198 episodes

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 #198 ... The truth is in the process. - Zizek pt. 3 (ideology, dialectics)

    Episode #198 ... The truth is in the process. - Zizek pt. 3 (ideology, dialectics)

    Today we go into a deeper explanation of ideology and dialectics. Liberal democratic capitalism is featured as a special guest. Hope you enjoy it! :)

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    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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Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
324 Ratings

324 Ratings

Tommgu ,

A great entrypoint to philosophy

I wanted to get into philosophy, and so often I start with huge goals planning book purchases with hundredth of pages. What happends then is that I quit before I ever managed to start. That brought me to this podcast - a bite sized introduction to all things philosophy that is for everyone.

I would recommend to listen from the start as it is cronological and I believe it is important for further learning. Please do yourself a favour and listen with an open mind.

Thank you Stephen!

ChrisThue ,

Great show!

Excellent show! Accessible without over-simplifying the complexity of some of the thinkers, frameworks and ideas that have had, will have and might have profound influence on our lives now and in the future. As a professor in sport science and social theory, this is a great teaching tool and inspiration.

KussMichJetzt ,

Well done

Really interesting podcast

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