Episode #052 ... David Hume pt. 2 - Design| Listen on Anghami

Aug 13

Episode #234 ... The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Milan Kundera

Today we try to produce a philosophical guide for the book The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera. We talk about Parmenides, Nietzsche's eternal recurrence, kitsch as something more than just an aesthetic category, existential codes and his animal test of morality. Ho ... Show More

34m 3s

Aug 4

Episode #233 ... A philosophy of self-destruction. (Dostoevsky, Bataille)

Today we talk about two different theories for why we ritualize self-destructive behavior. We check out a lesser-known work from Dostoevsky called The Gambler. We consider how much we can hold people morally accountable for this kind of stuff. Then we look at the work of Georges ... Show More

33m 57s

Jul 7

Episode #232 ... Byung Chul Han - The Crisis of Narration

Today we talk about the book The Crisis of Narration by the philosopher Byung Chul Han. We talk about the history of storytelling. Walter Benjamins distinction between a Paris fire and a revolution in Madrid. The effects of social media on memory. Story telling vs story selling. ... Show More

32m 25s

Mar 2022

REALITY+: Are We Living in a Simulation?

Philosopher David Chalmers reckons there’s a 25% chance that we are living in a simulation. And he’s OK with it.David's new book is "Reality+: Virtual Worlds and the Problems of Philosophy."To hear an extended version of this episode, download the Next Big Idea app: https://nextb ... Show More

1h 10m

Apr 2022

DAVID HUME - L'identité

Qu'est-ce qui définit notre identité ? C'est l'épineuse question qui ne cesse, encore aujourd'hui, d'alimenter les débats et les dissensions. Pour Hume, la question de l'identité doit être envisagée sous l'angle de l'expérience vécue. Qu'est-ce que cela signifie ? C'est ce que no ... Show More

44m 15s

Aug 2021

Ep. 275: Hegel's Project in the "Phenomenology of Spirit" (Part One)

On G.W.F. Hegel's 1807 opus: A series of treatments of various theories in epistemology (among other things), seeing how they're internally incoherent, which then moves us to more sophisticated theories. Part two of this episode is only going to be available to you if you sign up ... Show More

1 h

Apr 2020

Ep 26: Problems, Knowledge and Wealth

This is a non-Beginning of Infinity Podcast. While it makes some references, as always, to the work of David Deutsch, it is primarily some thoughts about finding ourselves in a given problem situation and what we need to find our way out in time. Of course there is some reference ... Show More

1h 8m

Jan 2021

DESCARTES - Peut-on prouver l'existence de Dieu ?

Dans ses "Méditations métaphysiques", Descartes expose plusieurs arguments en faveur de l'existence de Dieu. Fortement attaché à la raison, Descartes souhaitait appuyer sa foi en Dieu sur des fondements rationnels et logiques. Mais cette entreprise n'était-elle pas vouée à l'éche ... Show More

18m 37s

Mar 2023

Immanuel Kant vs. René Descartes

In this episode, I present Immanuel Kant's issues with René Descartes' idealism. If you want to support me, you can do that with these links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theoryandphilosophy paypal.me/theoryphilosophy Twitter: @DavidGuignion IG: @theory_and_philosophy TikTok: ... Show More

11m 17s

Nov 2021

Ep. 282: Alain Badiou: What Is Philosophy? (Part One)

On Conditions (1992), Ch. 1 "The (Re)turn of Philosophy Itself." Against post-structuralists who deny Truth, Badiou argues that truths are generated by the truth conditions (politics, art, love, and science/math) which philosophy then thinks into a unified vision. Part two of thi ... Show More

49m 41s

Episode #052 ... David Hume pt. 2 - Desi...