Egg Timer Philosophy

This episode of the egg timer explores the concepts of ownership and property.  Do you own, in any sense, a car that you have just rented at the airport counter?  Tune in, as this and other examples are discussed.

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What separates science from other areas of inquiry?  Karl Popper argued that it is the activity of falsification.  Tune in to hear about Karl Popper's falsification driven view of scientific inquiry.

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This episode of the egg timer is devoted to discussing the major themes within Aristotle's approach to ethics.

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What forces drive us to economically consume?  Today's egg timer will take a look at the philosophical and socially engaging answer that Thorstein Veblen gives to this question.

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This episode of the egg timer explores a passage from Robert Pirsig's 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance' to better understand the relationship between time and experience.

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Should society regulate objectionable speech?  This episode of the egg timer considers and critiques John Stuart Mill's answer to this long standing and difficult question.

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Do we have voluntary control over our beliefs?  It turns out probably not in the vast majority of cases.  This episode explains why this is the case and explore the relationship between freedom and belief.

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Do the evils of the world provide evidence against the existence of God?  Listen in as this question is explored on this episode of the egg timer.

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What principles of justice would people agree to under a veil of ignorance that prevents them from knowing things about themselves such as their ethnicity, gender identity, and sexual orientation? John Rawls says, the 'difference principle' and the 'liberty principle'.  This episode breaks down and discuss each of these ideas.

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How do we create a just society? In this episode of the egg timer we take a look at how John Rawls used the idea of ignorance to provide a very inventive answer to this question.

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