PREMIUM-Episode 18: Plato: What Is Knowl...

Continuing on Faith and Knowledge (1802), Ch. 1 and 2. We start off by discussing how beauty might give us a window into things-in-themselves according to the Romantics, who were in part following Kant's lead. Also, what version of the ontological argument for the existence of Go ... Show More

Richard played with art-rock band Japan from 1975 through their five albums, then continued to collaborate with members of that group, releasing several increasingly atmospheric albums as Jansen-Barbieri, Jansen-Barbieri-Karn, Rain Tree Crow, et al. He joined Porcupine Tree in 19 ... Show More

In light of the new, well-acted and well-shot BBC/Netflix adaptation, we discuss William Golding's 1954 novel Lord of the Flies and its previous (1963, 1991) adaptations. Featuring Mark, Lawrence, Sarahlyn and Al. What do we think of the updates made for this retelling? Its pacin ... Show More

The Meno and Plato's theory of recollection 

Virtue and knowledge in Plato's Charmides and Euthydemus 

Philosophy of language and Heraclitean flux in Plato's Cratylus 

The life, times and dialogues of Plato 

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

Raphael Woolf discusses Socrates as presented by Plato 

Plato's attack on the poets and his own use of myth in the Republic and other dialogues 

Socrates according to the comic poet Aristophanes and the historian Xenophon 

MM McCabe discusses epistemology and virtue in Plato 

<p>Platón fue un filósofo griego antiguo nacido en Atenas durante el período clásico, fundó la Academia, una escuela filosófica donde enseñó las doctrinas filosóficas que más tarde se conocerían como platonismo.</p> <p>Junto con su maestro, Sócrates, y su alumno Aristóteles, Plat ... Show More