CAN YOU PHIL IT?

In this episode, we’ll talk about the very thing we try to promote with this podcast, namely, what we might call public philosophy. Footnotes + food for thought... John Dewey John Lachs Noam Chomsky Barry Lam / Hi-Phi Nation Please contribute to our podcast on Patreon, so we can get better, and create more! https://www.patreon.com/canyouphilit Hosted by Jeanne Proust Produced & Scored by Johnny Nicholson Visuals by Pedro Gomes

In this episode, we’ll talk about the very thing we try to promote with this podcast, namely, what we might call public philosophy. Footnotes + food for thought... John Dewey John Lachs Noam Chomsky Barry Lam / Hi-Phi Nation Please contribute to our podcast on Patreon, so we can get better, and create more! ⁠https://www.patreon.com/canyouphilit⁠ Hosted by Jeanne Proust Produced & Scored by Johnny Nicholson Visuals by Pedro Gomes

This episode wraps up our latest discourse about happiness by addressing how systematically promoting positive attitudes can be done in coercive, and potentially questionable ways. Footnotes + food for thought... Aldous Huxley Karl Marx Boris Cyrulnik Martin Seligman Eva Illouz Abraham Maslow Grady Means Byung Chul Han Please contribute to our podcast on Patreon, so we can get better, and create more! ⁠https://www.patreon.com/canyouphilit⁠ Hosted by Jeanne Proust Produced & Scored by Johnny Nicholson Visuals by Pedro Gomes

This episode wraps up our latest discourse about happiness by addressing how systematically promoting positive attitudes can be done in coercive, and potentially questionable ways. Footnotes + food for thought... Aldous Huxley Karl Marx Boris Cyrulnik Martin Seligman Eva Illouz Abraham Maslow Grady Means Byung Chul Han Please contribute to our podcast on Patreon, so we can get better, and create more! ⁠https://www.patreon.com/canyouphilit⁠ Hosted by Jeanne Proust Produced & Scored by Johnny Nicholson Visuals by Pedro Gomes

In this episode, we will suggest various kinds of mindsets that might help to lead a happier life... Footnotes + food for thought... Stoicism: An interview with Massimo Pigliucci PhD (Audio Addendum) Otho Campbell - Upside Down: The Fatal Flaw in our Pursuit of Happiness Aristotle Epicurus Stoicism/Epictetus Descartes’ Ethics Pascal Nietzsche Please contribute to our podcast on Patreon, so we can get better, and create more! ⁠https://www.patreon.com/canyouphilit⁠ Hosted by Jeanne Proust Produced & Scored by Johnny Nicholson Visuals by Pedro Gomes

In this episode, we will suggest various kinds of mindsets that might help to lead a happier life... Footnotes + food for thought... Stoicism: An interview with Massimo Pigliucci PhD (Audio Addendum) Otho Campbell - Upside Down: The Fatal Flaw in our Pursuit of Happiness Aristotle Epicurus Stoicism/Epictetus Descartes’ Ethics Pascal Nietzsche Please contribute to our podcast on Patreon, so we can get better, and create more! ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/canyouphilit⁠⁠ Hosted by Jeanne Proust Produced & Scored by Johnny Nicholson Visuals by Pedro Gomes

This episode aims at questioning certain assumptions hidden behind the way we usually conceive happiness. Footnotes + Food for thought... Aristotle Thomas Hobbes Immanuel Kant Robert Nozick Joshua Greene Felipe De Brigard David Lykken, Auke Tellegen Hippocrates and the four humors Please contribute to our podcast on Patreon, so we can get better, and create more! ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/canyouphilit⁠⁠ Hosted by Jeanne Proust Produced & Scored by Johnny Nicholson Visuals by Pedro Gomes

This episode aims at questioning certain assumptions hidden behind the way we usually conceive happiness. Footnotes + Food for thought... Aristotle Thomas Hobbes Immanuel Kant Robert Nozick Joshua Greene Felipe De Brigard David Lykken, Auke Tellegen Hippocrates and the four humors Please contribute to our podcast on Patreon, so we can get better, and create more! ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/canyouphilit⁠⁠ Hosted by Jeanne Proust Produced & Scored by Johnny Nicholson Visuals by Pedro Gomes

This episode further explores the concept of normality, by looking at disability theory and eugenics. Please contribute to our podcast on Patreon, so we can get better, and create more! ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/canyouphilit⁠⁠ Footnotes + food for thought... - James Watson (and Francis Crick) - Michael Sandel - Julian Savulescu - Arthur L. Caplan - Clovis Pareiko Hosted by Jeanne Proust Produced & Scored by Johnny Nicholson Visuals by Pedro Gomes

This episode further explores the concept of normality, by looking at disability theory and eugenics. Please contribute to our podcast on Patreon, so we can get better, and create more! ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/canyouphilit⁠⁠ Footnotes + food for thought... - James Watson (and Francis Crick) - Michael Sandel - Julian Savulescu - Arthur L. Caplan - Clovis Pareiko Hosted by Jeanne Proust Produced & Scored by Johnny Nicholson Visuals by Pedro Gomes

