Questioning the Practice of Grading in Schools (Robert Gressis & Kevin Currie-Knight)
Rob and Kevin make small talk ... Kevin describes and laments the grade economy ... What's the relationship between grades and learning? ......
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Knowledge, Reality, Truth, Morality … Daniel Kaufman, Massimo Pigliucci, and their guests explore the rich universe of philosophical investigation and inquiry.
Episodes
20 of 100 episodesFree Speech and Academic Freedom in 2020 (Daniel Kaufman & David Ottlinger)
A new home for Sophia ... The (latest) defenestration of Kathleen Stock ... How sincere are pro-trans rights public intellectuals? ... Justi...
The Cultural Contradictions of Conservatism (Daniel Kaufman & Kevin Currie-Knight)
Kevin's book, Education in the Marketplace ... Dan and Kevin's concern for Coleman Hughes' intellectual freedom ... How young is too young f...
Is Philosophy of Religion Still Necessary? (Daniel Kaufman & Megan Fritts)
Megan: philosophy of religion shouldn't focus on "proofs for God" ... Determining rational grounds for supernaturalism ... Why Dan rejects e...
The Decline of Great Philosophers (Daniel Kaufman & Robert Gressis)
Robert's essay, "The Philosophy Rapture" ... What counts as "relevant" philosophy? ... Philosophy's "dirty insider game" ... Why are great p...
How to Make a Comic Book (Daniel Kaufman & Milton Lawson)
The new issue of Milton's comic book, Thompson Heller: Detective Interstellar ... Christopher Hitchens' influence on Milton's comic ... The...
Justifying Our Beliefs (Daniel Kaufman & Joshua Rasmussen)
Joshua’s views on basic beliefs ... How do we get from experience to justified belief? ... The connection between knowledge and awareness .....
Lesser Evils (Daniel Kaufman & Kevin Currie-Knight)
Why Kevin chose not to vote ... The two-party system vs. a multiparty parliamentary system ... Dan accuses Kevin of not confronting what the...
Debating Standpoint Theory (Daniel Kaufman & Crispin Sartwell)
The origins of "standpoint theory" ... Are Dan and Crispin white? ... Defining standpoint theory ... Dan: Standpoint theory presents an irre...
Who Is Entitled? (Daniel Kaufman & Robert Gressis)
A review of Kate Manne's book Entitled sparks an online philosophy feud ... Is America systematically misogynistic? ... How Twitter incentiv...
The Microfoundations of Marxism (Robert Gressis & Jaime Edwards)
Jaime explains how Marx understood ideology ... Our tendency to get facts wrong in a self-serving way ... Cognitive biases that lead the wor...
Persons, Minds, and Thingy Things (Daniel Kaufman & Joshua Rasmussen)
How can there be persons? ... Against hypostatic ontological commitment ... Things vs. thingy things ... Mind over matter, or vice versa? .....
The Past and Future of Marvel Movies (Daniel Kaufman & Milton Lawson)
The incredible achievement of the Marvel Cinematic Universe ... The choices that led to the MCU's greatness... ... ...and the choices that d...
Prolegomena: Ontological Commitments (Daniel Kaufman & Crispin Sartwell)
Explaining Crispin’s position on explanatory unity ... Dan: Meaning is part of social reality, it’s not all in our heads ... What is the sub...
The Lacanian Principle of Special Effects (Daniel Kaufman & David Ottlinger)
Why does bad CGI make us feel weird? ... Where digital effects work (The Avengers) vs. where they don't (CATS) ... Gollum vs. Thanos, Roger...
The Tyranny of Opinion (Daniel Kaufman & Russell Blackford)
Russell’s book, The Tyranny of Opinion: Conformity and the Future of Liberalism ... Preserving the liberal tradition ... Can the genie of st...
Prolegomena: What Are Persons? (Daniel Kaufman & Crispin Sartwell)
What are persons? ... Why don't we say "my legs went to the store"? ... Actions and intentions ... The case of the robot who voted ... Are a...
Philosophy and Professional Wrestling (Robert Gressis & Douglas Edwards)
Doug's new book, Philosophy Smackdown ... Plato's Cave and the three layers of wrestling reality ... What it means when wrestlers break the...
Objectivity and Realism (Daniel Kaufman & Massimo Pigliucci)
Are we really as social as the Stoics believed? ... Distinguishing between the “objective” and the “real”... ... ...and between the “real” a...
To Boldly Go (Daniel Kaufman & Milton Lawson)
Spoiler alert! Critiquing Star Trek: Discovery and Picard ... Serial vs. episodic storytelling ... Why Dan hated Discovery's main character...