Philosophize This!
Beginner friendly if listened to in order! For anyone interested in an educational podcast about philosophy where you don't need to be a graduate-level philosopher to understand it. In chronological order, the thinkers and ideas that forged the world we live in are broken down and explained.
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Episode #188 ... Achievement Society and the rise of narcissism, depression and anxiety - Byung-Chul Han
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. Thanks for supporting the podcast by checking out our sponsors: Better Help: https://www.betterhelp.com/PHILTHIS LMNT: https://www.DrinkLMNT.com/PHILO Get more: Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philosophizethis Be social: Twitter: https://twitter.com/iamstephenwest Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philosophizethispodcast TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@philosophizethispodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philosophizethisshow Thank you for making the show possible. 🙂
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36:00 | 07/09/2023 | |
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Episode #187 ... How much freedom would you trade for security? (Foucault, Hobbes, Mill, Agamben)
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. Sponsor: Rocket Money - https://www.RocketMoney.com/PT Get more: Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philosophizethis Philosophize This! Clips: https://www.youtube.com/@philosophizethisclips Be social: Twitter: https://twitter.com/iamstephenwest Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philosophizethispodcast TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@philosophizethispodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philosophizethisshow Thank you for making the show possible. 🙂
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39:08 | 31/08/2023 | |
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Episode #186 ... Are we heading for a digital prison? - Panopticon (Foucault, Bentham, Cave)
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. Thank you to the sponsors of this episode: LMNT - www.drinkLMNT.com/PHILO Better Help - www.betterhelp.com/PHILTHIS Get more: Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philosophizethis Philosophize This! Clips: https://www.youtube.com/@philosophizethisclips Be social: Twitter: https://twitter.com/iamstephenwest Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philosophizethispodcast TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@philosophizethispodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philosophizethisshow Thank you for making the show possible. 🙂
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40:15 | 24/08/2023 | |
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Episode #185 ... Should we prepare for an AI revolution?
Today we talk about the revolutionary potential of generative AI. For better or worse. Support the podcast by checking out our sponsors: Better Help - https://www.betterhelp.com/PHILTHIS LMNT - https://www.drinkLMNT.com/PHILO Get more: Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philosophizethis Philosophize This! Clips: https://www.youtube.com/@philosophizethisclips Be social: Twitter: https://twitter.com/iamstephenwest Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philosophizethispodcast
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38:32 | 10/08/2023 | |
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Episode #184 ... Is Artificial Intelligence really an existential risk?
Get more: Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philosophizethis Philosophize This! Clips: https://www.youtube.com/@philosophizethisclips Be social: Twitter: https://twitter.com/iamstephenwest Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philosophizethispodcast TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@philosophizethispodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philosophizethisshow Thank you for making the show possible. 🙂
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35:21 | 02/08/2023 | |
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Episode #183 ... Is ChatGPT really intelligent?
Today we discuss ideas from John Searle and Noam Chomsky and consider several questions surrounding machine intelligence. Get more: Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philosophizethis Philosophize This! Clips: https://www.youtube.com/@philosophizethisclips Be social: Twitter: https://twitter.com/iamstephenwest Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philosophizethispodcast TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@philosophizethispodcast
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29:34 | 22/07/2023 | |
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Episode #182 ... What if free will is an illusion?
Get more: Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philosophizethis Philosophize This! Clips: https://www.youtube.com/@philosophizethisclips Be social: Twitter: https://twitter.com/iamstephenwest Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philosophizethispodcast TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@philosophizethispodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philosophizethisshow Thank you for making the show possible. 🙂
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28:12 | 02/07/2023 | |
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Episode #181 ... What if consciousness is an illusion?
Get more: Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philosophizethis Philosophize This! Clips: https://www.youtube.com/@philosophizethisclips Be social: Twitter: https://twitter.com/iamstephenwest Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philosophizethispodcast TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@philosophizethispodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philosophizethisshow Thank you for making the show possible. 🙂
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25:27 | 23/06/2023 | |
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Episode #180 ... What if everything is consciousness? - Phillip Goff on Panpsychism
Today we talk about one theory of consciousness known as Panpsychism. www.philosophizethis.org www.patreon.com/philosophizethis
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35:16 | 24/05/2023 | |
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Episode #179 ... Why is consciousness something worth talking about?
Get more: Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philosophizethis Philosophize This! Clips: https://www.youtube.com/@philosophizethisclips Be social: Twitter: https://twitter.com/iamstephenwest Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philosophizethispodcast TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@philosophizethispodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philosophizethisshow Thank you for making the show possible. 🙂
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35:42 | 24/04/2023 | |
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Episode #178 ... Susan Sontag - How Much Is Your View Of Everything Affected By Metaphors?
