Eardstepa's Courses

Eardstepa's Courses episodes

November 29, 2021 The Matrix, philosophy and post modernism
This episode goes into how the film both covers ideas in philosophy and in post modernism.
17 min
November 25, 2021 Ludwig Wittgenstein
This episode introduces his early and late works.
28 min
November 18, 2021 Brave New World
Thus episode looks at the predictions of the novel and compares them to the world today.
21 min
November 16, 2021 Heidegger and being
This episode gives a brief introduction to Heidegger and also raises the question of his murky past.
17 min
November 11, 2021 Kurt Vonnegut and Slaughterhouse Five
This episode discusses the book not only as an anti war novel but also as a post modern and psychological work.
25 min
November 08, 2021 William James and Pragmatism
This episode gets into a little of James' ideas in psychology, philosophy, and literature.
28 min
October 27, 2021 Langston Hughes Let America be America Again
This episode covers the poem by Hughes and talks about how poetry and politics are often intertwined and at odds.
22 min
October 18, 2021 Russell and an introduction to Analytic Philosophy
This episode talks about Analytic Philosophy and its focus on logic.
25 min
October 16, 2021 Literature and music and the counterculture.
This episode traces the rise of the counterculture through literature and music from the 20s to the 60s and beyond.
21 min
October 11, 2021 Husserl and Existentialism
This episode starts to introduce a little more the foundations of Existentialism.
15 min

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This is a series of college level lectures free to anyone who is curious. They will cover writing, philosophy, and literature.