Podcasts by Sand Pebbles Podcast

#112: Godel’s Incompleteness Theorem / Logic or Math? from 2022-05-21T16:19:20

Why did Godel’s Incompleteness Theorem become so famous outside of mathematics? The real question that should be asked is: why is it so famous within mathematics?  

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#111: Difference Between Code/Language from 2022-05-21T15:51:48

What is the difference between code and language?  

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#110: Law as Religion / Conclusion from 2021-03-02T17:23:03

Introduction to the philosophy of law argument and concept that law is a religion in present post-modern Technological Society. This conclusion is a final comment on the previous multiple-part c...

#109: Law as Religion / Part III: What is Law? from 2021-03-01T23:11:18

Introduction to the philosophy of law argument and concept that law is a religion in present post-modern Technological Society. This Part III of III asks what is law in Technological Society?  <...

#108: Law as Religion / Part II: What is Religion? from 2021-03-01T23:05:42

Introduction to the philosophy of law argument and concept that law is a religion in present post-modern Technological Society. This Part II of III asks what is religion in Technological Society...

#107: Law as Religion / Part I: The Necessity of Having Law as a Religion from 2021-03-01T14:12:09

Introduction to the philosophy of law argument and concept that law is a religion in present post-modern Technological Society. This Part I of III contemplates the necessity of having law as a r...

#106: Law as Religion / Introduction from 2021-03-01T02:04:46

Introduction to the philosophy of law argument and concept that law is a religion in present post-modern Technological Society.  

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#105: Women and Nihilism from 2020-03-10T18:58:59

This podcast argues for nihilism as a morality for the working class. This episode specifically deals with the effect upon such nihilism of the working class relationship to feminism and of any ...

#104: Nihilism and the 20th Century from 2020-03-10T18:48:15

This episode responses to criticism of this podcast’s arguments for nihilism as a morality in which the criticism is based on 20th Century violence.  

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#103: Practical Philosophy of Language: Sex/Gender Part IV from 2019-12-18T19:24:25

Building on the prior episodes on the philosophy of language, these episodes give practical examples of the concepts working in practice in the post-modern disputes on the meanings of sex and ge...

#102: Practical Philosophy of Language: Sex/Gender Part III from 2019-12-18T19:10:50

Building on the prior episodes on the philosophy of language, these episodes give practical examples of the concepts working in practice in the post-modern disputes on the meanings of sex and ge...

#101: Practical Philosophy of Language: Sex/Gender Part II from 2019-12-18T18:32:38

Building on the prior episodes summarizing modern philosophy of language, these episodes give practical examples of the concepts working in practice in the post-modern disputes on the meanings o...

#100: Practical Philosophy of Language: Sex/Gender Part I from 2019-12-18T18:28:09

Building on the prior episodes summarizing modern philosophy of language, these episodes give practical examples of the concepts working in practice in the post-modern disputes on the meanings o...

#99: From Philosophy Looking Back to Vietnam / Part II from 2019-01-28T21:03:40

A continued interview with philosopher Christopher Gregory about his life experience going from Vietnam to studying philosophy. He looks back on what philosophy has taught him about life and the...

#98: From Vietnam to Philosophy / Part I from 2019-01-28T20:57:58

Beginning of interview with philosopher Christopher Gregory about his life experience going from Vietnam to studying philosophy.  

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#97: Nietzsche and Nihilism from 2018-08-29T16:03:16

Contemplates Nietzschean philosophy, its view on nihilism, from the perspective of Nietzsche’s hated “herd”: the working class.  

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#96: Nietzsche and Meta-ethics from 2018-08-29T15:56:42

Contemplates Nietzschean philosophy, in particular its meta-ethics, from the perspective of Nietzsche’s hated “herd”: the working class.  

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#95: Nietzsche, Meta-ethics,&Nihilism from 2018-08-29T15:50:34

Contemplates Nietzschean philosophy from the perspective of Nietzsche’s hated “herd”: the working class.  

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#94: Moore’s Paradox, Belief, and Mental State from 2018-07-13T02:21:36

Contemplation of the conceptual differences between belief and knowledge through the aphorism: “people believe what they want to believe”; through contemplation of Moore’s Paradox; and through c...

