Podcast appearances and mentions of Harry Frankfurt

An episode all about the subtle art of talking bollocks. We live in a golden age of bullshit. It can seem that our politics is riddled with it. Corporate climate communications are drenched in it. And despite the looming eco-crisis, perhaps our own brains are too. In this episode, Dave meets author Mike Berners-Lee to chew over his new book, A Climate of Truth. It's a brilliant balance of home truths about the state of things, with unputdownable optimism that humanity can - and must - do better. What distinguishes glorious bullshit from mere lying? How do we get more honesty about the state of the world into our politics and our own lives? And in the age of Trump and Boris, how realistic is it to hope that any of this will change in time to face up to, and head off climate disaster? All this, and Macavity the cat too. If you liked this episode, check out episode 19 on Honesty, with Rupert Read. Let me know your thoughts on the show - hello@yourbrainonclimate.com. Please rate, review and subscribe, and share the show on socials. Please consider chucking this humble indie podcaster a few quid at www.patreon.com/yourbrainonclimate. Owl noises = references: 14:34 - Harry Frankfurt's 1986 'On Bullshit', later turned into a book. 18:55 - Quassam Cassim's brilliant term, 'epistemic insouciance'. 21:22 - the Political Lies website: Boris and much more. 25:13 - in case you don't still remember, here's what naughty Volkswagen did. 25:39 - the always superb You Are Not So Smart podcast, here talking about that study that showed you prefer sharing fake news that makes you look good. 34:10 - Julian Kirchherr's paper on bullshit in sustainability literature. The show is hosted and produced by me, Dave Powell, who you can find @powellds on Bluesky and X/Twitter, although I don't use the latter any more. YBOC theme music and iterations thereof, by me.  Show logo by Arthur Stovell at www.designbymondial.com. 

Most liars care enough about the truth to try to conceal it. But simply not caring either way is a different vice, one that American philosopher Harry Frankfurt defined as bullshitting. An example would be President Trump claiming the U.S. has a trade deficit with Canada without having any idea whether that's true or false. Tim Kenyon examines the motivations behind Trump's relentless bullshitting in an article published Feb 25. Tim Kenyon is a professor in the humanities department at Brock University and he joins us today on the podcast.

He's lived a rich life as a journalist, a human rights activist, an author, a columnist -- and now he's written a great book on Gujaratis. Salil Tripathi joins Amit Varma in episode 409 of The Seen and the Unseen to discuss his life, his learnings, these times we live in -- and the times that came before. (FOR FULL LINKED SHOW NOTES, GO TO SEENUNSEEN.IN.) Also check out: 1. Salil Tripathi on Twitter, Instagram, Wikipedia, LinkedIn and Amazon. 2. The Gujaratis: A Portrait of a Community -- Salil Tripathi. 3. The Colonel Who Would Not Repent -- Salil Tripathi. 4. Offence – The Hindu Case -- Salil Tripathi. 5. Detours: Songs of the Open Road -- Salil Tripathi. 6. For, In Your Tongue, I Cannot Fit -- Edited by Shilpa Gupta and Salil Tripathi. 7. The Gita Press and Hindu Nationalism — Episode 139 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Akshaya Mukul). 8. Gita Press and the Making of Hindu India — Akshaya Mukul. 9. Saraswatichandra (Gujarati) (English) -- Govardhanram Tripathi. 10. Gujarat Ni Asmita -- KM Munshi. 11. I Follow the Mahatma -- KM Munshi. 12. Devdutt Pattanaik and the Stories That Shape Us — Episode 404 of The Seen and the Unseen. 13. Ahimsa: 100 Reflections on the Harappan Civilization — Devdutt Pattanaik. 14. Until the Lions -- Karthika Nair. 15. Gods, Guns and Missionaries: The Making of the Modern Hindu Identity — Manu Pillai. 16. The Forces That Shaped Hinduism -- Episode 405 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Manu Pillai). 17. Heroic Failure: Brexit and the Politics of Pain -- Fintan O'Toole. 18. Understanding Gandhi: Part 1: Mohandas — Episode 104 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Ram Guha). 19. Understanding Gandhi: Part 2: Mahatma — Episode 105 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Ram Guha). 20. Gandhi Before India -- Ramachandra Guha. 21. Objects From Our Past -- Episode 77 of Everything is Everything. 22. The Diary of Manu Gandhi (Part 1) (Part 2) -- Edited and Translated by Tridip Suhrud. 23. The Ferment of Our Founders — Episode 272 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Shruti Kapila). 24. Lessons from an Ankhon Dekhi Prime Minister — Amit Varma. 25. Akhil Katyal's poem on caste. 26. Midnight's Children -- Salman Rushdie. 27. Bare Feet – a Poem about MF Husain -- Salil Tripathi. 28. My Mother's Fault -- Salil Tripathi. 29. Jejuri -- Arun Kolatkar. 30. Yashwant Rao -- Arun Kolatkar. 31. The Patriot -- Nissim Ezekiel. 32. Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne -- Satyajit Ray. 33. You're Missing -- Bruce Springsteen. 34. Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Salman Rushdie, Milan Kundera, Ved Mehta and John McPhee on Amazon. 35. All We Imagine as Light -- Payal Kapadia. 36. Niranjan Rajadhyaksha Is the Impartial Spectator — Episode 388 of The Seen and the Unseen. 37. On Tyranny -- Timothy Snyder. 38. Lant Pritchett Is on Team Prosperity — Episode 379 of The Seen and the Unseen. 39. Saving Capitalism From The Capitalists -- Raghuram Rajan and Luigi Zingales. 40. Check out Johan Norberg's great work. 41. The Life and Times of the Indian Economy — Episode 387 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Rajeswari Sengupta). 42. India's Problem is Poverty, Not Inequality — Amit Varma. 43. Stay Away From Luxury Beliefs — Episode 46 of Everything is Everything. 44. On Inequality — Harry Frankfurt. 45. Economic growth is enough and only economic growth is enough — Lant Pritchett with Addison Lewis. 46. Sample SSR conspiracy theory: He's alive! 47. Amit Varma's 2022 piece on the mess-up at The Wire. 48. Television Price Controls — Episode 27 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Ashok Malik). 49. The Selfish Altruist -- Tony Vaux. 50. Sadanand Dhume's tweet on the hypocrisy around The Satanic Verses. 51. Bad Elements -- Ian Buruma. 52. Biju Rao Won't Bow to Conventional Wisdom — Episode 392 of The Seen and the Unseen. 53. Can Economics Become More Reflexive? — Vijayendra Rao. 54. The Life and Times of Teesta Setalvad — Episode 302 of The Seen and the Unseen. 55. Aakar Patel Is Full of Hope — Episode 270 of The Seen and the Unseen. 56. The Wal-Mart Effect -- Charles Fishman. 57. Modern South India -- Rajmohan Gandhi. 58. The Adda at the End of the Universe — Episode 309 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Vikram Sathaye and Roshan Abbas). 59. Whatever happened To Ehsan Jafri on February 28, 2002? — Harsh Mander. 60. Jai Jai Garvi Gujarat -- Narmad. 61. The Populist Playbook -- Episode 42 of Everything is Everything. 62. Where the Green Ants Dream -- Werner Herzog. 63. People's Linguistic Survey of India -- GN Devy and others. 64. The Refreshing Audacity of Vinay Singhal — Episode 291 of The Seen and the Unseen. 65. Stage.in. 66. Reading Lolita in Tehran -- Azar Nafisi. 67. Two Concepts of Liberty — Isaiah Berlin. 68. Understanding the State -- Episode 25 of Everything is Everything. 69. The First Assault on Our Constitution — Episode 194 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Tripurdaman Singh). 70. Shruti Rajagopalan's talk on the many amendments in our constitution. 71. Caged Tiger: How Too Much Government Is Holding Indians Back — Subhashish Bhadra. 72. Subhashish Bhadra on Our Dysfunctional State — Episode 333 of The Seen and the Unseen. 73. Amitava Kumar Finds the Breath of Life — Episode 265 of The Seen and the Unseen. 74. Goodbye Solo — Ramin Bahrani. 75. The desire to help, and the desire not to be helped — Roger Ebert's review of Goodbye Solo. 76. Dalit Kitchens of Marathwada -- Shahu Patole. 77. Firaaq -- Nandita Das. 78. How the BJP Wins — Prashant Jha. 79. The BJP's Magic Formula — Episode 45 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Prashant Jha). 80. The Year of Living Dangerously -- Peter Weir. 81. Ingmar Bergman, Satyajit Ray, Francois Truffaut and Aparna Sen. 82. The New Yorker, Vanity Fair and London Review of Books. 83. Ravi Shankar, Zakir Hussain and Vilayat Khan on Spotify. 84. Nadine Gordiner, Fintan O'Toole, Ilya Kaminsky, Karthika Nair, Ruchir Joshi, Kiran Desai, Nilanjana Roy, Sunil Gavaskar and Mike Brearley. This episode is sponsored by CTQ Compounds. Check out The Daily Reader and FutureStack. Use the code UNSEEN for Rs 2500 off. Amit Varma and Ajay Shah have launched a new course called Life Lessons, which aims to be a launchpad towards learning essential life skills all of you need. For more details, and to sign up, click here. Amit and Ajay also bring out a weekly YouTube show, Everything is Everything. Have you watched it yet? You must! And have you read Amit's newsletter? Subscribe right away to The India Uncut Newsletter! It's free! Also check out Amit's online course, The Art of Clear Writing. Episode art: ‘Asmita' by Simahina.

Current text generators, such as ChatGPT, are highly unreliable, difficult to use effectively, unable to do many things we might want them to, and extremely expensive to develop and run. These defects are inherent in their underlying technology. Quite different methods could plausibly remedy all these defects. Would that be good, or bad? https://betterwithout.ai/better-text-generators John McCarthy's paper “Programs with common sense”: http://www-formal.stanford.edu/jmc/mcc59/mcc59.html Harry Frankfurt, "On Bullshit": https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001EQ4OJW/?tag=meaningness-20 Petroni et al., “Language Models as Knowledge Bases?": https://aclanthology.org/D19-1250/ Gwern Branwen, “The Scaling Hypothesis”: gwern.net/scaling-hypothesis Rich Sutton's “Bitter Lesson”: www.incompleteideas.net/IncIdeas/BitterLesson.html Guu et al.'s “Retrieval augmented language model pre-training” (REALM): http://proceedings.mlr.press/v119/guu20a/guu20a.pdf Borgeaud et al.'s “Improving language models by retrieving from trillions of tokens” (RETRO): https://arxiv.org/pdf/2112.04426.pdf Izacard et al., “Few-shot Learning with Retrieval Augmented Language Models”: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2208.03299.pdf Chirag Shah and Emily M. Bender, “Situating Search”: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3498366.3505816 David Chapman's original version of the proposal he puts forth in this episode: twitter.com/Meaningness/status/1576195630891819008 Lan et al. “Copy Is All You Need”: https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.06962 Mitchell A. Gordon's “RETRO Is Blazingly Fast”: https://mitchgordon.me/ml/2022/07/01/retro-is-blazing.html Min et al.'s “Silo Language Models”: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2308.04430.pdf W. Daniel Hillis, The Connection Machine, 1986: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0262081571/?tag=meaningness-20 Ouyang et al., “Training language models to follow instructions with human feedback”: https://arxiv.org/abs/2203.02155 Ronen Eldan and Yuanzhi Li, “TinyStories: How Small Can Language Models Be and Still Speak Coherent English?”: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2305.07759.pdf Li et al., “Textbooks Are All You Need II: phi-1.5 technical report”: https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.05463 Henderson et al., “Foundation Models and Fair Use”: https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.15715 Authors Guild v. Google: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authors_Guild%2C_Inc._v._Google%2C_Inc. Abhishek Nagaraj and Imke Reimers, “Digitization and the Market for Physical Works: Evidence from the Google Books Project”: https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/pol.20210702 You can support the podcast and get episodes a week early, by supporting the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/m/fluidityaudiobooks If you like the show, consider buying me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mattarnold Original music by Kevin MacLeod. This podcast is under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial International 4.0 License.

Send us a text**Below is AI generated**Is solidarity in healthcare a double-edged sword? That's the intriguing question we explore with our returning guest, Pete West-Oram. In this episode, we dissect how solidarity can both unite and divide, especially when misinformation—what Pete candidly refers to as "bullshit"—pervades public discourse. With a focus on healthcare ethics, we discuss the destabilizing power of dishonest communication and its impact on societal issues like the genocide in Gaza, where language is often wielded to distort reality.The conversation broadens to consider global solidarity in times of geopolitical conflict, spotlighting the contrasting international reactions to the Russian invasion of Ukraine versus the ongoing situation in Palestine. We question the biases in media narratives and political responses, illustrating how they can obscure true solidarity efforts. Despite media noise and leadership failures, Pete and I champion the grassroots movements and community solidarity that emerged during crises like COVID-19, urging for more substantial support from authorities to sustain these efforts.We then turn to the essential role of transparent communication in healthcare, drawing insights from Harry Frankfurt's "On Bullshit." With emphasis on the importance of clarity, we consider how misinformation and epistemic injustices, as discussed by Miranda Fricker, can lead to issues like vaccine hesitancy. By highlighting examples such as the UK's NHS and the impactful work of the Patient Information Forum, we stress the necessity of accessible health information. Whether it's through multilingual resources or straightforward language, the goal is to empower individuals with the knowledge needed to make informed health decisions, fostering trust and combating confusion.Undisciplinary - a podcast that talks across the boundaries of history, ethics, and the politics of health. Follow us on Twitter @undisciplinary_ or email questions for "mailbag episodes" undisciplinarypod@gmail.com

Im Jahr 1986 veröffentlichte Harry Frankfurt erstmals seinen Essay "On Bullshit" oder einfach nur "Bullshit" (in der Deutschen Ausgabe). Dort beschreibt er ein Phänomen, das weit verbreitet, aber bislang nur wenig untersucht ist. Florian von Durchblick Philosophie und ich haben uns anlässlich der US-Wahl und der Beteilligung des großen Bullshitters Donald Trump mit Frankfurts Text beschäftigt. Wir gehen ihn Stück für Stück durch und besprechen ihn anhand zahlreicher Beispiele nicht nur aus der US-Politik. Wollt ihr uns unterstützen? Dann gebt uns doch einen Kaffee aus! :) https://www.buymeacoffee.com/privatsprache Oder über PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/DanielBrockmeier ==== abonniert meinen Podcast ===== Philosophie-Videos: Aristoteles – Metaphysik der Substanzen https://youtu.be/4YJUkOwHPhM?si=_uibCZthCAgOuEsg Max Black – Vier Arten von Regeln https://youtu.be/mDkgxI_SaUI?si=6LczSKN-TImS-dJJ Die Drei Paradigmen der Philosophie https://youtu.be/pOaFF1dQapM?si=ZK4xOJO0E78-2fC7 Die Philosophie von Steve Bannon: https://youtu.be/BhPf1E0sM1A?si=nLnHiYWFdHzrreZl Alle Philosophie-Videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhvEH9NjuPs&list=PL1L_CFjFbZ9aRfcEW6avxSgvxr9Q2jBrH Wie das mit der Philosophie angefangen hat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhvEH9NjuPs&t ====================== Zur weiteren Recherche Harry G. Frankfurt - Bullshit https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Bullshit Harry Frankfurt: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Frankfurt Durchblick Philosophie: https://durchblick-philosophie.de/ Privatsprache: Philosophie: https://perspektiefe.privatsprache.de/ Steve Bannon über Trumps "Flooding the floor with shit": https://perspektiefe.privatsprache.de/aristoteles-sophistische-widerlegungen-kapitel-8/ Das Digitale Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache zu Bullshit: https://www.dwds.de/wb/Bullshit Max Black - The Prevalence of Humbug https://www.ditext.com/black/humbug.html 60 Minutes Statement, warum Trump ihnen kein Interview geben wollte: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDIq-0u8wwQ&ab_channel=60Minutes The Big Bang Theory: Gradations of Wrong https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_1zoX5Ax9U&ab_channel=BicycleNerd Boeings Statements: https://www.boeing.com/737-9-updates Trump und das Foto mit der Bibel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_photo_op_at_St._John%27s_Church Die Tötung von George Floyd: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%B6tung_von_George_Floyd Moore's Paradox: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore%27s_paradox Habermas' Theorie des kommunikativen Handelns: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theorie_des_kommunikativen_Handelns Bertrand Russell - Die Philosophie des Abendlandes: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophie_des_Abendlandes Donald Trump Is BS, Says Expert in BS: https://time.com/4321036/donald-trump-bs/ Trump bei der Präsidenten-Debatte: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5CR7HkByC4&ab_channel=CNBCTelevision Springfield pet-eating hoax https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield_pet-eating_hoax Weidel, Söder, Merz: Die Populismus-Falle enthüllt | ZAPP | NDR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tn5AJlV7pcY&t=893s&ab_channel=ZAPP-DasMedienmagazin Sarah Wagenknechts Aussagen über den Ukraine-Krieg: https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/sahra-wagenknecht-ukraine-russland-faktencheck-100.html Wagenknecht und Weidel im Duell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaOwcdnM5eo&ab_channel=WELTNachrichtensender Philosophische Vertragstheorie https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertragstheorie Alle Folgen Durchblick Philosophie zur Vertragstheorie: https://durchblick-philosophie.de/category/vertragstheorie/ Frankfurts Ergänzungen über Bullshit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_D9Y-1Jcov4 Die "We Call BS"-Rede von X Gonzales https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cK9ie9SFjk&t=387s&ab_channel=GlobalNews Zum Namen von Gonzáles: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Gonz%C3%A1lez Secta-Podcast über Esotherik: https://www.podcast.de/episode/622794948/29-esoterik

Today we are talking about philosopher Harry Frankfurt's famous essay "On Bullshit," and how it applies to Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and J.D. Vance. We also discuss the damage caused by Hurricane Helene in North Carolina, aid links here. Check out the new book by Ryan Mac and Kate Conger as well. Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter.