Get more: Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philosophizethis Philosophize This! Clips: https://www.youtube.com/@philosophizethisclips Be social: Twitter: https://twitter.com/iamstephenwest Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philosophizethispodcast TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@philosophizethispodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philosophizethisshow Thank you for making the show possible. 🙂
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36:51 | 05/04/2023 | |
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Episode #177 ... Susan Sontag - Do you speak the language of pictures and videos?
Get more: Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philosophizethis Philosophize This! Clips: https://www.youtube.com/@philosophizethisclips Be social: Twitter: https://twitter.com/iamstephenwest Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philosophizethispodcast TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@philosophizethispodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philosophizethisshow Thank you for making the show possible. 🙂 RSS: http://www.philosophizethis.libsyn.org/
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33:06 | 22/03/2023 | |
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Episode #176 ... Susan Sontag - Do you criticize yourself the way you criticize a movie?
Today we talk about the essay titled Against Interpretation by Susan Sontag. :) www.philosophizethis.org www.patreon.com/philosophizethis www.instagram.com/philosophizethispodcast www.twitter.com/iamstephenwest
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33:21 | 01/03/2023 | |
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Episode #175 ... Simone Weil - Vessels of God
Today we continue talking about the work of Simone Weil. www.philosophizethis.org www.patreon.com/philosophizethis www.instagram.com/philosophizethisshow www.twitter.com/iamstephenwest
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28:01 | 02/02/2023 | |
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Episode #174 ... Simone Weil - The Mathematician
Today we continue talking about the work of the brilliant Simone Weil. Hope you love it. www.philosophizethis.org www.patreon.com/philosophizethis www.instagram.com/philosophizethisshow www.twitter.com/iamstephenwest
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30:51 | 02/02/2023 | |
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Episode #173 ... Simone Weil - The Need for Roots
Today we continue talking about Simone Weil. Hope you love it. www.philosophizethis.org www.patreon.com/philosophizethis
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31:13 | 10/01/2023 | |
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Episode #172 ... Simone Weil - Attention
Today we begin some general discussions in the direction of the thought of Simone Weil and tell some stories from her life.
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37:55 | 21/11/2022 | |
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Episode #171 ... Guy Debord - The Society of the Spectacle
Today we talk about a famous call to action by the philosopher Guy Debord.
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40:33 | 01/11/2022 | |
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Episode #170 ... Albert Camus - The Fall
Today we explore some of the themes discussed in The Fall by Albert Camus. www.philosophizethis.org :)
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39:19 | 23/09/2022 | |
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Episode #169 ... Bruno Latour - We Have Never Been Modern
Today we cover thought provoking pieces of an early work by a great philosopher named Bruno Latour. Hope you love it.
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28:52 | 20/08/2022 | |
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Episode #168 ... Introduction to an Ethics of Care
Today we begin discussing an Ethics of Care. @iamstephenwest on twitter for updates. www.philosophizethis.org Thank you for wanting to know more today than you did yesterday. :)
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42:35 | 13/07/2022 | |
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Episode #167 ... Jose Ortega - Revolt of the Masses
Today we continue talking about the work of Ortega. This time about his book Revolt of the Masses. Twitter - @iamstephenwest for updates Thank you for wanting to know more today than you did yesterday. :)
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26:32 | 25/06/2022 | |
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Episode #166 ... Jose Ortega - Circumstance
Today we begin talking about the work of Jose Ortega Y Gasset.
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30:14 | 01/06/2022 | |
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Episode #165 ... Ralph Waldo Emerson - Nature and Other Things
Today we continue our discussion of Emerson.
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27:56 | 30/04/2022 | |
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Episode #164 ... Ralph Waldo Emerson - Self Reliance
Today we talk about Emerson and his essay about self reliance.
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33:33 | 22/04/2022 | |
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Episode #163 ... The Creation of Meaning - Escape From Evil
Today we continue talking about the work of Ernest Becker.
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30:17 | 02/03/2022 | |
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Episode #162 ... The Creation of Meaning - The Denial of Death
Today we begin talking about the work of Ernest Becker.
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26:33 | 25/01/2022 | |
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Episode #161 ... Karl Popper - The Open Society and Its Enemies
Today we talk about a famous book from the work of Karl Popper. Get more: Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philosophizethis Be social: Twitter: https://twitter.com/iamstephenwest Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philosophizethispodcast TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@philosophizethispodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philosophizethisshow Thank you for making the show possible. 🙂
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32:08 | 15/01/2022 | |
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Episode #160 ... The Creation of Meaning - Kierkegaard - Silence, Obedience and Joy
Today we discuss the work of Soren Kierkegaard. His famous work The Lily of the Field and The Bird of The Air.
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36:20 | 05/01/2022 | |
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Episode #159 ... The Creation of Meaning - Nietzsche - Amor Fati
Today we continue our discussion on the creation of meaning.
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29:18 | 10/11/2021 |
