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Beginner friendly if listened to in order! For anyone interested in an educational podcast about philosophy where you don't need to be a graduate-level philosopher to understand it. In chronological order, the thinkers and ideas that forged the world we live in are broken down and explained.

Philosophize This‪!‬ Stephen West

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Beginner friendly if listened to in order! For anyone interested in an educational podcast about philosophy where you don't need to be a graduate-level philosopher to understand it. In chronological order, the thinkers and ideas that forged the world we live in are broken down and explained.

    Episode #197 ... New Atheists and cosmic purpose without God - (Zizek, Goff, Nagel)

    Episode #197 ... New Atheists and cosmic purpose without God - (Zizek, Goff, Nagel)

    As we regularly do on this program-- we engage in a metamodernist steelmanning of different philosophical positions. Hopefully the process brings people some joy. Today we go from ideology, to New Atheism vs Creationism, to Aristotle, to Thomas Nagel, to Phillip Goff's new book called Why? The Purpose of the Universe.

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    Episode #196 ... The improbable Slavoj Zizek - Part 1

    Episode #196 ... The improbable Slavoj Zizek - Part 1

    Today we give an introduction to the thinking of Slavoj Zizek-- at least as much as is possible in ~35 mins. The goal is for this to be a primer for the rest of the series.

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    Episode #195 ... Could Anarcho-Capitalism be the solution to our problems? - Anarchism pt. 4 (Rothbard, Friedman, Malice)

    Episode #195 ... Could Anarcho-Capitalism be the solution to our problems? - Anarchism pt. 4 (Rothbard, Friedman, Malice)

    Today we talk more about anarchism.

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    Episode #194 ... Do we really need the police? - Anarchism pt. 3 - (Gelderloos, Security)

    Episode #194 ... Do we really need the police? - Anarchism pt. 3 - (Gelderloos, Security)

    Today we answer some questions about the potential security risks of an anarchist society.

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    Episode #193 ...The chief export of the western world is trash. - Anarchism pt. 2 (Bookchin, Social Ecology)

    Episode #193 ...The chief export of the western world is trash. - Anarchism pt. 2 (Bookchin, Social Ecology)

    Today we talk about some of the work of Murray Bookchin. We talk about anarchism as a historical trend in human thought that keeps recurring. Then we talk about the superficiality of typical approaches to being environmentally conscious. We talk about Futurism and the hope of colonizing other planets. We talk about Artificial Intelligence and why people sometimes don't feel like celebrating its arrival.

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    Episode #192 ... Should we overthrow the government tomorrow? - Anarchism pt. 1 (Chomsky, Malatesta)

    Episode #192 ... Should we overthrow the government tomorrow? - Anarchism pt. 1 (Chomsky, Malatesta)

    Today we talk about some common misconceptions about Anarchism, the weaknesses of traditional government structures, a possible alternative way of cooperating and whether or not the government is the hierarchy we should be focusing on.

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hthedogoffire ,

Outstanding

This podcast has been getting my brain to work and think of more philosophical thoughts. It has helped me to also dissect philosophical questions to help me create a better argument come back. The ethics that come into the thoughts of anarchy and many other things also help with creating an argument come back. This has really helped me to understand things more and it has got me thinking. I also have listened to this podcast and then gone and listened to multiple more and one of them was about Pythagoras but this has really helped my thoughts and stretched my brain even more. I really recommend listening to the podcast but only if you can take all the philosophy!

Jean-Claude Ham Damme ,

Great show

Condenses the biggies into hugely entertaining, informative and impassioned episodes. Host seems like a total babe. Using this podcast to help with my own writing project. Really value its existence. Good job!

Cattyastrophy ,

Diverse thinkers please from Africa, Arabia or Asia……

Fabulous content as usual. Please incorporate other thinkers and theorists. Sounds very monolithic at times. More content from diverse perspectives and cultures would due better balanced.

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