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a philosophy podcast with simple five minute lessons, making philosophy accessible for all ages, backgrounds and experience!
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In this episode, Dr. David Bather Woods - professor of philosophy at Warwick University - talks all about Schopenhauer's views on pessimism, including Nietzsche's opinion on these views.
In this episode, you'll hear a brief summary of the key ideas covered in Simone de Beauvoir's 1949 feminist work, 'The Second Sex' - some of these ideas include the emergence of the oppression of women and their social position as the 'Other'.
In this episode, you'll learn all about Wittgenstein's two different approaches to language as seen in his 'Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus' and 'Philosophical Investigations'; we will compare the ideas seen in both, seeing where they differ and where they overlap.
For the first ever guest contribution of the podcast, Ahren Bailey is going to be talking all about Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics. Enjoy!
In this episode, you'll learn all about Diogenes - or 'Diogenes the Cynic' - including his key ideas and his life.
In this episode, you'll learn all about the debate surrounding free will, including brief overviews of the different approaches to the topic - libertarianism, determinism and compatibilism - and their implications for society.
In this episode, you'll all learn about Immanuel Kant and his ethic, and how it differs from Utilitarianism. Enjoy!
In this episode, you'll learn all about the 3 different types of utilitarianism: act, rule and preference. Enjoy!
In this episode, you'll learn a bit about Nietzsche's philosophy, including existentialism, nihilism and the meaning behind his assertion that 'God is dead'.
In this episode, you'll learn all about John Rawls' 'Veil of Ignorance', a key method found in political philosophy. Enjoy! :)
In this episode, you will learn all about Plato's 'Simile of the Cave', as seen in Part VII of his 'Republic'. The simile is a metaphorical retelling of his 'Theory of the Forms'.
Here we discuss the household names in philosophy: Socrates, Plato and Aristotle!
welcome to the first episode of the 'five minute philosophy' podcast! here, i introduce myself, why i created this podcast and my hopes for it in the future.
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