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Philosophize This!

By Stephen West

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.

  1. 1.
    Episode #117 ... Structuralism and Mythology pt. 218 March 2018
    26:36
  2. 2.
    Episode #116 ... Structuralism and Mythology pt. 118 March 2018
    27:33
  3. 3.
    Episode #115 ... Structuralism and Context28 January 2018
    31:59
  4. 4.
    Episode #114 ... The Frankfurt School pt. 7 - The Great Refusal23 December 2017
    38:57
  5. 5.
    Episode #113 ... The Frankfurt School pt. 6 - Art As A Tool For Liberation2 December 2017
    23:13
  6. 6.
    Episode #112 ... The Frankfurt School pt. 5 - Civilization6 November 2017
    29:38
  7. 7.
    Episode #111 ... The Frankfurt School pt. 4 - Eros20 October 2017
    26:14
  8. 8.
    Episode #110 ... The Frankfurt School pt. 3 - The Culture Industry7 September 2017
    28:08
  1. 9.
    Episode #109 ... The Frankfurt School pt. 2 - The Enlightenment26 August 2017
    25:43
  2. 10.
    Episode #108 ... The Frankfurt School pt. 1 - Introduction17 August 2017
    30:25
  3. 11.
    Episode #107 ... Simone De Beauvoir pt .3 - Responsibility29 July 2017
    26:32
  4. 12.
    Episode #106 ... Simone De Beauvoir pt. 2 - The Ethics of Ambiguity19 July 2017
    24:19
  5. 13.
    Episode #105 ... Sartre and Camus pt. 6 - The Self9 July 2017
    26:39
  6. 14.
    Episode #104 ... Sartre and Camus pt. 5 - Consciousness is Freedom1 June 2017
    29:28
  7. 15.
    Episode #103 ... Sartre and Camus pt. 4 - The Quest For Certainty24 May 2017
    32:05
  8. 16.
    Episode #102 ... Heidegger pt. 3 - Authenticity12 May 2017
    31:22
  9. 17.
    Episode #101 ... Heidegger pt. 2 - Science and Technology30 April 2017
    25:59
  10. 18.
    Episode #100 ... Heidegger pt. 1 - Phenomenology and Dasein14 April 2017
    31:05
  11. 19.
    Episode #099 ... Schopenhauer pt. 2 - Ethics29 March 2017
    22:49
  12. 20.
    Episode #098 ... Schopenhauer pt. 1 - Metaphysics and Love14 March 2017
    22:38
  13. 21.
    Episode #097 ... Wittgenstein ep. 11 March 2017
    25:45
  14. 22.
    Episode #096 ... Is Ayn Rand A Philosopher?20 January 2017
    24:12
  15. 23.
    Episode #095 ... Are you living in a simulation?30 December 2016
    26:17
  16. 24.
    Episode #094 ... A Look at Suffering24 November 2016
    29:06
  17. 25.
    Episode #093 ... Nietzsche pt. 4 - Love6 November 2016
    26:41
  18. 26.
    Episode #092 ... Nietzsche pt. 3 - Thus Spoke Zarathustra4 October 2016
    29:57
  19. 27.
    Episode #091 ... Nietzsche pt. 2 - The Will to Power21 September 2016
    27:56
  20. 28.
    Episode #090 ... Nietzsche pt. 1 - God is dead and so is Captain Morgan26 August 2016
    27:13
  21. 29.
    Episode #089 ... Simone De Beauvoir - The Second Sex17 August 2016
    30:51
  22. 30.
    Episode #088 ... Sartre and Camus pt. 3 - The Great Debate27 July 2016
    26:48
  23. 31.
    Episode #087 ... Sartre and Camus pt. 214 July 2016
    23:14
  24. 32.
    Episode #086 ... Sartre and Camus pt. 1 - Freedom29 June 2016
    23:45
  25. 33.
    Episode #085 ... Peter Singer on Effective Altruism21 June 2016
    24:01
  26. 34.
    Episode #084 ... William James on Truth14 June 2016
    26:43
  27. 35.
    Episode #083 ... Henry David Thoreau4 June 2016
    27:01
  28. 36.
    Episode #082 ... Austrians and Marx26 May 2016
    25:35
  29. 37.