Filosof Monica Roland og Einar leser tredje kapittel i Harry Frankfurts bok "The reasons of love".

Filosof Monica Roland og Einar leser andre kapittel i Harry Frankfurts bok The Reasons of Love.

Førsteamanuensis i filosofi Monica Roland og Einar diskuterer Harry Frankfurts bok "The reasons of love".

Když v roce 2005 vyšel v češtině útlý spis Bullshit od amerického filozofa Harry G. Frankfurta, překladatel převedl titul jako „sračka“. Uplynulo skoro dvacet let a slovo bylo mezitím i počeštěno. František Koukolík, který vydal knihu na stejné téma v roce 2021, již mohl spoléhat na obeznámenost a knihu nazval Bulšit. Sám fakt, že se obrat v češtině tak zabydlel, poukazuje k potřebě uchopit fenomén, který se svou všudypřítomností jeví jako obzvláště dotíravý. Ostatně Harry G. Frankfurt začíná svou stať poukazem na vzestup bulšitu. Lidé se stále častěji živí slovem, a tudíž někoho o něčem přesvědčují. Sem vstupuje výrazný sklon k „bulšitování“, které nesouvisí s nevzdělaností, to už spíše převzdělaností, jak ukazuje ve své knize František Koukolík. Přesvědčují akademici při podávání grantů, novináři při psaní komentářů, nakonec i kněz v kostele. Cenné je rozlišení na bulšit a lež. Bulšit dává najevo okázalou lhostejnost k pravdivosti. Může být pravdivý i nepravdivý. Bulšiter se zajímá především o to, jak sám působí: bude tedy užívat vzletné fráze, vznešená slova, bude se taky často nořit do složitosti. Naopak lež realitu popírá, což lháři dodává důstojnost: lhář se s realitou musel potýkat, bulšiter nikoli. Pro Frankfurta je tedy bulšit spíše na straně umění, lež na straně řemesla. Autorka Tereza Matějčková se v novém díle svého podcastu zabývá negativním hodnocením bulšitu. Některé aspekty, které Harry Frankfurt žvanění připisuje, nemusejí být vnímány tak kriticky. Bulšit má sklon k experimentátorství. Frankfurt v této souvislosti zmiňuje tlachání v hospodě, kde si lidé „užívají svou nezodpovědnost“. Takoví diskutéři hází na stůl tvrzení, která nemíní argumentačně obhájit. Frankfurt toto hospodské rokování, které se dnes nejspíše přesunulo na sociální sítě a které označuje jako „bullshit session“, považuje za synonymum nepoctivosti. Je však otázka, jestli se i skrze toto bulšitování, tedy zkusmé nahazování tezí, nelze – v konfrontaci s kritikou, ke které může snad i v hospodě nebo na sociálních sítích dojít – dobrat něčeho podstatného nebo se třeba aspoň o něco posunout v poznání. Nadužívání slova bulšit v sobě nese ještě jedno nebezpečí. Nedoceníme, že v případě žvanění jde o možná odvrácenou, ale zcela jistě nepominutelnou stranu demokracie. Platí-li svoboda slova, má člověk nárok na formulování neexpertních stanovisek, ke kterým se sám podle svých sil dobral. Dokonce by to mělo být považováno za žádoucí, alespoň v případě, že snad zatím ještě žijeme v demokracii, ne v expertokracii. I. Proč ten nárůst bulšitu? [začátek až 21:15] II. Kdo je Harry Frankfurt? [21:15 až 24:15] III. Schopnost brát sám sebe vážně základem lidství [24:15–38:08] IV. Bulšit je umění, lež řemeslo [38:08 až konec] Harry G. Frankfurt, Sračka, přel. Zdeněk Strnad, Praha: Columbus, 2005. Harry G. Frankfurt, Taking Ourselves Seriously and Getting It Right, Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2006. Harry G. Frankfurt, „The Necessity of Love“, in: Alex Voorhoeve (vyd.), Conversations on Ethics, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. František Koukolík, Bulšit. O žvanění v organizacích, médiích, politice a vědě, Praha: Galén, 2021. Deborah Solomon, „Fighting Bull: Questions for Harry Frankfurt“, in: The New York Times Magazine, https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/22/magazine/22wwln_q4.html Peter Strohschneider, „Věda nesmí vyžadovat oddanost“, in: Týdeník Echo, 29/2024, str. 16–21.

Can a perfectly good and wise God impose “impossible obligations” (takīf bi mā lāyotāq), that is, obligations surpassing human ability? This question holds profound significance within Islamic theology and carries weighty implications in the realm of Islamic law and morality, particularly concerning the comprehension of divine commands. For example, if one concedes that a perfectly good and wise God cannot (or does not) mandate impossible obligations, then an individual may reasonably question the religious validity of any prescription of Sharia if it is demonstrated to exceed human capacity. As I have argued in this paper, one's position on this matter is tightly connected to the principle of Ultra posse nemo obligatur or “ought implies can” (from now on “the ability principle”). Historically, Muʿtazili, Shīʿī, and Māturīdi scholars have advocated for the ability principle and thus the notion that a perfectly good and wise God cannot issue impossible commands. Many of these scholars argued that the truth of the ability principle is necessary and evident to reason, while they also offered some textual and rational justifications for their position. In recent times, some modernist Shīʿī scholars have leveraged the ability principle and the concept of the immorality of impossible obligations not only as a guiding principle to reform traditional Islamic jurisprudence but also as a cornerstone for the revival of a morally sensitive understanding of religion in general, which they term "humane religion" or Dīn-e Insānī or Dīn-e Rahmānī. Conversely, Ashʿarī scholars have contested this principle and thus asserted that it falls within God's power and authority to impose obligations beyond human ability. This paper sets out to first analyse different types of “ought” and “can” to identify the most appropriate understandings of these concepts in the context of moral and legal obligations. Second, it explores the traditional Ashʿarī arguments, championed by Abu Hamid Muhammad Ghazali, challenging the ability principle and advocating for the moral permissibility of God's imposition of impossible obligations. Additionally, it delves into traditional Muʿtazili and Shīʿī responses to this notion, as articulated by Qazi Abdul Jabbar and Shaykh Tusi. However, it finally argues that the ability principle (and consequently, its theological and legal implications) faces some new philosophical challenges that warrant careful consideration. There are at least three scenarios that can be counted against the ability principle and its theological and legal implications: First, the phenomenon of psychological compulsion, such as kleptomania. Second, scenarios originally offered by Harry Frankfurt (known as “Frankfurt cases”), and finally, cases in which the moral status of one person's action depends on some other person's having a certain moral obligation. This paper briefly examines these new challenges and argues that there are ways to meet them.

Philosopher Harry Frankfurt definitely was not a product of modern academe, where wokeness and outright humbug rule. He understood that the equal-outcomes portion of DEI was neither possible nor desirable.Original Article: Harry Frankfurt, Humbug, and the Battle against Wokery

Philosopher Harry Frankfurt definitely was not a product of modern academe, where wokeness and outright humbug rule. He understood that the equal-outcomes portion of DEI was neither possible nor desirable.Original Article: Harry Frankfurt, Humbug, and the Battle against Wokery

Patty and Brian discuss Harry Frankfurt's "On Truth," the prolegomena to "On Bullshit." Chris Poche, local Philosopher and Librarian, joins us for Part One of this multi-part discussion.

What is Fluff? Not only was the Teacher wise, but he also imparted knowledge to the people. He pondered and searched out and set in order many proverbs. The Teacher searched to find just the right words, and what he wrote was upright and true. (Ecclesiastes 12:9-10, NIV). Harry Frankfurt in On BS: The BS-er…is neither on the side of the true nor on the side of the false. His eye is not on the facts at all, as the eyes of the honest man and of the liar are, except insofar as they may be pertinent to his interest in getting away with what he says. He does not care whether the things he says describe reality correctly. He just picks them out, or makes them up, to suit his purpose.[1] Fluff is whatever is extraneous, superfluous, or unseemly. Fluff is the opposite of the substantial or the fundamental. Physical fluff is never desired and easily floats away. No one wants it, unless it is in a pillow, perhaps. Some students pad their papers in order to meet word requirements. Such padding is always fluff and may involve going down rabbit trails unrelated to the thesis of the writing. Much fluff today is autobiographical, and there are far too many memoirs.[2] Entire books may be autobiographical fluff, such as the egregious Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller and myriad others.[3] Contemporary writers often cannot resist talking about themselves even when it is irrelevant to the point they should be making. One of the great principles of the classic writing guide, Elements of Style, is to keep yourself in the background. This is what Strunk and White write: Write in a way that draws the reader's attention to the sense and substance of the writing, rather than to the mood and temper of the author. If the writing is solid and good, the mood and temper of the writer will eventually be revealed and not at the expense of the work. Therefore, the first piece of advice is this: to achieve style, begin by affecting none—that is, place yourself in the background.[4] Exhibitionism is one of the great sins and blind spots of our age. Consider Victor Frankl's comments about why he reluctantly decided not to anonymously publish his classic book, Man's Search for Meaning: "I had intended to write this book anonymously, using my prison number only. But when the manuscript was completed, I saw that as an anonymous publication, it would lose half its value and that I must have the courage to state my convictions openly. I therefore refrained from deleting any of the passages, in spite of an intense dislike of exhibitionism."[5] Fluff may also be unseemly, which may or may not include gratuitous personal references. The unseemly is what is inappropriate—the lude, crude, or rude. What Paul applies to speech should be applied to writing. “Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen” (Ephesians 4:29). To tighten it up: Fluff is what is unnecessary in a piece of writing, either due to BS, redundancy, exhibitionism, or literary boorishness. Fluff can be avoided by removing unnecessary content, by keeping yourself in the background, and by being polite. To avoid fluff, ask yourself these questions: Am I aiming at objective truth? Have I written more than is needed? Have I said too much about myself? Have I been off-putting or offensive to my reader? [1] Frankfurt, Harry G. On Bullshit (p. 56). Princeton University Press. Kindle Edition. [2] I wrote a memoir, which I attempted to justify in the first chapter. Douglas Groothuis, “Introduction,” Walking Through Twilight: A Wife's Illness—A Philosopher's Lament (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2017). [3] Donald Miller, Blue Like Jazz (New York: Harper Horizon, 2003). The first paragraph of page 103 is the most absurd and egregious collection of falsehoods I have encountered. [4] Strunk JR., William; White, E.B. The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition. Pandora's Box. Kindle Edition. [5] Frankl, Viktor E. Man's Search for Meaning (pp. 6-7). Beacon Press. Kindle Edition. Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

I know. Your life needs an overhaul, but where are you supposed to find the energy to fix it? You're struggling to keep your head above water as it is. The thing is, friend, not all demands on you are equal. The demands that are imposed on you by others exhaust you and send your anxiety skyrocketing - but those that you choose autonomously can energise you. Autonomy is important: just ask Immanuel Kant, John Stuart Mill, Isaiah Berlin, and Harry Frankfurt. How do you choose autonomously? I'm glad you asked.You can find the Identify Your Core Values exercise here, and the 5 Whys exercise here. Read a sample of For F*ck's Sake: Why Swearing is Shocking, Rude, and Fun here, and buy it in all the usual places!ReferenceMartina Svensson, Philip Rosvall, Antonio Boza-Serrano, Emelie Andersson, Jan Lexell, Tomas Deierborg, 2016: 'Forced treadmill exercise can induce stress and increase neuronal damage in a mouse model of global cerebral ischemia', Neurobiology of Stress, Volume 5, Pages 8-18. 

Is it possible to control AI? If so, how can we make it more ethical? Damien Williams, PhD, a philosopher of science, technology, and society, has some ideas. Annanda and Keisha chat Marvel movies, Ultron's bad manners, and what lessons machine learning could take from the world of plant medicine and harm reduction. SHOW NOTES NEW: Come talk to us on social media! We're at @moralrepairpodcast on Instagram and @MoralRepair on X (Twitter). You can also reach us by email: moralrepairpodcast at gmail dot com The Verge surveys Americans on who's using AI tools and what worries them (June 2023) A 2020 note in the Federal Register on how US border-crossing tech expanded and evolved: first for so-called “aliens” (non-citizens) and then to other categories of immigrant or citizen In 2010, Peggy McIntosh shared some notes on her classic “Invisible Knapsack” article (National Seed Project on Inclusive Curriculum) Ethicist Shannon Vallor speaks and writes on the AI Mirror https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40UbpSoYN4k); her book with Oxford UP comes out May 2024. The Associated Press reports on concerns about generative AI producing disinfo during the 2024 election cycle (August 2023) Harry Frankfurt's On Bullshit (2004) A philosophy anthology where listeners can find the Aristotle essay Keisha and Damien mentioned and many other reflections on science, tech, and human values from the fields of technical communication and science, technology and society: Philosophy of Technology: The Technological Condition: An Anthology (2nd edition) Annanda's closing nod to Black poet, professor, and theorist Audre Lorde references a conference address Lorde later published in the collection, Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches (Penguin, 1984/2020)

On Frankfurt's essay "The Importance of What We Care About" (1982), which distinguishes the question of what to value from ethical questions and explores the extent to which deciding what to care about is a free act. Get more at partiallyexaminedlife.com. Visit partiallyexaminedlife.com/support to get ad-free episodes and a supporter-exclusive Nightcap discussion getting more into bullshit, hypocrisy, and more. Sponsor: Learn about St. John's College at sjc.edu/pel.

Mark, Wes, Dylan, and Seth discuss the celebrated 1986 essay "On Bullshit." Does bullshit necessarily involve lying? Frankfurt defines it as instead indifferent to truth, though still deceptive about what kind of speech act the audience is supposed to think that it is. Get more at partiallyexaminedlife.com. Visit partiallyexaminedlife.com/support to get ad-free episodes and tons of bonus discussion. Sponsors: Get a $1/month e-commerce trial at shopify.com/pel. Get 15% off MasterClass at masterclass.com/PEL.

