Philosophy? WTF??

Philosophy? WTF??

By Danny O'Donnell & Dr. Michael AlsfordSociety & CulturePhilosophy
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Philosophy? WTF?? episodes

  • Ep. 87 Wittgenstein Part 2
    This week agonise with Danny as he tries to get to the end of the Tractatus without interruptions. Do Mike and Danny LOOK like they have meaning but in actual fact make no logical sense? Are we simply talking nonsense? Does the sentence “Mike and Danny are exemplary Star Fleet Officers” carry any real meaning in spite of its grammatical legitimacy (even though we know it to be 100% true)? Should we all give up on philosophy and take up gardening? Tune in this week, it’s all nonsense of course.

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    28 min
  • Ep. 86 Wittgenstein Part 1

    This week, listen in slack jawed amazement as Danny talks about the Tractatus for over 30 mins without mentioning Wittgenstein once. That’s right, not once but a gazillion times! This is it folks, Danny goes proposition crazy as his time finally comes and he gets to use the W word without let or hindrance. Reel back in stupefied awe as the podcast ladder is kicked away leaving Dr Mike hanging precipitously from something overhanging that may or may not be the case. Strain your ears as Mike and Danny pass over the entire podcast in silence. And if you believe that, you’ll believe anything, whether it can be a picture in your mind or not. Word.

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    34 min
  • Ep. 85 Phenomenology Part 6
    This week FREEDOM! But do we really want it? Listen with care as Sartre warns us that freedom can make us a little queasy. Do we always have choices? Can I choose to have Sugar Puffs for breakfast tomorrow even though I don't have any in the house? What would Sartre have? Our guess is croissants. Enjoy the spectacle of Jean-Paul and Che Guevara having a beret-off. Don't be concerned as Danny and Mike gaze at you in a peculiar way, we aren't trying to objectify you, really we aren't ... really...we...aren't

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    32 min
  • Ep. 84 Phenomenology Part 5
    This week we grab hold of stuff and make it ours, not yours, ours… well… mine actually. How much of the world you live in is authentically ready-to-hand? Consider that, you spectator, as Heidegger judges you hard. Listen with escalating embarrassment as Mike and Danny adjust their black berets and jam along with Jean-Paul Sartre. Yes, it’s blackberry jam all the way this week! (we have been waiting 84 episodes for an opportunity to crack that gag, laugh damn you!). Who wore it best, the Greeks with their togas and sandals, or the French with their polo neck black jumpers and Gauloises? Let Mike and Danny guide you down the philosophical catwalk where the ontological hemlines rise and fall with the seasons. No matter what, WTF are your guarantees of taste and decency

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    32 min
  • Ep.83 Phenomenology Part 4: Inauthenticity
    This week DON’T join Mike and Danny - seriously, stay away, keep your distance - as they lock themselves down in the WTF bunker to wait for everything to blow over. Listen in (from a remote and safe distance) as we discuss microwaves, freezers and incessant noise. Enjoy the peace and quiet of social isolation as the chatter dies down and we confront the inauthenticity of our existence. Alternatively, open the social media windows wide and throw yourselves into the digital maelstrom. Is our world any different for not being able to go out to the pub? Can the pub come to us? Are we thrown into the world or are worlds thrown at us? Who can say. Wherever you chose to exist, you are not alone, so wash your hands.

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    18 min
  • Ep.82 Phenomenology Pt 3: Heidegger and Sartre
    This week Mike and Danny are there, no not just there but THERE. Listen in as Heidegger throws us all into a party we never signed up for. Will we enjoy it? Will it have decent snacks? What will the toilet-paper situation be like? We just don’t know and nobody will tell us. Yes, join the un-negotiated rollercoaster, don’t listen to the chatter, oh no, ignore the rumours and speculation, yes, that’s it, just like that. Mix your drinks, combine your snacks, talk to strangers, don’t read the manual, don’t follow the guide. The party won’t last forever, will yours turn out to be off the peg in some discount store or a one of a kind piece of designer haute couture? Oh yes, a word of advice…don’t mention the Nazis, he’s a bit touchy about that.
    28 min
  • Ep. 81 Phenomenology Part 1: Husserl Part 2
    Join Mike and Danny this week as they put a lasagne through a Star Trek transporter. What will come out the other side? Will the essence of the lasagne be preserved or will we be confronted by a soulless monster of cheese, meat and pasta? Can we ever identify the essence of anything without prior access to the recipe? Join us, and Husserl and judge for yourselves.
    20 min
  • Ep. 80 Phenomenology Part 1: Husserl
    This week join us as we look at something for a really long time to see what it is…no, much longer than that…longer…longer…okay, there it is! Yes, Danny and Dr Mike are going all phenomenological on your collective asses with our main man Eddy “the essence” Husserl. Listen in as the godfather of Phenomenology tells every philosopher in the room (perhaps with the exception of Aristotle) “You don’t know jack about things themselves bro!” Yes, it’s an intentional smack down where attitude is everything, you hear? This is straight out of consciousness where being out is the new in. Word.
    30 min
  • Ep. 79 Nietzsche Part 4
    This week we start the big clean-up after the Nietzsche party. Listen in as Danny sweeps up the fragments of a delicate metaphysic that was carelessly pushed off the mantlepiece. Shake your head in mute disbelief as Mike does his best to scrub suspicious looking stains out of the carpet - has somebody spilt their abyss while wantonly shaking their will to boogie in front of impressionably young post-moderns? Who is going to pay for the damages? Listen in as Vanessa hoovers up a left over cocktail of Dionysian excess and self established values decorated with an umbrella and some fruit to give it class. Stick around as she goes on to offer to fight monsters for money. Yes, the party maybe over but there is always a price to be paid. Build your own bridge and join us for the Nietzsche after-party. Scavenge whatever you can find to drink, grab some leftover pizza and join us as we run madly through the streets.
    33 min
  • Ep. 78 Nietzsche Part 3
    This week the choice is yours, join the herd, be one with the collective or strike out with the force of your own will and join with…er….others who are doing likewise and form a different more powerful collective. Look on in mild interest as Nietzsche posts pictures of his cat, his lunch and that lovely weekend with the Wagners on social media to establish his own individuality along with everybody else. Be amazed as Vanessa essential admits, here on this podcast, that she hears Nietzsche talking to her, altering the course of her life and influencing her every decision. If this concerns you pledge your donations now and help another poor philosopher back into the cave where it’s warm.
    25 min

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