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Episode #191 ... The modern concentration camp and the failure of human rights. (Giorgio Agamben)Philosophize This!2023-12-05 | Today we talk about human rights, a political tactic used by people in power that is becoming more popular, and potential as a concept that may unite people in a way that doesn't intensify tribal divisions.
Thank you for making the show possible. 🙂Episode #214 ... Framing our Being in a completely different way. (Heidegger)Philosophize This!2024-10-21 | Today we look at Heidegger's critique of metaphysics and the traditional subject-object framing in philosophy. How multiple framings are necessary for a fuller picture of our being. His challenge to thinkers like Nietzsche and Descartes. Dasein, the limitations of objectivity. Phenomenology as an alternative focusing on the importance of lived experience. And his ideas on temporality and death as a horizon of our being. Hope you love it! :)
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Social: Instagram: instagram.com/philosophizethispodcast X: twitter.com/iamstephenwest Facebook: facebook.com/philosophizethisshowEpisode #210 ... The Pedagogy of the Oppressed (Paulo Freire, Education)Philosophize This!2024-09-12 | We talk about Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed. His critique of the banking model of education. The importance of critical consciousness. His Existentialist influence. The dialectic between oppression and liberation. The problem-posing model of education. The role of dialogue in learning and the co-creation of knowledge. Marx's influence on Freire. The flexibility of Freire’s pedagogy. And some responses to critics of Freire.
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Social: Instagram: instagram.com/philosophizethispodcast X: twitter.com/iamstephenwest Facebook: facebook.com/philosophizethisshowEpisode #209 - Improving our world through applied ethics. (Peter Singer, Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek)Philosophize This!2024-08-26 | Today we talk about Peter Singer's response to an anticapitalist critique of his work. Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek's thoughts on the wrong ways to be thinking about ethical terminology. Philosophy in schools. Creative activism. The ongoing impact of the Effective Altruist movement. Hope you enjoy it! :)
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Social: Instagram: instagram.com/philosophizethispodcast X: twitter.com/iamstephenwest Facebook: facebook.com/philosophizethisshowEpisode #193 ... The main export of the western world is trash. - Anarchism pt. 2Philosophize This!2024-01-09 | Today we talk about some of the work of Murray Bookchin. We talk about anarchism as a historical trend in human thought that keeps recurring. Then we talk about the superficiality of typical approaches to being environmentally conscious. We talk about Futurism and the hope of colonizing other planets. We talk about Artificial Intelligence and why people sometimes don't feel like celebrating its arrival.
Thank you for making the show possible. 🙂Episode #192 ... Should we overthrow the government tomorrow? - Anarchism pt. 1 (Chomsky, Malatesta)Philosophize This!2023-12-28 | Today we talk about some misconceptions about Anarchism as a political philosophy, how Anarchists differ in their views of hierarchical government, a common strategy of organization centered around federated networks, and whether or not the government is where an Anarchist should be focused in the world we live in. Hope you love it!
Thank you for making the show possible. 🙂Episode #190 ... Are emotions a waste of time? - Neo-Stoicism (Martha Nussbaum)Philosophize This!2023-11-27 | Get more:
Thank you for making the show possible. 🙂Episode #189 ... Everything that connects us is slowly disappearing. - Byung Chul Han pt. 2Philosophize This!2023-10-03 | Today we talk about the disappearance of rituals, truth, community, communication, public spaces and talk about the importance sometimes of being an idiot. Hope you love it! :)
Thank you for making the show possible. 🙂Episode #188 Achievement Society and the rise of narcissism depression and anxiety - Byung-Chul HanPhilosophize This!2023-09-07 | Today we talk about positive power, neoliberalism, narcissism as a reaction to modern life, how technology makes isolation easier, and some tactics to find peace in the digital panopticon.Â
Thank you for making the show possible. 🙂Episode #187 ... How much freedom would you trade for security? (Foucault, Hobbes, Mill, Agamben)Philosophize This!2023-08-31 | On today's episode we talk about the upsides of a surveillance state. The ongoing social dilemma of freedom vs security. The value of privacy. States of exception. And Deleuze's Postscript on Societies of Control.Â
Thank you for making the show possible. 🙂Episode #186 ... Are we heading for a digital prison? - Panopticon (Foucault, Bentham, Cave)Philosophize This!2023-08-24 | Today we talk about Jeremy Bentham's concept of the Panopticon. Michel Foucault's comparison to society in 1975. The historical role of intelligence as a justification for dominance. The anatomy of free will, and how a digital world may systematically limit our free will without us knowing it.
TikTok: tiktok.com/@philosophizethispodcastEpisode #185 ... Should we prepare for an AI revolution?Philosophize This!2023-08-10 | Today we talk about the potential of a revolution at the hands of generative AI. For better or for worse.
Thank you for making the show possible. 🙂Episode #183 ... Is ChatGPT really intelligent?Philosophize This!2023-07-22 | Thanks for everything Youtube family. :)
Thank you for making the show possible. 🙂Episode #180 ... What if everything is consciousness? - Panpsychism - Philip GoffPhilosophize This!2023-06-01 | Get more:
Thank you for making the show possible. 🙂Episode 178 ... Susan Sontag - How much is your view of everything affected by metaphors?Philosophize This!2023-04-05 | Philosophize This! Clips: youtube.com/@philosophizethisclips
Thank you for making the show possible. 🙂Episode 177 ... Susan Sontag - Do you speak the language of pictures and videos?Philosophize This!2023-03-22 | Philosophize This! Clips: youtube.com/@philosophizethisclips
Thank you for making the show possible. 🙂Episode #176 ... Susan Sontag - Do you criticize yourself the way you criticize a movie?Philosophize This!2023-03-02 | Philosophize This! Clips: youtube.com/@philosophizethisclips
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