For this month's bonus episode we dissected Harry Frankfurt's gloriously brief bestseller and applied the concept to our favorite op-ed page.  To hear the rest of the show, support us on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/IfBooksPod

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We remember the indelible work of Harry Frankfurt, particularly his classic, "On Bullshit."

Ready to uncover the truth behind the smoke and mirrors of fitness marketing? Brace yourself for a fascinating deep-dive into the murky waters of misinformation and pseudoscience that have become all too common in the health and fitness industry. Drawing inspiration from the philosophical work, 'On Bullshit' by Harry Frankfurt, we're about to expose the bogus claims and shifty language that manipulates us into buying into fitness fads and baseless health trends.But between demystifying 'clinically proven', debunking the myth of 'spot reduction,' and shining a light on the secrets 'they' don't want you to know, we're taking some time to share personal experiences and stories that shaped our fitness journeys. From a Father's Day cupcake surprise to shifting fitness goals and an honest take on calorie logging, we're here to remind you that balance and enjoyment are just as crucial to your health as a well-planned workout routine. So, tune in as we navigate through the lies, the bullshit, and the marketing jargon, all with a healthy dose of humor and realness. This isn't just an episode; it's a workout for your mind and a step towards becoming a more informed individual in a world plagued by fitness-related falsehoods. Let's lift the veil together, one episode at a time.Producer: Thor BenanderEditor: Luke MoreyIntro Theme: Ajax BenanderIntro: Timothy DurantFor more, visit Simon at The Antagonist

How do we have it all? That can only happen when you start letting go of compromises. There's so much of this cultural narrative that these compromises are okay. No! I want to be in a great shape. I want to earn good money. I want to have loving relationships. I want to do incredible work that I love. Why can't I? Who's saying that I can't? When I first started no one was saying, "I can't." It was me who was saying it. I just need to be able to change what that narrative is. - Christopher Dufey Live Life Well from Sunrise to Sunset Save 20% with code "WELLNESSFORCE" on everyone's favorite Superfoods brand, ORGANIFI, including their Sunrise to Sunset Bundle and their Women's Power Stack that includes HARMONY + GLOW for true hormonal balance and great health radiating through your beautiful skin. Click HERE to order your Organifi today. Are You Stressed Out Lately? 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This episode is a simple guide that will help you understand how to make your dreams come true without compromising other areas of your life. Listen To Episode 552 As Christopher Dufey Uncovers: [01:30] What It's Like To Finally Have It All Christopher Dufey Why he had a strong sense of unworthiness. 512 Alison Armstrong: Unconscious Emasculation, What Women Don't Understand About Men + How To Get The Love You Want 369 Paul Chek | All Is God: Three Part Series What it means to have it all. Josh's intense experience with ayahuasca in Costa Rica and what it taught him. 438 Justin Donald | Why Wellness Is A Pentagon: The Art of Financial Intelligence & Lifestyle Investing How his old coaching company felt out of alignment and so he sold it. Mimetic theory [28:50] How to Create The Life You Want 386 Mark Groves | Create More Love: How To Deal w/ Breakups, Boundaries, & Beyond How Josh talks to his inner child. Your past led you exactly where you're supposed to be. 482 Dave Asprey | Advanced Biohacking For Body Mind & Spirit: How To Train A Healthy Brain, Boost Your Flow State + Remove False Beliefs 311 Mark Wolynn | It Didn't Start With You: Ending The Cycle of Inherited Trauma Chris' experience with the birth of his children. 528 Vanessa Lambert | Clear Karma, Find Dharma: The Healing Power of Kundalini Yoga + Akashic Records The journey to self-love and how to flip the switch to take actions that serve you the most. Why values and virtues are the key to having it all. How to manage your time, energy, and resources to have it all. On Bullshit by Harry Frankfurt [54:50] The Best Business Tips from Christopher Dufey How business coaching helps companies build revenue. Why you should choose one method to drive traffic, one method to build a list, one way of selling, one thing that you sell, and do it for one year to succeed. 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Why we need to create heuristics to create meaning of love. His first experience with death and how it impacted him. How keeping death close makes us show up best in the world. We will be forgotten in the future which is a good thing. Power Quotes From The Show What Do You Do on Daily Basis to Achieve Your Dreams? "Show me your calendar. I want to see what you do on a daily basis because that will tell me what it is - that you're actually putting in your time, attention, energy, and resources towards your goals. Show me your bank account statement. That will show me what you're putting your time, energy, effort, and resources towards as well." - Christopher Dufey If I love Myself... "The question that I ask myself frequently is, "If I love myself, would I..." If I love myself, will I go to the gym today? If I love myself, will I read this book rather than watch Netflix? The "if" takes the hardness that could stop us from, "Do I actually love myself?" Which is obviously a journey that we need to be able to go on."- Christopher Dufey Work Hard Towards Your Goals "If you're working really hard towards something, at some point, you've got to push harder. You've got to go past that breaking point and make it happen. Other times, put it down and change directions. It's just not the right thing for you to do." - Christopher Dufey The Closeness of Death "What I took from this world is the fragility of life and how I could be snatched from this at any moment. We need to keep the closeness of death with us so that we can then best show up into this world." - Christopher Dufey Links From Today's Show  Christopher Dufey 512 Alison Armstrong: Unconscious Emasculation, What Women Don't Understand About Men + How To Get The Love You Want 369 Paul Chek | All Is God: Three Part Series 438 Justin Donald | Why Wellness Is A Pentagon: The Art of Financial Intelligence & Lifestyle Investing Mimetic theory 386 Mark Groves | Create More Love: How To Deal w/ Breakups, Boundaries, & Beyond 482 Dave Asprey | Advanced Biohacking For Body Mind & Spirit: How To Train A Healthy Brain, Boost Your Flow State + Remove False Beliefs 311 Mark Wolynn | It Didn't Start With You: Ending The Cycle of Inherited Trauma 528 Vanessa Lambert | Clear Karma, Find Dharma: The Healing Power of Kundalini Yoga + Akashic Records On Bullshit by Harry Frankfurt The Brain Always Wins: Improving Your Life Through Better Brain Management by John Sullivan 435 Dr. John Gray | Wellness In Relationships: Testosterone, Estrogen, Semen Retention & Sexual Polarity Tim Ferriss Wild Wild Country 548 Dr. Stan Tatkin | Healing Toxic Relationships: What's The Bite That Fits Each Other's Wounds? 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Byung-Chul is een Koreaans-Duitse filosoof. Sinds 2012 hoogleraar in cultuurwetenschap en hoofd van het studium generale aan de Universiteit voor de Kunsten in Berlijn. Het is een bijzonder boek, een actueel onderwerp waarvan je voelt dat we op een glijdende schaal zitten om een efficiënte manier geschreven. Iedere zin in het boek heeft waarde. In zijn Commencement speech in 2022 heeft hij het over onderstrepen. Zijn doel is dat de lezer iedere zin onderstreept. Iedere zin moet zo krachtig zijn dat je deze wilt onderstrepen. Dun, klein boek, met veel inhoud. Ondertitel is, Digitalisering en de crisis van de democratie. Het heeft vijf hoofdstukken: Informatieregime Infocratie Het einde van het communicatieve handelen Digitale rationaliteit De crisis van de waarheid Informatieregime Informatiestromen en data uitbuiten voor machtsgewin. Bedrijven en organisatie die veel data verzamelen en dit gebruiken worden machtiger en rijker. Het informatiekapitalisme dat overgaat in het surveillancekapitalisme. Denk aan alles wat je deelt op het web, de sporen die je nalaat met cookies, zoekmachines, de Ring deurbel, de smartphone, het algoritme en de altijd trekkende tijdlijn. De mens verandert in data- en consumptievee. In het informatiekapitalisme waant de mens zich vrij, authentiek en creatief, door vooral over zichzelf te delen. We worden continu gesurveilleerd, maar het voelt niet zo. Influencers als motivatietrainers gedragen zich als verlossers. Volgers kopen gedwee de door hun gebruikte producten. We consumeren ons kapot. Consumptie en identiteit vallen samen. Infocratie De informatie en communicatie neemt ook de politiek over. De democratie verandert in een infocratie. In de democratie was het boek het doorslaggevend medium, met een overzichtelijk ordening van feiten en ideeën. In de mediocratie neemt het dialoog af, de spreektijd wordt korter en vooral zendtijd. Mensen worden in slaap gesust met plezier, consumptie, amusement en vermaak. De dwang tot geluk beheerst het leven. Informatie heeft een zeer korte actualiteitspanne. We zijn telkens op zoek naar de verrassing. Trump is een voorbeeld van deze verandering. Met korte statements, en targeting worden mensen beïnvloed in gedrag zoals voor het stemmen. Met robots wordt de opinie van de mensen en daarmee het stemgedrag beinvloed. Informatie raast langs de waarheid en valt niet door de waarheid te achterhalen. De infodemie met de waarheid te willen bestrijden is gedoemd te mislukken. Ze is waarheidsresistent. Het einde van het communicatieve handelen Hannah Arendt en haar film over Hitler noemt hij hier. We verliezen het discours (de dialoog met de ander). We leren niet meer uit gesprekken met een ander, we luisteren vooral naar onszelf. De crisis van de democratie is in eerste instantie een crisis van het luisteren. Mede veroorzaakt door het algoritme waardoor je meer van hetzelfde te zien krijgt. Digitale rationaliteit Dataisten geloven dat big data en kunstmatige intelligentie ons tot een goddelijke, alomvattende blik in staat stellen en het welzijn van allen optimaliseert. Deze digitale allesomvattende kennis maakt het discours overbodig. Big data en AI nemen intelligentere en rationelere beslissingen dan de mens, omdat we maar beperkte hoeveelheden informatie kunnen verwerken. Een samenleving die zonder de politiek kan omdat big data en AI alle beslissingen nemen, beter dan de mens. Politiek en regering worden vervangen door planning, sturing en conditionering. De crisis van de waarheid Fakenieuws, desinformatie en complottheorieën. De bullshitters. (Harry Frankfurt). Bullshit is onvermijdelijk als de omstandigheden mensen dwingen te praten over dingen waar ze niets van begrijpen. Truthines. Meer gebruik van het hart dan het verstand. Zoals Hitler, de leugen zo groot maken dat het de nieuw waarheid wordt. Mooi voorbeeld uit Orwells totalitaire surveillancestaat, waar waarheid een instantie is.

We are living in a world with constantly increasing levels of BS. Some of it is probably amusing but more often than not, BS irritates, distracts and eventually diminishes the quality of our lives. Join Chuck and Naren as they go fearlessly into the depths of the beast, and try to find out what it's all about. What bullshit is, how the term originated, how to recognize when someone is bullshitting and lots more Add one part news, one part bad jokes, one part Wikipedia research, one part cult references from spending too much time on the internet, one part Wodehouse quotes, and one part quality puns, and you get Simblified.A weekly podcast to help you appear smarter, to an audience that knows no less! Your four hosts - Chuck, Naren, Srikeit, and Tony attempt to deconstruct topics with humor (conditions apply). Fans of the show have described it as "fun conversations with relatable folks", "irreverent humor", "the funniest thing to come out of Malad West" and "if I give you a good review will you please let me go".Started in 2016 as a creative outlet, Simblified now has over 200 episodes, including some live ones, and some with guests who are much smarter than the hosts. Welcome to the world of Simblified!You can contact the hosts on:Chuck: twitter.com/chuck_gopal / instagram.com/chuckofalltradesNaren: twitter.com/shenoyn / instagram.com/shenoynvTony: twitter.com/notytony / instagram.com/notytonySrikeit: twitter.com/srikeit  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bir şey arzulamak ne demek? Arzunun temeli eylem midir zevk mi? Hayvanlar arzu duyarlar mı? Tatmin edilemeyecek arzular, acının kaynağı ve dostluğun önemi....Bu podcast, Hiwell hakkında reklam içerir.Hiwell, sizleri online olarak uzman psikologlar ile bir araya getiren bir çevrimiçi psikoterapi platformu. Fularsız10 koduyla kullanabilirsiniz.https://bit.ly/fularsiz-entellik.Bölümler:(00:05) Leonitus ve parçalanmış benlik.(03:50) 16 temel arzu(06:40) Harry Frankfurt ve Hayvanlarda arzu.(11:35) Nostalji(12:17) Hangi zamanda doğmak isterdin?(14:20) Ultimatom Oyunu: İntikamın zevki(16:50) Yeraltından Notlar: Acıyı arzulamak.(19:20) Schopenhauer: Evrenin özündeki tatminsiz arzu.(22:00) Epikürcülük - Zevk, Ahlak, Ölüm ve Birkaç Atom(31:00) Gelecek bölüm ve teşekkürler.Kaynaklar:Podcast: Psikiyatri ve Duvarın Ardı - İnsanın ArzusuKitap: Who am I?Kitap: Yeraltından NotlarKitap: Aşkın MetafiziğiYazı: Desire (Stanford)Yazı: Why Leontius Looked at Dead BodiesYazı: 16 Temel ArzuYazı: How Language Allows Scientists to Get Inside the Head of a ChimpanzeeYazı: Chimpanzees know what others know, but not what they believeYazı: Decisions and DesireVideo: Kötülük Problemi 2 - Acı ve Bilinç (4. dakikadan itibaren)Yazı: WestworldYazı: Dostoyevski ve SchopenhauerYazı: Epikürcülük - Zevk, Ahlak, Ölüm ve Birkaç AtomSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Our real heroes are often backstage. Montek Singh Ahluwalia joins Amit Varma in episode 285 of The Seen and the Unseen to discuss his life, his learnings and the liberalisation of 1991. Also check out: 1. Backstage: The Story behind India's High Growth Years -- Montek Singh Ahluwalia. 2. Breaking Through: A Memoir -- Isher Judge Ahluwalia. 3. The M Document -- Montek Singh Ahluwalia's legendary note from 1990. 4. The Importance of the 1991 Reforms — Episode 237 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Shruti Rajagopalan and Ajay Shah). 5. The Forgotten Greatness of PV Narasimha Rao -- Episode 283 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Vinay Sitapati). 6. Public Choice Theory -- Episode 121 of The Seen and the Unseen. 7. Principles of Economics -- Alfred Marshall. 8. Alexandre Dumas on Amazon. 9. Gurbani and Heer Ranjha. 10. The Life and Times of Abhinandan Sekhri -- Episode 254 of The Seen and the Unseen. 11. India's Problem is Poverty, Not Inequality — Amit Varma. 12. On Inequality — Harry Frankfurt. 13. The Cantillon Effect: Because of Inflation, We're Financing the Financiers -- Jessica Schultz. 14. Population Is Not a Problem, but Our Greatest Strength -- Amit Varma. 15. State Building: Governance and World Order in the 21st Century — Francis Fukuyama. 16. The Origins of Political Order — Francis Fukuyama. 17. Political Order and Political Decay — Francis Fukuyama. 18. James Buchanan on Amazon. 19. Jawaharlal Nehru's speech about our "tryst with destiny." 20. Fixing Indian Education — Episode 185 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Karthik Muralidharan). 21. Education in India — Episode 77 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Amit Chandra). 22. Fund Schooling, Not Schools (2007) — Amit Varma. 23. Our Unlucky Children (2008) — Amit Varma. 24. The Beautiful Tree — James Tooley. 25. Episodes of The Seen and the Unseen with Ajay Shah: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. 26. In Service of the Republic — Vijay Kelkar & Ajay Shah. 27. The Business of Winning Elections -- Episode 247 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Shivam Shankar Singh). 28. Most of Amit Varma's writing on DeMon, collected in one Twitter thread. 29. Narendra Modi Takes a Great Leap Backwards — Amit Varma 30. Minoo Masani, Friedrich Hayek, Milton Friedman, Hugh Trevor-Roper, Isaiah Berlin, John Hicks and Ian Little. 31. Spontaneous Order. 32. The Evolution of Everything -- Episode 96 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Matt Ridley). 33. Jagdish Bhagwati and Padma Desai on Amazon. 34. Elite Imitation in Public Policy -- Episode 180 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Shruti Rajagopalan and Alex Tabarrok). 35. The Loneliness of the Indian Woman — Episode 259 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Shrayana Bhattacharya). 36.  The Life and Times of Mrinal Pande -- Episode 263 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Mrinal Pande). 37. Beware of the Useful Idiots -- Amit Varma. 38. The Lost Decade — Puja Mehra. 39. India's Lost Decade — Episode 116 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Puja Mehra). 40. Managing Climate Change: A Strategy for India -- Montek Singh Ahluwalia and Utkarsh Patel. 41. Mahabharata. 42. Ingmar Bergman, Vittorio de Sica, Federico Fellini and Roman Polanski. 43. Amit Varma's tweet on velociraptors and turkeys. 44. The James Bond films. Check out Amit's online course, The Art of Clear Writing. And subscribe to The India Uncut Newsletter. It's free! The illustration for this episode is by Nishant Jain aka Sneaky Artist. Check out his work on Twitter, Instagram and Substack.

