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Knowledge, Reality, Truth, Morality … Sophia is a show where we talk interesting people to explore the rich universe of philosophical investigation and inquiry.... more
FAQs about Sophia:How many episodes does Sophia have?The podcast currently has 61 episodes available.
January 04, 2021The Cultural Contradictions of Conservatism (Daniel Kaufman & Kevin Currie-Knight)Kevin's book, Education in the Marketplace ... Dan and Kevin's concern for Coleman Hughes' intellectual freedom ... How young is too young for movement conservatism? ... What was the Intellectual Dark Web? ... The IDW's central contradiction ... How Dan got involved with the conservative movement ... ... ... and why he left it ... Dan's advice to Hughes: don't trust the movement ......more1h 52minPlay
December 23, 2020Is Philosophy of Religion Still Necessary? (Daniel Kaufman & Megan Fritts)Megan: philosophy of religion shouldn't focus on "proofs for God" ... Determining rational grounds for supernaturalism ... Why Dan rejects epistemic foundationalism ... Megan's Christian agnosticism, Dan's Jewish atheism ... Wittgenstein's engagement with philosophy of religion ... What kind of authority would it be good for us to submit to? ... Dan has a revelation ... Has philosophy forgotten that it's a humanistic discipline? ......more1h 14minPlay
December 21, 2020The Decline of Great Philosophers (Daniel Kaufman & Robert Gressis)Robert's essay, "The Philosophy Rapture" ... What counts as "relevant" philosophy? ... Philosophy's "dirty insider game" ... Why are great philosophers overrepresented at elite universities? ... Generational decline, intellectual and attitudinal ... Do intellectual celebrity cultures produce shrinking intellectual gene pools? ... Dan: Our present-day celebrity philosophers will destroy the discipline ......more1h 22minPlay
December 14, 2020How to Make a Comic Book (Daniel Kaufman & Milton Lawson)The new issue of Milton's comic book, Thompson Heller: Detective Interstellar ... Christopher Hitchens' influence on Milton's comic ... The anxieties of robot personhood ... The economic determinants of comic book production ... How a new comic writer finds an artist ... The comic book art division of labor ... Thompson Heller's future ......more1h 26minPlay
December 09, 2020Justifying Our Beliefs (Daniel Kaufman & Joshua Rasmussen)Joshua’s views on basic beliefs ... How do we get from experience to justified belief? ... The connection between knowledge and awareness ... Is Dan actually a foundationalist? ... Where the chain of warrant ends ... Joshua’s engagement with the big questions in philosophy ... Running up against the boundaries of inquiry ......more1h 18minPlay
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 27minPlay
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 21minPlay
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 21minPlay
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 36minPlay
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 23minPlay
FAQs about Sophia:How many episodes does Sophia have?The podcast currently has 61 episodes available.