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 Maalis 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 Maalis 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 Maalis 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 Maalis 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 Maalis 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 Maalis 20251h 20min
Reading Kant's "Prolegomena" - Ep. 3
READ ALONG SERIES - KANT'S "PROLEGOMENA" In these sections Kant lists out the requirements that must be met, according to him, to make any meaningful metaphysical claims. In doing so, he limits our ac...
12 Maalis 202543min
House of the Intellect (Conclusion) - Ep. 11
THE ISOLATED GENIUS:In the concluding chapter I explore the poisonous idea of the isolated genius. By emphasizing the individual and the product rather than the community and the process, our society ...
10 Maalis 202537min
