In this episode Jacob speaks with Philosopher Chris Ranalli. They speak on radical skepticism. In short, radical skepticism calls into question our beliefs, knowledge and especially our belief in the external world. The radical skeptical hypothesis claims that we may just be a brain in a vat or what could be called The Matrix. 

Where to to find Dr. Ranalli:

https://chris-ranalli.weebly.com

Dr. Ranalli's paper on Moore:

https://1000wordphilosophy.com/2021/02/23/moores-proof-of-an-external-world/

Where to find me:

Where to find me: Email: [email protected]: https://twitter.com/reasonthrough

In this episode Jacob speaks with Philosopher and Disability Advocate Kevin Timpe. The discuss his book Disability and Inclusive Communities. They discuss his experience with disabilities as well as societal assumptions about the nature of disability. 

Where to find Dr. Timpe

https://kevintimpe.com

Dr. Timpe's Book

https://a.co/gCARTI4

Where to find me: Email: [email protected]

Twitter: https://twitter.com/reasonthrough

In this episode Jacob speaks with philosopher and software engineer Jason Rogers. They discuss a branch of philosophy known as epistemology. Epistemology deals with questions on knowledge by asking us what is knowledge? What is the criteria to have knowledge? Can we know anything?They discuss the classical definition of knowledge as well as two modernistic approaches. This is part one of two. 

Where to find me:Email: [email protected]

Twitter: https://twitter.com/reasonthrough

In this episode Jacob speaks with Philosopher Jeremy Koons. They speak on his paper Can God's Goodness Save The Divine Command Theory from Euthyphro? This is a critique to a particular version of Divine Command Theory. 

 

Dr. Koons article:

https://philpapers.org/rec/KOOCGG

Where to find me:

Email: [email protected]

Twitter: https://twitter.com/reasonthrough

In this episode Jacob speaks with Kelly Peterson. Kelly is a parent of a participant with Best Buddies. They speak about Kelly's personal experience working with people with disabilities as well as her experience raising a child diagnosed with Autism. Haley Hatai also returns for this episode. Haley aided Kelly's son in obtaining a job. 

Drew's story:

https://youtu.be/ZuVzmAjPPR8

How to get involved 

Website: https://www.bestbuddies.org

Friendshipwalk: https://www.bestbuddiesfriendshipwalk.org

Staff email:

Haley Hatai: [email protected]

Where to find me Email: [email protected]: https://twitter.com/reasonthrough

In this episode Jacob speaks to the Best Buddies International California Staff. Best Buddies is a non-profit organization dedicated to establishing a global volunteer movement that creates opportunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated employment, leadership development, and inclusive living for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).

How you can support and contact BestBuddies

Website: https://www.bestbuddies.org

Friendshipwalk: https://www.bestbuddiesfriendshipwalk.org

Staff emails

Katelyn Quintero: [email protected]

Chanel Brisbane: [email protected]

Jazzmine Santos-Kendrix: [email protected]

Haley Hatai: [email protected]

 

Where to find me 

Email: [email protected]

Twitter: https://twitter.com/reasonthrough

In this episode Jacob speaks to Philosopher Michael Huemer on his book Ethical Intuitionism. They speak about what intuitions are; and it's relationship with ethics. They also speak about competing models of ethics. 

Where to find me

Twitter: https://twitter.com/reasonthrough

Email: [email protected]

Where to find Dr. Huemer 

Blog: http://fakenous.net

Website: https://spot.colorado.edu/~huemer/

Ethical Intuitionism: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0230573746

In this episode Jacob speaks to Behavior Analyst Ryan O'Donnell. The speak upon the science of human behavior known as behavior analysis. Behavior Analysis, generally, looks to the environmental variables that influence human behavior as seeks to make predictions. They also touch upon the philosophical underpinnings of behavior analysis as well as its ethics and how it relates to society.

Jacob conducts a small interview. See 4 minute mark to begin discussion on Behavior Analysis

 

Where to find Ryan O'Donnell 

Website: https://www.thedailyba.com/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCR5OvepXxknZ0fa8TwC0D5g

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDailyBA/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDaily_BA

Snapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/add/thedailyba

In this episode Jacob speaks with Philosopher Chad Bogosian on a version of naturalistic ethics; they speak on Kantianism. Immanuel Kant is famous for his work on ethics. Kant believed one can derive our moral duties from pure reason by finding the supreme principle from which all duties are derived from through logical necessitation. 

Link to email: [email protected]

Dr. Bogosian's email: [email protected]

In this episode Jacob speaks to PhD student Lewis Howeth aka Perspective Philosophy on the ethics of what we eat. They speak about animal ethics, veganism, and moral obligation. They also speak about the the relevance difference to non-human animals, Nazi's, and animal testing. 

Jacob also misspoke; see 10 minutes and 30 second mark on the discussion on Veganism.

 

Link to Lewis's channel: https://youtu.be/u9jF5mbyztY

https://twitter.com/HowethLewis