Driven To Meaning

By Will Jay

No specific background required. I'll be your guide on a journey of the mind, a journey in which we take a hard, unflinching look at the nature of the human condition through the eyes of some of histo... more

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Driven To Meaning episodes:

September 30, 2019 Episode 32: Hooked on Dogmatism
Are we 'hardwired' to believe in God?

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September 25, 2019 Episode 31: A Climate of Fear
Saving the world, one accusation at a time.

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January 23, 2019 Episode 30: The Condemnation Game
Points initially spread across the spectrum.
Dials turned, frequencies adjusted.
Out of the noise something began to take form.

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January 06, 2019 Episode 29: The Evil That People Do
Are we honest enough about what each and every one of us is capable of doing to others under certain environmental pressures?

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December 30, 2018 Episode 28: Naughty or Nice?
Were you naughty or nice in 2018?

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October 26, 2018 Episode 27 - The Empirical Self and the Transcendental Self: Kant and Critique of Pure Reason
In this episode, we wrap up our extended focus on Kant's Critique of Pure Reason by coming full circle and looking at his view on personal identity, the topic of Episode 1 of this podcast. Recall, in that episode, we were introduced to David Hume's thoughts on the topic.

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September 14, 2018 Episode 26 - More on the Threefold Synthesis: Kant and Critique of Pure Reason
An intuitive breakdown of the threefold synthesis of the first edition of Critique of Pure Reason.

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September 03, 2018Episode 25 - The Threefold Synthesis: Kant and Critique of Pure Reason
We begin Kant's famous Transcendental Deduction this episode, focusing first on what he called 'the threefold synthesis' of cognition.

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Readings from Critique of Pure Reason [first edition], by Immanuel Kant:
A96-98
A 99-100: 1. ON THE SYNTHESIS OF APPREHENSION IN INTUITION
A101-102: 2. ON THE SYNTHESIS OF REPRODUCTION IN IMAGINATION
A103-106: 3. ON THE SYNTHESIS OF RECOGNITION IN THE CONCEPT
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August 20, 2018 Episode 24: The Elephant in the Room: Kant and Critique of Pure Reason
Is transcendental idealism philosophically inconsistent? Does Kant not fully get the love he should from the philosophy community because he seems to have violated one of his own doctrines?

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August 10, 2018 Episode 23 - The Origin of Cognition: Kant and Critique of Pure Reason
In this episode, hopefully we nail down what it is that Kant means when he uses the term 'transcendental.' Also, the cognitive mechanism Kant calls 'synthesis' is introduced.

Readings from Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant:
(A56/B80) - General logic vs. transcendental logic
(A57/B82) - Brief but clear description of what transcendental logic is
(A58-59/B82-83) - A little about what truth is
(A77-79/B102-105) - Synthesis is introduced

Reading from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume:
Book I, Part III, Section VIII - Intensity of belief in terms of probability

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FAQs about Driven To Meaning:

How many episodes does Driven To Meaning have?

The podcast currently has 37 episodes available.