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142: Commands, Symbols & Games - Nietzsche, Cassirer & Wittgenstein on Language
In this episode we're going to explore three very different thinkers who nonetheless converge on their theories of language. We're going to see if we…
6 hours ago
141: Ernst Cassirer - Language & Myth
Season 6 Episode 33
In this episode, we're venturing into the life and thought of Ernst Cassirer, the last humanist of the Enlightenment tradition. Cassirer is widely kn…
1 week ago
140: Anti-Schmitt
Season 6 Episode 32
This is an audio version of the first two sections of a planned series of political writings, gathered under the name Antipolitik: I. The Birth of th…
2 weeks ago
Untimely Reflections #45: Nick Nielsen - Philosophy of History
Season 6 Episode 31
I spoke with Nick Nielsen (Geopolicraticus), who publishes a regular newsletter, and the series, Today in the Philosophy of History. We discussed Aug…
3 weeks ago
Untimely Reflections #44: Christopher Satoor (The Young Idealist) - Friedrich Schelling
Season 6 Episode 30
Chris joined me for a conversation on Friedrich Schelling & German Idealism! In spite of his prominence, Schelling tends to be underdiscussed in popu…
4 weeks ago
139: Ludwig Wittgenstein - Philosophical Investigations, pt 2
Season 6 Episode 29
In our continuation of Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations, we'll discuss Wittgenstein's arguments against the possibility of a private langu…
1 month ago
138: Ludwig Wittgenstein - Philosophical Investigations, part 1
Season 6 Episode 28
In this episode, we're finally talking about a book near and dear to my heart, Wittgenstein's "Philosophical Investigations" (this book took second p…
1 month, 1 week ago
Untimely Reflections #43: Joe Folley (Unsolicited Advice) - Camus & Absurdism
Season 6 Episode 27
Joe Folley joins me for a conversation on Albert Camus and the absurdist response to the death of God. We begin by comparing and contrasting Camus an…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Q&A #14
Season 6 Episode 26
The longest Q&A so far! The beginning has a number of Patreon updates, most of which involve things that have already transpired on the podcast. If y…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
137: Philosopher as Spectator
Season 6 Episode 25
In Marcus Tullius Cicero's Tusculan Disputations, he cites a story of Pythagoras, the man who created the term, "philosopher". His description of the…
2 months ago