Ep 189: Epiphenomena

This is in response to episode 489 of Sam Harris' "Making Sense" podcast - in a section only available via subscription. I have clipped the approximately 60 seconds worth of material I am narrowly responding to for fair use in this commentary. The case unpacked is, roughly, that ... Show More

A analysis in Popperian style of Candace Owens' "mode" of debate and discussion, approach to evidence and thinking and a comparison to the more mainstream evaluations of this debate. 

All about the distant future. What does cosmology tell us about the fate of the universe, life and intelligence in some ultimate sense? Frank Tipler's The Omega Point Theory is the primary focus, but throughout we consider the centrality of The Turing Principle for predictions ab ... Show More

Here’s the second episode in our new podcast series on The Psychoanalyst’s Knowledge (Seminar XIXa). If you prefer to watch the video recording of this lecture, head to our YouTube channel. And for all the latest, be sure to join our summer series on Lacan’s later teaching! This ... Show More

The title of this episode, “Real Knowledge,” should be read as a question — and one we continue to ask at Lectures on Lacan, even in our lecture and discussion series on Seminar XXII. As always, you can access the video recording of this podcast episode at our YouTube channel. An ... Show More

This has been on youtube a couple weeks. Feel like it needs to be here as well. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/2-be-better--5828421/support. 

Here is the second episode in a 12 part series that could only be found on youtube until now! In this lecture, I begin using a particular piece of dramatic art -- the Disney film Pinocchio -- to provide a specific example of the manner in which great mythological or archetypal th ... Show More

In this episode, I discuss the duality of the human approach, the straw man fallacy, the simplifying of complex matters, and going in-depth with things that matter. Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTYAsjAVa3I&t=1078s 

In this episode of Podverse:We start off this week facing some pretty hard questions, we ask what binds us and how do we do it. We discuss how we as a society prejudge and why? You all, get an opportunity to drag me through the mud and ridicule me. We refer back to episode 2 for ... Show More

This episode is the second part Arabic translation of Keire's conversation with Janira Taibo, which we published in English previously. To sign up for classes and for transcripts and translations, go to our website https://realarabic.weebly.com Please consider supporting this pod ... Show More

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LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE HERE! In this wide-ranging second part of our interview, Ryan talks Seinfeld, Peep Show, Sartre and seriality, Batman, Barbie, and Tom Cruise. This is where the conversation really gets going, folks. Don’t miss it! Join our Patreon for 2 extra episodes ... Show More

In this episode, I present the second half of Theodor Adorno & Max Horkheimer's "The Dialectic of Enlightenment." If you want to support me, you can do that with these links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theoryandphilosophy paypal.me/theoryphilosophy Twitter: @DavidGuignion I ... Show More