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This is a podcast about the ideas that shape our perspectives and forge our beliefs. I am on a journey to learn as much as possible about truth, compassion, meaning, morality, power, systems and much more. So, join me as I work through understanding worldviews and all the components that make it up. 

Episodes

  1. 05/16/2025

    Relational Knowledge

    Send us a text In this episode I present Relational Knowledge, a practical, scale-agnostic framework for navigating complexity without getting lost in jargon or dogma. From understanding reality through three core fields, world, experience, and symbols. To applying the Action Engine of awareness, processing, action, and evolution, this episode lays out a complete system for making sense of anything, from science to storytelling. Whether you’re looking to shrink jargon, find real leverage, or bridge domains, this field tool is designed to help you move through the mess with clarity and intention.

    27 min

  2. 04/06/2025

    Shaping Meaning in the Sandbox

    Send us a text  In this episode, we explore what it means to build meaning in a world without certainty. Beyond dogma and nihilism lies the sandbox, a place where meaning is made, unmade, and remade again. You don’t need a reason. You just need to build.

    23 min

  3. 03/16/2025

    Untangling the Knot of Meaning: Escaping Nihilism, Dogma, and the Search for Truth

    Send us a text  What if meaning isn’t something to be found, but something to be created? In this episode, we unravel the Knot of Meaning. The existential tension that traps people between rigid dogma, infinite regress, and nihilistic collapse. We explore the psychological pull of certainty, the allure of rejecting meaning, and the hidden freedom that comes when we stop treating life like a puzzle to solve and start engaging with it as a dynamic, evolving process. If you've ever questioned the nature of truth, struggled with existential doubt, or felt lost in the overwhelming vastness of possibility, this episode is for you.

    58 min

  4. 03/04/2025

    May I Have Your Attention! Reclaiming Focus in a Distracted World

    Send us a text    In this episode, we break down the mechanics of attention, from the limits that shape what we perceive to the resolution that determines how well we see it, and the processing that decides what we do with it. We’ll explore how presence, comprehension, and adaptability can be trained to sharpen awareness, deepen understanding, and improve decision-making. If your attention shapes your reality, then the real question is... how are you shaping your attention? Tune in to discover practical strategies to take back control.

    46 min

  5. 02/16/2025

    The Live One’s Dance: Awakening Awareness

    Send us a text What does it mean to truly be aware? Not just to perceive, but to engage fully? In this episode of Open Philosophy, we explore awareness as a dynamic process, from raw perception to deep intentionality. We break down the layers of conditioning from personal experience, cultural norms, belief systems, and unconscious biases. Showing these shape our perception without us realizing it. Awareness isn’t just about noticing more, it’s about gaining the agency to shape our experience instead of being shaped by it. Through Intentional, contextual, social, and meta-awareness, we uncover what it means to wake up, not just intellectually, but in a way that transforms how we live. How deeply do you want to see?

    30 min

  6. 01/31/2025

    The Dead One's Song

    Send us a text  Do you feel like you’re sleepwalking through life, trapped in cycles of distraction and numbness? The Dead One’s Song is the quiet lull of routine, pleasure, and passivity that keeps you from truly waking up. In this episode, we uncover its patterns and ask, what would it take to break free?

    31 min

  7. 05/04/2023

    Belief and Identity

    Send us a text In this episode I look to our beliefs about the world and ourselves and seeing how they interact for better or worse. So join me as we dive into it!

    29 min

  8. 12/22/2022

    What is Meaning?

    Send us a text In this episode I as what is the meaning of life the universe and everything to see if I can come up with a good answer.  Turns out it was more nuanced and complicated than I thought.

    20 min

  9. 09/05/2022

    What is Power?

    Send us a text This episode is about all the ways that we can change the world around us to make it the way that we want. We have many forms of power that we can draw upon in ourselves, others and the universe. So join me as I explore what power is and how to use it!

    50 min

  10. 05/24/2022

    What is Morality?

    Send us a text In this episode I try to tackle that huge sticky question of what is good? It leads ,e down a strange line of reasoning and I eventually arrive on a meme as the "Ultimate"  good. Tune in to a wild philosophical adventure!

    24 min

  11. 03/27/2022

    What is truth?

    Send us a text In this episode my focus is on what is truth? what are the methods I have access to that can help me understand it? How do I know I have real truth? What is certainty? This one is a wild adventure so hold on to your pants and have fun!  What is Logic? https://youtu.be/K4ChzesrWKI Shape of the Earth https://brilliant.org/wiki/calculating-the-size-of-the-earth/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth

    27 min

  12. 02/28/2022

    Openness, Adaptability and Becoming

    Send us a text In this episode I will be asking what is worldview? What criteria should it fulfill?  As well as building the framework that I use to approach understanding my worldview.  This framework is meant to give a better way of understanding ideas and how to integrate better ideas into one's mind.

    25 min
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About

This is a podcast about the ideas that shape our perspectives and forge our beliefs. I am on a journey to learn as much as possible about truth, compassion, meaning, morality, power, systems and much more. So, join me as I work through understanding worldviews and all the components that make it up. 

Information

  • Creator
    Wolfgang
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2025
  • Episodes
    12
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2025 Open Philosophy
  • Show Website
    Open Philosophy