Egg Timer Philosophy

Today on the egg timer we are joined by guest host Martin Bunzl.  Join in as Dr. Bunzl discusses his new book, Thinking While Walking: Reflections on the Pacific Crest Trail.  

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On this third installment of the Nietzsche Summer Series the topic will be Nietzsche's Ubermensch.  Join in for an episode that takes a look how Nietzsche developed this vexing idea. Check out details about the Nietzsche Summer Series at eggtimerphilosophy.com

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In the second Nietzsche summer series episode the topic will be the Will to Power with specific focus on the text 'Beyond Good and Evil'.  The Will to Power played a critical role in Nietzsche's thoughts and he considered it to be a more basic aspect of humanity than even self preservation.  Tune in to find out just how Nietzsche thought that conventional morality was little more than a human creation to deny this most basic aspect of humanity.  Check out details about the Nietzsche Summer Series at eggtimerphilosophy.com

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On today's episode the topic is the non-identity problem which has become central in many bioethics debates surrounding the beginning of life.

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On this episode of the egg timer, and the first in the Nietzsche Summer series, we explore Nietzsche 1873 essay 'On Truth and Lies in a Nonmoral Sense'.  Special attention is given to the strong connection that Nietzsche makes between conventional notions of truth and the formation of metaphor.  Check out details about the Nietzsche Summer Series at eggtimerphilosophy.com

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Over the course of the Summer the egg timer will be having a Summer podcast series covering the ideas of Friedrich Nietzsche.  See release dates below for episodes topics in the series and also check out the egg timer website at eggtimerphilosophy.com for associated readings for each episode.

June 11, 'Truth and Perspectivism': June 25, 'Will To Power': July 9, 'Ubermensch': July 23, 'Nihilism': August 6, 'The Arts'

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Under what conditions should people living without a government agree to form a government?  On this episode of the egg timer we see the answer that Thomas Hobbes gave nearly four hundred years ago to this long standing question among political philosophers.

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On today's episode the topic will be Emile Durkheim's treatment of religion with special emphasis given to the distinction between the sacred and the profane.

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This episode of the egg timer is devoted to taking a critical look at the Communist Manifesto or more formally titled 'Manifesto of the Communist Party'.  Specifically the topics of history and power as well as the definition that Marx and Engels give to communism will be explored.

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On this episode of the egg timer the topic will revolve around questions concerning what constitutes the body as well how advanced technology will force people to rethink the rights that protect the body.

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