Delphic Podcast by Michael R D James

Michael R D James
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A series of episodes on different themes of Aristotelian, Kantian, Freudian and Wittgensteinian Philosophical Psychology, including comparing and contrasting Campbells view of the universality and necessity of myth  with the Transcendental and Metaphysical  accounts of the Ancient Greek, Enlightenment, and Modern Hylomorphic and Critical Philosophy.

  1. 15h ago

    The Delphic Podcasts by Michael R D James, Shakespeare, Republicanism Monarchy and Globalisation Season 17 Episode 5

    Aristotle's Politics is still the North Star of modern Politics because of its understanding of the nature of man and his flaws. Shakespeare inherited this understanding as well as  Aristotelian pluralism which insisted that either one man or a group of men could rule wisely as long as the principles of justice were followed in lawmaking and law-administration processes. http://michaelrdjames.org Delphic Podcast

  2. 2d ago

    The Delphic Podcasts by Michael R D James, Humanistic Liberalism and the Law Season 17 Episode 3

    Humanistic liberalism as conceived by Paul Ricoeur  has Kantian elements in spite of Ricoeurs preference for  a more interpretative view of the ethical good. Ricoeur claims that criminal law is instrumentally constituted for the purpose of vengeance but a true humanistic liberal would claim that the punishment combines both retributive and educational components. Trumps executive order to stop travel to the US from 7 Muslim countries is according to humanistic  liberalism constitutionally illegal. http://michaelrdjames.org Delphic Podcast

  3. 3d ago

    The Delphic Podcasts by Michael R D James, Globalisation, Totalitarianism and the Ethical Imperative" Season 17 Episode 2

    Globalisation forces Cassirer argues were influenced by Stoicism. Kants Enlightenment Critical Practical Philosophy was undermined by a theoretical view of action proposed by Hegel which eventually resulted in the Romantic movement and an attempt to poeticise the world and restore the ancient concept of a hero which had been eclipsed by Socratic resoluteness in the face of injustice. Totalitarianism developed because of a lack of faith in  the moral personality and an belief in the power of   sophistical rhetoric to move  the masses into action. http://michaelrdjames.org Delphic Podcast

  4. Jul 26

    The Delphic Podcasts by Michael R D James, Copilot, Athens, Sparta and "Know Thyself" Season 17 Episode 1

    An argument with my AI servant Copilot over who the Ancient Greek Oracles supported  in the Peloponnesian war. Thucydides suggested that the Oracle supported Sparta but this is unlikely given firstly, their view of the importance of "Know thyself" and the wisdom of Socrates  and secondly, their view, reported in Plato's Republic, "everything created by man will lead to ruin and destruction". Co pIlot begins by arguing for the relativity of morality and not seeing  the humanistic heritage  we received from Ancient Greece, but changes its position when challenged, just like a politician eager for your vote. http://michaelrdjames.org Delphic Podcast

  5. Jul 19

    The Outer Reaches of Inner Space: Critique of Campbells view of Myth: The Delphic Podcasts by Michael R D James Season 16 Ep 11

    History, for Heidegger is related to Time which can be regarded as both actual and potential. The form of our Being-in-the world determines the way in which we express our existence in the realm of the temporal. Certain events are world-historical, possessing a significance of magnitude. Merleau-Ponty's account of the lived body and its relation to language expresses one way in which the body lives in time. http://michaelrdjames.org Delphic Podcast

  6. Jul 18

    The Outer Reaches of Inner Space: Critique of Campbells view of Myth: The Delphic Podcasts by Michael R D James Season 16 Ep 10

    Heideggers account of the Being of our  Human form of "Being-in-the-world", speaks of how entities are encountered in this world.  Whilst engaged in our tasks these entities are not accessed via a form of observation that is interrogative in nature---seeking answers to questions. Rather when   entities are confronted in the mode of the ready to hand our concern with them is not interrogative but rather  a form of non-observational knowing is involved (a form  Heidegger calls "circumspectful concern"). In relating to other humans our concern is one of solicitude, a form of holistic Care for their Being, which we share.    http://michaelrdjames.org Delphic Podcast

  7. Jul 18

    The Outer Reaches of Inner Space: Critique of Campbells view of Myth: The Delphic Podcasts by Michael R D James Season 16 Ep 9

    Genetics is a science  often appealed to as the cause of many phenomena which have more complex histories. In the transition of sea-life into marshland life and finally into land animals the major initial causes are environmental but the principles  mechanisms for the new body organisation must be internalised to be readily transmitted for all further generations. We do not know where Aristotle stood on this question but hylomorphic theory is in accordance with such an evolutionary account. This is Kants view and was probably shared by Freud and Piaget (who conducted an experiment on lake and sea organisms to demonstrate the effect of the environment on the structure of future generations). It is not clear where Mythology stands on these questions. http://michaelrdjames.org Delphic Podcast

  8. Jul 18

    The Outer Reaches of Inner Space: Critique of Campbells view of Myth: The Delphic Podcasts by Michael R D James Season 16 Ep 8

    The form of finality for human forms of psuché need to be projected upon them by a mind that is to some extent predetermined by its biological/psychological and higher mental functions. This mind-space is capable of embracing actualities via its intuitions and potentialities via its conceptual abilities. Because of its finitude it cannot situate itself in the realm of the sacred and intuit its presence. There must be some form of analogous inference to this realm. Mythology attempts to concretise this realm with anthropomorphic actualities which are illegitimately conceived to be objectively universal. At best these are aesthetic ideas  which can only have a subjective form of universality http://michaelrdjames.org Delphic Podcast

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A series of episodes on different themes of Aristotelian, Kantian, Freudian and Wittgensteinian Philosophical Psychology, including comparing and contrasting Campbells view of the universality and necessity of myth  with the Transcendental and Metaphysical  accounts of the Ancient Greek, Enlightenment, and Modern Hylomorphic and Critical Philosophy.

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