Philosopher's Zone

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The simplest questions often have the most complex answers. The Philosopher's Zone is your guide through the strange thickets of logic, metaphysics and ethics.... more

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The podcast currently has 859 episodes available.

Philosopher's Zone episodes:

July 03, 2016 Cicero on growing old
Marcus Tullius Cicero on an undeniable fact of life—and how it fares in our modern utilitarian world?
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26min
June 26, 2016 Can you trust your memory
What’s so wrong with the storehouse model of memory?
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26min
June 19, 2016 Your right to be a foodie
Why do so many people find foodie-ism morally questionable?
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25min
June 12, 2016 Habit
So, you have good habits and bad habits. But what what are your habits of gender and race?
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26min
June 05, 2016 The pleasure-pain paradox
Pain is a puzzle; and so is pleasure. It’s even more confounding when one leads to the other.
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25min
May 29, 2016 Charles Taylor
Since its publication in 2007 Charles Taylor’s magnum opus A Secular Age has gathered great intellectual momentum. His analysis has never been more apt.
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25min
May 22, 2016 A public act
Doing it in public might seem like a good thing, but is the truth about philosophy hard to bear?
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26min
May 15, 2016 Political philosophy in the world: Liberalism and the end of the world as we know it
Political liberalism is a great achievement. But has it come at a heavy cost?
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26min
May 08, 2016 Political philosophy in the world: Democracy—not?
You may not have thought of democracy as essentially undemocratic, but this week’s guest is no fan of the least-worst system.
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25min
May 01, 2016 Political philosophy in the world: A right to be angry
Political philosophy can turn coldly technical and miss the very basis of the original question: how can we best live together?
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25min

FAQs about Philosopher's Zone:

How many episodes does Philosopher's Zone have?

The podcast currently has 859 episodes available.