#240 - Donna Haraway's Cyborg Manifesto
Don't get your hopes up robot-heads. We're discussing gender theory on this episode. Donna Haraway's 1985 essay "A Cyborg Manifesto" used an extended, ironic metaphor to argue for a new approach to fe...
28 Marras 201842min
#239 - Teletransportation revisited
A few years ago, Connor and Dan discussed the paradox of duplication that teleportation can cause. Now that Connor has taken a dip into the cool waters of Star Trek, Dan figures it's time to revisit t...
21 Marras 201838min
#238 - Does Evil Exist?
Sure, we know bad things happen and there are bad people in the world. But are people truly "evil?" And, if so, what do we even mean when we say "evil?" In this slightly loosey-goosey episode of Drunk...
14 Marras 201846min
#237 - Buddhist Dualism and The Need For Empirical Investigation
Y'all know what we mean when we say Dualism? Hopefully you will by the mid-way point of this episode because Connor and Dan go down some hippie dippy pathways this week to explore the non-traditional ...
10 Marras 201835min
#236 - Philosophy of Horror
Clanking chains! Creaking doors! Ghoooooost sounds! For this very special Halloween episode of Drunken Philosophy, Connor and Dan put on a brave face and explore the philosophy of horror. Specifically...
31 Loka 201846min
#235 - Sally Haslanger
After reading a recent paper from Professor of Philosophy at MIT Sally Haslanger, Dan decides to launch into a discussion about racism, ideology, and how progressive-minded people should go about enac...
24 Loka 201845min
#234 - Philosophy Of Star Trek
With Dan's move coming up and a dwindling backlog of episodes staring them in the face, Connor suggests doing an entire episode about the philosophy of Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek. What could be high...
17 Loka 201844min
#233 - Commodity Fetishism
Our old pal Karl Marx stops by the studio to tell Connor and Dan about the not-so-sexy problem of commodity fetishism. What makes a bottle of Coke so special? Why do people go gaga over new Apple prod...
10 Loka 201841min
