The Wes Cecil Podcast

The Wes Cecil Podcast

My lectures are dedicated to making Philosophy in particular and the world of ideas in general available to everyone. My exploration of topics and thinkers is designed to provide a foundation for listeners to engage in further reading and thought and develop their own conceptions of the topics I introduce. I have PhD in Literature and Philosophy and was a college professor for over 20 years. I am working to remove the barriers that prevent many from experiencing and understanding the lives and thoughts of some of the world's greatest thinkers.

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Episoder(240)

Reading Kant's "Prolegomena" - Ep. 5

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 Mar 202537min

Capitalism: How did we get here? And where are we going? Ep. 2

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 Mar 202537min

Reading Kant's "Prolegomena" - Ep. 4

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 Mar 202531min

Capitalism: How did we get here? And where are we going? Ep. 1

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 Mar 202543min

Philosophical Fireside Chats 🔥 🪵: Plutarch's Life of Theseus  - Ep. 4

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 Mar 202522min

Major Thinkers - Ludwig Wittgenstein- Ep. 7

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 Mar 20251h 20min

Reading Kant's "Prolegomena" - Ep. 3

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 Mar 202543min

House of the Intellect (Conclusion) - Ep. 11

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 Mar 202537min

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