Capitalism: How did we get here? And where are we going? Ep. 3
CAPITALISM: EP. 3The need for revenue and the fracturing of the European social order that accompanied the Reformation led to the slow development of a new vision of the individual and of trade and ma...
31 Mar 202544min
Philosophical Fireside Chats 🔥 🪵: Achilles in The Illiad - Ep. 5
One of the great moments of human compassion and expressions of the utter waste of war. While Achilles is often raised as the symbol of the ultimate warrior, here he weeps and acknowledges the pointle...
28 Mar 202513min
Reading Kant's "Prolegomena" - Ep. 5
READ ALONG SERIES - KANT'S "PROLEGOMENA" It turns out that Science is possible! That is the good news. The bad news is that what science actually tells us is not what we might hope. The limits of empi...
26 Mar 202537min
Capitalism: How did we get here? And where are we going? Ep. 2
CAPITALISM: EP. 2As a Political Philosophy Capitalism contains a theory of the individual that includes the idea of natural rights - most importantly the right to private property. However, in practic...
24 Mar 202537min
Reading Kant's "Prolegomena" - Ep. 4
READ ALONG SERIES - KANT'S "PROLEGOMENA" As we dive into the foundations of natural science, I pause for a moment to consider the power of Kant’s argument relative to the foundations of mathematics. H...
19 Mar 202531min
Capitalism: How did we get here? And where are we going? Ep. 1
CAPITALISM: EP. 1 We are surrounded by the idea of capitalism but shockingly little thought is commonly given to what it is, where it has come from and where we are likely going. An attempt to rectify...
17 Mar 202543min
Philosophical Fireside Chats 🔥 🪵: Plutarch's Life of Theseus - Ep. 4
It seems so simple, and yet this story from Ancient Greece captures many of the problems with time, identity, and meaning - a kind of one paragraph version of Heidegger’s Being and Time. It also bring...
15 Mar 202522min
Major Thinkers - Ludwig Wittgenstein- Ep. 7
Perhaps the most influential philosopher of the 20th century, he defeated Russel’s attempt to provide a perfect foundation for mathematics and elaborated a linguistic approach to philosophy that domin...
14 Mar 20251h 20min
