Adventures Among Ideas

David Dennen

This podcast by David Dennen, PhD explores ideas in philosophy, cultural history, and literary theory. The point is view is generally Romanticist, pragmatist, and behaviorist, but other traditions are explored as well. Episodes are usually monologues, occasionally dialogues.

  1. 01/31/2025

    Film Criticism in Theory and Practice with CJ Sheu

    I talk with film reviewer and literary critic CJ Sheu (許景順) about how he got into film reviewing, his favorite critics, the differences between academic and journalistic criticism, the relation between literature and film, and more.

    1h 36m

  2. 01/31/2025

    The Gamer's Dilemma: The Ethics of Sex and Violence in Videogames

    Is it immoral to depict or commit violence in video games? What about sexual violence? Daniel Tarpy and I discuss the gamer's dilemma and the nature of games.

    1h 54m

  3. 01/31/2025

    Video Games Are Not Art. But They Are Important.

    Why video games are not art but are still culturally valuable. Compares the aesthetic attitude to the ludic attitude.

    19 min

  4. 06/26/2024

    Conversation with Johannes Jaeger on Agency, Algorithms, Art, and B******t

    Daniel Tarpy and I talk with Johannes "Yogi" Jaeger about a wide range of topics, including: why philosophy should be important to biology, how our ideas affect the world we live in, the differences between living systems and algorithm-based systems, Michael Levin's "Technological Approach to Mind Everywhere," and the importance of art.

    1h 34m

  5. 06/26/2024

    Emergence & Consciousness Reconsidered

    Further thoughts on emergence and consciousness. Written version: https://daviddennen.medium.com/emergence-and-consciousness-reconsidered-7a5c19d5759b

    40 min

  6. 06/26/2024

    Is Consciousness Emergent?

    I and Daniel Tarpy try to figure out what emergence means. Is it novelty? Is it the unpredictable? Is it rare? Is it everywhere? What sorts of things are emergent? How do we know when something is emergent? In part 2 we try to explain in what sense we think consciousness is emergent. Along the way we discuss dualism, panpsychism, physicalism, idealism, and pragmatism.

    1h 44m

  7. 06/26/2024

    Qualitative Binding: How Art Is Made Whole

    On the concept of "qualitative binding" in art with reference to John Dewey, John Middleton Murry, Susanne Langer, Vincent van Gogh, and Richard Wright.

    59 min

  8. 02/19/2024

    Exploring Fundamental Reality with Daniel Tarpy and Tyler Piteo-Tarpy

    In this conversation I, Daniel Tarpy, and Tyler Piteo-Tarpy discuss several ways of thinking about fundamental reality, including idealism, materialism/physicalism, pantheism and panentheism, pragmatism/relationalism, and triunalism. The conversation is exploratory; hopefully we’ll revisit certain topics in more depth in the future.

    1h 43m
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This podcast by David Dennen, PhD explores ideas in philosophy, cultural history, and literary theory. The point is view is generally Romanticist, pragmatist, and behaviorist, but other traditions are explored as well. Episodes are usually monologues, occasionally dialogues.

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  • Creator
    David Dennen
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2025
  • Episodes
    48
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © David Dennen 2022
  • Show Website
    Adventures Among Ideas