Philosophy on the Fringes

Megan Fritts & Frank Cabrera

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A couple of philosophy professors, Megan Fritts and Frank Cabrera, try to prove that you can do philosophy about almost anything. Join them as they explore the philosophical dimensions of topics on the outskirts of the academy. From Bigfoot to birthday parties, they take a Socratic approach to phenomena strange and mundane, asking listeners the question: What if we did philosophy on the fringes?

2024. 12. 23.

Astrology

In this episode, Megan and Frank examine astrology. What is astrology, and why do people practice it? What are the strongest objections to astrology? Should astrology count as a science? If not, why not? What can the case of astrology teach us about the role of science in a democratic society? And why does the ancient practice of reading the stars prompt us to ponder the deepest aspects of human experience? Thinkers discussed include: Aristotle, Cicero, Ptolemy, Karl Popper, Thomas Kuhn, Imre Lakatos, Paul Feyerabend, Carl Sagan, Ian James Kidd, and Massimo Pigliucci. ----------------------- Hosts' Websites: Megan J Fritts (google.com) [https://sites.google.com/view/meganjfritts/home?authuser=0] Frank J. Cabrera (google.com) [https://sites.google.com/view/frank-j-cabrera/research?pli=1] Email: philosophyonthefringes@gmail.com ----------------------- Bibliography: Philosophy of Science and the Occult | State University of New York Press [https://sunypress.edu/Books/P/Philosophy-of-Science-and-the-Occult] (first section is an invaluable resource, containing the 1975 manifesto, Feyerabend's critique, and articles summarizing statistical studies disconfirming astrology) Cabrera - Evidence and explanation in Cicero's On Divination [https://philarchive.org/rec/CABEAE-5] LacusCurtius • Ptolemy — Tetrabiblos [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Ptolemy/Tetrabiblos/home.html] LacusCurtius • Cicero — De Divinatione: Book I [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/thayer/e/roman/texts/cicero/de_divinatione/1*.html] A double-blind test of astrology | Nature [https://www.nature.com/articles/318419a0] Readings in the Philosophy of Science: From Positivism to Postmodernism [https://www.amazon.com/Readings-Philosophy-Science-Positivism-Postmodernism/dp/0767402774] (See for short selections from Popper, Kuhn, and Lakatos) Ian James Kidd - Why did Feyerabend Defend Astrology? Integrity, Virtue, and the Authority of Science [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02691728.2015.1031851] (An excellent paper that very much informed our discussion of the science & society question) M. Pigliucci - Was Feyerabend Right in Defending Astrology? A Commentary on Kidd [https://social-epistemology.com/2016/05/02/was-feyerabend-right-in-defending-astrology-a-commentary-on-kidd-massimo-pigliucci/] ----------------------- Cover Artwork by Logan Fritts ------------------------- Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/simon-folwar/neon-signs License code: YYRPW29K1IDMU76F

56분
2024. 10. 29.

Ghosts and Hauntings

In this episode, Megan and Frank investigate ghosts and hauntings. Are ghosts some kind of spirit, physical beings, or something in between? Is there a natural explanation for ghostly encounters? And what can ghosts teach us about the depths of human experience? Thinkers discussed include: Descartes, Philip Goff, and Beverley Clack. ----------------------- Hosts' Websites: Megan J Fritts (google.com) [https://sites.google.com/view/meganjfritts/home?authuser=0] Frank J. Cabrera (google.com) [https://sites.google.com/view/frank-j-cabrera/research?pli=1] Email: philosophyonthefringes@gmail.com ----------------------- Bibliography: Ghosts of Philosophy LaBossiere | A Philosopher's Blog [https://aphilosopher.wordpress.com/2015/10/30/ghosts-of-philosophy/] Victorian ectoplasm-producing mediums: freaks or fakes? | Children's books | The Guardian [https://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2011/oct/28/mary-hooper-ectoplasm] Philip Goff, Ghosts and Sparse Properties [https://philarchive.org/rec/GOFDTP] The wisdom of ghosts - Clack | Religious Studies | Cambridge Core [https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/religious-studies/article/wisdom-of-ghosts/44939D25984C49C899AFFF4C9C8AF0D1] Braude, Immortal Remains: The Evidence for Life After Death [https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781461637653/Immortal-Remains-The-Evidence-for-Life-After-Death] Podemore, et al. - Phantasms of the Living [https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/phantasms-of-the-living/9F0A0E709528D2C0EAC348FF83065921] The Best Ghost Story - by Alexander J. Zawacki [https://itsonlydark.substack.com/p/the-best-ghost-story] LEGION OF THE DAMNED - ghostwalkbrighton.co.uk [https://ghostwalkbrighton.co.uk/legion-of-the-damned/] Time | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy [https://iep.utm.edu/time/#H12] Megan Fritts, Arresting Time's Arrow: Death, Loss, and the Preservation of Real Union [https://philarchive.org/rec/FRIATA-3] ----------------------- Cover Artwork by Logan Fritts ------------------------- Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/simon-folwar/neon-signs License code: KKPO6KMRESVX1ZQD

