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Philosophy Talk Starters

Bite-size episodes from the program that questions everything... except your intelligence. Learn more and access complete episodes at www.philosophytalk.org.

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260: Time, Space, and Quantum Mechanics

260: Time, Space, and Quantum Mechanics

More at http://philosophytalk.org/shows/time-space-and-quantum-mechanics.Quantum physics is regarded by many as the most... Read more

2 Nov 2015

10mins

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207: Healthcare – Right or Privilege?

207: Healthcare – Right or Privilege?

More at http://philosophytalk.org/shows/health-care-right-or-privilege.Do we have a right to healthcare, and to good hig... Read more

29 Oct 2015

10mins

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201: Pornography

201: Pornography

More at http://philosophytalk.org/shows/pornography.Is pornography an art form, or simply anything that depicts genitals... Read more

29 Oct 2015

9mins

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168: Philosophy and Pop Culture

168: Philosophy and Pop Culture

More at www.philosophytalk.org/shows/philosophy-and-pop-culture.From Star Trek and the Grateful Dead to South Park and S... Read more

28 Oct 2015

10mins

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163: The Problem of Evil

163: The Problem of Evil

More at http://philosophytalk.org/shows/problem-evil.Many religions tell us that God is perfect: all-knowing, all-powerf... Read more

28 Oct 2015

9mins

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250: The Extended Mind

250: The Extended Mind

More at http://philosophytalk.org/shows/extended-mind.An increasing number of psychologists and philosophers believe tha... Read more

1 Nov 2015

11mins

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192: Desire

192: Desire

More at http://philosophytalk.org/shows/desire.There are two ways to have your desires fulfilled: you can either get wha... Read more

29 Oct 2015

9mins

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188: Challenges to Free Will

188: Challenges to Free Will

More at http://philosophytalk.org/shows/challenges-free-will.We seem to be able to decide our behavior for ourselves – w... Read more

29 Oct 2015

11mins

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427: The Space-Time Continuum

427: The Space-Time Continuum

More at https://philosophytalk.org/shows/space-time-continuum.Strange things are said about time: that it's illusory, th... Read more

11 Oct 2019

11mins

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196: The Mind and the World

196: The Mind and the World

More at http://philosophytalk.org/shows/mind-and-world.What kinds of contact can the mind have with the world? Can we k... Read more

29 Oct 2015

11mins

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470: Foucault and Power

470: Foucault and Power

More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/foucault-and-power.Michel Foucault was a 20th century philosopher known for... Read more

4 Jul 2021

11mins

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354: Machiavelli

354: Machiavelli

More at www.philosophytalk.org/shows/machiavelli.Niccolò Machiavelli is best known for arguing that people in power shou... Read more

3 May 2020

10mins

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179: Bodies For Sale

179: Bodies For Sale

More at http://philosophytalk.org/shows/bodies-sale.I can sell my house, the things I make, and the services I provide. ... Read more

28 Oct 2015

10mins

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389: Spinoza

389: Spinoza

More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/spinoza.Baruch Spinoza was a 17th century Dutch philosopher who laid the fo... Read more

22 Nov 2020

11mins

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454: Monstrous Technologies?

454: Monstrous Technologies?

More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/monstrous-technologies.Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein raises powerful question... Read more

1 Nov 2020

10mins

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130: Aging and the Well-Lived Life

130: Aging and the Well-Lived Life

More at http://philosophytalk.org/shows/aging-and-well-lived-life.Aging is a physical process that will always be with u... Read more

27 Oct 2015

8mins

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503: Covid Conundrums and Moral Dilemmas

503: Covid Conundrums and Moral Dilemmas

More at www.philosophytalk.org/shows/covid-conundrums.In just months the world changed radically, and we have all had to... Read more

20 Nov 2022

8mins

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403: Why Is There Something Rather Than Nothing?

403: Why Is There Something Rather Than Nothing?

More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/why-something.The old metaphysical question – why anything exists at all – ... Read more

7 Jan 2019

10mins

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484: Is Postmodernism Really to Blame for Post-Truth?

484: Is Postmodernism Really to Blame for Post-Truth?

More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/postmodernism-really-blame.Postmodernism is often characterized by its reje... Read more

27 Feb 2022

9mins

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465: The Psychology of Cruelty

465: The Psychology of Cruelty

More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/psychology-cruelty.Throughout history, people have committed all kinds of c... Read more

30 May 2021

10mins

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