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  • #127 - Borges: The Lottery in Babylon

    In this episode, we discuss the analogies and underlying meaning in Borges' "The Lottery in Babylon."

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    1 hr 18 min
  • #126 - Borges: The Library of Babel

    In this episode, we discuss the Library of Babel, a short story by Jorge Luis Borges.

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    1 hr 18 min
  • #125 - The Garden of Forking Paths (By Borges)

    In this episode, we discuss the short story by Jorge Luis Borges, The Garden of Forking Paths

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    1 hr 49 min
  • #124 - An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

    In this episode, we discuss the possible meanings behind the short story and French Film "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"

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    1 hr 19 min
  • #123 - The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

    In this episode, we discuss the famous short story, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

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    1 hr 35 min
  • #122 - Free Will: Frankfurt, Principle of Alternate Possibilities (PAP)

    In this episode, we discuss Harry Frankfurt's landmark 1969 paper, "Alternate Possibilities and Moral Responsibility

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    1 hr 54 min
  • #121 - Free Will: Harry Frankfurt, Second-Order Desires, Wanton

    In this episode, we discuss Frankfurt's famous paper, Freedom of the Will and the Concept of a Person.

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    1 hr 50 min
  • #120 - Free Will: Gary Watson, Intelligible Moral Demand

    In this episode, we discuss Gary Watson's paper on Intelligible Moral Demand being a way to view the debate on moral responsibility. That paper is his Responsibility and the Limits of Evil: Variations on a Strawsonian Theme.

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    2 hr 35 min
  • #119 - Free Will: PF Strawson, Freedom and Resentment

    In this episode, we go deep into the weeds of PF Strawson's Freedom and Resentment.

    PDF:http://www.filosofia.unimi.it/zucchi/NuoviFile/Freedom_and_Resentment.pdf

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    1 hr 58 min
  • #118 - Free Will: Galen Strawson & Derk Pereboom

    In this episode, we discuss Galen Strawson's "The Impossibility of Moral Responsibility" and Derk Pereboom's Four Case Argument against compatibilism.

    Strawson: http://static1.squarespace.com/static/551587e0e4b0ce927f09707f/t/57b5d14de58c624a6d3a5e99/1471533403405/Strawson%2C+The+Impossibility+of+Moral+Responsibility.pdf
    Pereboom: https://philosophicaldisquisitions.blogspot.com/2015/01/perebooms-four-case-argument-against.html

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    1 hr 32 min

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That's BS is a long-form discussion podcast where I (and usually a few friends) cover topics in culture, society, politics, and political philosophy. Many episodes will review and discuss a topical…