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In this podcast, we look at philosophers, abstract ideas, concrete cultural issues, and everything in between with a down-to-earth demeanor and willingness to explore.
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In this episode, we discuss Brute Facts: concepts that defy explanation in causal terms.
In this episode, we discuss Bruce Schneier and Nathan E. Sander's upcoming book, Rewiring Democracy: How AI Will Transform Our Politics, Government, and Citizenship.
In this episode, we ask some difficult questions about Antinomy: when a concept has multiple logical explanatory theories that are contradictory.
In this episode, we present the cases for Substantivalism and Relationalism as we discuss space and time.
In this episode, we wrestle with the discriminatory notion of Ableism.
In this episode, we discuss the phenomenological, ontological, and ethical aspects of the Norwegian concept Friluftsliv.
In this episode, we explore the idea of Tarab from the Arabic world: an enchantment with music and its ability to provide deep meaning.
In this episode, we discuss the Japanese notion of Yugen, drawing on metaphorical and personal examples to demonstrate the concept.
In this episode, we explore Ubuntu: a concept from southern Africa regarding the relationality and communal nature of humanity.
In this episode, the duo switches seats, as Norm interviews Joel about his newly released book, "A Treatise on Challenges from Nature to Anthropocentric Ontology."
In this episode, we delve headlong into the end of being, interweaving established philosophical positions with anecdotal experiences.
1In this episode, we discuss the nuance of Alasdair MacIntyre's philosophical musings, particularly on virtue ethics.
In this episode, we discuss the history, impetus, and consequences of Space Exploration.
In this episode, we discuss our reasoning for, and relationship with, our lovable Pets.
In this episode, we explore the multifaceted notions of Identity.
In this episode, we discuss the philosophical performance experiment of Andrea Colamedici's AI-written book, "Hypnocracy."
In this episode, we surprise each other with philosophical thought experiments:
Norm's: The Finely Wrought Object
Joel's: Zeno's Dichotomy/Arrow
In this episode, we surprise each other with philosophical thought experiments:
Norm's: Hedonine and Pononine
Joel's: The Two-Space Myth
In this episode, we surprise each other with philosophical thought experiments:
Norm's: The Language Game
Joel's: The Split Brain
In this episode, we surprise each other with philosophical thought experiments:
Norm's: Eternal Recurrence
Joel's: The Inquiring Murderer
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