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FAQs about MeaningofLife.tv:How many episodes does MeaningofLife.tv have?The podcast currently has 591 episodes available.
November 19, 2020Lesser Evils (Daniel Kaufman & Kevin Currie-Knight)Why Kevin chose not to vote ... The two-party system vs. a multiparty parliamentary system ... Dan accuses Kevin of not confronting what the election was about ... Is Kevin acting like a spoiled brat? ... The logic of straight-ticket voting ... Kevin accuses Dan of having a pessimistic view of democracy ......more1h 0minPlay
November 06, 2020Debating Standpoint Theory (Daniel Kaufman & Crispin Sartwell)The origins of "standpoint theory" ... Are Dan and Crispin white? ... Defining standpoint theory ... Dan: Standpoint theory presents an irrefutable hypothesis ... Crispin: "All knowledge is from some standpoint" ... Dan: There is no single black perspective on race ... Why don't people trust experts? ... Is this argument good for society right now? ......more1h 0minPlay
November 03, 2020The Dharma of Bob: The Logos (Robert Wright & Josh Summers)Philo of Alexandria, seminal Logos theorist ... Bob: Teleology is perfectly compatible with a scientific worldview ... A logic shaping the unfolding of life ... How Jordan Peterson understands the Logos ... Does order flow from consciousness? ... Moral progress and human interdependence ... Teleology without theology ... The Logos and the "simulation hypothesis" ......more1h 0minPlay
November 01, 2020The Innovation Delusion (John Horgan & Lee Vinsel)Lee’s new book, The Innovation Delusion ... Is progress real? ... Lee’s critique of the documentary The Social Dilemma ... The necessity and dangers of “expertise” ... John’s problems with Buddhism ......more1h 0minPlay
October 14, 2020Just Faith (Robert Wright & Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons)Guthrie's new book, Just Faith: Reclaiming Progressive Christianity ... Guthrie's personal faith journey ... The tradition of liberal Protestantism ... Human sexuality and evangelicalism ... Guthrie sees a liberatory counternarrative in Scripture ... What drives militant atheism? ... What happened to Christian antiwar activism? ... Do young progressives privilege identity over class? ... Why Guthrie prays for President Trump ......more1h 0minPlay
October 07, 2020Who Is Entitled? (Daniel Kaufman & Robert Gressis)A review of Kate Manne's book Entitled sparks an online philosophy feud ... Is America systematically misogynistic? ... How Twitter incentivizes bad behavior ... The professional norms around book reviewing ... Dan sees "no honor all the way down" on the other side ... Self-immolating philosophers ... Is there a case for keeping some topics off limits? ......more1h 0minPlay
October 01, 2020Social Media and Cognitive Empathy (Robert Wright & Josh Summers)Applying cognitive empathy to the Supreme Court vacancy fight ... The danger of runaway retaliation ... Reviewing The Social Dilemma, a new documentary critical of social media ... Enhance your online stature by vilifying the other tribe! ... How will historians view the social media era? ... Can Democrats oppose Barrett mindfully? ... The links between yoga and mindfulness ......more1h 0minPlay
September 22, 2020The Microfoundations of Marxism (Robert Gressis & Jaime Edwards)Jaime explains how Marx understood ideology ... Our tendency to get facts wrong in a self-serving way ... Cognitive biases that lead the working class astray ... Why do we have reason? ... "Thank God for the ruling class!" ... How do the elite get what they want? ... Imagining the meetings of the megarich ......more1h 0minPlay
September 15, 2020Persons, Minds, and Thingy Things (Daniel Kaufman & Joshua Rasmussen)How can there be persons? ... Against hypostatic ontological commitment ... Things vs. thingy things ... Mind over matter, or vice versa? ... Are there minds? Dan isn't sure. ... Have philosophers gone beyond their ambit? ... Philosophy as service to people ......more1h 0minPlay
September 08, 2020Mindfulness to Heal Ourselves and the World (Robert Wright & Sharon Salzberg)How Sharon became one of the first Americans to study Buddhism in India ... Sharon's new book, Real Change: Mindfulness to Heal Ourselves and the World ... Does meditation seal you off from the world? ... Mindfully coping with anger on social media ... There's more political diversity among meditators than you might think ... Sharon explains lovingkindness meditation ... The difficult work of finding compassion for your enemies ... Planting seeds in a garden you never get to see ......more1h 0minPlay
FAQs about MeaningofLife.tv:How many episodes does MeaningofLife.tv have?The podcast currently has 591 episodes available.