Jul 25

Paulo Freire's "Pedagogy of the Oppressed"

In this episode, I cover Paulo Freire's "Pedagogy of the Oppressed." Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theoryandphilosophy paypal.me/theoryphilosophy IG: @theory_and_philosophy

49m 59s

Jun 20

J. G. Fichte's "The Science of Knowledge" (Part 2 of 2)

In this episode, I cover the second half of J. G. Fichte's "The Science of Knowledge." Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theoryandphilosophy paypal.me/theoryphilosophy IG: @theory_and_philosophy

1h 18m

May 30

J.G. Fichte's "The Science of Knowledge" (Part 1 of 2)

In this episode, I cover the first part of J.G. Fichte's The Science of Knowledge up to the First Part of the Theoretical Part of the Science of Knowledge. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theoryandphilosophy paypal.me/theoryphilosophy IG: @theory_and_philosophy

47m 33s

Apr 2015

Episode #056 ... Kant pt. 1 - An Introduction to the Introduction

On this episode of the podcast, we begin our discussion of Immanuel Kant. We first examine the historical context Kant was born into and consider the challenges philosophy was faced with, thanks to David Hume. We also discuss the change in the way humans were beginning to look at ... Show More

25m 56s

Jun 2023

Ep. 319: Schiller on Experiencing Beauty (Part Two)

Starting with letter 20 in On the Aesthetic Education of Man (1795), we tell more of the story of how art is supposed to get us from sensation to thinking. Aesthetic perception ends up being essential to any conceptualization (thinking) whatsoever! Get more at partiallyexaminedli ... Show More

49m 18s

Jul 2023

Ep. 321: August Schlegel on Beauty (Part One)

Covering the elder Schlegel brother's Theory of Art (ca. 1800). How does our experience of Beauty relate to the infinite? Schlegel provides a Romantic response to Kant on knowing the divine, inner essences of things through art, how genius works, and the relationship between art ... Show More

46m 12s

May 2015

Episode #057 ... Kant pt. 2 - The Actual Introduction

On this episode of the podcast we continue our discussion of Kant, this time focusing on his contributions to the debate between rationalism and empiricism . We begin by reviewing the major points of contention between the rationalists and empiricists regarding how we arrive at k ... Show More

23m 6s

Aug 2025

Ep. 372: Kant's Ethics Lectures (Part Two)

Continuing on the 1785 course lecture notes by Georg Ludwig Collins. We cover duties to oneself, which are actually the most important ones. There are some interesting subtleties even though Kant is clearly a creature of his time and place, e.g. in his views of sexuality. Get mor ... Show More

47m 24s

Jul 2015

Episode #063 ... Kant pt. 8 - Limits of Knowledge

On this episode of the podcast, we discuss Kant’s views on the limits of human knowledge. First, we ask ourselves why we seek knowledge at all and whether there will ever be an endpoint to our search for it. Next, we discuss our human experience of the world in contrast to the wo ... Show More

28m 20s

Oct 2024

Is my Instagram Selfie Beautiful?

What subjects did Kant explore in his works? What questions did he seek to answer? In our second episode of Kant Talk 2.0, we discuss the intriguing topic of beauty and aesthetics. We have invited Dr. des. Larissa Berger, a Kant expert from the University of Siegen, to help answe ... Show More

18m 34s

Jun 2015

Episode #061 ... Kant pt. 6 - What is Enlightenment?

On this episode of the podcast, we discuss Kant’s answer to the question “What is enlightenment?” We begin by recounting the story of how Kant came to answer this question in the first place and why this was an important question to consider at the time. Next, we examine why Kant ... Show More

26m 35s

Jun 2023

Ep. 319: Schiller on Experiencing Beauty (Part One)

On the second half of Friedrich Schiller's On the Aesthetic Education of Man (1795), getting into the mechanics of how aesthetic experience work in giving us a midpoint between animality and pure rationality where we can feel free. Also, does art reveal truth? Get more at partial ... Show More

46m 58s

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