In this episode we unpack American Philosopher Harry G. Frankfurt's 1986 essay "On Bullshit." This essay explores... -What bullshit is -How bullshitting differs from lying -Why bullshitting is so prevalent in our culture Links to Reading and Other Sources Mentioned On Bullshit by Harry G. Frankfurt Of Liars by Michel de Montaigne Glengarry Glen Ross (film) Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes *note* reading is not required to enjoy this episode! Host: Zach Stehura UnpackingIdeas.com Guest: Max Robinson Theme Music: Polyenso

If leaders are to be judged by their actions, PV Narasimha Rao was our tallest leader. Vinay Sitapati joins Amit Varma in episode 283 of The Seen and the Unseen to discuss how Rao showed  conviction and political skill in going against the tides of the day to enable the 1991 reforms, which brought hundreds of millions of Indians out of poverty Also check out: 1. Half-Lion: How PV Narasimha Rao Transformed India -- Vinay Sitapati. 2. Jugalbandi: The BJP Before Modi -- Vinay Sitapati. 3. The BJP Before Modi -- Episode 202 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Vinay Sitapati). 4. The Insider -- PV Narasimha Rao. 5. The Importance of the 1991 Reforms -- Episode 237 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Shruti Rajagopalan and Ajay Shah). 6. Gandhi's Assassin: The Making of Nathuram Godse and His Idea of India -- Dhirendra Jha. 7. Ascetic Games and Ayodhya: A Dark Night. 8. How the BJP wins: Inside India's Greatest Election Machine -- Prashant Jha. 9. The BJP's Magic Formula -- Episode 45 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Prashant Jha). 10. India's Problem is Poverty, Not Inequality — Amit Varma. 11. On Inequality — Harry Frankfurt. 12. A Life in Indian Politics -- Episode 149 of The Seen and the Unseen. 13. Gita Press and the Making of Hindu India — Akshaya Mukul. 14. The Gita Press and Hindu Nationalism — Episode 139 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Akshaya Mukul). 15. The Life and Times of Vir Sanghvi -- Episode 236 of The Seen and the Unseen. 16. The Clash of Civilizations? (the article) -- Samuel Huntington. 17. The Clash of Civilization and the Remaking of World Order -- Samuel Huntington. 18. Cut the Clutter with Shekhar Gupta. 19. Headley And I -- S Hussain Zaidi and Rahul Bhatt. 20. Wanting -- Luke Burgis. 21. Abhijit Bhaduri Breaks the Algorithm -- Episode 279 of The Seen and the Unseen. 22. René Girard on Amazon and Wikipedia. 23. Amit Varma's tweet on winning the Asian Championships of Match Poker. 24. The Blue Bedspread -- Raj Kamal Jha. 25. The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda's Road to 9/11 -- Lawrence Wright. 26. Modi's Domination – What We Often Overlook — Keshava Guha. 27. India's Lost Decade -- Episode 116 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Puja Mehra). 28. The Alchemy of Finance -- George Soros. 29. Sturgeon's Law and Survivorship Bias. 30. The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Libertarian -- Amit Varma. 31. Ancient India: Culture of Contradictions -- Upinder Singh. 32. Somanatha: The Many Voices of a History -- Romila Thapar. 33. Romila Thapar, DD Kosambi and Irfan Habib. 34. A Culture of Discrimination Or A Culture Of Emancipation? -- Aravindan Neelakandan on Romila Thapar. 35. The Wire -- David Simon etc. 36. Dekalog — Krzysztof Kieślowski. 37. The Fissures of Modern Hinduism -- Pratap Bhanu Mehta delivers the DD Kosambi Memorial Lecture. 38. Upinder Singh, Nayanjot Lahiri and Iravatham Mahadevan on Amazon. 39. The Power Broker -- Robert A Caro. 40. Robert A Caro on Amazon. 41. The World Is What It Is -- Patrick French. 42. Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China -- Ezra Vogel. 43. Lessons from an Ankhon Dekhi Prime Minister — Amit Varma. 44. Sex tape: Andhra Governor N D Tiwari resigns. 45. Bad liver and a broken heart -- Sunil Murthy on Leela Naidu. 46. The Law of Truly Large Numbers. 47. Unlikely is Inevitable -- Amit Varma. 48. Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln -- Doris Kearns Goodwin. 49. To the Brink and Back: India's 1991 Story -- Jairam Ramesh. 50. Brideshead Revisited -- Evelyn Waugh. 51. Brideshead Revisited, the TV series. This episode is sponsored by CTQ Compounds. Check out The Daily Reader and FutureStack. Use the code UNSEEN for Rs 2500 off. Check out Amit's online course, The Art of Clear Writing. And subscribe to The India Uncut Newsletter. It's free! The illustration for this episode is by Nishant Jain aka Sneaky Artist. Check out his work on Twitter, Instagram and Substack.

He's been an academic who's studied the country, and a businessman who's created wealth and jobs. Now he wants to help India achieve its potential. Naushad Forbes joins Amit Varma in episode 282 of The Seen and the Unseen to talk about his life and learnings -- and the roadmap that can help India lift its citizens. Also check out: 1. The Struggle And The Promise: Restoring India's Potential -- Naushad Forbes. 2. Ram Guha Reflects on His Life -- Episode 266 of The Seen and the Unseen. 3. Aakar Patel Is Full of Hope -- Episode 270 of The Seen and the Unseen. 4. PG Wodehouse on Amazon. 5. The Importance of the 1991 Reforms -- Episode 237 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Shruti Rajagopalan and Ajay Shah). 6. Elite Imitation in Public Policy -- Episode 180 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Shruti Rajagopalan and Alex Tabarrok). 7. The Great Redistribution -- Amit Varma. 8. Early Indians — Tony Joseph. 9. Tony Joseph's episode of The Seen and the Unseen. 10. Who We Are and How We Got Here — David Reich. 11. Two-and-a-Half Bengalis Have an Economics Adda -- Episode 274 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Rajeswaro Sengupta and Shrayana Bhattacharya). 12. India's Problem is Poverty, Not Inequality — Amit Varma. 13. On Inequality — Harry Frankfurt. 14. Our Unlucky Children (2008) — Amit Varma. 15. Fund Schooling, Not Schools (2007) — Amit Varma. 16. The Beautiful Tree -- James Tooley. 17. Fixing Indian Education -- Episode 185 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Karthik Muralidharan). 18. The Loneliness of the Indian Woman -- Episode 259 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Shrayana Bhattacharya). 19. Black Beauty -- Anne Sewell. 20. Enid Blyton and Gerald Durrell on Amazon. 21. Leave it to Psmith -- PG Wodehouse. 22. Survival In Auschwitz -- Primo Levi. 23. Homage to Catalonia -- George Orwell. 24. Steven Van Zandt: Springsteen, the death of rock and Van Morrison on Covid — Richard Purden. 25. Marginal Revolution. 26. Econ Talk — Russ Roberts's podcast. 27. Conversations With Tyler — Tyler Cowen's podcast. 28. Deirdre McCloskey on Amazon. 29. Manmohan Singh's budget speech on July 24, 1991. 30. Government's End: Why Washington Stopped Working -- Jonathan Rauch. 31. The oddest entry in Business Week's 2009 list of the 50 Most Powerful People in India. 32. India's Lost Decade — Episode 116 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Puja Mehra). 33. The Lost Decade — Puja Mehra. 34. State Building: Governance and World Order in the 21st Century -- Francis Fukuyama. 35. The Origins of Political Order -- Francis Fukuyama. 36. Political Order and Political Decay -- Francis Fukuyama. 37. James Buchanan on Amazon. 38. Public Choice Theory -- Episode 121 of The Seen and the Unseen. 39. Public Choice: A Primer — Eomonn Butler. 40. Wonder Woman, the God of War and Public Choice Economics -- Amit Varma and Kumar Anand. 41. Narendra Shenoy and Mr Narendra Shenoy -- Episode 250 of The Seen and the Unseen. 42. The Tragedy of Our Farm Bills -- Episode 211 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Ajay Shah). 43. Why Children Labour (2007) -- Amit Varma. 44. Becoming Modern -- Alex Inkeles and David H Smith. 45. The Overton Window. 46. Exit, Voice, and Loyalty — Albert O Hirschman. 47. India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy -- Ramachandra Guha. 48. Wealth And Poverty Of Nations -- David S Landes. 49. The Uncommon Reader -- Alan Bennett. 50. On Liberty -- John Stuart Mill. 51. Patriots and Partisans -- Ramachandra Guha. 52. Democrats and Dissenters -- Ramachandra Guha. 53. 1984 -- George Orwell. 54. The Passions and the Interests: Political Arguments for Capitalism before Its Triumph -- Albert O Hirschman. 55. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann and Frédéric Chopin on Spotify. 56. Brahms: Second Piano Concerto in B Flat. 57. Beethoven: The Piano Concertos. 58. Beethoven: Symphonies 1 to 9. 59. Schubert: Impromptus. 60. The Philadelphia Story -- George Cukor. 61. Casablanca -- Michael Curtiz. Check out Amit's online courses, The Art of Clear Writing and The Art of Podcasting. And subscribe to The India Uncut Newsletter. It's free! The illustration for this episode is by Nishant Jain aka Sneaky Artist. Check out his work on Twitter, Instagram and Substack.

In this reading group episode, we discuss Harry Frankfurt's landmark 1969 paper, "Alternate Possibilities and Moral Responsibility" Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper: https://www.jstor.org/stable/2023833 Twitter: @JordanCMyers You can also get in contact by emailing me at platoscavepodcast@gmail.com Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD1RiH1j-M6C59z1upPXkWw?disable_polymer=true Plato's Cave Website: https://platoscave.fireside.fm/ Special Guests: Adam (Reading Group Discussions) and Giffin (Reading Group Discussions).

In this reading group episode, we discuss Frankfurt's famous paper, Freedom of the Will and the Concept of a Person. Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper: https://www.jstor.org/stable/2024717 Twitter: @JordanCMyers You can also get in contact by emailing me at platoscavepodcast@gmail.com Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD1RiH1j-M6C59z1upPXkWw?disable_polymer=true Plato's Cave Website: https://platoscave.fireside.fm/ Special Guests: Adam (Reading Group Discussions) and Giffin (Reading Group Discussions).

Guests featured in this episode:Éric Fassin, Professor of sociology and co-chair of the Gender Studies Department at Paris VIII. University, where he also established the Research Center on Gender and Sexuality Studies. His research addresses sexual and racial politics as well as immigration issues, in France, Europe, and in the United States in a comparative perspective. He is currently working on book project with his brother, Didier Fassin, on The Rising Significance of Race in France, to be published the University of Chicago Press. GLOSSARY:How Assa Traoré became a symbolic figure in France?(00:16:00 or p.4 in the transcript)Assa Traoré is the sister of Adama Traoré, a black French man who died in police custody in 2016. Assa Traoré has been acquitted of defamation charges brought against her by police officers. She accused three police officers of killing her brother, but the investigators have been unable to agree  if he was suffocated or if he died because of an underlying medical condition.The death of Adama Traoré has elicited many parallels between George Floyd's death in the U.S. Assa Traoré, has become the symbolic figure of the Black Lives Matter movement in France. Source:  Democracy in Question? is brought to you by:• Central European University: CEU• The Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy in Geneva: AHCD• The Podcast Company: Novel Follow us on social media!• Central European University: @CEU• Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy in Geneva: @AHDCentreSubscribe to the show. If you enjoyed what you listened to, you can support us by leaving a review and sharing our podcast in your networks!  What does Harry Frankfurt write On Bullshit? (00:35:06 or p.8 in the transcript) Harry Frankfurt, a moral philosopher, makes the following observation in his book: “One of the most salient features of our culture is that there is so much bullshit.” Aspects of the bullshit problem are discussed partly with reference to the Oxford English Dictionary, Wittgenstein and Saint Augustine. Three points seem especially important – the distinction between lying and bullshitting, the question of why there is so much bullshit in the current day and age, and a critique of sincerity qua bullshit.Frankfurt makes an important distinction between lying and bullshitting. Both the liar and the bullshitter try to get away with something. But ‘lying' is perceived to be a conscious act of deception, whereas ‘bullshitting' is unconnected to a concern for truth. Frankfurt regards this ‘indifference to how things really are', as the essence of bullshit. Furthermore, a lie is necessarily false, but bullshit is not – bullshit may happen to be correct or incorrect. The crux of the matter is that bullshitters hide their lack of commitment to truth. Since bullshitters ignore truth instead of acknowledging and subverting it, bullshit is a greater enemy of truth than lies. Source:

Die 61. Folge des Podcasts Fipsi, der als erster seiner Art den Dialog zwischen Philosophie und Psychologie anstrebt. Peter Kügler, der zum zweiten Mal mit Hannes Wendler und Alexander Wendt im Gespräch ist, stellt einige Überlegungen dazu vor, ob die Beziehung zwischen Lebenssinn und Moral subjektivistisch oder objektivistisch zu verstehen ist. Dabei wird auf Tatjana Schnell, Harry Frankfurt, Thaddeus Metz und Julian Baggini Bezug genommen.Auf YouTube finden Sie alle Episoden von Fipsi unter https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpIT6jK3mKTiQcXbinapKRbf39mLEpKWmAuf Spotify finden Sie Fipsi unter https://open.spotify.com/show/0il832RRDoPZPaNlC7vams?si=5KbdEcF1TImSHexKYGccfw&dl_branch=1Die Website der Arbeitsgemeinschaft: https://www.phi-psy.deMelden Sie sich mit Rückmeldungen und Anmerkungen gerne unter fipsi@phi-psy.deDiskutieren Sie mit uns auf Telegram: https://t.me/FipsiPPP oder https://t.me/PhiundPsyFür das Intro bedanken wir uns bei Estella und Peter: https://www.instagram.com/elpetera

Winter is here.The pandemic has receded, but our economy was already in bad shape before Covid struck, which made it plummet further. Where do we stand now? Can we recover? Puja Mehra and Mohit Satyanand join Amit Varma in episode 252 of The Seen and the Unseen to take stock. Also check out: 1. The Lost Decade -- Puja Mehra. 2. Gimme Mo -- Mohit Satyanand's newsletter. 3. India's Lost Decade -- Episode 116 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Puja Mehra). 4. This is All Because of Rupal Ben -- Episode 5 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Mohit Satyanand.) 5. Poker and Stock Markets -- Episode 47 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Mohit Satyanand). 6. Two Economic Crises (2008 & 2019) -- Episode 135 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Mohit Satynanand). 7. India's Start-Up Ecosystem -- Episode 171 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Mohit Satyanand). 8. The Tragedy of Our Farm Bills -- Episode 211 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Ajay Shah). 9. Episodes of The Seen and the Unseen on agriculture (in reverse chronological order): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. 10. Previous episodes of The Seen and the Unseen on Covid-19: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13. 11. The Importance of the 1991 Reforms -- Episode 237 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Shruti Rajagopalan). 12. Taking Stock of Our Economy (May 2021) -- Episode 227 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Ila Patnaik). 13. The Indian Economy in 2019 — Episode 153 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Vivek Kaul). 14. Demystifying GDP -- Episode 130 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Rajeswari Sengupta). 15. The Art and Science of Economic Policy — Episode 154 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Vijay Kelkar & Ajay Shah). 16. In Service of the Republic — Vijay Kelkar and Ajay Shah. 17. The City and the City -- China Miéville. 18. The Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect. 19. On Bullshit -- Harry Frankfurt. 20. India: Redeeming the Economic Pledge -- Bibek Debroy. 21. The Anti-Defection Law -- Episode 13 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Barun Mitra). 22. The Business of Winning Elections -- Episode 247 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Shivam Shankar Singh). 23. We Are Fighting Two Disasters: Covid-19 and the Indian State -- Amit Varma. 24. Pandemonium in India's Banks -- Episode 212 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Tamal Bandyopadhyay.) 25. Goodbye Solo -- Ramin Bahrani. 26. The desire to help, and the desire not to be helped -- Roger Ebert's review of Goodbye Solo. 27. India's Problem is Poverty, Not Inequality -- Amit Varma. 28. Fooled by Randomness -- Nassim Nicholas Taleb. 29. Women at Work -- Episode 132 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Namita Bhandare). 30. Kashi Ka Assi -- Kashinath Singh. 31. The Dharma Forest -- Keerthik Sasidharan. 32. The Better Angels of Our Nature -- Steven Pinker. 33. The Blank Slate -- Steven Pinker. This episode is sponsored by Intel. Please subscribe to The India Uncut Newsletter. It's free! And check out Amit's online course, The Art of Clear Writing.