#93: Moore’s Paradox from 2018-07-13T02:13:48

Contemplation of the conceptual differences between belief and knowledge through the aphorism: “people believe what they want to believe” and through contemplation of Moore’s Paradox. Contemplat...

#92: Belief and Knowledge: Part II from 2018-07-13T02:06:58

Contemplation of the conceptual differences between belief and knowledge through the aphorism: “people believe what they want to believe”. Contemplation of how it is possible to voluntarily, kno...

#91: Belief and Knowledge: Part I from 2018-07-13T01:58:26

Contemplation of the conceptual differences between belief and knowledge through the aphorism: “people believe what they want to believe”. Contemplation of how it is possible to voluntarily, kno...

#90: Philosophy of Mind: Wittgensteinian Perspective from 2018-06-06T01:35:12

Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind for a non-academic audience. This episode contemplates the philosophy of mind  from the perspective of the philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein.  

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#89: Philosophy of Mind: Monism from 2018-06-06T01:28:21

Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind for a non-academic audience. This episode introduces monism, physicalism, and functionalism in the philosophy of mind.  

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#88: Philosophy of Mind: Introduction and Dualism from 2018-06-06T01:22:46

Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind for a non-academic audience. This episode introduces philosophy of mind as a part of metaphysics and to dualism in the philosophy of mind.  

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#87: Data Science and Ethics and Morality from 2018-01-17T18:46:55

Basics of how the wordgame of data science may affect normative wordgames of ethics and morality. Definitions and implications of science for a modern non-academic audience and from a working cl...

#86: Data Science and Normative Language from 2018-01-17T17:58:37

Basics of how the wordgame of data science may affect normative wordgames of ethics and morality. Definitions and implications of science for a modern non-academic audience and from a working cl...

#85: Data Science from 2018-01-17T17:50:05

Basics of how data science is defining a new scientific wordgame and scientific methodology. Definitions and implications of science for a modern non-academic audience and from a working class p...

#84: Existential Philosophy of Law from 2017-10-08T14:57:52

This is an introduction to the philosophy of law viewed from a working class ontology. This episode summarizes an existential philosophy of law.  

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#83: Introduction to Philosophy of Law: Hybrids from 2017-10-08T14:52:12

This is an introduction to the philosophy of law viewed from a working class ontology. This episode summarizes the hybrid philosophies of law and their subset jurisprudence that exist between th...

#82: Introduction to Philosophy of Law: Natural Law&Legal Positivism from 2017-10-08T14:42:45

This is an introduction to the philosophy of law viewed from a working class ontology. This episode summarizes the extremes in philosophy of law consisting of natural law theory and legal positi...

#81: Aesthetics as a Language Wordgame from 2017-08-08T16:29:17

A contemplation of the basic principles of old school and new school aesthetics and of art as all being language wordgames that can be contemplated in terms of the meanings of words in the same ...

#80: Aesthetics New School from 2017-08-08T16:18:41

A contemplation of the basic principles and struggles of new school aesthetics that were given birth or created by the skepticism of the scientific and industrial revolutions and by the skeptici...

#79: Aesthetics Old School from 2017-08-08T16:11:10

A contemplation of the basic principles of the old school aesthetics of the ancients and of medieval philosophy before the scientific and industrial revolutions and thus before the skepticism of...

#78: Memorial Day Pietas: Concluding Contemplation on Aesthetics with Vietnam Vet Gary K. Wolf from 2017-05-24T15:13:55

A Memorial Day Pietas with Writer and Vietnam Veteran Gary K. Wolf contemplating esthetics generally and the esthetics of his individual work.   In memoriam especially for actual or in spirit sh...

#77: Memorial Day Pietas: Continuing Contemplation on Aesthetics with Vietnam Vet Gary K. Wolf from 2017-05-24T15:06:49

A Memorial Day Pietas with Writer and Vietnam Veteran Gary K. Wolf contemplating esthetics generally and the esthetics of his individual work.   In memoriam specifically for actual or in spirit ...

#76: Memorial Day Pietas: Beginning Contemplation on Aesthetics with Vietnam Vet Gary K. Wolf from 2017-05-24T14:55:53

A Memorial Day Pietas with Writer and Vietnam Veteran Gary K. Wolf contemplating esthetics generally and the esthetics of his individual work.   In memoriam specifically for actual or in spirit ...

