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Reading vs. TV
Season 8 Episode 22
A reflection on the relative nature of Reading vs TV and the peculiarities of both mediums. Indeed, given how much time we spend engaged in watching …
11 months, 2 weeks ago
The History of Philosophy in 16 Questions - Q15: Truth?
Season 11 Episode 15
The History of Philosophy in 16 Questions - Q15: Truth?
Principia Mathematica
The aim of the book is to set a limit to thought, or rather — not to tho…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Primates In Space: Primates Are Stressed (Conclusion) - Ep. 12
Season 12 Episode 12
The accumulated gap between our environment and our needs as primates have grown increasingly large over the last 100 years. As a result virtually ev…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Narrativium
Season 8 Episode 21
We continually tell ourselves stories about every aspect of our lives. Taking a little time to reflect on the stories we tell ourselves is often quit…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
The History of Philosophy in 16 Questions - Q14: What is this science thing?
Season 11 Episode 14
The History of Philosophy in 16 Questions - Q14: What is this science thing?
Now my method, though hard to practice, is easy to explain; and it is thi…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Primates In Space: Primates Go Wild - Ep. 11
Season 12 Episode 11
While the industrial revolution is widely recognized as a turning point in human history, less well appreciated is why it has been so influential. Ea…
11 months, 4 weeks ago
Andre Gide and Marcel Proust
Season 8 Episode 20
Two famous works that critiqued the Moral structure of turn of the century French society did so in entirely different ways. While Gide is more known…
1 year ago
The History of Philosophy in 16 Questions - Q13: Enlightened?
Season 11 Episode 13
The History of Philosophy in 16 Questions - Q13: Enlightened?
We can see from this that the sovereign power, absolute, sacred and inviolable as it is,…
1 year ago
Primates In Space: Primates Take Over - Ep. 10
Season 12 Episode 10
The combination of new crops, new outlooks, new technologies but, most importantly, the expansion of the primate intellectual and imaginative capacit…
1 year ago
The History of Philosophy in 16 Questions - Q12: What was reborn?
Season 11 Episode 12
The History of Philosophy in 16 Questions - Q12: What was reborn?
1374 death of Petrarch 1413 Brunelleschi systematizes perspective
1439 Movable Pre…
1 year ago