Themes and summary (AI-generated based on podcaster-provided show and episode descriptions):
➤ Philosophy topics • Ethical dilemmas • Historical philosophies • Psychological concepts • Political theories • Literary analyses • Game theory • Rationality and logic • Famous philosophical works and figures
"Egg Timer Philosophy" is a podcast devoted to exploring philosophical ideas in a concise format, typically presenting these ideas within five to ten minutes per episode. The podcast covers a broad spectrum of philosophical topics, ranging from ancient philosophy to contemporary thoughts. Each episode tackles a unique philosophical issue or concept, providing listeners with accessible insights into complex ideas. For those interested in the historical influence of philosophers, the podcast delves into thinkers such as Thomas Malthus and Herbert Spencer, examining their contributions and relevance to modern thought.
The show often explores ethical and political themes, discussing topics like utilitarianism, egalitarianism, and the intersection of economics and ethics. It touches on classical philosophical dilemmas, such as those found in Plato's dialogues, using thought experiments like the Ring of Gyges and the Prisoner's Dilemma to provoke critical reflection.
In addition to these themes, the podcast also addresses the philosophical underpinnings of popular culture, notably through series on literary works like George Orwell's "1984" and Albert Camus's "The Stranger." These series highlight philosophical themes embedded in literature, emphasizing the ongoing relevance of philosophical inquiry in understanding cultural and societal norms.
Furthermore, the podcast engages with metaphysical questions, such as the nature of reality and knowledge, through discussions about concepts like the Gettier Problem, Descartes’s meditations, and Leibniz’s Monadology. Notable are episodes that consider contemporary philosophical ideas, such as the tragedy of the commons and issues related to bioethics and organ donation.
Overall, "Egg Timer Philosophy" seeks to make philosophy accessible and interesting to a broad audience by covering an extensive array of topics and encouraging listeners to consider philosophical questions relevant to both historical and modern contexts.
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Episodes:
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147: Thomas Malthus on Population
2023-Dec-04
15 minutes
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146: Hardin on The Tragedy of The Commons
2023-Nov-09
11 minutes
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145: The Commons
2023-Oct-19
13 minutes
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144: Confirmation Bias
2023-Sep-29
11 minutes
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143: Bioethics and Organ Donation
2023-Sep-04
12 minutes
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142: Philosophy and 1984: Part 4
2023-Aug-12
17 minutes
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141: Philosophy and 1984: Part 3
2023-Jul-28
12 minutes
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140: Philosophy and 1984: Part 2
2023-Jul-12
18 minutes
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139: Philosophy and 1984: Part 1
2023-Jun-29
22 minutes
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138: Philosophy and 1984 Summer Series Announcement
2023-Jun-13
2 minutes
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137: Leibniz on Monads
2023-May-17
13 minutes
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136: Duties Owed to Future Generations?
2023-Apr-26
10 minutes
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135: Ethics And The Law
2023-Apr-11
12 minutes
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134: Camus's 'The Stranger': Part 2
2023-Mar-29
15 minutes
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133: Camus's 'The Stranger': Part 1
2023-Mar-21
11 minutes
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132: Camus's 'The Stranger' Preview
2023-Mar-14
2 minutes
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131: Hannah Arendt on the Banality of Evil
2023-Mar-03
7 minutes
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130: Isaiah Berlin's 'Two Concepts of Liberty'
2023-Feb-21
11 minutes
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129: Two Utilitarian Thought Experiments
2023-Feb-10
9 minutes
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128: Price Gouging and Scarcity
2023-Jan-31
14 minutes
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127: Herbert Spencer's Evolutionary Individualism
2023-Jan-20
18 minutes
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126: Darwin on Natural Selection
2023-Jan-10
16 minutes
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125: Princess Elisabeth's Objection to Descartes's Dualism
2022-Dec-30
16 minutes
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124: The Gettier Problem and Knowledge
2022-Dec-20
13 minutes
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123: Knowledge as Justified True Belief
2022-Dec-09
12 minutes
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122: Natural Procedural Rights
2022-Nov-29
13 minutes
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121: Rousseau on Inequality
2022-Nov-18
12 minutes
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120: Egalitarianism
2022-Nov-08
12 minutes
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119: The Ring of Gyges in Plato's Republic
2022-Oct-28
10 minutes
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118: The Prisoner's Dilemma and Game Theory
2022-Oct-18
14 minutes
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117: The Rabbit Duck Illusion
2022-Oct-07
10 minutes
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116: Aristotle On The Best Type of Life
2022-Sep-27
9 minutes
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115: The Montey Hall Puzzle
2022-Sep-16
7 minutes
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114: Presentism
2022-Sep-09
8 minutes
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113: Big Lotteries and Expected Value
2022-Sep-02
11 minutes
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112: Descartes's Sixth Meditation
2022-Aug-26
16 minutes
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111: The Blind Chessmaster
2022-Aug-18
8 minutes
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110: Descartes's Fifth Meditation
2022-Aug-11
13 minutes
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109: Descartes's Fourth Meditation
2022-Jul-28
17 minutes
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108: Descartes's Third Meditation
2022-Jul-14
19 minutes
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107: Descartes's Second Meditation
2022-Jun-30
13 minutes
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106: Self-Defense
2022-Jun-23
10 minutes
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105: Descartes's First Meditation
2022-Jun-16
11 minutes
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104: Descartes Summer Series Announcement
2022-Jun-09
3 minutes
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103: Tocqueville's Democracy in America: Part 2
2022-Jun-02
11 minutes
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102: Tocqueville's Democracy in America: Part 1
2022-May-26
12 minutes
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101: Economics Without Ethics?