    Episode #081 ... Capitalism vs. Communism11 May 2016
    24:34
  30. 38.
    Episode #80 ... Feuerbach on Religion3 May 2016
    27:59
  31. 39.
    Episode #079 ... Kierkegaard on Anxiety23 March 2016
    22:32
  32. 40.
    Episode #078 ... Marx and Kierkegaard on Religion pt. 227 January 2016
    25:23
  33. 41.
    Episode #077 ... Marx and Kierkegaard on Religion pt. 117 January 2016
    27:16
  34. 42.
    Episode #076 ... Hegel's God31 December 2015
    25:25
  35. 43.
    Episode #075 ... How To Win An Argument Pt. 221 December 2015
    23:51
  36. 44.
    Episode #074 ... Hegel Returns17 December 2015
    26:38
  37. 45.
    Episode #073 ... How To Win An Argument Pt. 11 December 2015
    29:29
  38. 46.
    Episode #072 ... Insecurity18 November 2015
    33:43
  39. 47.
    Episode #071 ... Is Killing Animals For Food Morally Justifiable?1 November 2015
    29:03
  40. 48.
    Episode #070 ... Off Moodiness20 October 2015
    23:23
  41. 49.
    Episode #069 ... An Appeal To Reason12 October 2015
    31:47
  42. 50.
    Episode #068 ... On Moodiness6 October 2015
    22:10
  43. 51.
    Episode #067 ... What Hegel Was Saying!21 September 2015
    22:12
  44. 52.
    Episode #066 ... Hegel pt. 1 - Introduction14 September 2015
    19:14
  45. 53.
    Episode #065 ... Mary Wollstonecraft7 September 2015
    22:48
  46. 54.
    Episode #064 ... Interpreting Interpretations19 August 2015
    20:53
  47. 55.
    Episode #063 ... Kant pt. 8 - Limits of Knowledge1 July 2015
    28:47
  48. 56.
    Episode #062 ... Kant pt. 7 - Suicide23 June 2015
    33:19
  49. 57.
    Episode #061 ... What is Enlightenment?14 June 2015
    27:01
  50. 58.
    Episode #060 ... The Sublime1 June 2015
    30:48
  51. 59.
    Episode #059 ... Kant pt. 4 - Categorical Trolley Cars28 May 2015
    27:47
  52. 60.
    Episode #058 ... Deontology vs Consequentialism20 May 2015
    27:25
  53. 61.
    Episode #057 ... Kant pt. 2 - The Actual Introduction11 May 2015
    25:36
  54. 62.
    Episode #056 ... Kant pt. 1 - An Introduction to the Introduction22 April 2015
    26:21
  55. 63.
    Episode #055 ... Interview on Hume with Massimo Pigliucci1 April 2015
    30:34
  56. 64.
    Episode #054 ... Hume pt. 4 - Art27 March 2015
    30:21
  57. 65.
    Episode #053 ... David Hume pt. 3 - Custom16 March 2015
    24:24
  58. 66.
    Episode #052 ... David Hume pt. 2 - Design5 March 2015
    29:56
  59. 67.
    Episode #051 ... David Hume pt. 125 February 2015
    30:24
  60. 68.
    Episode #050 ... Are You Left Or Right?7 February 2015
    26:28
  61. 69.
    Episode #049 ... Adam Smith pt. 2 - The Tip of the Iceberg of Wealth27 January 2015
    29:32
  62. 70.
    Episode #048 ... Adam Smith pt. 1 - Specialization18 January 2015
    24:12
  63. 71.
    Episode #047 ... Rousseau pt. 3 - The General Will10 January 2015
    25:20
  64. 72.
    Episode #046 ... Rousseau pt. 2 - Democracy, Aristocracy or Monarchy?2 January 2015
    29:51
  65. 73.
    Episode #045 ... Rousseau Government pt. 115 December 2014
    27:12
  66. 74.
    Episode #044 ... Slavery2 December 2014
    36:50
  67. 75.
    Episode #043 ... Tolerance21 November 2014
    31:45
  68. 76.
    Episode #042 ... Optimism12 November 2014
    29:45
  69. 77.
    Episode #041 ... Belief4 November 2014
    39:59
  70. 78.