In this episode of the podcast, we speak with Ian McCarthy about the many faces of bullshit — how it's different from lies, the harmless and harmful forms it can take, and what organizations can do to measure and mitigate its effects.We discuss:- How McCarthy's background as an engineer, particularly engineering's focus on authenticity and risk management, have shaped his approach to bullshit- Why reading the seminal essay “On Bullshit” by Harry Frankfurt prompted his curiosity about the role of BS in the corporate world - The many shapes of BS, from pub banter to persuasion tool- What distinguishes BS from lying- BS as a power strategy with career risks- The effect of BS on organizational cultures, and how culture rewards BS- The use of BS in the more visionary and creative stages or parts of an organization- How organizational leaders can counter BS when it is destructive- The place of BS in ESG- How remote work shapes BS in organizationsIan McCarthy is the W.J. VanDusen Professor of Innovation and Operations Management. He came to Simon Fraser University from the University of Warwick, England, where he was a Reader and Head of the Organizational Systems Strategy Unit. He worked for several years as a manufacturing engineer before earning his PhD in operations strategy from the University of Sheffield. His research and teaching focus on operations management, change and innovation management, and social media.

In this episode of the podcast, we speak with Ian McCarthy about the many faces of bullshit — how it's different from lies, the harmless and harmful forms it can take, and what organizations can do to measure and mitigate its effects.We discuss:- How McCarthy's background as an engineer, particularly engineering's focus on authenticity and risk management, have shaped his approach to bullshit- Why reading the seminal essay “On Bullshit” by Harry Frankfurt prompted his curiosity about the role of BS in the corporate world - The many shapes of BS, from pub banter to persuasion tool- What distinguishes BS from lying- BS as a power strategy with career risks- The effect of BS on organizational cultures, and how culture rewards BS- The use of BS in the more visionary and creative stages or parts of an organization- How organizational leaders can counter BS when it is destructive- The place of BS in ESG- How remote work shapes BS in organizationsIan McCarthy is the W.J. VanDusen Professor of Innovation and Operations Management. He came to Simon Fraser University from the University of Warwick, England, where he was a Reader and Head of the Organizational Systems Strategy Unit. He worked for several years as a manufacturing engineer before earning his PhD in operations strategy from the University of Sheffield. His research and teaching focus on operations management, change and innovation management, and social media.

Wir können den Sinn unseres Lebens nur finden durch Selbstrelativierung. Denn erst dadurch transzendieren wir uns selbst hin zu einem Größeren, das unserem Leben Sinn, Wert und Bedeutung verleiht.

Does freedom require alternative possibilities? That's the question for this episode of the egg timer. Tune in as Harry Frankfurt's enduring answer to this question is cracked open. Send over your thoughts, questions or ideas for future episodes to: eggtimerphilosophy@gmail.com Image Attribution: By Enoch Lai at the English language Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4684093

The liberalisation of 1991 lifted more than a quarter of a billion people in India out of poverty. And yet, we often don't recognise their importance, and have gone backwards in the last decade. Shruti Rajagopalan and Ajay Shah join Amit Varma in episode 237 of The Seen and the Unseen to discuss what life was like before 1991, where we had gone wrong, what we put right and what remains to be done. Also check out: 1. The 1991 Project. 2. The quest for economic freedom in India -- Shruti Rajagopalan. 3. Ideas and Origins of the Planning Commission in India -- Shruti Rajagopalan. 4. The Art and Science of Economic Policy -- Episode 154 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Vijay Kelkar and Ajay Shah). 5. The Economics and Politics of Vaccines -- Episode 223 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Ajay Shah). 6. The Tragedy of Our Farm Bills -- Episode 211 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Ajay Shah). 7. Other episodes of The Seen and the Unseen with Ajay Shah: 1, 2, 3. 8. In Service of the Republic — Vijay Kelkar & Ajay Shah 9. Episodes of The Seen and the Unseen w Shruti Rajagopalan, in reverse chronological order: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16. 10. Population Is Not a Problem, but Our Greatest Strength -- Amit Varma. 11. Raghu Sanjaylal Jaitley's Father's Scooter -- Episode 214 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Raghu Sanjaylal Jaitley). 12. Anticipating the Unintended — Pranay Kotasthane and Raghu Sanjaylal Jaitley's newsletter. 13. The Dark Side of the Moon -- Pink Floyd. 14. Wish You Were Here -- Pink Floyd. 15. Free to Choose -- Milton Friedman and Rose Friedman. 16. The Road to Serfdom -- Friedrich Hayek. 17. The Fatal Conceit --  Friedrich Hayek. 18. The Clash of Economic Ideas -- Lawrence H White. 19. Pandit's Mind -- The 1951 Time magazine cover story on Jawaharlal Nehru. 20. Lessons from an Ankhon Dekhi Prime Minister -- Amit Varma. 21. An Autobiography -- Jawaharlal Nehru. 22. The Discovery of India -- Jawaharlal Nehru. 23. The First Assault on Our Constitution -- Episode 194 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Tripurdaman Singh). 24. Profit = Philanthropy -- Amit Varma. 25. India Unbound -- Gurcharan Das. 26. India Transformed: 25 Years of Economic Reforms -- Edited by Rakesh Mohan. 27. Fixing Indian Education -- Episode 185 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Karthik Muralidharan). 28. Understanding Indian Healthcare -- Episode 225 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Karthik Muralidharan).  29. Modi's Lost Opportunity -- Episode 119 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Salman Soz). 30. Bootleggers and Baptists-The Education of a Regulatory Economist — Bruce Yandle. 31. Pigs Don't Fly: The Economic Way of Thinking about Politics — Russell Roberts. 32. Raees: An Empty Shell of a Gangster Film — Amit Varma. 33. The White Man's Burden -- William Easterly. 34. The Tyranny of Experts -- William Easterly. 35. Planners vs. Searchers in Foreign Aid -- William Easterly. 36. We, the People -- Nani Palikhiwala. 37. India's Agriculture Crisis — Episode 140 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Barun Mitra & Kumar Anand). 38. DeMon, Morality and the Predatory Indian State -- Episode 85 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Shruti Rajagopalan). 39. Most of Amit Varma's writing on DeMon, collected in one Twitter thread. 40. Narendra Modi Takes a Great Leap Backwards — Amit Varma 41. Beware of the Useful Idiots -- Amit Varma. 42. Restaurant Regulations in India -- Episode 18 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Madhu Menon). 43. India's Problem is Poverty, Not Inequality -- Amit Varma. 44. On Inequality -- Harry Frankfurt. 45. Breaking the Caste Barrier: Intergenerational Mobility in India -- Viktoria Hnatkovska, Amartya Lahiri and Sourabh B Paul. 46. Intergenerational Mobility in India: New Methods and Estimates Across Time, Space, and Communities -- Sam Asher, Paul Novosad and Charlie Rafkin. 47. Defying the Odds: The Rise of Dalit Entrepreneurs -- Devesh Kapur, D Shyam Babu and Chandra Bhan Prasad. 48. Taking Stock of Our Economy -- Episode 227 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Ila Patnaik). 49. India's Lost Decade -- Episode 116 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Puja Mehra). 50. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's books on Amazon. This episode is sponsored by CTQ Compounds. Check out The Daily Reader, FutureStack and The Social Capital Compound. Use the code UNSEEN for Rs 2500 off. Please subscribe to The India Uncut Newsletter. It's free! And check out Amit's online course, The Art of Clear Writing.

Human autonomyIn this episode, Ezechiel and Andy ask what autonomy really is. What does it mean to be "free"? Are drug addicts free? And what is unique about human beings?Join us for a weekly dose of Daily Philosophy!Brought to you by https://daily-philosophy.com.Music: Nightlife by Michael Kobrin, from: https://pixabay.com/music.00:01:47 What is unique about humans?00:06:39 Is everybody special?00:08:51 Deontological ethics00:09:27 Uniqueness and dignity 00:14:08 Are religious societies better?00:15:59 Is freedom the absence of obstacles? 00:16:50 Meritocracy00:19:08 Protestant work ethic00:20:59 Autonomy00:21:16 Harry Frankfurt (1929-) on autonomy00:22:49 Addiction and freedom 00:26:47 Ronald Dworkin (1931-2013)00:28:06 Autonomy as the capacity to question one's will00:28:45 Orthonomy (Pettit and Smith 1993)00:32:20 Relational autonomy00:34:50 Autonomy and the technological world00:36:52 Is capitalism the real problem?00:39:20 What is the human brain for?Philosophers and theories mentioned:00:08:51 Deontological ethics00:16:50 Meritocracy00:21:16 Harry Frankfurt (1929-) on autonomy00:26:47 Ronald Dworkin (1931-2013)00:28:45 Orthonomy (Pettit and Smith 1993)00:32:20 Relational autonomyAccented Philosophy - Every Tuesday (or thereabouts :))

The task of a journalist is to document the present moment. And there have been plenty of crazy present moments in India in the last 40 years. Vir Sanghvi joins Amit Varma in episode 236 of The Seen and the Unseen to share his insights on how our society, politics and media have been transformed over the course of his career. He also looks inwards. Also check out: 1. A Rude Life -- Vir Sanghvi. 2. Vir Sanghvi's books on Amazon. 3. Vir Sanghvi's homepage, Twitter and Instagram. 4. Travelling in the Time of Covid -- Vir Sanghvi. 5. Biryani Was Always Meant for the Masses and Not the Kings -- Vir Sanghvi. 6. Don't Think Too Much of Yourself. You're an Accident -- Amit Varma. 7. The Great Gatsby -- F Scott Fitzgerald. 8. Kanti Bajpai on India vs China -- Episode 234 of The Seen and the Unseen. 9. A Cricket Tragic Celebrates the Game — Episode 201 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Ramachandra Guha). 10. The Indianness of Indian Food — Episode 95 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Vikram Doctor). 11. Early Indians — Episode 112 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Tony Joseph). 12. Understanding India Through Its Languages -- Episode 232 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Peggy Mohan). 13. Private Truths, Public Lies -- Timur Kuran. 14. The Gita Press and Hindu Nationalism -- Episode 139 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Akshaya Mukul). 15. The BJP Before Modi -- Episode 202 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Vinay Sitapati). 16. The Business of Books -- Episode 150 of The Seen and the Unseen (w VK Karthika). 17. Newsman's English -- Harold Evans. 18. Pictures on a Page -- Harold Evans. 19. Steven Van Zandt: Springsteen, the death of rock and Van Morrison on Covid -- Richard Purden. 20. Persuasion -- The newsletter founded by Yascha Mounk. 21. Conversation and Society -- Episode 182 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Russ Roberts). 22. Econ Talk — Russ Roberts's podcast. 23. Conversations With Tyler -- Tyler Cowen's podcast. 24. Making Sense -- Sam Harris's podcast. 25. Politics and the Sociopath -- Amit Varma. 26. Public Opinion -- Walter Lippmann. 27. On Bullshit -- Harry Frankfurt. 28. The Facts Do Not Matter -- Amit Varma. 29. Religion, Food, Indian Society -- Episode 207 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Shoba Narayan). 30. The Saffron Trail -- Episode 222 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Nandita Iyer). 31. Imaginary Number -- Vijay Seshadri. 32. Sacred Games -- Vikram Chandra. 33. The Powers That Be -- David Halberstam. 34. Ramachandra Guha's books on Amazon. 35. Imagining India -- Nandan Nilekani. 36. Rebooting India -- Nandan Nilekani. 37. An Era of Darkness -- Shashi Tharoor (also published outside India as Inglorious Empire). This episode is sponsored by MapMyGenome. Use the code UNSEEN to get 50% off on their groundbreaking product, Genomepatri. Please subscribe to The India Uncut Newsletter. It's free! And check out Amit's online course, The Art of Clear Writing.

I interview John V. Petrocelli, Professor of Psychology at Wake Forest University, about his new book The Life-Changing Science of Detecting Bullshit. What exactly is bullshit, and how does it differ from a lie? Why do people bullshit? And how can we become better at identifying and countering bullshit? These are all important questions given our current social and political environment. Buy a copy of the book for yourself right here. While you're at it, treat yourself to Harry Frankfurt's tiny classic On Bullshit. Theme music courtesy of Body Found. Follow American Freethought on the intertubes: Website: AmericanFreethought.com  Twitter: @AMERFREETHOUGHT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/21523473365/ Libsyn Classic Feed: https://americanfreethought.libsyn.com/rss Contact: john@americanfreethought.com Support the Podcast: PayPal funds to sniderishere@gmail.com

ABOUT THIS EVENT: The meaning of our words is under assault. Can we trust one another, and the language that connects and divides us, to direct us toward truth? Together, we will look at an achingly beautiful passage from Rabbi Isaac Hutner, one of the 20th century's most creative and inspirational thinkers, who inscribes these questions which are at the heart of today's political and civil turmoil – directly in the heart of what it means to be a Jew, and a human being. (And, we'll make use of Harry Frankfurt's famous Essay “On BS”). ABOUT THIS SPEAKER: Rabbi Jason Rubenstein is the Howard M. Holtzmann Jewish Chaplain at Yale, where he serves the university's diverse and exciting Jewish community. Jason is a native of DC and taught at the Hadar Institute before coming to Yale. DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP​​​​​​​ For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library/ https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmi...​ Become a member today, starting at just $18 per month! Click the link to see our membership options: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/become-a-member/

In this episode, we discuss Harry Frankfurt's landmark 1969 paper, "Alternate Possibilities and Moral Responsibility Your support helps me make more videos and podcasts: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jordanmyers Twitter: @JordanCMyers Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD1RiH1j-M6C59z1upPXkWw?disable_polymer=true That's BS Website: https://thatsbs.fireside.fm/ Contact me thatsbspodcast@gmail.com Check out my philosophy graduate school podcast here: https://platoscave.fireside.fm/ Above all, Thanks for watching.

