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In which I try not to fight with my brother while we both try to shut up and listen to my sister-in-law. This is a weekly Philosophy podcast, in the form of a free-flowing conversation on a central text. It was incepted as a tool for my high school students in their Philosophy studies.

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    Episode 9: Wang Yangming - Inquiry on the Great Learning and Instructions for Practical Living

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2020 105:14


    This one stretched to a discussion of Art, particularly Bada Shanren (1626-1705 CE), then we wandered into a discussion of teleology, religion, and progress in society. For some background on Wang and the tradition of Neo-Confucianism that he was at once a part and a critic of, click here. Enjoy!

    Episode 8: Søren Kierkegaard, The Present Age

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2020 75:29


    Excerpt from Two Ages: A Literary Review 1846It is a review of Thomasine Christine Gyllembourg-Ehrensvärd's 1845 novel, Two AgesEnjoy!

    Episode 7: Is Free Will A Scam? (Part 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2020 40:55


    Episode 6: Is Free Will a Scam? (Part 1)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2020 29:59


    We broke this week's content up into two episodes. In this first part we mostly wrestle with Spinoza's logic and the question of a naturally determined reality vs. a pre-determined one. Stay tuned for Part 2!

    Episode 5: David Foster Wallace - E Unibus Plurum

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2020 78:26


    In the "Depressingly Prophetic" file, just behind Forster's The Machine Stops, lies this week's essay, E Unibus Plurum, by David Foster Wallace. We enjoyed the conversation, and promise zero irony, and only minimal cynicism. Enjoy!

    Episode 4: Kwame Anthony Appiah

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2020 71:15


    This week we discuss Appiah's In My Father's House chapters 1-5, and assorted other works by and about Appiah.

    Episode 3: Irigaray - When Our Lips Speak Together

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2020 47:15


    The theme for this week (and next) is Feminism, and we read several brilliant works, including: Luce Irigaray - When Our Lips Speak TogetherJulia Kristeva - Powers of Horror (Chapter One - Approaching Abjection)and discussed several more: Delouze and Guattari - A Thousand PlateausIrigaray - The Forgetting of Air in Martin HeideggerEnjoy!

    Episode 2: Zhuangzi Inner Chapters

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2020 80:26


    This week we dig into the first 7 chapters of the classic proto-Daoist text, the Zhuangzi, named for Master Zhuang, or Zhuang Zhou. We worked primarily from Brook Ziporyn's excellent translation. Some other texts mentioned, and also worth reading are listed below, linked to their publisher's sites. Buy them! But not from Amazon. Victor Mair's Wandering on the WayVictor Mair, ed, Experimental Essays on ZhuangziLivia Kohn's Zhuangzi Text and ContextGeling Shang's Liberation as Affirmation - the Religiosity of Zhuangzi and Nietzsche

    Episode 1: Nietzsche - On the Geneology of Morality

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2020 63:34


    Welcome to Free Will is a Scam! A new Philosophy podcast, in which I (mawkishly? Tepidly?) attempt to stay out of a fight with my brother, and we both defer to the better judgment of my sister-in-law. We are all teachers, and we love to talk with each other. So, we also hope you enjoy our conversation as much as we did!Additionally, as I made no attempt to acquire copyright approval to use the scant recordings that exist of Nietzsche musical oeuvre, here is some lovely violin and piano music from Loretta Altman, who seems to be Nietzsche's champion in the recording world. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2afrV4f-9EI

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