2022-May-19
11 minutes
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100: Are Numbers Even Real?
2022-May-12
11 minutes
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99: Peter Kropotkin on Mutual Aid
2022-May-05
12 minutes
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98: Religious Liberty And The State
2022-Apr-29
11 minutes
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97: Transhumanism and Immortality: Part 2
2022-Apr-22
11 minutes
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96: Transhumanism and Immortality: Part 1
2022-Apr-15
7 minutes
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95: Ethics and Truth
2022-Apr-08
10 minutes
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94: Truth: The Basic Views
2022-Apr-01
13 minutes
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93: The Turing Test
2022-Mar-25
9 minutes
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92: Marx on Alienated Labor
2022-Mar-18
11 minutes
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91: Economic Inequality
2022-Mar-11
10 minutes
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90: Secondary Ticket Markets
2022-Mar-04
9 minutes
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89: Thomas Kuhn on Scientific Revolutions
2022-Feb-25
8 minutes
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88: Anselm's Ontological Argument for the Existence of God
2022-Feb-18
9 minutes
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87: Emma Goldman on Anarchism
2022-Feb-11
10 minutes
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86: Ethical Relativism
2022-Feb-04
8 minutes
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85: Max Stirner's Anti-Authoritarianism
2022-Jan-28
9 minutes
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84: Advaita Vedanta and Reality
2022-Jan-21
8 minutes
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83: Martin Luther King Jr. on Just and Unjust Laws
2022-Jan-14
12 minutes
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82: Assumptions
2022-Jan-07
7 minutes
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81: God and Foreknowledge
2021-Dec-31
8 minutes
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80: Gifts and Gift Giving
2021-Dec-25
9 minutes
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79: Public Goods, Free Riders, and Rose Gardens
2021-Dec-22
10 minutes
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78: The Morality of Taxation
2021-Dec-16
10 minutes
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77: Kant on Space and Time
2021-Dec-10
14 minutes
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76: Kant on the Phenomena and Noumena
2021-Dec-03
10 minutes
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75: Freedom and Mental Conflict
2021-Nov-26
7 minutes
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74: Review of 'The Truman Show'
2021-Nov-19
8 minutes
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73: Camus and the Myth of Sisyphus
2021-Nov-12
9 minutes
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72: Tattoos and End of Life Medical Care
2021-Nov-05
7 minutes
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71: Locke on Tacit Consent
2021-Oct-29
13 minutes
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70: Consent
2021-Oct-22
9 minutes
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69: Marx on False Consciousness
2021-Oct-15
10 minutes
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68: Marx on Relative Deprivation
2021-Oct-08
7 minutes
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67: Poisonous Balloons and Vaccine Mandates
2021-Oct-01
10 minutes
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66: Freedom, Moral Responsibility and Alternative Possibilities
2021-Sep-24
9 minutes
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65: Justin McBrayer Discusses His Book 'Beyond Fake News: Finding the Truth in a World of Misinformation'
2021-Sep-17
8 minutes
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64: Cooley's Looking Glass Self
2021-Sep-10
8 minutes
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63: Paley, Watches, and God
2021-Sep-03
8 minutes
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62: Harm
2021-Aug-27
8 minutes
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61: Science, Evolution, and Circular Reasoning
2021-Aug-20
9 minutes
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60: Moral Luck
2021-Aug-13
9 minutes
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59: Nietzsche and The Arts
2021-Aug-06
10 minutes
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58: Nietzsche and Nihilism
2021-Jul-23
8 minutes
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57: Martin Bunzl Discusses His Book 'Thinking While Walking: Reflections on the Pacific Crest Trail'
2021-Jul-16
10 minutes
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56: Nietzsche's Ubermensch
2021-Jul-09
9 minutes
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55: Nietzsche's Will to Power
2021-Jun-25
8 minutes
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54: The Non-Identity Problem in Bioethics
2021-Jun-19
5 minutes
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53: Nietzsche and Truth
2021-Jun-11
8 minutes
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52: Nietzsche Summer Series Announcement
2021-Jun-09
2 minutes
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51: Hobbes on Government