#75: Memorial Day Pietas: Pietas and Beginning Contemplation on Aesthetics with Vietnam Vet Gary K. Wolf from 2017-05-24T14:42:42

A Memorial Day Pietas with Writer and Vietnam Veteran Gary K. Wolf contemplating esthetics generally and the esthetics of his individual work.   In memoriam especially for actual or in spirit sh...

#74: Social Constructs from 2017-04-17T16:17:45

Basic history and discussion from the working class perspective of the concept of a “social construct” in philosophy of language, science, existentialism, and pragmatism. Specific examples of so...

#73: Meaning, Sense Experience, Theory, and Social Constructs from 2017-04-17T15:57:27

Contemplates further and tries to clarify the relationship between existentialist and pragmatic theories of language as exhibited in popular culture by the use of the wordgame “social construct”...

#72: Rule Following Paradox from 2017-04-17T15:45:31

Contemplates philosophy of language further and tries to clarify the relationship between existentialist and pragmatic theories of language by contemplating Wittgenstein’s Rule Following Paradox...

#71: Free Will from 2017-02-16T20:03:15

What is free will? Is it real or simply a useful fiction for justifying the execution and punishment inflicted by the ethics and law of the powers-that-be? Basics of the metaphysics and ontology...

#70: Time and Space from 2017-02-16T19:53:30

What is time and space? Are they real or simply attributes or wordgames in our perceptions and language about reality? Basics of the metaphysics and ontology branch of philosophy.  Metaphysics i...

#69: Ontology from 2017-01-12T21:21:53

Basics of the metaphysics and ontology branch of philosophy.  Metaphysics is the study of first principles of things, including abstract concepts such as being, knowing, substance, cause, identi...

#68: Modern Metaphysics Part II from 2017-01-12T21:09:07

Basics of the metaphysics branch of modern philosophy.  Metaphysics is the study of first principles of things, including abstract concepts such as being, knowing, substance, cause, identity, ti...

#67: Modern Metaphysics Part I from 2017-01-12T21:01:36

Basics of the metaphysics branch of philosophy.  Metaphysics is the study of first principles of things, including abstract concepts such as being, knowing, substance, cause, identity, time, and...

#66: Ontology and Metaphysics from 2017-01-12T20:46:09

Basics of classical metaphysics and ontology as a subset of metaphysics.  Metaphysics is the study of first principles of things, including abstract concepts such as being, knowing, substance, c...

#65: Introduction to Metaphysics from 2016-12-08T18:30:21

Basics of the metaphysics branch of philosophy.  Metaphysics is the study of first principles of things, including abstract concepts such as being, knowing, substance, cause, identity, time, and...

#64: Introduction to Epistemology from 2016-12-08T18:12:47

Basics of the epistemology branch of philosophy. Epistemology is the study of knowledge and justified true belief. Philosophers and theologians will be discussing basic history, problems, and is...

#63: Science and its Future as Religion from 2016-11-09T18:04:03

Basics of philosophy of science. Definitions and implications of science  for a modern non-academic audience and from a working class perspective. The emphasis in this episode is the status of s...

#62: Order from Disorder / Probability and Statistics from 2016-11-09T17:54:17

Basics of philosophy of science. Definitions and implications of science  for a modern non-academic audience and from a working class perspective. The emphasis in this episode is on probability ...

#61: Order from Disorder / Evolution and Intelligent Design from 2016-11-09T17:43:50

Basics of philosophy of science. Definitions and implications of science  for a modern non-academic audience and from a working class perspective. The emphasis in this episode is on the basics f...

#60: Social Sciences from 2016-11-09T17:35

Basics of philosophy of science. Definitions and implications of science  for a modern non-academic audience and from a working class perspective. The emphasis in this episode is on the basics f...

#59: Scientific Language from 2016-11-09T17:25:08

Basics of philosophy of science. Definitions and implications of science  for a modern non-academic audience and from a working class perspective. The emphasis in this episode is on the ability ...

#58: Falsification from 2016-11-07T19:55:53

Basics of philosophy of science. Definitions and implications of science  for a modern non-academic audience and from a working class perspective. The emphasis in this episode is on the required...