54분
2024. 09. 25.

Hypnosis

In this episode, Megan and Frank examine hypnosis. What evidence is there that hypnosis is a real phenomenon, and why does hypnosis have a dubious reputation? Does hypnosis alleviate pain, or just mask it? What is the nature of hypnotic consciousness? And does hypnosis prove there's no true self? Thinkers discussed include: William James, Ernest and Josephine Hilgard, Derek Parfit, Sigmund Freud, and Tim Bayne. ----------------------- Hosts' Websites: Megan J Fritts (google.com) [https://sites.google.com/view/meganjfritts/home?authuser=0] Frank J. Cabrera (google.com) [https://sites.google.com/view/frank-j-cabrera/research?pli=1] Email: philosophyonthefringes@gmail.com ----------------------- Bibliography: Uncovering the new science of clinical hypnosis [https://www.apa.org/monitor/2024/04/science-of-hypnosis] The Morpheus Clinic for Hypnosis [https://www.morpheusclinic.com/] Hypnobirthing - Google Books [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Hypnobirthing/RUWfcKp8onwC?hl=en] Hypnosis and Conscious States: The Cognitive Neuroscience Perspective [https://academic.oup.com/book/53962] Hypnosis to quit smoking: What to know [https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/hypnosis-to-quit-smoking] Neural functional correlates of hypnosis and hypnoanalgesia: Role of the cingulate cortex [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34748460/] Hypnotic Suggestion and the Modulation of Stroop Interference [https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/206991] Hypnosis in the Relief of Pain [https://books.google.com/books/about/Hypnosis_in_the_Relief_of_Pain.html?id=TBTHR-itITUC] Mary Haight, Hypnosis and the Philosophy of Mind [https://philpapers.org/rec/HAIHAT-3] Hypnotism and Mesmerism | Vox [https://www.vox.com/videos/22251169/hypnotism-franz-anton-mesmer-health-craze] Hypnosis in History - American Hypnosis Association [https://hypnosis.edu/history/] Hidden observer - Oxford Reference [https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095935377] Hidden Observer APA Dictionary [https://dictionary.apa.org/hidden-observer] The split brain: A tale of two halves | Nature [https://www.nature.com/articles/483260a] Derek Parfit. Here's why he mattered. | Vox [https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/1/3/14148208/derek-parfit-rip-obit] Tim Bayne, Hypnosis and the unity of consciousness [https://philpapers.org/rec/BAYHAT] Tim Bayne - The Unity of Consciousness | Oxford Academic (oup.com) [https://academic.oup.com/book/32876] Bilingual "I Hear a Pickle/ Oigo Un Pepinello" (kidizen.com) [https://www.kidizen.com/items/bilingual-i-hear-a-pickle-oigo-un-pepinello-7663156] ----------------------- Cover Artwork by Logan Fritts ------------------------- Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/simon-folwar/neon-signs License code: DC5U47IEPMLOLTFG

55분
2024. 05. 20.