In this episode, we discuss Harry Frankfurt's landmark 1969 paper, "Alternate Possibilities and Moral Responsibility Your support helps me make more videos and podcasts: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jordanmyers Twitter: @JordanCMyers Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD1RiH1j-M6C59z1upPXkWw?disable_polymer=true That's BS Website: https://thatsbs.fireside.fm/ Contact me thatsbspodcast@gmail.com Check out my philosophy graduate school podcast here: https://platoscave.fireside.fm/ Above all, Thanks for watching.

The Ethics and Politics of Drug LegalisationIn this episode, Ezechiel and Andy discuss whether we should legalise (or de-criminalise?) the use of recreational drugs. What are the arguments in favour of and against legalising drugs? What about coffee and tobacco? And is there perhaps a value in exploring altered states of mind?Come along for an hour-long dose of your daily philosophy and understand the arguments surrounding drugs legalisation.Brought to you by https://daily-philosophy.com. Music: Nightlife by Michael Kobrin, from: https://pixabay.com/music.00:01:03 Examples of drug legalisation00:03:17 Netherlands: drug tourism and organised crime00:08:46 Different forms of legalisation00:12:15 Consequentialism: Benefits of legalising drugs?00:15:05 Downsides of legalising drugs00:16:02 Social determinism: are we free to choose?00:20:20 US opioid epidemic00:21:46 Libertarian argument against drug regulation00:23:25 The role of state regulation00:24:56 Sugar, coffee and tobacco00:27:35 Are drug users free to choose?00:29:11 Autonomy and second order volitions00:33:27 Positive freedom00:34:45 Can we avoid state involvement?00:38:00 Parallels to abortion00:38:59 Safe drug taking infrastructure00:39:32 Does the state need to support BASE jumping?00:42:40 Will outlawing drugs drive down consumption?00:45:48 Alcohol, tobacco and other legal drugs00:48:15 Do we have a duty to stay healthy?00:49:00 The normative force of widespread practices00:54:58 Are there benefits to drug use?00:55:42 Drugs as exploration of inner spaces00:56:56 Good Friday experiment00:59:07 Griffiths experiment00:01:02 Should we have access to hidden inner worlds?01:03:30 Are drug experiences anti-social?01:06:58 ConclusionsPhilosophers and theories mentioned:00:12:15 Consequentialism: https://daily-philosophy.com/classic-utilitarianism/00:16:02 Social determinism00:21:46 Libertarian argument00:29:11 Autonomy, Harry Frankfurt and second order volitions00:31:37 Charles Taylor: Hierarchy of desires00:31:52 Isaiah Berlin: Negative freedom00:48:43 Virtue ethics: https://daily-philosophy.com/how-to-live-an-aristotelian-life/00:55:42 Aldous Huxley, Timothy Leary and Ernest Hemingway00:56:20 Shamanism, entheogens00:56:56 Good Friday experiment (1963)00:59:07 Roland R Griffiths01:06:30 Utilitarianism: https://daily-philosophy.com/classic-utilitarianism/

In this episode, we discuss Frankfurt's famous paper, Freedom of the Will and the Concept of a Person. Your support helps me make more videos and podcasts: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jordanmyers Twitter: @JordanCMyers Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD1RiH1j-M6C59z1upPXkWw?disable_polymer=true That's BS Website: https://thatsbs.fireside.fm/ Contact me thatsbspodcast@gmail.com Check out my philosophy graduate school podcast here: https://platoscave.fireside.fm/ Above all, Thanks for watching.

In this episode, we discuss Frankfurt's famous paper, Freedom of the Will and the Concept of a Person. Your support helps me make more videos and podcasts: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jordanmyers Twitter: @JordanCMyers Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD1RiH1j-M6C59z1upPXkWw?disable_polymer=true That's BS Website: https://thatsbs.fireside.fm/ Contact me thatsbspodcast@gmail.com Check out my philosophy graduate school podcast here: https://platoscave.fireside.fm/ Above all, Thanks for watching.

In this episode, we talk with Michael McKenna about semicompatibilism (or, perhaps better, source compatibilism). We discuss two versions of the view: “mesh” theories (including Harry Frankfurt's hierarchical model) and reasons-responsiveness theories.Michael's website: https://msmckenna.com/Michael's book, Conversation and Responsibility: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/conversation-and-responsibility-9780199740031?cc=us&lang=en&Harry Frankfurt's paper, “Freedom of the Will and the Concept of a Person”: https://www.jstor.org/stable/2024717?seq=1If you have a question you'd like us to answer in our Q&A episode, get in touch with us at thefreewillshow@gmail.com, via the show's website: thefreewillshow.com, or through social media:Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshowInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefreewillshow/?hl=enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/The-Free-Will-Show-105535031200408/

Descripción: Octavio y David se dan a la tarea de reivindicar (con la ayuda de Harry Frankfurt) cuán cierto es aquello de que el amor es lo que da sentido a nuestras vidas.

YouTube link: https://youtu.be/QwT-w47Il5c Janice Fiamengo is an associate professor of English at the University of Ottawa. She specializes in Canadian literature and has published widely on early Canadian writers. Better Left Unsaid trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQIzgoFBCnY  Better Left Unsaid film (to purchase): http://betterleftunsaidfilm.com/ Patreon for conversations on Theories of Everything, Consciousness, Free Will, and God: https://patreon.com/curtjaimungal Help support conversations like this via PayPal: https://bit.ly/2EOR0M4 Twitter: https://twitter.com/TOEwithCurt iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/better-left-unsaid-with-curt-jaimungal/id1521758802 Pandora: https://pdora.co/33b9lfP Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4gL14b92xAErofYQA7bU4e Google Podcasts: https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Id3k7k7mfzahfx2fjqmw3vufb44 iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/better-left-unsaid-with-curt-jaimungal/id1521758802 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:18 Janice's writing process 00:02:31 What are Critical Theory and Feminist Theory? 00:04:00 How did Janice go from being an ardent feminist to an anti-feminist? 00:08:20 Why is feminism attractive? 00:10:14 We hear about women being disadvantaged, so how are women advantaged? 00:11:11 The difficulty of hiring a male over a woman 00:13:25 How are women disadvantaged? 00:15:44 On the resume studies that demonstrate discrimination 00:21:09 How to not contribute to systemic sexism 00:26:02 The "shadow" and deleterious applications of feminist theory 00:29:48 Harry Frankfurt's BS 00:35:28 The "oppression narrative" 00:55:45 What is is it all about? Power? 01:01:04 The overt oppression has changed to microaggressions and insidious systemic 01:04:47 Trust requires the potential for damage 01:08:32 How the "humanities" and the "arts" have been corrupted 01:12:58 How has sexism been redefined? 01:15:19 Class action lawsuits that found men were being paid less, despite the counterclaim 01:17:09 If the choice was between "more power" or "the destruction of the West"... 01:21:37 The Soviet Union, and wanting harm to befall you 01:25:26 Self-loathing and rejoicing / fervor when Shakespeare is found racist (for example) 01:27:23 Where does the left "go too far"? 01:28:45 Free speech erosion * * * Subscribe if you want more conversations on Theories of Everything, Consciousness, Free Will, God, and the mathematics / physics of each. * * * I'm producing an imminent documentary Better Left Unsaid http://betterleftunsaidfilm.com on the topic of "when does the left go too far?" Visit that site if you'd like to contribute to getting the film distributed (early-2021).

Happy Thanksgiving everybody, here's a bonus episode I put out on the Patreon bonus feed a few months ago. Hopefully you find it useful.  Bullshit is one of those concepts that is difficult to define, but that didn't stop philosopher Harry Frankfurt from attempting to get a better grasp of it. Most of us are familiar with the ways that bullshit has infiltrated our jobs, daily lives, and even political realms. But what is bullshit? How does it differ from merely lying? Can understanding it help us in our every day decision making? Why is modern society filled with it? Useful questions to ask. Here's the link to Frankfurt's essay, might be useful to read it before listening: http://www2.csudh.edu/ccauthen/576f12/frankfurt__harry_-_on_bullshit.pdf Thanks for the support! Support the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/reflectinghistory Reflecting History on Twitter: @reflectinghist If you like the podcast and have 30 seconds to spare, consider leaving a review on iTunes/Apple Podcasts...It helps!  

I share some random thoughts and reflections, answer a few emails, talk about Harry Frankfurt's brilliant book, On Bullshit, and wrap up a discussion of how cruciformity determines the identity of Christians.

Kann Arbeit Spaß machen? Darf sie Spaß machen? Und: Wie schafft man das überhaupt, diesen Spaß zu erzeugen? Heute diskutieren Marius, Claus und Niklas über Gamification. Damit meint man die Übertragung von Spiel-Design-Elementen in spielfremde Kontexte, um dann beispielsweise die Motivation zu steigern. Dabei ist Gamification kein Allheilmittel. Sie kann auch Motivation zerstören, und sie kann auch genutzt werden, um moralisch fragwürdige Absichten zu verschleiern. Dann kann Gamification auch, um einen Fachbegriff von Harry Frankfurt zu verwenden, Bullshit sein.

Patreon for conversations on Theories of Everything, Consciousness, Free Will, and God: https://patreon.com/curtjaimungalHelp support conversations on "when does the left go too far?": https://bit.ly/2EOR0M4Twitter: https://twitter.com/bluthefilmiTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/better-left-unsaid-with-curt-jaimungal/id1521758802* * *Prof. John Vervaeke's info: https://www.youtube.com/user/johnvervaekeThe "Meaning Crisis" series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLND1JCRq8Vuh3f0P5qjrSdb5eC1ZfZwWJJohn's Twitter: https://twitter.com/vervaeke_johnSubscribe if you want more conversations on Theories of Everything, Consciousness, Free Will, God, and the mathematics / physics of each.00:00:00 Introduction00:02:43 What is an "affordance" in Cognitive Science?00:07:28 The different uses of the word "meaning"00:10:10 Materialism vs Physical-ism00:12:48 What is "truth"? Harris vs Peterson from a Cognitive Scientific perspective00:17:43 Perspectival knowledge (definition and examples)00:21:13 The ways we practice narrative00:27:13 The two world model00:31:13 Buddhism's influence on John's worldview00:33:43 The definition of Harry Frankfurt's "bullshit"00:42:43 Addiction00:45:48 Relationship between Lucifer and Frankfurt's BS00:55:23 What is the "meaning crisis"? (explicating the "meaning of life")01:10:23 Poetry should be read aloud01:11:53 Faith, love, and participatory knowledge01:18:23 The Platonic / Aristotelian influence on Christianity01:21:43 How do reverse-engineer other points of view (such as what it's like to be someone in the 1200s)01:32:13 The relationship between "reason" and "love"01:47:43 The skepticism toward wisdom institutions and the birth of narcissism01:49:43 The way Vervaeke uses the word "God" (God as affording transcendence)01:54:53 The language of myth is lost but we retain the grammar02:00:43 Where are we going with the "meaning crisis"? Is it getting worse?02:06:20 How does John manage his time?02:07:45 What do psychedelics provide that meditation doesn't?02:18:00 Modelling truth in the other domains of knowledge (procedural, participatory, perspectival)02:21:40 The "interpretation crisis" vs the "meaning crisis"02:22:40 "Meaning" is not present in the scientific world view02:25:50 What's relevance? (technical term is: "relevance realization")02:31:30 John Vervaeke's origin of recognition of others02:34:10 How does John collaborate?02:38:50 People will sacrifice wealth for meaning02:43:50 What is "evil"? Buddhism vs Christianity02:49:35 Is Nihilism negative to the psyche, or salutary?02:50:00 What could "free will" mean, possibly? ("freedom" in a certain sense isn't intrinsically "good")02:57:20 Trolley Problem + Sam Harris' model of "evil" being neurological and a reduction of responsibility03:00:50 Jungian individuation's relationship to the Big 5 model03:05:50 How do we practically use this knowledge to cultivate character?03:10:45 On self-deception03:13:00 Tony Robbins (and other self development gurus) operate primarily on the placebo effect03:14:15 "Being in the present moment" is horrible advice03:17:10 What is 3rd generation Cognitive Science?03:24:40 On "wisdom is knowing the difference between what you control and what you don't."03:27:50 What wisdom is (relevance realization)03:28:15 Which theory of consciousness does Vervaeke think is most correct / wrong?03:32:50 Are intelligent people more "consciousness" or wise? If so, are they then more valuable people?03:39:00 What is "reason" vs "rationality"?03:41:30 Audience question: What is objectivity / what is real?03:45:40 Audience question: On evil, and a "moral dimension"03:48:00 Audience question: Is the point of meditation to reduce anxiety?* * *I'm producing an imminent documentary Better Left Unsaid http://betterleftunsaidfilm.com on the topic of "when does the left go too far?" Visit that site if you'd like to contribute to getting the film distributed (in 2020) and seeing more conversations like this.

Whatever you say of India, an old cliche goes, the opposite is also true. India has always been homophobic -- but it also contains Queeristan. Parmesh Shahani joins Amit Varma in episode 190 of The Seen and the Unseen to talk about his long ongoing battle for LGBTQ inclusion in corporate India -- and much beyond. Also check out:  1. Queeristan -- Parmesh Shahani. 2. Gay Bombay -- Parmesh Shahani. 3. Godrej India Culture Lab. 4. Being Gay, Loving Books -- Episode 141 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Vivek Tejuja). 5. Being Gay in India -- Episode 84 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Navin Noronha). 6. Habiba -- Bappi Lahiri. 7. Blank Noise. 8. India’s Problem is Poverty, Not Inequality -- Amit Varma. 9. On Inequality -- Harry Frankfurt. 10. On Bullshit -- Harry Frankfurt. 11. An Empty Shell of a Gangster Film -- Amit Varma's review of Raees.12. Films, Feminism, Paromita -- Episode 155 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Paromita Vohra). 13. Women at Work -- Episode 132 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Namita Bhandare). 14. A Life in Indian Politics -- Episode 149 of The Seen and the Unseen (w JP Narayan). 15. Project Bolo with Parmesh Shahani.

In this episode, I'm joined by Dr. Lindsey Fiorelli to discuss two analyses of bullshit: Harry Frankfurt's view that bullshitting involves indifference to truth, and G.A. Cohen's view that bullshit is unclarifiably unclear. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It is a humanitarian and moral failure that 73 years after Independence, our education system remains broken. We have failed our children through all this time. Karthik Muralidharan joins Amit Varma in episode 185 of The Seen and the Unseen to share his insights from years of research on the ground. We can fix this. Is the NEP part of the solution?   Also check out: 1. Karthik Muralidharan's bio at UCSD. 2. Walking the Talk -- Inga Kiderra's profile of Karthik Muralidharan. 3. Reforming the Indian School Education System -- Karthik Muralidharan's chapter from What the Economy Needs Now. 4. The State and the Market in Education Provision -- Karthik Muralidharan. 5. Karthik Muralidharan interview by Pranav Kothari for EI Dialogues. 6. Charting a Course for the Indian Economy -- Karthik Muralidharan in conversation with Arvind Subramanian. 7. Karthik Muralidharan's archived research and articles. 8. Education in India -- Episode 77 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Amit Chandra). 9. The Profit Motive in Education -- Episode 9 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Parth Shah). 10. The Right to Education Act -- Episode 19 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Vivek Kaul). 11. Our Unlucky Children (2008) -- Amit Varma. 12. Fund Schooling, Not Schools (2007) -- Amit Varma. 13. A Prize for Evidence-Based Policy -- Karthik Muralidharan. 14. Why Abhijit Banerjee Had to Go Abroad to Achieve Glory -- Amit Varma. 15. Poverty and Famines -- Amartya Sen. 16. India’s Problem is Poverty, Not Inequality -- Amit Varma. 17. On Inequality -- Harry Frankfurt. 18. A Theory of Justice -- John Rawls. 19. Anarchy, State and Utopia -- Robert Nozick. 20. Arguments for Liberty -- Aaron Ross Powell and Grant Babcock. 21. Saving Capitalism From the Capitalists -- Raghuram Rajan. 22. Out-Arnabing Arnab -- Episode 8 of Econ Central. 23. Parkinson's Law -- Cyril Northkote Parkinson. 24. Myths of Official Measurement -- Abhijeet Singh. 25. Centrally Sponsored Government Schemes -- Episode 17 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Pranay Kotasthane). 26. The Aggregate Effect of School Choice -- Karthik Muralidharan and Venkatesh Sundararaman. 27. The Private Schooling Phenomenon in India: A Review -- Geeta G Kingdon. 28. Extending access to low-cost private schools through vouchers: an alternative interpretation -- James Tooley. Also, do check out Amit's writing course, The Art of Clear Writing.