#57: The Problem of Cause and Effect from 2016-11-07T19:50:40

Basics of philosophy of science. Definitions and implications of science  for a modern non-academic audience and from a working class perspective. The emphasis in this episode is on the concept ...

#56: Inductive Reasoning and the Ravens Paradox from 2016-11-07T19:44:58

Basics of philosophy of science. Definitions and implications of science  for a modern non-academic audience and from a working class perspective. This episode deals with the problem of inductiv...

#55: What is Science? from 2016-11-07T19:34:45

Basics of philosophy of science. Definitions and implications of science  for a modern non-academic audience and from a working class perspective. The emphasis is on how dominant philosophies ha...

#54: In Praise of Honest Nihilism from 2016-10-25T21:52:06

Contemplation of the question of why does God hate the poor and the answer previously reached. Does this answer matter? Contemplation of nihilism and its relationship to theology and philosophy,...

#53: Ontological Proof from 2016-10-02T15:33:21

Contemplation of the ontological proof within the context of a philosophy of language. Basic history and discussion from the working class perspective of issues in philosophy of language, scienc...

#52: Assumption of the Contradiction: Scientific Language, Consciousness, Subconscious, and Analytic Philosophy from 2016-10-02T15:28:14

Contemplation on the unique attributes of scientific language: falsification and the ability to assume contradiction into language as a benefit. This contemplation uses the example of “subconsci...

#51: The Language of Science from 2016-09-23T14:14:56

Does the existentialist and pragmatic nature of language apply to the language of science? Basic history and discussion from the working class perspective of issues in philosophy of language, sc...

#50: The Language of Mathematics, Logic, and Science from 2016-09-23T14:02:42

Does the existentialist and pragmatic nature of language apply to the language of mathematics, logic, and science?  Basic history and discussion from the working class perspective of issues in p...

#49: Philosophy of Language Clean-up Part II from 2016-09-23T13:53:10

Contemplates further and tries to clarify the relationship between existentialist and pragmatic theories of language and the metaphysics of idealism, rationalism, materialism, empiricism, and so...

#48: Philosophy of Language Clean-up Part I from 2016-09-23T13:43:27

Contemplates further and tries to clarify the relationship between existentialist and pragmatic theories of language and the metaphysics of idealism, rationalism, materialism, empiricism, and so...

#47: Quine’s Fabric from 2016-09-13T17:35:48

What is language? What is the meaning of words? Is a private language possible? Do words such as mind, consciousness, and even pure logic and mathematics have any existential meaning? Basic hist...

#46: Pragmatic Theory of Language from 2016-09-13T17:24:17

What is language? What is the meaning of words? Is a private language possible? Do words such as mind, consciousness, and even pure logic and mathematics have any existential meaning? Basic hist...

#45: Existence Precedes Essence from 2016-09-13T17:14:41

What is language? What is the meaning of words? Is a private language possible? Do words such as mind, consciousness, and even pure logic and mathematics have any existential meaning? Basic hist...

#44: Existentialist Theory of Language from 2016-09-13T17:08:31

What is language? What is the meaning of words? Is a private language possible? Do words such as mind, consciousness, and even pure logic and mathematics have any existential meaning? Basic hist...

#43: The Duck-Rabbit from 2016-09-01T20:38:27

What is language? What is the meaning of words? Is a private language possible? Do words such as mind, consciousness, and even pure logic and mathematics have any existential meaning? Basic hist...

#42: Wittgenstein’s Beetle from 2016-09-01T20:27:28

What is language? What is the meaning of words? Is a private language possible? Do words such as mind, consciousness, and even pure logic and mathematics have any existential meaning? If the mea...

#41: Intro to Philosophy of Language Part II from 2016-09-01T20:21:39

What is language? What is the meaning of words? Is a private language possible? Do words such as mind, consciousness, and even pure logic and mathematics have any existential meaning? Basic hist...

#40: Intro to Philosophy of Language Part I from 2016-09-01T20:14:15

What is language? What is the meaning of words? Is a private language possible? Do words such as mind, consciousness, and even pure logic and mathematics have any existential meaning? Basic hist...