Biohacking

In this episode, Megan and Frank tackle the growing trend of "hacking" one's biology to increase longevity and possibly attain immortality. Are biohackers right to fear death, though? Would immortality be desirable? And is the human condition worth preserving? Thinkers discussed include: Epicurus, Bernard Williams, Schopenhauer, John Martin Fischer, Martha Nussbaum, and J.R.R. Tolkien. ----------------------- Hosts' Websites: Megan J Fritts (google.com) [https://sites.google.com/view/meganjfritts/home?authuser=0] Frank J. Cabrera (google.com) [https://sites.google.com/view/frank-j-cabrera/research?pli=1] Email: philosophyonthefringes@gmail.com ----------------------- Bibliography: What Is Biohacking And How Does It Work? – Forbes Health [https://www.forbes.com/health/wellness/biohacking/] Challenging Bryan Johnson On His "Never Die" Biohacking Protocol (youtube.com) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqlPU1CKEpI] Letter to Menoeceus by Epicurus (mit.edu) [https://classics.mit.edu/Epicurus/menoec.html] Is Death Bad for You? by Shelley Kagan (chronicle.com) [https://www.chronicle.com/article/is-death-bad-for-you/] Williams on Immortality.pdf (nd.edu) [https://www3.nd.edu/~pweithma/Readings/Williams/Williams%20on%20Immortality.pdf] John Martin Fischer Response to Williams [https://www.andrewmbailey.com/jmf/Immortality.pdf] Gift of Ilúvatar | The One Wiki to Rule Them All | Fandom [https://lotr.fandom.com/wiki/Gift_of_Il%C3%BAvatar] Nussbaum - Mortal immortals [https://philpapers.org/rec/NUSMIL] Schopenhauer - The vanity of existence [https://philpapers.org/rec/SCHTVO-32] Brooke Alan Trisel, Human extinction and the value of our efforts [https://philarchive.org/rec/TRIHEA] Being and Becoming in Modern Physics (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) [https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/spacetime-bebecome/] Megan Fritts, Arresting Time's Arrow: Death, Loss, and the Preservation of Real Union [https://philpapers.org/rec/FRIATA-3] ----------------------- Cover Artwork by Logan Fritts ------------------------- Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/simon-folwar/neon-signs License code: DEKZTEGOGV2Q0TH7

49분
2024. 04. 24.

Myths, Pt. 2

In this episode, Megan and Frank continue their discussion of myths and mythology. Join them as they further explore different approaches to interpreting and understanding myth. How have creation myths differed across cultures? Should myth be regarded as an allegory? Is the point of myth to justify society's norms? Is myth a tool for exploring the subconscious aspects of our minds? And do we have any use for myth in the modern world? Thinkers discussed include Joseph Cambell, Carl Jung, Karl Popper, and Mary Midgley. ----------------------- Hosts' Websites: Megan J Fritts (google.com) [https://sites.google.com/view/meganjfritts/home?authuser=0] Frank J. Cabrera (google.com) [https://sites.google.com/view/frank-j-cabrera/research?pli=1] Email: philosophyonthefringes@gmail.com ----------------------- Bibliography: Powell - A Short Introduction to Classical Myth (earlhaig.ca) [https://earlhaig.ca/departments/languages/downloads/A.%20Wittmann/2019-2020%20LVV4U1%20Handouts/LVV4U1%20Extra%20Readings/Powell,%20Short%20Introduction%20to%20Classical%20Mythology.pdf] (Chs. 2-3 for an excellent overview of theories of myth) Classical Mythology - Prof. Vandiver [https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/classical-mythology] (A great lecture series we learned a lot from) Myth in Human History - Grant Voth [https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/myth-in-human-history] (Another great lecture series we drew from) Myth and Knowing: An Introduction to World Mythology [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/myth-and-knowing-scott-a-leonard/1100264990] (quoted a few times in the episode) Teaching Jung - Kelly Bulkeley; Clodagh Weldon [https://global.oup.com/academic/product/teaching-jung-9780199735426?cc=us&lang=en&#] (Ch. 5 by Robert Segal was very helpful!) Campbell's "Other" Monomyth - The Hero's Journey: Life's Great Adventure [https://www.yourheroicjourney.com/campbells-other-monomyth/] A Secular Age — Charles Tayllor [https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674026766] Conjectures & Refutations - Karl Popper [https://www.dpi.inpe.br/gilberto/cursos/cst-311/popper_conjectures_refutations.pdf] The Myths We Live By - Mary Midgley [https://www.routledge.com/The-Myths-We-Live-By/Midgley/p/book/9780415340779] ----------------------- Cover Artwork by Logan Fritts ------------------------- Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/simon-folwar/neon-signs License code: LRDE4XFUJKAMEDIZ

1시간 23분
2024. 04. 01.

