Philosophize This!
Stephen WestBeginner friendly if listened to in order! For anyone interested in an educational podcast about philosophy where you don't need to be a graduate-level philosopher to understand it. In chronological order, the thinkers and ideas that forged the world we live in are broken down and explained.
| Publishes | Twice monthly | Episodes | 244 | Founded | 13 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | Society & CultureEducationPhilosophy | |||
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Today we talk about the book After Virtue by Alasdair MacIntyre. We talk about his genealogy of moral discourse. The teleologies of Aristotle. The failure of the Enlightenment moral project. Our modern culture of Emotivism and the sorts of characters... more
Today we talk about the play Hamlet written by William Shakespeare. We compare more traditional takes on the themes of the play to a more modern, philosophical analysis of the play done by Simon Critchley and Jamieson Webster. We talk about Hamlet an... more
Today we talk about the philosophy behind the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. We talk about how ineffective violence and honor codes are as ways of maintaining the stability of a society. How catastrophe may be a deterrent to violence. ... more
Today we talk about the philosophical themes of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare. We talk about the hypocrisy and false nostalgia of political violence. The ironies of living by a moral ideal like honor. Rhetoric as a site of where... more
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Apple Podcasts5Fazhia
United States22 days ago - Thank You
Steven west, you have shaped me as a human being. i started listening in 2018, in high school, and find myself listening still, with as much interest, comfort and delight, now that i am almost finished my first degree. You have contributed to not only my education, the ways i continue to learn, and my desire to teach others, but in the ways which i carry myself throughout my life. I aspire to do so with as much grace, humour, and intentionality as you demonstrate in this production. All i can sa... more
Apple Podcasts5Georgette_tate
Canadaa month ago - adds sauce to a dry subject
The episode addressing the Sophists really helped me better enjoy Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.
Apple Podcasts5Non-veteranUnited Statesa month ago - Better than a >45k liberal arts education
Thoughtful and poignant. This podcast has revived a part of me that I hadn’t nurtured for many years. Thank you so mic for what you put into it.
Apple Podcasts5bwelly_berlin
Germanya month ago - Changed My Life
Stephen does such an amazing job taking dense philosophical literature and distilling the core ideas without flattening them. Complex arguments become clear, engaging, and genuinely useful for understanding the modern world. He’s fundamentally destabilized my rigid & narrow ways of thinking about reality into a more examined life.
Apple Podcasts5LevarPUnited Statesa month ago
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Apple Podcasts | #4 | United States/Society & Culture/Philosophy |
Apple Podcasts | #76 | United States/Society & Culture |
Spotify | #143 | Canada/Trending |
Spotify | #189 |  United Kingdom/Trending |
Apple Podcasts | #2 | United Kingdom/Society & Culture/Philosophy |
Apple Podcasts | #3 | Canada/Society & Culture/Philosophy |
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1. Simon Critchley
2. Peter Singer
3. Martha Nussbaum
4. Yanis Varoufakis
5. Michael Sandel
6. Phillip Goff
7. Thomas Nagel
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