#39: Why does God hate the Poor: Does the Answer matter? from 2016-08-26T17:02:37

Why does God hate the poor? Does it matter what the answer is? Must existentialism deny nihilism? Given humanity’s and each individual human’s universal need for power, what difference does it m...

#38: Why does God hate the Poor: Who are the hated Poor? from 2016-08-26T16:46:45

Why does God hate the poor? Who are the poor? Why does Christian theology state that the poor will always be among us?  Theology is studied as a branch of philosophy and not as religious theolog...

#37: Why does God hate the Poor: The Answer. from 2016-08-26T16:37:46

Why does God hate the poor? This episode provides an answer to the previous contemplation on this question. Theology is studied as a branch of philosophy and not as religious theology. Basic his...

#36: Why does God hate the Poor: Does the Trinity concept help? from 2016-08-23T13:59:05

Why does God hate the poor? Can God love or hate? This episode contemplates whether the Trinity concept of Christianity helps in answering these questions and analyzes to what extend religious c...

#35: Why does God hate the Poor: Can God hate? from 2016-08-23T13:52:01

Why does God hate the poor? Can God hate? This episode contemplates, questions, and seeks to define the human concepts of love, hate, and passion to determine if they can be applied to God. Theo...

#34: Why does God hate the Poor: can God love? Part III from 2016-08-01T19:42:58

Why does God hate the poor? Can humans live without passion? Can God be a Being without passion? This episode contemplates, questions, and seeks to define the human concepts of love, hate, and p...

#33: Why does God hate the Poor: can God love? Part II from 2016-08-01T19:34:02

Why does God hate the poor. Can God love? This episode contemplates, questions, and seeks to define the human concept of hate to determine if it can be applied to God. Theology is studied as a b...

#32: Why does God hate the Poor: can God love? Part I from 2016-08-01T19:27:29

Why does God hate the poor. Can God love? This episode contemplates, questions, and seeks to define the human concept of love to determine if it can be applied to God. Theology is studied as a b...

#31: Why does God hate the Poor: does He will this hate? from 2016-07-19T21:11:07

Why does God hate the poor. Does he will this hate? This episode questions whether human concepts of knowledge, truth, will, and thought apply to God. Theology is studied as a branch of philosop...

#30: Why does God hate the Poor: does He know and think about this hate? from 2016-07-19T21:02:11

Why does God hate the poor? Does he know of and think about this hate? This episode questions whether human concepts of knowledge, truth, and thought apply to God. Theology is studied as a branc...

#29: Why does God hate the Poor: is this a universal hate? from 2016-07-11T15:32:59

What is the meaning and nature of the questions of whether God is moral, just, or fair and of the nature of good and evil and its presence in the world in relation to the nature of God? This epi...

#28: Why does God hate the Poor: is God fair? from 2016-07-11T15:09:24

What is the meaning and nature of the questions of whether God is just or fair and of the nature of good and evil and its presence in the world in relation to the nature of God? This episode con...

#27: Why does God hate the Poor: is God just? from 2016-07-11T15:03:09

What is the meaning and nature of the questions of whether God is moral and just and of the nature of good and evil and its presence in the world in relation to the nature of God? This episode c...

#26: Why does God hate the Poor: is God moral? from 2016-07-01T17:05:05

What is the meaning and nature of the questions of whether God is moral and of the nature of good and evil and its presence in the world in relation to the nature of God? This episode contemplat...

#25: Why does God hate the Poor? Prologue Part III from 2016-07-01T16:29:23

What is the meaning and nature of the questions of whether God is moral and of the nature of good and evil and its presence in the world in relation to the nature of God? By contemplating the ar...

#24: Why does God hate the Poor? Prologue Part II from 2016-06-13T14:31:51

What is the meaning and nature of the questions of whether God is moral and of the nature of good and evil and its presence in the world in relation to the nature of God? Theology is studied as ...

#23: Why does God hate the Poor? Prologue Part I from 2016-06-13T14:19:08

Is God moral? The nature of good and evil and its presence in the world in relation to the nature of God. Theology is studied as a branch of philosophy and not as religious theology. Basic histo...

