Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy Podcast

Spencer Case
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Philosophical excursions into interesting, and often controversial, topics. Hosted by Spencer Case. 

  1. vor 22 Std.

    Reading Paradise Lost with a Monk

    Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! Longtime friend Brother Dunstan Enzor -- a monk briefly famous for telling a United Airlines customer service representative "I love you; God bless you; I'll pray for you-- but you have not been helpful" -- joins Spencer to dissect a great work of literature-- John Milton's Paradise Lost. The topics that come up include the nature of free will, the privative account of evil, the problem of evil, and the apophatic approach to knowing God.

    Reading Paradise Lost with a Monk

  2. 11. Juni

    The Concept of God

    Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! Before we can think rigorously about whether God exists, we need to know what "God" is supposed to refer to in the first place. That's the theme of this episode. Perry Hendricks, Nevin Climenhaga, and Steve Kershnar join Spencer Case to interrogate the notion of God. Is God defined by a single property such as "the greatest possible being" or must we say that God describes a being with a special collection of logically unrelated properties (e.g., all good, all knowing, and all powerful). Can God be responsible for his actions? Can any being have each of these properties to the maximal degree?

    The Concept of God

  3. 26. Mai

    Legal Injustices

    Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! The great Mike Huemer returns to Micro-Digressions to talk about ways in which the American legal system is morally problematic. Topics include plea bargaining and jury nullification. For more discussion of these topics, see Huemer's book, Justice Before the Law.

    Legal Injustices

  4. 7. Apr.

    The Iran War

    Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! Craig White, Ben Burgis, and Daniel Kodsi join Spencer Case to discuss--and debate--the Iran War.

    The Iran War

  5. 20. März

    Knowledge in Real Life

    Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! Gordon Barnes joins Spencer to talk about the issues he discusses in his new book, Applied Epistemology: An Introduction.

    Knowledge in Real Life

  6. 27. Jan.

    Good and Bad Advice

    Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! Eric Wiland joins Spencer to discuss his book, Guided by Voices: Moral Testimony, Advice, and Forging a 'We'. In the ensuing discussion, Eric and Spencer cover a wide range of topics, including how moral testimony can generate moral understanding, what sort of responsibility those who give advice have for the actions of those who act on it, and further lessons about standpoint epistemology and collective agency.

    Good and Bad Advice

  7. 04.12.2025

    AI Dangers (The Dark Side of Technology, Part 3)

    Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! Full professor of philosophy at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and sometimes David Cross impersonator Ryan Jenkins returns to Micro-Digressions to discuss the dangers of AI. The conversation covers such matters as the AI-alignment problem and why Chat GPT can't be horny.

    AI Dangers (The Dark Side of Technology, Part 3)

  8. 25.11.2025

    What is Hate Speech?

    Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! Mark Oppenheimer from Brain in a Vat discusses controversies surrounding hate speech in South Africa.

    What is Hate Speech?
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Philosophical excursions into interesting, and often controversial, topics. Hosted by Spencer Case. 

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