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The Psychology People Love to Hate (Evolutionary Psychology Pt.1)

Episode 53

Dave and Tamler take a shot at answering the question: what is an evolutionary psychologist? Is it just a psychologist who believes in evolution? (No…

11 years, 6 months ago

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Thought Experiments (Huh!) What Are They Good For? (Part 2)

Episode 52

Experience Machines, Chinese Rooms, Original Positions, and Ice Buckets.  ("I don't know what you have in mind for this evening Homer, but count me o…

11 years, 6 months ago

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Zombies, Trolleys, and Galileo's Balls

Episode 51

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Dave and Tamler talk about the value and purposes of thought experiments in philosophy and science. Does the trolley problem tell us mo…

11 years, 7 months ago

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Keeping it Unreal

Episode 50

Dude, do you ever think about how, like, we could be all be in the Matrix? Seriously, no no, dude, I'm being serious. It's like, none of this might b…

11 years, 8 months ago

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Psychopaths and Contrastivizzzzzzzz (With Walter Sinnott-Armstrong)

Episode 49

Special guest Walter Sinnott-Armstrong joins the podcast to explain how his theory which desperately needs a new name ("contrastivism") can dissolve …

11 years, 8 months ago

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Restorative Circle Jerk

Episode 48

Dave and Tamler take a mulligan and try to resolve their conflict about restorative justice.  Do restorative processes lead to more just outcomes tha…

11 years, 9 months ago

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Schooled By Our Listeners

Episode 47

Tamler and David leech off of their listeners and dedicate an episode to their favorite comments, questions, and criticisms from the past few weeks (…

11 years, 9 months ago

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The Real Josh Knobe

Episode 46

May I have your attention please? Will the real Josh Knobe please stand up? Will the real... [you know what, screw this--we're just dating ourselves.…

11 years, 10 months ago

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Rounded Brains and Balanced "Play Diets"

Episode 45

A British tabloid article about kids, brains, and spatial skills somehow provokes the biggest argument ever on the podcast. Dave and Tamler get into …

11 years, 10 months ago

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Killer Robots

Episode 44

David and Tamler argue about the use of autonomous robots and drones in warfare.  Could it lead to less suffering during wars and afterwards? Would n…

11 years, 11 months ago

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