Philosophy Club!
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A group of lifelong friends discuss life's important questions.
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- A Rose-Tinted Memory · 59 min · Episode 39If you mis-remembered your life in a positive way, would it be a blessing or a curse? Is every memory precious, or beyond giving us a taste and an impression are they but…
- What is Knowledge? · 58 min · Episode 38The standard answer is: a knowledge is a "Justified True Belief." Logan, however, disagrees. This bar is too high, David Hume made a good case that we really can't say for…
- Should You Shower in a Thunderstorm? · 33 min · Episode 37Ben and Sara think not. Logan, however, thought there was no good evidence about it, and just because an idea seems reasonable, that is not the same thing as being correct. The…
- Does Wisdom Exist? · 1 h 25 min · Episode 36Logan tells Aaqib and Ben that he has doubts that Wisdom exists at all. Might Wisdom not be an empty term? For who can be wise if it takes a single foolish act to make you…
- What is Education For? And What is it Missing? · 1 h 41 min · Episode 35With dash and their typical circumambulatory style, Logan, Ben, Sara, Kitty and Aaqib ask what is education for? There are several answers, perhaps none of which we stumble on…
- What Are 100 Things Everyone Should Learn? · 1 h 46 min · Episode 34In an effort to better understand education, Ben, Kitty and Logan ask each other for 100 things every American should learn? What should make the list may tell us something about…
- The Baggage Claim Effect and Limited Determinism · 1 h 14 min · Episode 33The Butterfly Effect is the common term for a system where small changes to initial conditions create outsized impacts. Logan, Katie and Ben discuss the "Baggage Claim Effect,"…
- Non-Consensual Governance · 1 h 9 min · Episode 32After a six-month hiatus, Logan and Ben come back to dismiss "Consent of the Governed" and move on to what happens next. If consent of the governed does not dictate good…
- What is Justice? Parsing through Plato, Habitual Obedience and Batman. · 46 min · Episode 31Is Justice getting what you deserve? Is it perhaps the balance of wisdom moderation and courage? Or is Justice a chimerical idea we are fed to go along with authority? Beau, Ben…
- Philosophy Club Afterthoughts! How to be Free. · 51 min · Episode 30No question so concerns our collective humanity as that of freedom. Unsatisfied with our first conclusions on the subject, Ben and I reframe the question of Liberty. Perhaps it…
- How to be Free. · 1 h 23 min · Episode 29Logan asks Kitty, Mike and Ben "what is Liberty? Is it the most choice? Is it the least obligation? Is it the least arbitrary system?" There is perhaps no concept so central to…
- Promises, Oaths, and Morality (does swearing make it right to do?) · 1 h 21 min · Episode 28Can you take an oath that changes your moral obligations? Can you make a personal decision to follow a specific set of moral guidelines? Why do Veterinarians and soldiers take an…
- When to Tell a Story Out of Order · 1 h 4 min · Episode 27Would Casablanca have been as good if it started in Paris? Ben, Logan and Sara ask why you should tell a story out of order, using flashbacks, flash-forwards and a handful of…
- Who Wouldn't Want The Right to Own a Pet? · 1 h 38 min · Episode 26Sara, Ben, Mike and Logan embark on a broad discussion that goes to the heart of public policy making and comes back again. We begin by taking a situational test designed to…
- Philosophy Club Afterthoughts! Mansplaining · 32 min · Episode 25In this first of its kind episode, Kyra and Mackenzie revisit the "Mansplaining" episode of Philosophy club. Mackenzie initially argues against the usefulness of the term and…
- Mansplaining · 1 h 24 min · Episode 24Sara, Logan and Ben ask "What is mansplaining?" "Why is it so aggravating?" and "How do you avoid mansplaining?" Along the way we discuss Essentialism and Bell Hooks, relevant…
- Talking with a Good Therapist · 1 h 46 min · Episode 23In this special episode of Philosophy Club, Evan, a practicing Therapist (and roommate of Kitty), helps Aaqib, Ben, Kitty, Logan, Mackenzie and Mike to answer what makes a good…
- What is the purpose of Grammar? · 1 h 7 min · Episode 22Ben, Katie, Logan and Mike discuss why we call one way of speaking proper and another colloquial. Along the way, we learn about Ben's hardships at an Orioles' game, David Foster…
- The Qualities of a Classic · 1 h 29 min · Episode 21Beau, Ben and Logan first discuss how to find a what to read, and Ben introduces the question: What makes a classic? It seems endurance, quality and popularity have something to…
- No Take-Backs! What does it mean to retract, correct, renege and change your mind? · 1 h 18 min · Episode 20Ben, Mike and Logan ask what it means "to take something back." They stumble into the topics of opinions versus facts, the value of a promise, and the proper way to crack an egg.
