the benefits of being a practitioner of philosophy. Michael Sandel's view of the three main approaches to justice throughout the history of…