2021-Jun-04
7 minutes
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50: Durkheim on Religion
2021-May-28
6 minutes
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49: The Communist Manifesto
2021-May-21
11 minutes
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48: The Detachable Body
2021-May-14
7 minutes
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47: The Euthyphro Dilemma
2021-May-07
8 minutes
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46: The Trolley Problem: Part II
2021-Apr-30
7 minutes
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45: The Trolley Problem: Part 1
2021-Apr-23
8 minutes
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44: Nietzsche on Eternal Recurrence
2021-Apr-16
6 minutes
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43: Vegetarianism and Animal Welfare
2021-Apr-09
7 minutes
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42: Euthanasia
2021-Apr-02
6 minutes
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41: Crito: The Death of Socrates
2021-Mar-27
6 minutes
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40: Weakness of Will
2021-Mar-20
7 minutes
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39: Threats, Offers, and The Godfather
2021-Mar-13
6 minutes
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38: Human Nature and Freedom
2021-Mar-06
6 minutes
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37: Act vs. Rule Utilitarianism
2021-Feb-28
7 minutes
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36: Use
2021-Feb-20
8 minutes
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35: Milton Friedman on Business Ethics
2021-Feb-13
7 minutes
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34: Utilitarianism
2021-Feb-06
8 minutes
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33: George Berkeley's Idealism
2021-Jan-30
10 minutes
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32: William James on Free Will and Determinism
2021-Jan-23
9 minutes
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31: Free Will: The Basic Views
2021-Jan-16
8 minutes
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30: Ought Implies Can, or Does it?
2021-Jan-09
6 minutes
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29: Music, Money, and Value
2021-Jan-02
6 minutes
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28: Self-Ownership
2020-Dec-26
9 minutes
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27: Ownership
2020-Dec-19
9 minutes
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26: Science and Falsification
2020-Dec-12
7 minutes
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25: Aristotle's Ethics
2020-Dec-05
12 minutes
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24: Veblen's Conspicuous Consumption
2020-Nov-27
9 minutes
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23: Pirsig on Time and Experience
2020-Nov-21
9 minutes
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22: Mill's Marketplace of Ideas
2020-Nov-15
6 minutes
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21: Voluntary Choice and Belief
2020-Nov-07
7 minutes
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20: God and the Problem of Evil
2020-Nov-01
9 minutes
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19: Justice in Rawls's Veil of Ignorance: Part II
2020-Oct-24
10 minutes
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18: Justice In Rawls's Veil of Ignorance: Part 1
2020-Oct-16
8 minutes
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17: Rights
2020-Oct-11
7 minutes
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16: Experience, Knowledge and Qualia
2020-Oct-02
7 minutes
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15: Four Noble Truths of Buddhism: Part II
2020-Sep-25
7 minutes
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14: Four Noble Truths of Buddhism: Part 1
2020-Sep-17
7 minutes
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13: The State as a Force Monopolizer
2020-Sep-09
10 minutes
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12: Pascal's Wager
2020-Sep-02
7 minutes
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11: Sartre and Bad Faith
2020-Aug-26
7 minutes
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10: Existentalism
2020-Aug-20
7 minutes
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9: Plato's Allegory of the Cave
2020-Aug-05
7 minutes
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8: Aquinas, Big Rocks, and God
2020-Jul-26
9 minutes
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7: Thoreau's Civil Disobedience
2020-Jul-07
8 minutes
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6: Knowledge and Classical Islamic Philosophy
2020-Jun-03
10 minutes
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5: Descartes and Knowledge
2020-May-27
8 minutes
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4: Robert Nozick's Experience Machine
2020-May-20
6 minutes
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Egg Timer Philosophy Trailer
2020-May-19
1 minute
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3: Identity Puzzles and The Ship of Theseus
2020-May-12
9 minutes
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2: Mill's Harm Principle
2020-May-05
9 minutes
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1: Stoicism
2020-May-01
9 minutes
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