What are these green shoots India's government is speaking of? Is our economy getting better? Amit Varma and Vivek Kaul give context to the hype in episode 2 of Econ Central. They also discuss the incentives of politicians in the Indo-China conflict and bust the Zero-Sum Fallacy.     Also check out: 1. Should We Be Aatma Nirbhar? -- Episode 1 of Econ Central. 2. India’s Economy in the Time of Covid-19 -- Episode 177 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Vivek Kaul). 3. The Nuances of Lockdown -- Episode 176 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Anup Malani).  4. The Indian Economy in 2019 -- Episode 153 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Vivek Kaul). 5. The State of Our Farmers -- Episode 86 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Gunvant Patil). 6. India's Agriculture Crisis -- Episode 140 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Barun Mitra & Kumar Anand).  7. Democracy in Pakistan -- Episode 79 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Pranay Kotasthane & Hamsini Hariharan). 8. The India-Pakistan Conflict -- Episode 11 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Srinath Raghavan). 9. Our foreign policy is 8% growth -- Nitin Pai. 10. The Indian Armed Forces -- Episode 175 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Lt Gen Prakash Menon). 11. Stabilizing an Unstable Economy -- Hyman Minsky. 12. Why Minsky Matters -- L Randall Wray. 13. Ponzi Schemes -- Episode 142 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Vivek Kaul). 14. India's Lost Decade -- Episode 116 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Puja Mehra). 15. Profit = Philanthropy -- Amit Varma. 16. India’s Problem is Poverty, Not Inequality -- Amit Varma. 17. On Inequality -- Harry Frankfurt.   And hey, do also check out Vivek’s book, Bad Money, as well as Amit’s online course, The Art of Clear Writing.

What explains wealth inequality? Are inequalities between individuals the result of natural differences, or are they the result of societal institutions? How do Enlightenment values like the notion of the individual and the concept of private property undergird manifestations of inequality? And what, anyway, is so morally objectionable about wealth inequality? Is inequality, in and of itself, immoral? We're trying to answer all these questions and more, and we're using two heavy hitters, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Harry Frankfurt, as inspo. Before that: Kevin delivers a dope ass monologue about "Fuck Racism" merch and how corporate PR strategies undermine social protest. Intro and break music courtesy of Chris Giuliano (https://www.instagram.com/chris_giuliano_gs/). Works Cited: Harry Frankfurt: On Inequality (https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691167145/on-inequality) Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Discourse on the Origin of Inequality (https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/c7b1/f7a25325a96d38b3c705d840e0ef70643e0b.pdf)

What explains wealth inequality? Are inequalities between individuals the result of natural differences, or are they the result of societal institutions? How do Enlightenment values like the notion of the individual and the concept of private property undergird manifestations of inequality? And what, anyway, is so morally objectionable about wealth inequality? Is inequality, in and of itself, immoral? We're trying to answer all these questions and more, and we're using two heavy hitters, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Harry Frankfurt, as inspo. Before that: Kevin delivers a dope ass monologue about "Fuck Racism" merch and how corporate PR strategies undermine social protest. Intro and break music courtesy of Chris Giuliano (https://www.instagram.com/chris_giuliano_gs/). Works Cited: Harry Frankfurt: On Inequality (https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691167145/on-inequality) Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Discourse on the Origin of Inequality (https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/c7b1/f7a25325a96d38b3c705d840e0ef70643e0b.pdf)

David and Tamler talk about police violence, the protests, and Harry Frankfurt's journal article turned bestseller ”On Bullshit." Plus we dive into a comic masterpiece of late capitalism: the University of Oregon's brand guidelines.

Explore the more-than-magical power of words and rhetoric in the wizarding world.  This month’s episode explores Albus Dumbledore’s wisdom that “Words are our most inexhaustible source of magic.” Mark-Anthony Lewis (Bristol Community College and School on Wheels of Massachusetts) helps Emily and Katy understand how speech and rhetoric operate in the wizarding world. He explains why “Harry Potter Has a Consent Problem,” and the importance of not only choice but lack of choice for certain characters and beings (like Muggles) in the Harry Potter series. Spells, of course, gain their power from words, but Mark-Anthony also points to pivotal moments where speeches are more powerful than magical spells. Dumbledore in particular uses speech instead of magic at critical points to persuade and to empower others in the magical community.  Mark-Anthony applies the ideas of rhetoricians like Gorgias, Kenneth Burke, Lloyd Bitzer, and Richard Vatz to explore where the power of language and speech originates, and how it builds relationships and empowers listeners. Does the prophesy constrain Harry’s action through the words it relays? We consider Harry’s means of retrieving the real memory about the Horcrux conversation from Slughorn - which he thinks will involve magic but Hermione knows will require persuasion. How do free will and destiny intersect with speech and rhetoric?  The wizarding world often disdains the physical violence of the Muggle world, but accepts violence generated by the words uttered in spells. Wizards are sometimes blind to the fact that words can do great damage, and to other kinds of physical communication, like the way animals or beasts speak. Mark-Anthony explains that Hagrid is more in tune with this kind of communication, in ways that other wizards are often not, and makes a quite creative connection to the gamekeeper of Lady Chatterley’s Lover.  Characters like Lockhart, Dumbledore, Voldemort, and Snape employ a variety of rhetorical styles and devices. We talk about Harry Frankfurt’s concept of (to put it politely) “baloney” as well as the concept of “techne” to understand how key characters communicate and persuade through their speech. Is Snape a kind of Victor Frankenstein? We conclude with some thoughts about insights regarding crisis communication in the Harry Potter series that we might apply to our current difficult times. 

Brian’s book, jointly written with Julian Savulescu, can be found here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Love-Drugs-Chemical-Future-Relationships/dp/0804798192 and here: https://www.amazon.com/Love-Drugs-Chemical-Future-Relationships/dp/0804798192. You can review Brian’s academic work here: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Brian_Earp Follow Brian YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/earptube Follow Brian on Twitter: @briandavidearp Brian’s previous appearance on this podcast can be found here: https://soundcloud.com/user-761174326/13-brian-earp Additional References Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness (1969). I discuss the book briefly here: https://uncommongroundmedia.com/ursula-le-guin-left-hand-darkness/ Harry Frankfurt’s “Freedom of the Will and the Concept of a Person” (1971) is paywalled, but you can find a summary here: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/desire/ Rhys Southan, “Re-Orientation”: https://medium.com/@rhys/re-orientation-fb131ba7bd9b Timestamps 4:51 The therapeutic possibilities of pro-love drugs 5:37 Biological theories of love: modulating brain chemicals 14:42 The Left Hand of Darkness 17:05 Using MDMA 17:58 Questions of authenticity, first-order & second-order desires 21:05 Changing your sexuality 23:09 Online dating 29:31 The real thing and its imitations: Argentine tango & theatre 38:46 When should we use pro-love drugs, should they be medically prescribed? 45:48 Anti-love drugs. Dampening the libido with antidepressants. 49:10 High-tech conversion therapies 1:03:24 The medicalization of love 1:06:49 Leaving dysfunctional relationships 1:15:19 The future of love and anti-love drugs

Dave introduces Harry Frankfurt's influential essay 'On Bullshit'. Frankfurt describes a new form of discourse that disentangles itself from traditional categories of truth and falsehood. What happens to politics, academia, and religion when language becomes a game? Can concern for social justice or the souls of others justify meaningless or manipulative discourse? How will Dave handle Natalie Portman becoming Thor? Answers abound!

Princeton Philosophy Professor Harry Frankfurt’s famed essay “On Bullshit” is the jumping off point for a discussion about a category of information that is not true but is also not technically a lie. Brandeis Russian Language and Literature Professor Dave Powelstock; Indiana University Near Eastern Languages and Cultures Professor Dan Caner; and Indiana University International Studies Professor Emma Gilligan trace the classical and literary roots of bullshit and antecedents such as sophistry and provide a framework for understanding a key component of the current assault on truth. Bullshit is an actual thing that permeates modern discourse and the roommates take a serious stab at providing definition for a concept that, because it is a dirty word, is often not taken seriously.Discussed in this episode: Harry Frankfurt, On Bullshit; Wittgenstein, Personal Recollections; Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War; Aesop's Fables; Plato, Ethics, The Symposium; Herodotus, The Persian Wars; Homer, The Odyssey; Deborah Cadbury, Chocolate Wars. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In Episode 74, Quinn & Brian discuss: Making carbon capture suck more (but this time, with carrots). Our guest is Henry Elkus, the frustratingly young and impossibly optimistic founder of Helena, an organization that assembles “some of the world’s most remarkable people to develop and lead projects that help build a better tomorrow.” They’re a little different from other think-tanks, though, because they focus on one problem at a time, creating projects that aim to operationally address a societal problem. The first project Helena focused on was a carbon capture solution – one of the most positive and lucrative possible solutions for addressing the excess carbon in our atmosphere, which has to be done if we want to slow down and possibly reverse climate catastrophe. They helped build and scale the world’s first commercial carbon capture company, Climeworks, creators of the first carbon capture plant that is carbon net-negative. Want to send us feedback? Tweet us, email us, or leave us a voice message! Trump’s Book Club: On Bullshit by Harry Frankfurt: https://www.amazon.com/registry/wishlist/3R5XF4WMZE0TV/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_ep_ws_2Gr8Ab6RS5WF3 Links: Have feedback or questions? Send a message to funtalk@importantnotimportant.com www.helena.org www.climeworks.com Henry on Twitter: www.twitter.com/henryelkus The Elk List: www.instagram.com/elklist Connect with us: Subscribe to our newsletter at ImportantNotImportant.com! Check out our Morning Show and other daily bite-size content on Instagram: instagram.com/ImportantNotImportant Leave us a voice message: anchor.fm/important-not-important/message Follow Quinn: twitter.com/quinnemmett Follow Brian: twitter.com/briancolbertken Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ImportantNotImp Like and share us on Facebook: facebook.com/ImportantNotImportant Pin us on Pinterest: pinterest.com/ImportantNotImportant Tumble us or whatever the hell you do on Tumblr: importantnotimportant.tumblr.com Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Important, Not Important is produced by Crate Media Support this podcast

Everyone seems to agree that there's mad bullshit out there: social media is bullshit. Politics is bullshit. Punditry, in its many forms, is bullshit. But what exactly is bullshit, and why is there so much of it? Philosopher Harry Frankfurt thought he had a good idea, and here, Kevin and Dane break down his 1986 essay, "On Bullshit." What's the difference between lying and bullshitting? Is bullshit in some sense a necessary part of our social and professional lives? And who's worse: the bullshitter or the liar? Episode 5 of the Now That You Mention It podcast features a whole lot of bullshit. Before that, though: Kevin's got an issue with oversized jackets, and Dane might be a prisoner of the moment for liking Freddie Gibbs and Madlib's new album Bandana more than their classic from 2014, Piñata. Intro and break music courtesy of Chris Giuliano (https://www.instagram.com/chris_giuliano_gs/). Works Cited: Harry Frankfurt: On Bullshit (http://www2.csudh.edu/ccauthen/576f12/frankfurt__harry_-_on_bullshit.pdf)

Everyone seems to agree that there's mad bullshit out there: social media is bullshit. Politics is bullshit. Punditry, in its many forms, is bullshit. But what exactly is bullshit, and why is there so much of it? Philosopher Harry Frankfurt thought he had a good idea, and here, Kevin and Dane break down his 1986 essay, "On Bullshit." What's the difference between lying and bullshitting? Is bullshit in some sense a necessary part of our social and professional lives? And who's worse: the bullshitter or the liar? Episode 5 of the Now That You Mention It podcast features a whole lot of bullshit. Before that, though: Kevin's got an issue with oversized jackets, and Dane might be a prisoner of the moment for liking Freddie Gibbs and Madlib's new album Bandana more than their classic from 2014, Piñata. Intro and break music courtesy of Chris Giuliano (https://www.instagram.com/chris_giuliano_gs/). Works Cited: Harry Frankfurt: On Bullshit (http://www2.csudh.edu/ccauthen/576f12/frankfurt__harry_-_on_bullshit.pdf)

On our first double-digit episode of The Ataraxy Podcast, we talk about "On Bullshit" by Harry Frankfurt. We then quickly jump from a large number of topics like Social Media, treating life like a marathon, living life paradoxically, and the best way we think one should achieve their yearly goals. PODCAST Instagram: http://bit.ly/2X7geJU AAKRIST Instagram: http://bit.ly/2WhDUOT GIOVANNI Instagram: http://bit.ly/2Wr0PY2 THEMBEKANI (videography) Instagram: http://bit.ly/2MwEchc REFERENCES: • "On Bullshit" by Harry Frankfurt: http://bit.ly/2wvwHfB • "Sapiens" by Yuval Noah Harari: https://amzn.to/2JF6HHb • "The Devolution of Stupid People" by Joe Rogan: http://bit.ly/2KiBGbi • Who are the Medici?: http://bit.ly/2YYHtH9 • Palazzo Medici Riccardi: http://bit.ly/2WjoeLB • "2001: A Space Odyssey" by Stanley Kubrick: http://bit.ly/2Z2T9IT • "The Sentinel" by Arthur C. Clarke: https://amzn.to/2YYdE9N • "The 80/20 Principle" by Richard Koch: https://amzn.to/2XhDKnT • Tom Sachs Interview: http://bit.ly/2MpnDn2 • "Homo Deus" by Yuval Noah Harari: https://amzn.to/2KgdKFK • How to Meditate: http://bit.ly/2HsogrF *sponsored by The Dojo Club http://thedojoclub.com

No episódio, vamos pensar sobre o que é o livre-arbítrio. Ser livre é poder escolher? Ou será que liberdade é dominar a própria vontade e não ser escravo dos desejos? O filósofo Harry Frankfurt nos ajudará a pensar sobre este tema!!!   //-------------------------------------// Bibliografia:   Harry G. Frankfurt, “Freedom of the Will and the Concept of a Person”, The Journal of Philosophy 68, no 1 (14 de janeiro de 1971): 5, https://doi.org/10.2307/2024717.   Thomas Mautner, Dicionário de Filosofia, Edição: 1 (Edições 70, 2010). link do livro -> https://amzn.to/2QI6nXG.   //-------------------------------------//

The First Episode of the New Podcast! Hosts Jordan and Adam discuss Dr. Harry Frankfurt’s book, On Bullshit and how it relates to the name of our show. Then the discussion moves to The Chilling Effect, its consequences and severity, and what – if anything – can be done to combat it. We’d appreciate a bit of leniency since it is our first episode, after all. But we greatly appreciate the view and hope you enjoy it! If you want to support what we are doing, which would allow us to continue spending money on mics instead of food, you can do so through the following avenues: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thatsbs Visit our Website: thatsbspodcast.com Contact us: - thatsbspodcast@gmail.com - Comment Below - Comment on our Website Twitter: @ThatsBSPodcast Share our conversation with a friend (or enemy) and help us get our name out. We record these conversation because we can't think of a more important way to expose bad ideas and promote good ones. Plus we're bored a lot and don't have that many friends. Help us keep doing what we're doing. Above all, Thanks for watching.