Myths, Pt. 1

In this episode, Frank and Megan discuss myths and mythology. What role has myth played in philosophy? What's the relationship between myths, history, and truth? And did the ancients really believe their myths? Join us as we engage with thinkers such as Thales of Miletus, Plato, Aristotle, Herodotus, Augustine, Paul Veyne, and R.G. Collingwood. This is the first part of a two-part episode. ----------------------- Hosts' Websites: Megan J Fritts (google.com) [https://sites.google.com/view/meganjfritts/home?authuser=0] Frank J. Cabrera (google.com) [https://sites.google.com/view/frank-j-cabrera/research?pli=1] Email: philosophyonthefringes@gmail.com ----------------------- Bibliography: Powell - A Short Introduction to Classical Myth (earlhaig.ca) [https://earlhaig.ca/departments/languages/downloads/A.%20Wittmann/2019-2020%20LVV4U1%20Handouts/LVV4U1%20Extra%20Readings/Powell,%20Short%20Introduction%20to%20Classical%20Mythology.pdf] (Main source for claims about history of word "mythos" and its use in Plato/Herodotus/Aristotle. Highly recommended!) Hesiod - Theogony [https://users.pfw.edu/flemingd/Hesiod%20Theogony.pdf] Thales - Fragments [https://antilogicalism.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/thales_frag_final.pdf] Lehoux - All things are full of gods": naturalism in the classical world [https://philpapers.org/rec/LEHATA-2] R. G. Collingwood - The Idea of History [https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-idea-of-history-9780192853066?cc=us&lang=en&] The Herodotus - The Histories [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2707/2707-h/2707-h.htm] (See also BBC "In Our Time" podcast episode on Herodotus) Thucydides - The History of the Peloponnesian War [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/7142/7142-h/7142-h.htm] (See also BBC "In Our Time" podcast episode on Thucydides) Plato's Myths - (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) [https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/plato-myths/] Plato - Gorgias [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1672/1672-h/1672-h.htm] Julia Annas - Plato's Myths of Judgement [https://www.jstor.org/stable/4182147](Discusses Aristotle critique of Plato's geography in the myth in the Phaedo) Paul Veyne - Did the Greeks Believe in Their Myths? [https://www.amazon.com/Did-Greeks-Believe-Their-Myths/dp/0226854345] Dana L. Burgess - Review of Veyne's "Did the Greeks Beleive in Their Myths?" [https://philpapers.org/rec/BUR_TG-3] Augustine - Two Books on Genesis [https://books.google.com/books/about/On_Genesis.html?id=0YxfzKIHJ_YC] ----------------------- Cover Artwork by Logan Fritts ------------------------- Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/simon-folwar/neon-signs License code: VYYZJBODHJSDWNZP

51분
2024. 03. 04.