In this episode, we will explore what the word “normal” means by looking at Canguilhem’s work, and then discuss the relationship between health and disease. What is it to be, and/or to feel normal? Please contribute to our podcast on Patreon, so we can get better, and create more! ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/canyouphilit⁠⁠ Footnotes + food for thought... François Broussais (1772 –1838) Auguste Comte (1798 – 1857) George Canguilhem (1904 – 1995) Donna Billick Hosted by Jeanne Proust Produced & Scored by Johnny Nicholson Visuals by Pedro Gomes

In this episode, we will explore what the word “normal” means by looking at Canguilhem’s work, and then discuss the relationship between health and disease. What is it to be, and/or to feel normal? Please contribute to our podcast on Patreon, so we can get better, and create more! ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/canyouphilit⁠⁠ Footnotes + food for thought... François Broussais (1772 –1838) Auguste Comte (1798 – 1857) George Canguilhem (1904 – 1995) Donna Billick Hosted by Jeanne Proust Produced & Scored by Johnny Nicholson Visuals by Pedro Gomes

In this episode, we will discuss various views that challenge our praising of work over leisure, and the very definition of what leisure is supposed to be. Footnotes + Food for thought... - Epicurus - Blaise Pascal - Thomas Hobbes - John Locke - Adam Smith - Karl Marx - Paul Lafargue - Bertrand Russel - Byung Chul Han Please contribute to our podcast on Patreon, so we can get better, and create more! ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/canyouphilit⁠⁠ Hosted by Jeanne Proust Produced & Scored by Johnny Nicholson Visuals by Pedro Gomes

Please contribute to our podcast on Patreon, so we can get better, and create more! ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/canyouphilit⁠⁠ Footnotes + Food for thought... - Epicurus - Blaise Pascal - Thomas Hobbes - John Locke - Adam Smith - Karl Marx - Paul Lafargue - Bertrand Russel - Byung Chul Han Hosted by Jeanne Proust Produced & Scored by Johnny Nicholson Visuals by Pedro Gomes

This episode explores what has been called « cancel culture », the elements at the root of the arguments for or against online criticism, and the problematic assumptions and misunderstandings behind this ongoing debate. Please contribute to our podcast on Patreon, so we can get better, and create more! ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/canyouphilit⁠⁠ Footnotes + Food for thought: - Noam Chomsky - JK Rowling - Gloria Steinem - Jonathan Haidt - George Yancy - Joel Jammal Hosted by Jeanne Proust Produced & Scored by Johnny Nicholson Visuals by Pedro Gomes

This episode explores what has been called « cancel culture », the elements at the root of the arguments for or against online criticism, and the problematic assumptions and misunderstandings behind this ongoing debate. Please contribute to our podcast on Patreon, so we can get better, and create more! ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/canyouphilit⁠⁠ Footnotes + Food for thought: - Noam Chomsky - JK Rowling - Gloria Steinem - Jonathan Haidt - George Yancy - Joel Jammal Hosted by Jeanne Proust Produced & Scored by Johnny Nicholson Visuals by Pedro Gomes

This episode is about the definition of friendship, the possible types of friendship, and the ways our friends can deepen our understanding of ourselves. Please contribute to our podcast on Patreon, so we can get better, and create more! ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/canyouphilit⁠⁠ Food for thought + Footnotes: - Friendship  - Plato on friendship - Epicurus - Cicero - Seneca - Plutarch - Michel de Montaigne - La Rochefoucauld - William James - Gustave Thibon Hosted by Jeanne Proust Produced & Scored by Johnny Nicholson Visuals by Pedro Gomes

Please contribute to our podcast on Patreon, so we can get better, and create more! ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/canyouphilit⁠⁠ Food for thought + Footnotes: - Friendship - Plato on friendship - Epicurus - Cicero - Seneca - Plutarch - Michel de Montaigne - La Rochefoucauld - William James - Gustave Thibon Hosted by Jeanne Proust Produced & Scored by Johnny Nicholson Visuals by Pedro Gomes

Please contribute to our podcast on Patreon, so we can get better, and create more! ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/canyouphilit⁠⁠ Food for thought + Footnotes: - Jean Paul Sartre; existentialism - Simone de Beauvoir - Contingency - Reification - Albertine - Tristan & Isolde - "Everybody Loves My Baby", also known as "Everybody Loves My Baby, but My Baby Don't Love Nobody but Me", is a famous jazz song composed by Spencer Williams in 1924. Lyrics were written by Jack Palmer. - The version we site in this episode was performed by The Boswell Sisters 1932. Hosted by Jeanne Proust Produced & Scored by Johnny Nicholson Visuals by Pedro Gomes

Our 'Footnotes' explain certain references, with short biographies of authors we mention along the way, or definitions of key concepts in philosophy. Please contribute to our podcast on Patreon, so we can get better, and create more! ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/canyouphilit⁠⁠