    Episode #040 ... Superstition16 October 2014
    50:37
  71. 79.
    Episode #039 ... Before Our Very Eyes - The Limits of Empiricism8 October 2014
    28:23
  72. 80.
    Episode #038 ... Leibniz pt. 2 - The Best of All Possible Worlds2 October 2014
    27:44
  73. 81.
    Episode #037 ... Leibniz pt. 1 - A Million Points of Light23 September 2014
    33:29
  74. 82.
    Episode #036 ... John Locke pt. 2 - The Blank Slate15 September 2014
    29:04
  75. 83.
    Episode #035 ... John Locke pt. 1 - From Sea to Shining Sea9 September 2014
    31:49
  76. 84.
    Episode #034 ... Spinoza pt. 2 - Force of Nature2 September 2014
    28:50
  77. 85.
    Episode #033 ... Spinoza pt. 1 - From Baruch to Benedicto26 August 2014
    30:21
  78. 86.
    Episode #032 ... Blaise Pascal pt. 2 - +EV your way to success!!19 August 2014
    29:53
  79. 87.
    Episode #031 ... Pascal's Wager12 August 2014
    28:42
  80. 88.
    Episode #030 ... Descartes pt. 3 - God Exists5 August 2014
    25:45
  81. 89.
    Episode #029 ... Descartes pt. 2 - Visionary Genius16 July 2014
    28:08
  82. 90.
    Episode #028 ... Rene Descartes pt. 1 - a little context9 July 2014
    28:08
  83. 91.
    Episode #027 ... Thomas Hobbes pt. 21 July 2014
    29:35
  84. 92.
    Episode #026 ... Thomas Hobbes pt. 1 - The Social Contract17 June 2014
    30:30
  85. 93.
    Episode #025 ... A Scientific Method For Your Life!10 June 2014
    29:43
  86. 94.
    Episode #024 ... Montaigne4 June 2014
    28:05
  87. 95.
    Episode #023 ... Machiavelli20 May 2014
    26:40
  88. 96.
    Episode #022 ... Blast off to the Renaissance!13 May 2014
    26:53
  89. 97.
    Episode #021 ... One God - St. Thomas Aquinas5 May 2014
    26:21
  90. 98.
    Episode #020 ... Two Medieval Approaches To God24 April 2014
    35:36
  91. 99.
    Episode #019 ... Three Islamic Truths14 April 2014
    32:14
  92. 100.
    Episode #018 ... Avicenna4 April 2014
    27:33
  93. 101.
    Episode #017 ... Boethius26 March 2014
    24:32
  94. 102.
    Episode #016 ... Saint Augustine28 February 2014
    30:14
  95. 103.
    Episode #015 ... A Period of Transition - Plotinus13 February 2014
    38:05
  96. 104.
    Episode #014 ... The Hellenistic Age Pt. 5 - A Race To The Dark Ages18 January 2014
    44:36
  97. 105.
    Episode #013 ... The Hellenistic Age Pt. 4 - Skepticism5 January 2014
    47:11
  98. 106.
    Episode #012 ... The Hellenistic Age Pt. 3 - Hallmarks of Stoic Ethics20 December 2013
    49:47
  99. 107.
    Episode #011 ... The Hellenistic Age Pt. 2 - The Early Stoa and the Cynics7 December 2013
    43:30
  100. 108.
    Episode #010 ... The Hellenistic Age Pt. 1 - Epicurus24 November 2013
    47:55
  101. 109.
    Episode #009 ... The Buddha11 November 2013
    44:27
  102. 110.
    Episode #008 ... Confucianism29 October 2013
    40:54
  103. 111.
    Episode #007 ... Daoism10 August 2013
    40:13
  104. 112.
    Episode #006 ... Aristotle Pt. 226 July 2013
    39:17
  105. 113.
    Episode #005 ... Aristotle Pt. 114 July 2013
    38:52
  106. 114.
    Episode #004 ... Plato1 July 2013
    45:01
  107. 115.
    Episode #003 ... Socrates and the Sophists23 June 2013
    40:09
  108. 116.
    Episode #002 ... Presocratic Philosophy - Italian15 June 2013
    37:26
  109. 117.
    Episode #001 ... Presocratic Philosophy - Ionian6 June 2013
    49:20

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