#17: Introduction to Theology: Relationship between ancient, medieval, and modern theology and philosophy including St. Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, and Galileo. from 2016-05-02T13:03:56

Introduction to Theology: Relationship between ancient, medieval, and modern theology and philosophy including St. Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, and Galileo. Basic history and discussion from the w...

#18: Introduction to Theology: Relationship between philosophy, theology, and religion’s concept of God including Friedrich Nietzsche and Karl Marx from 2016-05-02T13:02:55

Introduction to Theology: Relationship between philosophy, theology, and religion’s concept of God including Friedrich Nietzsche and Karl Marx. Basic history and discussion from the working clas...

#19: Ontological proof of the existence and nature of God. from 2016-05-02T13:01:44

Ontological proof of the existence and nature of God. Introduction to Theology: Basic history and discussion from the working class perspective of issues in theology from ancient pre-Socratic to...

#20: Pascal’s Wager and a religious, pragmatic, or existentialist nature of God. from 2016-05-02T13:00:42

Pascal’s Wager and religious, pragmatic, and existentialist views of the nature of God.  Introduction to Theology: Basic history and discussion from the working class perspective of issues in th...

#21: Comparative religion including realism, non-realism, and pragmatic and Ludwig Wittgenstein theory of language. from 2016-05-02T12:59:08

Comparative religion including realism, non-realism, and pragmatic and Ludwig Wittgenstein theory of language.  

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#22: Islam, religion or politics, plus Christianity and Buddhism logically compared. from 2016-05-02T12:58:22

A practical application of discussed theories of comparative religion using Islam plus Christianity and Buddhism logically compared and discussed as to whether they are religion or politics. Isl...

#12: Truth Rebuttal #1 from 2016-04-25T14:16:35

Buddhist definition of truth and illusion and rebuttal to Aristotelian logic; being and non-being.  

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#13: Truth Rebuttal #2 from 2016-04-25T14:16:04

Christian and Buddhist rebuttal on truth, illusion, and ethics.  

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#14: Rebuttal on David Hume, induction/deduction distinction, morality, and ethics from 2016-04-25T14:15:12

Philosophical rebuttal on David Hume, induction/deduction distinction, morality, and ethics in opposition to existentialism and pragmatics as being the last hope of ethics and morality.  

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#15: Rebuttal on Friederich Nietzsche,Christianity, Jesus Christ, ethics, Plato, and morality. from 2016-04-25T14:14:20

Philosophical rebuttal on Friederich Nietzsche, Christianity, Jesus Christ, ethics, Plato, and morality in opposition to existentialist and pragmatic views.  

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#16: John Rawls and Christian Ethics and morality from 2016-04-25T14:10:02

Philosophical rebuttal and discussion of John Rawls and Christian Ethics and morality in opposition to existentialist and pragmatic views that they also are simply ruling class ideology.  

#9: Ethics, the Pretend Spectrum of Choices from 2016-03-30T18:20:35

A history of ethics beginning with Plato and Aristotle continuing to their modern spectrum of versions in John Rawls to Marxism. Discusses the arbitrary nature of ethics and morality and their insu...

#10: Modern Ethics: Business as Usual from 2016-03-30T18:19:08

Ethics as ruling class ideology that is distinct from morality and existentialist and religious morality. A history of ethics beginning with Plato and Aristotle continuing to their modern spectrum ...

#11: Existentialism, the Last Hope of Morality from 2016-03-30T18:15:54

Ethics as ruling class ideology that is distinct from morality and existentialist and religious morality. Discusses 20th Century ethics and morality.

 

#8: Is/ought, Open Question Problem from 2016-03-30T16:21:55

Discusses the arbitrary nature of ethics and morality and their insurmountable is/ought and open question dilemmas. Discusses David Hume’s and modern philosophy’s analyses of ethics and compares...

#1: Prologue / Philosophical Truth and Illusion from 2016-03-21T12:47:14

Truth or Illusion? Is there a difference in the modern world of algorithms and statistical knowledge? If there is, does it matter to individual happiness which one chooses? Basic history and discus...

#2: Philosophical Truth from 2016-03-20T17:17:29

Truth, Red Pill or Blue Pill, Does It Matter?

 

Basics of truth and illusion in philosophy and reality are discussed in this episode. The basic elements and problems of def...