Luck

On this episode, Frank and Megan discuss the nature of luck. Are people lucky because good things happen to them, or do good things happen to them because they are lucky? Can we make our own luck, or is it outside of our control? Is even virtue itself subject to the whims of fortune? And if everything is determined, is anything truly lucky? ----------------------- Hosts' Websites: Megan J Fritts (google.com) [https://sites.google.com/view/meganjfritts/home?authuser=0] Frank J. Cabrera (google.com) [https://sites.google.com/view/frank-j-cabrera/research?pli=1] Email: philosophyonthefringes@gmail.com ----------------------- Bibliography: What is 'lucky girl' syndrome and does it actually work? [https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/beauty/mind-body/a42590695/lucky-girl-syndrome/] The Natural History of Pliny, Vol I., by Pliny the Elder. [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/57493/57493-h/57493-h.htm#BOOK_II_CHAP_5] The Apology, by Plato [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1656/1656-h/1656-h.htm] The Prince, by Nicolo Machiavelli [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1232/1232-h/1232-h.htm#chap25] The Oedipus Trilogy, by Sophocles [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/31/31-h/31-h.htm] Thomas Nagel - Moral Luck [https://rintintin.colorado.edu/~vancecd/phil1100/Nagel1.pdf] Bernard Williams - Moral Luck [https://eclass.uoa.gr/modules/document/file.php/PPP267/Bernard%20Williams%2C%20Moral%20luck.pdf] Hales (2016) - Why Every Theory of Luck is Wrong [https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/nous.12076] Stoutenburg (2019) - In defense of an epistemic probability account of luck [https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11229-018-1699-6] ----------------------- Cover Artwork by Logan Fritts ------------------------- Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/simon-folwar/neon-signs License code: OE1WRYCSDRS6SLYG

57분
2023. 12. 05.

Near Death Experiences

On this episode, Frank and Megan discuss near death experiences (NDEs). Are NDEs evidence that the mind is separate from the body? Are there any plausible skeptical explanations that explain the data? What might NDEs tell us about particular spiritual and religious worldviews? And could NDEs have something to teach us about humanity's deepest hopes and fears? ----------------------- Hosts' Websites: Megan J Fritts (google.com) [https://sites.google.com/view/meganjfritts/home?authuser=0] Frank J. Cabrera (google.com) [https://sites.google.com/view/frank-j-cabrera/research?pli=1] Email: philosophyonthefringes@gmail.com ----------------------- Bibliography: Near-death experience in survivors of cardiac arrest: a prospective study in the Netherlands - The Lancet [https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673601071008/fulltext] Near-Death Experiences Evidence for Their Reality - PMC (nih.gov) [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6172100/?fbclid=IwAR3FPiiJbvQSk4m737W6t1H0QfbJaYKcWnJyEs0ybcHcgDDRZYPn0OE7NZc] Dell'Olio, Do near-death experiences provide a rational basis for belief in life after death? [https://philpapers.org/rec/DELDNE] B. Mitchell-Yellin & J. M. Fischer, The Near-Death Experience Argument Against Physicalism: A Critique [https://philarchive.org/rec/MITTNE-2] R. G. Mays & S. B. Mays, Near-Death Experiences: Extended Naturalism or Promissory Physicalism? A Response to Fischer's Article [https://philpapers.org/rec/MAYNEE] J.M. Fischer, University Professor Lecture: Near-Death Experiences: The Stories They Tell [https://philpapers.org/rec/FISUPL] G.R. Habermas, Evidential Near‐Death Experiences [https://philpapers.org/rec/HABENE] A. J. Ayer – 'What I Saw When I Was Dead' [https://www.philosopher.eu/others-writings/a-j-ayer-what-i-saw-when-i-was-dead/] Afterlife (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) [https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/afterlife/#ParNeaDeaExp] K. Augustine - Hallucinatory Near-Death Experiences » Internet Infidels [https://infidels.org/library/modern/keith-augustine-hndes/] Susan Blackmore Near-Death Experiences: In or out of the body? [https://www.susanblackmore.uk/articles/near-death-experiences-in-or-out-of-the-body-2/] (discussion of Sagan's explanation) Lehoux - The Trouble with Taxa | What Did the Romans Know? An Inquiry into Science and Worldmaking [https://academic.oup.com/chicago-scholarship-online/book/12945/chapter-abstract/166100920?redirectedFrom=fulltext](discussion of garlic and magnets) ----------------------- Cover Artwork by Logan Fritts ------------------------- Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/simon-folwar/neon-signs License code: I0NNKBBUOCKXBD02

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2023. 03. 26.

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Frank and Megan play so well off each other and leave me laughing every time. They discuss topics the layperson would not think to approach in a philosophical way and make the discipline accessible to people who do not have a philosophical background. The juxtaposition of unique topics and the appealing personalities of the hosts makes for a great listen. I anxiously await new episodes, as I need something thought provoking to listen to at the gym to contrast the mainstream country trash I listen to on a regular basis.

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