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Critique Of Pure Reason -- Preface
Ryan and Todd begin their analysis of Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason by working through the prefaces to the first and second edition of the …
2 years, 8 months ago
Symbolic Castration
Ryan and Todd consider the concept of symbolic castration as it develops in psychoanalysis and as it bears on both politics and culture. They relate …
2 years, 8 months ago
Dialectical Reversal
Ryan and Todd explore the working of the dialectical reversal, how weaknesses can turn into strengths, how successes can turn into failures. They loo…
2 years, 8 months ago
Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations
Ryan and Todd think through Ludwig Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations, focusing especially on the parallels with psychoanalysis and the work…
2 years, 9 months ago
Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
Ryan and Todd discuss Ludwig Wittgenstein's project in the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus. They begin by looking at this project on its own terms and…
2 years, 9 months ago
1980s Christmas
In their annual Christmas episode, Ryan and Todd look at the 1980s Christmas film, focusing on Christmas Story, Trading Places, Scrooged, Christmas V…
2 years, 10 months ago
Discourse on Method
Ryan and Todd examine perhaps the founding text of modern Western philosophy--Rene Descartes' Discourse on the Method. They consider how Descartes ar…
2 years, 10 months ago
Envy
Ryan and Todd discuss the structure of envy, its relationship to jealousy, and its political implications. They make reference to Othello and Seven a…
2 years, 11 months ago
Science Fiction Cinema
Ryan and Todd discuss the generic development of science fiction cinema while also addressing its philosophical implications. They include a deeper a…
2 years, 11 months ago
Monadology
Ryan and Todd present the philosophy of Leibniz as articulated in his late work the Monadology. They link this text to the breakthroughs of later thi…
3 years ago