The First Episode of the New Podcast! Hosts Jordan and Adam discuss Dr. Harry Frankfurt’s book, On Bullshit and how it relates to the name of our show. Then the discussion moves to The Chilling Effect, its consequences and severity, and what – if anything – can be done to combat it. We’d appreciate a bit of leniency since it is our first episode, after all. But we greatly appreciate the view and hope you enjoy it! If you want to support what we are doing, which would allow us to continue spending money on mics instead of food, you can do so through the following avenues: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thatsbs Visit our Website: thatsbspodcast.com Contact us: - thatsbspodcast@gmail.com - Comment Below - Comment on our Website Twitter: @ThatsBSPodcast Share our conversation with a friend (or enemy) and help us get our name out. We record these conversation because we can't think of a more important way to expose bad ideas and promote good ones. Plus we're bored a lot and don't have that many friends. Help us keep doing what we're doing. Above all, Thanks for watching.

This is a preview of a recent premium episode available in full only to Patreon subscribers at the $5 per month level. Click over to https://www.patreon.com/posts/23590464 and subcribe to become a Champagne Sharks premium member to access this full episode as well as 70+ bonus episodes not available to non-subscribers. This is a double episode that we are counting as two episodes, and it's a little bit different than usual. Today we have Teen Sheng (http://twitter.com/Mont_Jiang) joining me from the podcast Escape from Plan A (https://planamag.com/podcast/home) to discuss a new Korean movie we recently saw, Lee Chang-dong's Burning. After the movie, we had a pretty intense conversation about it and tied it into Carl Jung, Joseph Campbell, Fight Club, Star Wars, Karen Horney, and Jordan Peterson. It's quite a departure, but we hope you like it. Discussed in this episode: The Collected Works of C. G. Jung, Vol. 7: Two Essays on Analytical Psychology by Carl Jung https://amzn.to/2GGhNL5  Haruki Murakami's original "Barn Burning" short story https://www.mrflamm.com/uploads/2/2/0/0/2200902/barnburningbyharukimurakami.pdf The Symbolic Life: Miscellaneous Writings (The Collected Works of C. G. Jung, Volume 18) by Carl Jung https://amzn.to/2BJ0N17  "Carl Jung discussing Anima Projection" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIYvz4LuEYA  "How Burning Captures the Toll of Extreme Inequality in South Korea" https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/11/burning-movie-imagines-working-class-anxiety-south-korea-lee-chang-dong/575773/  A Closer Look at Carl Jung’s Individuation Process: A Map for Psychic Wholeness https://scottjeffrey.com/individuation-process-jungian-psychology/  "The 4 Major Jungian Archetypes" https://www.verywellmind.com/what-are-jungs-4-major-archetypes-2795439  Analytical Psychology on Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analytical_psychology  Karen Horney Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Horney  "Karen Horney's Vision of the Self" https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/a3e8/84090e1ab763bab0ead9a243247003196e54.pdf  "Fight Club and Owning Your Shadow" https://www.thecrucibleproject.org/fight-club-owning-shadow/  "Fight Club Characters: Analysis of the Shadow Archetype and Its Impact on the Protagonist in Fight Club" https://donguselsaptamalar.wordpress.com/2015/08/03/analysis-of-the-shadow-archetype-and-its-impact-on-the-protagonist-in-fight-club/  "Jordan Peterson, Masculinity, Jung and the Alt-Right." by Jacques Legault https://medium.com/@jacquesrlegault/jordan-peterson-masculinity-jung-and-the-alt-right-c8f07168901  "AI, Jordan Peterson’s Fight Club and the Alt-Right." by Jacques Legault https://hackernoon.com/ai-jordan-petersons-fight-club-and-the-alt-right-ff366fa736e8  The Beginner's Guide to Jungian Psychology by Robin Robertson https://amzn.to/2CD1MS4  Owning Your Own Shadow by Robert Johnson https://amzn.to/2SqjGgn  The Shadow's Gift: Find Out Who You Really Are by Robin Robertson https://amzn.to/2SpvO1t  Neurosis and Human Growth by Karen Horney https://amzn.to/2QWbdoA  The Writer's Journey by Chrstopher Vogler https://amzn.to/2Cgr4UK 7 Basic Plots by Christopher Booker https://amzn.to/2M1DRin On Bullshit by Harry Frankfurt https://amzn.to/2SNWNDW Regarding the movie "Taxi Driver" and the screenwriter's shadow's role in the creation of it: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2006/jul/06/features.geoffreymacnab Stanton Peele's Love and Addiction https://amzn.to/2SQGI0s Dunning-Kruger Effect https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Dunning-Kruger_effect Beyond Culture by Edward T. Hall https://amzn.to/2RM98LP "Decompensation of a Narcissist" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHoyQd8JhiE

This is a conversation with Pennsylvania based theologians and podcasters Bill Borror and Scott Jones of New Persuasive Words. We discuss the dehumanization within society and how to live in light of that reality. Show Notes Bill Borror (https://www.residentexile.com/) Scott Jones (http://www.scottkentjones.com/) New Persuasive Words podcast (https://npw.fireside.fm/) Books referenced No Man Is An Island by Thomas Merton (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/99690.No_Man_Is_an_Island) Confessions by Augustine (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27037.Confessions?ac=1&from_search=true) The Temple by George Herbert (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199264.The_Temple?from_search=true) A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4473.A_Prayer_for_Owen_Meany?ac=1&from_search=true) Love Alone Is Credible by Hans Von Balthazar (https://www.amazon.com/Love-Alone-Credible-Hans-Balthasar/dp/0898708818/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1544890143&sr=8-1&keywords=love+alone+is+credible) Everything Is Borrowed by Nathaniel Popkin (https://www.amazon.com/Everything-Borrowed-Nathaniel-Popkin/dp/099955011X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1544890189&sr=8-1&keywords=everything+is+borrowed) All Things Shining by Hubert Dreyfus, Sean Dorrance Kelly (https://www.amazon.com/All-Things-Shining-Reading-Classics/dp/141659616X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1544890222&sr=1-1&keywords=all+things+shining) Orthodoxy by G.K. Chesteron (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/87665.Orthodoxy) Tomas Halik (https://www.amazon.com/Tom%C3%A1%C5%A1-Hal%C3%ADk/e/B001JRX3W0/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1544890296&sr=1-2-ent) On Bullshit by Harry Frankfurt (https://www.amazon.com/Bullshit-Harry-G-Frankfurt/dp/0691122946/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1544890364&sr=1-1&keywords=on+bullshit) Annie Dillard (https://www.amazon.com/Annie-Dillard/e/B000APWASA/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1544890416&sr=1-2-ent) When Breathe Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi (https://www.amazon.com/When-Breath-Becomes-Paul-Kalanithi/dp/081298840X/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1544890448&sr=1-2&keywords=paul+kalanithi+s+when+breath+becomes+air)

We find ourselves in a moment of untruth. Our guest, Brad Wendel, talks with us about political and legal truth and their relation to morality and social roles. This show’s links: Brad Wendel's faculty profile (http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/faculty/bio_bradley_wendel.cfm) and writing (https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=247191) W. Bradley Wendel, Truthfulness as an Ethical Form of Life (https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3072303) Harry Frankfurt, On Bullshit (http://stoa.org.uk/topics/bullshit/pdf/on-bullshit.pdf) Bernard Williams, Saint-Just's Illusion (https://www.lrb.co.uk/v13/n16/bernard-williams/saint-justs-illusion-interpretation-and-the-powers-of-philosophy) (also here (https://books.google.com/books?id=AHol9VbeLUYC&pg=PA135&lpg=PA135&dq=%22saint-just%27s+illusion%22&source=bl&ots=nFGDaDyVqd&sig=fQzZzCAnV4GBPnyhGYZ35DMopGc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjn1vK-q9XYAhUq2IMKHTNoAG4Q6AEIQzAF#v=onepage)) Kleindienst v. Mandel (https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=2384957718526063733) Stephen Colbert, The Word: Truthiness (http://www.cc.com/video-clips/63ite2/the-colbert-report-the-word---truthiness) (video from the first episode of the Colbert Report, and it's still unbelievably great) International Refugee Assistance Project v. Trump (https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=2110961142700228731) (4th Circuit en banc) Ninth Circuit's denial of en banc consideration in Washington v. Trump (https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=7212509001957517972) (containing Judge Bybee's dissent) State Bar of Michigan, Informal Ethics Opinion CI-1164 (http://www.michbar.org/opinions/ethics/numbered_opinions/OpinionID=193) Bernard Williams, Truth and Truthfulness (https://books.google.com/books/about/Truth_Truthfulness.html?id=2iaFFE54fYkC) Cynthia Farina, et al., Rulemaking in 140 Characters or Less: Social Networking and Public Participation in Rulemaking (https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1702501) Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt (https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=12719084930434459940) W. Bradley Wendel, Sally Yates, Ronald Dworkin, and the Best View of the Law (https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2927113) Fireside (https://fireside.fm)

Right now, there's a fierce battle raging for your attention. Many of the technologies you use every day aim to maximize the amount of time and attention you spend with them. To win, they must increasingly use cheap tricks that exploit your psychological vulnerabilities. This results in an endless barrage of ‘persuasive' designs — e.g. clickbait, auto-playing videos, or notifications — intended to ‘hook' us and keep us tapping, clicking, watching, and scrolling for as long as possible. This produces effects in our lives that we tend to minimize as ‘distractions,' or minor annoyances. However, the problems go much deeper than this. In the short term, these effects can indeed ‘distract' us from doing the things we want to do. In the longer term, however, they can distract us from living the lives we want to live, or, even worse, undermine our capacities for reflection and self-regulation, making it harder, in the words of philosopher Harry Frankfurt, to ‘want what we want to want.' In Brave New World Revisited, Aldous Huxley lamented that the defenders of freedom in his time had ‘failed to take into account…man's almost infinite appetite for distractions.' In the design of digital technology, we've made exactly the same mistake. These ‘deep distractions' pose major moral and political challenges that have so far been largely ignored. Understanding their dynamics, and better aligning technology design with true human needs and interests, is therefore an urgent task.

In this week’s episode: Jeremiah 28–31. We continue in the book of Jeremiah with a consideration of fake-ish news. And ICYMI, Harry Frankfurt's now-legendary essay "On Bullshit".    

On this episode of Impolite Conversation, Miguel de la Torre joins us to talk about how the marginalization of Latinx culture creates new space for Biblical interpretation. And in One Last Thing, Dan has been re-re-re-watching Captain America: Civil War and Tim has found A Few Reasonable Words to keep the pain away. To read more about one of the biggest movies of the year, this is a good place to start. The website for A Few Reasonable Words is here. And you can find Harry Frankfurt’s great essay On Bullsh*t here (and lots of other places). Original air date: 10/4/16.

In this episode we continue to reflect on the nature of truth, specifically the relationship between truth, lies and bull@#!$. We reference the following pieces in the podcast: Harry Frankfurt’s On Bull@#!$ and On Truth. We also discuss C.J. Green’s “The Only Thing You’ve Got Is What You Can Sell”: Making Peace with the Stories We Tell Ourselves. The post Truth and Bull@#!$ appeared first on New Persuasive Words.

Happy Halloween! Four scientists get together on Halloween to talk about a spooky topic: the science views of the presidential candidates! The science communication show Public Health United welcomes Dr. Bill Moss (see our previous podcast together), Dr. Katherine Fenstermacher (Hopkins), and Kenny Shatzkes (Rutgers, Eagleton Fellow) to talk about their frustration while watching the debates, the lessons they've learned in communicating science and policy, and how scientists and policymakers need to collaborate and reach compromises to form better science policies. I cannot even count the number of laughs we all have together. Truly a fun and informative episode on science policy during this election season! FYI, the title of this special edition podcast is based on Harry Frankfurt's NYT best selling book, "On Bullshit" which details the difference between liars and bullshitters...listen to hear what the difference is and how destructive the latter can be! Check out our show links at www.publichealthunited.org and follow us on Twitter (PHUpodcast) and Facebook.

Kurt Braunohler comes by to discuss Harry Frankfurt in this "Lost" and now found episode. We are so lost on this one that we even call Alex for clues.   Enjoy!

Ep. 8: Is there more to political communication than truth and lies? We consider Harry Frankfurt's famous essay, “On Bullshit” and expand our repertoire for discussing falsehoods. We then apply these definitions to the elephant in the room, the 2016 presidential campaign. For more episodes, check out our website. http://afrwpodcast.wordpress.com

More at http://philosophytalk.org/shows/if-truth-so-valuable-why-there-so-much-bs. Everywhere we look -- in the media, in our political campaigns, in the hallowed halls of the academy -- we are confronted with an endless stream of BS, spin, propaganda, half-truths, and even outright lies. Yet for centuries, philosophers have argued that the pursuit of truth is both intrinsically good and instrumentally useful. But if truth is really both good and useful, then why is there so much BS around? John and Ken welcome Harry Frankfurt, author of "On Bullshit" and "On Truth," to discuss the relative value and utility of Truth and its alternatives.

Holy crap, it's the apocalypse!!!!  ...for philosophy. Maybe. Has this 2500 year old discipline become too technical, too disconnected from the real world? Is it just a handmaiden to the sciences? (Which would make Tamler Dave's handmaiden.) And what the hell is conceptual analysis? Plus, a short excerpt of Tamler's interview with Simon Blackburn, and definitive proof that worms have free will (sorry Sam). And only one more week to buy our t-shirt!LinksFree Will? Analysis of worm neurons suggest how a single stimulus can trigger different responses [sciencedaily.com]Strawson, P. F. (1962). Freedom and resentment. [princeton.edu]Doomen, J. (2015). The end of philosophy. Think, 14(39), 99-109. [verybadwizards.com]For a Non-Ideal Metaphysics by Justin Smith [jehsmith.com] Concepts [plato.stanford.edu]Harry Frankfurt says Philosophy is in the Doldrums [http://leiterreports.typepad.com]Simon Blackburn's Website [phil.cam.ac.uk]

Adam Schwartz reads an excerpt from On Bullshit by Harry Frankfurt, published by Princeton University Press. "To have too much of an idea of oneself generates a vast amount of bullshit, both in fiction, and in life."

In this show, we discuss the free will debate. We explore differing theories of agency, from chaos theory to predestination. After laying out baseline descriptions of free will and determinism, we'll be testing them for compatibility (or lack thereof) in several modes. Our discussion is grounded on the seminal article "Freedom of the Will and the Concept of a Person" by Harry Frankfurt.

Söndag 21 sept 17.00 i P1, repris fredag 26/9 21.03 Småprat, struntprat, skitsnack, skvaller – kärt barn har många namn. Men varför är vi så förtjusta i att prata strunt? Det tycks som att nonsens, det som saknar mening, ändå på något vis är meningsfullt för människor. Medan apor putsar varandras päls för att skapa tillit pratar människor strunt, menar till exempel den brittiske evolutionsbiologen Robin Dunbar. Ändå torde struntprat vara problematiskt ur filosofisk synvinkel. För hur ska en filosof, en ”vän av visdom”, kunna uppskatta sådant tal som inte bryr sig det minsta om sant och falskt? Den amerikanske filosofiprofessorn Harry Frankfurt hävdar att dagens marknadsinriktade samhälle uppmuntrar struntprat: Den som ska sälja en vara eller ett budskap drivs inte av motivet att säga sanningen om det. Filosofin skapar sig denna vecka ett rum på biblioteket i Dalby utanför Lund. Inför publik pratar programledare Lars Mogensen strunt tillsammans med Viveka Adelswärd, professor i samtalsforskning, Peter Gärdenfors, professor i kognitionsvetenskap och Jeanette Emt, universitetsadjunkt i praktisk filosofi. Producent är Thomas Lunderquist.

JourneywithJesus.net posting for Sunday, September 18, 2005, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Employee #00001*; book review: Harry Frankfurt, *On Bullshit*; film review: *ABC Africa*; poem review: George Herbert, *Man*.