PREMIUM-Ep. 265: Plato's "Phaedo": Philo...

Continuing on Raphaël Millière and Cameron Buckner's "A Philosophical Introduction to Language Models, Part I: Continuity With Classic Debates." We go through the various arguably important features for intelligence, including particular ways of learning and comprehending languag ... Show More

On "An Argument for the Identity Theory" (1966), which unlike U.T. Place who merely argued that minds could be brains, argues that minds must be brains, in all possible worlds. The argument appears functionalist: mental states are defined by their causal roles, and causality is n ... Show More

Dan played bass for and co-fronted NYC band Hypnolovewheel, with six releases 1987-1993. Since 1994, he has fronted Hoboken's The Special Pillow, with nine releases to date. We discuss "Fond and Foggy" from The Special Pillow Meets the Space Monster (2024 EP), I Woke Up, also by ... Show More

Forms and the immortality of the soul in the Phaedo 

<p>David and Tamler continue their discussion of Plato's allegory of the cave. We talk about the connections with mystical traditions including Gnosticism, Sufism, and Buddhist paths to awakening. We also dig deeper into what Socrates calls 'dialectic' – what allows this method t ... Show More

Join the Classical Mind podcast for a captivating exploration of Plato's Phaedo, featuring insightful commentary from Dr. John Mark Reynolds.This episode delves into the profound dialogue where Socrates, facing his own mortality, engages in a compelling argument for the immortali ... Show More

In this week's episode, we learn about Plato's "Symposium", which you might think of as philosophy's version of fan fiction. We also learn about Plato's "Theory of Forms" and ask ourselves what makes a tree, well, a tree. This leads to discussion of Plato's famous "Allegory of th ... Show More

Today we talk about why philosophy is taken for granted, the crazed cult leader of ancient Greek philosophy, Pythagoras, the annoying dark cloud of deductive reasoning, Parmenides and the super hero Empedocles. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your hel ... Show More

On this episode of the podcast, we discuss Middle Platonism and the Race to the Dark Ages. We learn how Philo of Alexandria reconciled Judaism with Plato's vision of God as a master craftsman, and find out how this relates to building an IKEA bookcase. We also discuss the importa ... Show More

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theoryandphilosophy In this episode, I'm joined by Alex once again to take a stab at Foucault's "The Order of Things." In these two parts, we try to locate the significance of Foucault's work today with a specific emphasis on his theory of the epi ... Show More

Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/theoryandphilosophy In this episode, I'm joined by Alex once again to take a stab at Foucault's "The Order of Things." In these two parts, we try to locate the significance of Foucault's work today with a specific emphasis on his theory of the epis ... Show More

<p>David and Tamler dive into the first two parts of Nietzsche's <em>Beyond Good and Evil</em> which contain some of Nietzsche's best drive-bys on philosophers like Plato, Descartes, the Stoics, Kant, and Hegel along with beliefs in free will, hard determinism, Christianity, mora ... Show More