Thu, 29 December 2016
Today we discuss the famous paper by Nick Bostrom about the probability that we are living in a simulation. www.philosophizethis.org for additional content. Thank you for wanting to know more today than you did yesterday. :)
Direct download: Episode_95_-_Nick_Bostrom_and_Simulations.mp3
Category:Philosophy -- posted at: 8:04pm PDT
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Wed, 23 November 2016
Today we look at the concept of suffering from multiple different angles including the philosopher Fyodor Dostoyevsky and the movement in Transhumanism known as The Hedonistic Imperative. www.philosophizethis.org for additional content. Thank you for wanting to know more today than you did yesterday. :)
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Sat, 5 November 2016
Today we look at the concept of love from several different angles in an attempt to better understand our own thoughts on love. www.philosophizethis.org for additional content. Thank you for wanting to know more today than you did yesterday. :)
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Mon, 3 October 2016
Today we talk about Nietzsche's famous work Thus Spoke Zarathustra. www.philosophizethis.org for additional content. Thank you for wanting to know more today than you did yesterday. :)
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Tue, 20 September 2016
Today we talk about Nietzsche, the concept of the Will to Power and the dangers of predatory buffalos. www.philosophizethis.org for additional content. Thank you for wanting to know more today than you did yesterday. :)
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Fri, 26 August 2016
Today we begin our discussion on the work of Friedrich Nietzsche. www.philosophizethis.org for additional content. Thank you for wanting to know more today than you did yesterday. :)
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Tue, 16 August 2016
Today we discuss the revolutionary work of Simone De Beauvoir entitled: The Second Sex www.philosophizethis.org for additional content. Thank you for wanting to know more today than you did yesterday. :)
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Tue, 26 July 2016
Today we talk about the great post WW2 debate between Sartre and Camus. www.philosophizethis.org for additional content. Thank you for wanting to know more today than you did yesterday. :)
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Thu, 14 July 2016
Today we talk about the philosopher Albert Camus. www.philosophizethis.org for additional content. Thank you for wanting to know more today than you did yesterday. :)
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Tue, 28 June 2016
Today's episode is the first installment of a series on the great Cold War era thinkers Sartre and Camus. Today we lay the foundations for the line of thinking known as existentialism and focus on Sartre's view of freedom. www.philosophizethis.org for additional content. Thank you for wanting to know more today than you did yesterday. :)
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Mon, 20 June 2016
Today we talk about the great Peter Singer, his views on the unique moral obligations that we face as members of modern society and how we might fulfill the obligations in the most effective manner. www.philosophizethis.org for additional content. Thank you for wanting to know more today than you did yesterday. :)
Direct download: Episode_085_..._Peter_Singer_on_Effective_Altruism.mp3
Category:Philosophy -- posted at: 9:47pm PDT
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Tue, 14 June 2016
Today we take a look at William James and his work on the concept of Truth. www.philosophizethis.org for additional content. Thank you for wanting to know more today than you did yesterday. :)
Direct download: Episode_084_..._William_James_on_Truth.mp3
Category:Philosophy -- posted at: 4:27pm PDT
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Sat, 4 June 2016
Today we take a look at Henry David Thoreau's views on the individual, society and civil disobedience. www.philosophizethis.org for additional content. Thank you for wanting to know more today than you did yesterday. :)
Direct download: Episode_083_..._Henry_David_Thoreau.mp3
Category:Philosophy -- posted at: 9:16am PDT
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Thu, 26 May 2016
Today we talk about various classic critiques of Marx's economics made by the Austrian School of Economics. www.philosophizethis.org for additional content. Thank you for wanting to know more today than you did yesterday. :)
Direct download: Episode_082_..._Austrians_and_Marx_final.mp3
Category:Philosophy -- posted at: 12:26am PDT
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Tue, 10 May 2016
Today we talk about Karl Marx and his famous critiques of Capitalism. www.philosophizethis.org for additional content. Thank you for wanting to know more today than you did yesterday. :)
Direct download: Episode_081_Capitalism_vs_Communism.mp3
Category:Philosophy -- posted at: 11:11pm PDT
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Tue, 3 May 2016
On this episode we talk about Ludwig Feuerbach and his (occasionally) controversial views on the origins of religion. www.philosophizethis.org for additional content. Thank you for wanting to know more today than you did yesterday. :)
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Tue, 22 March 2016
On this episode of the podcast we talk about Kierkegaard's views on anxiety. www.philosophizethis.org for additional content. Thank you for wanting to know more today than you did yesterday. :)
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Tue, 26 January 2016
Today we talk about Soren Kierkegaard and his views on the function and value of religion. www.philosophizethis.org for additional content. Thank you for wanting to know more today than you did yesterday. :)
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Sat, 16 January 2016
Today we discuss Marx, his views on religion as a means of oppression, and his connection to Hegel's Dialectic. www.philosophizethis.org for additional content. Thank you for wanting to know more today than you did yesterday. :)
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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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