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Nietzsche: Beyond Good and Evil
1 november 2024 · 18 min
What is the "tyrannical impulse" of philosophy according to Nietzsche? How does Nietzsche characterize the "free spirit"? Why does Nietzsche find the idea of a "God amongst men" problematic? Lees meer
Friedrich Nietzsche's challenges traditional moral values explores the nature of knowledge, truth, and morality. Nietzsche criticizes philosophers for focusing on the search for truth and argues that "truth" is a construct and not an absolute reality.
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Spinoza: Ethics
30 oktober 2024 · 13 min
Spinoza's text on Ethics is heavily focused on God. Ultimately, Spinoza suggests that the highest human endeavor is to attain knowledge of God through reason, a process that leads to intellectual love and a sense of peace.
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Aristotle: Nichomachean Ethics
30 oktober 2024 · 29 min
What is Aristotle's definition of moral virtue? What are the two supreme forms of goodness of intellect, and how are they distinct? How does habituation contribute to the development of virtue? Lees meer
Aristotle's Nichomachean Ethics, explores the concept of happiness (eudaimonia) as the ultimate goal of human life. Aristotle views happiness as rooted in human action and virtue, and that the state is essential for cultivating these virtues.
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Comparing These Thinkers
14 oktober 2024 · 8 min
From Aristotle to Whitehead, how do these metaphysical ideas compare?
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Alfred Whitehead
11 oktober 2024 · 14 min
Flipping previous metaphysicians on their heads Whitehead suggests a process metaphysics. What distinguishes an 'enduring object' from an ordinary physical object in Whitehead's process philosophy? How does Whitehead describe the 'satisfaction' of an actual entity? What is the role of eternal objects in defining a society in Whitehead's philosophy? What are the three stages involved in the process of feeling according to Whitehead? Lees meer
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Immanuel Kant
11 oktober 2024 · 11 min
What is the difference between analytic and synthetic judgments? What is Kant's distinction between appearances and things in themselves? What is the role of the categories in Kant's epistemology?
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Gottfried Leibniz
11 oktober 2024 · 19 min
According to Leibniz, what distinguishes God's will from his understanding? How does Leibniz address the argument that God's creation is not utterly perfect? What is the distinction between "ordinary" and "extraordinary" events in Leibniz's view? How does Leibniz differentiate between God's actions and the actions of created beings? What is the principle of "inesse," and how does it apply to the nature of an individual substance? Lees meer
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Thomas Aquinas
11 oktober 2024 · 9 min
Thomas Aquinas was a great Catholic theologian and philosopher. His metaphysics is a response to Aristotle. What are the two senses of "being" that Aquinas distinguishes? Why does Aquinas argue that the essence of a composite substance cannot be just its form Why does Aquinas believe that intelligences (angels) do not have matter? What does Aquinas mean when he says that the existence of an intelligence is its actuality? How does the human soul differ from other intellectual substances according to Aquinas? Lees meer
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Aristotle Metaphysics
11 oktober 2024 · 12 min
This season will tackle the philosophical enquiry into being and becoming, metaphysics. We will start with Aristotle's text Metaphysics. Why is the study of being considered the most divine and honorable science? Why does Aristotle reject the idea of unity or being as a single, highest genus? What is Aristotle's concept of "actuality." How does it differ from "potentiality"? Lees meer
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SEASON FINALE
30 september 2024 · 10 min
In the season finale on an introduction to political thought a discussion of the six different theorists and how their ideas relate and differ.
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau: The Social Contrast
26 september 2024 · 14 min
In this episode take a look into Rousseau's slightly more optimistic take on the state of nature. What is the natural state of man? What does Rousseau mean when he claims that sovereignty is "inalienable" and "indivisible"? Can the general will be wrong? What makes a decree a law? Lees meer
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John Locke: Second Treatise
26 september 2024 · 9 min
How does Locke define political power? What is its primary purpose? What is the state of nature? How does one come to possess property in the state of nature?
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Thomas Hobbes: Leviathan
26 september 2024 · 16 min
Travel back to who these theorists were responding to starting with Thomas Hobbes and his Leviathan. How does Hobbes define the "Right of Nature" (Jus Naturale)? According to Hobbes, what is the difference between "Right" and "Law"? What distinguishes a "Contract" from a "Free-gift" in Hobbesian thought? How does Hobbes define "Reason" and its role in human understanding? Lees meer
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Martha Nussbaum: Women and Human Development
26 september 2024 · 10 min
What does Nussbaum identify as the central question asked by the capabilities approach? How does this question differ from those asked by traditional resource-based or utility-based approaches to development? What are "missing women" as described by Amartya Sen. What are the implications of this concept for understanding gender inequality in development? Why does Nussbaum argue that capability, rather than functioning, should be the primary political goal? How does Nussbaum differentiate between "internal capabilities" and "basic capabilities"? According to Nussbaum, what is the relationship between capabilities and human rights? Lees meer
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Robert Nozick: Anarchy, State, and Utopia
26 september 2024 · 10 min
In stark contrast with Rawls theory dive into Nozicks libertarian theory. How does Nozick argue that a minimal state can arise without violating anyone's rights? What are the two crucial necessary conditions for an organization to be considered a state, according to Nozick What is the difference between a "minimal state" and an "ultraminimal state"? Why does Nozick argue that individuals have a right to punish, even if doing so does not maximize utility? Lees meer
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John Rawls: A Theory of Justice
26 september 2024 · 11 min
The first season of this podcast is on political theory starting off with John Rawls A Theory of Justice. What is the "original position," and why does Rawls believe it is a suitable starting point for deriving principles of justice? What are primary goods, and how do they differ from other conceptions of goods in moral philosophy? How does Rawls’ conception of justice differ from utilitarianism? What is the difference between "natural duties" and obligations arising from social contracts, according to Rawls? Lees meer