Egg Timer Philosophy

More discussion of transhumanism and immortality with focus given to why many people are not so sure they would want to live forever.   Send your thoughts, questions, and ideas for future episodes to: eggtimerphilosophy@gmail.com Art Attribution: By Lucas Cranach the Elder - Unknown source, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=30264218

Could people in the not too distant future become immortal?  Sounds unlikely, right.  Well, tune in to find out how this might not be so unlikely.   Send your thoughts, questions, and ideas for future episodes to: eggtimerphilosophy@gmail.com Art Attribution: By Lucas Cranach the Elder - Unknown source, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=30264218

Today's topic is how to best think about ethical truth as it relates with truth in other areas of human inquiry such as mathematics and the natural sciences.  Many people believe that truth within ethics is something very different than truth within math, physics, or chemistry.  This episode takes a critical look at how well that belief stands up.   Send your thoughts, questions, or...

During this episode of the egg timer three major themes/questions related with truth are covered.  What is it that truth applies to?  How do subjectivity and objectivity relate with truth? What are the major philosophical approaches to thinking about truth?   Send your thoughts, questions, and ideas for future episodes to: eggtimerphilosophy@gmail.com Image Attribution: By Walt Disn...

In 1950 Alan Turing introduced an inventive test to explore whether people could distinguish between interacting with another person or with a machine.  That test has been come to be known as the Turing test and it continues to be one of most important ideas in the philosophy of technology.  Listen in to find out more about Alan Turning's innovative and thought provoking test. Send your...

Today's episode takes a look at Karl Marx's thoughts about alienated labor.  Tune in to find out why Marx valued labor a great deal but thought that capitalistic working conditions tended to alienate people from their labor. Send your thoughts, questions, and ideas for future episodes to: eggtimerphilosophy@gmail.com Image Attribution: By John Jabez Edwin Mayal - International Institute of So...

This episode of the egg timer takes a look at the relationship between economic inequality and history.  Special attention will be given to Robert Nozick's Wilt Chamberlin example.   Send you thoughts, questions, or ideas for future episodes to: eggtimerphilosophy@gmail.com Image Attribution: By from [1], Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=20331239

This episode of the egg timer takes a look at the economics and ethics of the secondary ticket market.  This is a market understandably loathed by many but the existence of the market involves economic and psychological factors that often go ignored. Send you thoughts, questions, and ideas for future episodes to eggtimerphilosophy@gmail.com Image Attribution: By Richard Eriksson - originally...

Today's episode looks at some major themes from Thomas Kuhn's 1962 book, 'The Structure of Scientific Revolutions'.  That book was one of the most important and influential philosophical works of the 20th century and led many scientists and others to reconsider the nature of science.  Tune in to learn a bit more about Kuhn's groundbreaking approach to scientific inquiry. Send your though...

Today's episode takes a look at St. Anselm's ontological argument to prove the existence of God.  Anselm makes the case that the existence of God can be established in a purely rational way without appealing to divine revelation or any empirical features of the world.  For Anselm our ability to imagine a being of which none greater can be imagined is enough to establish the existence of...

This episode of the egg timer takes a look at Emma Goldman's defense of anarchism as a viable political theory and approach to life.  For many people anarchism is a non-starter but Goldman's defense is thought provoking and well worth considering. Send you comments, questions, or ideas for future episodes to eggtimerphilosophy@gmail.com Image Attribution: By T. Kajiwara (1876–1960) - Library...

This episode of the egg timer takes a critical look at the view of ethical relativism.  It is a commonly held belief that the foundation of ethics rests on relative judgments that will differ greatly between different groups of people.  Listen in to find out how well that idea holds up. Send your comments, questions, and ideas for future episodes to: eggtimerphilosophy@gmail.com

Max Stirner is not a household name but his nineteenth century anti-authoritarian views set the stage for anarchist and libertarian views with relevance today.  Tune in to find out more about Stirner's pioneering ideas. Send your questions, comments, or ideas for future episodes to eggtimerphilosophy@gmail.com Image Attribution: By Friedrich Engels - File:Y-Stirner.png, Public Domain, https:/...

This episode of the egg timer explores the major themes of Advaita Vedanta within the Indian Philosophical Tradition with special attention given to how the view distinguishes empirical reality from ultimate reality.   Send your thoughts, comments, or ideas for future episodes to eggtimerphilosophy@gmail.com Image Attribution: By Raja Ravi Varma - https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/adi-s...

For today's episode of the egg timer the topic will be Martin Luther King's distinction between just and unjust laws.  King had a well developed view about the difference between just and unjust laws.  Tune in to find out what King has to say about this important difference. Send your thoughts, questions, or ideas for future episodes to: eggtimerphilosophy@gmail.com Image Attribution: By...

This episode of the egg timer is focused around exploring the nature of assumptions.  What is an assumption and how do they play a crucial role in our thinking?  Tune in to find out how assumptions are crucial to thinking but as the same time lead to a vexing paradox.  Send you questions, comments, or suggestions for future episodes to eggtimerphilosophy@gmail.com

This episode of the egg timer takes a look at the implications that God's foreknowledge has for free will.  If God knows all there is to know about the future can people make free choices and can those free choices involve alternative possibilities for the person making the choice?  William James thought the answer was yes, tune in to find out why he thought this and how well his view st...

For this Holiday edition of the egg timer the topic will be the economic, social, and philosophical aspects of gifts and gift giving.  Can all gifts be given an economic analysis or is there something about gifts and gift giving that cannot be quantified into dollars and cents?  Listen in as the economy of gifts gets a new ribbon.   Send your questions, comments, or ideas for future...

This episode of the egg timer will focus on public goods and free riders.  Do people have obligations to pay for things that generally benefit them?  Listen is as this question is cracked open. Send you questions, comments, and ideas for future episodes to eggtimerphilosophy@gmail.com Image Attribution: By Deror avi - Own work, Attribution, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid...

This episode of the egg timer takes a look at the morality of taxation and compares taxation to other types of economic exchange. Send your questions, comments, and ideas for future episodes to eggtimerphilosophy@gmail.com Image Attribution: By UK Government - !Original: UK GovernmentVector: JDspeeder1, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=97628216

This episode of the egg timer continues with themes from Kant's epistemology and metaphysics within his Critique of Pure Reason and looks specifically at the topics of space and time.  Listen in to find out how Kant thought that space and time where necessary for understanding anything at all. Send you questions, comments, or ideas for future show to eggtimerphilosophy@gmail.com Image Attribu...

This episode of the egg timer cracks open Immanuel Kant's discussion of the Phenomena and Noumena.  The Phenomena are objects which we apprehend through our 'sensible intuition' or appearances, while the Noumena are the transcendental 'things in itself'.  Tune in to listen to how Kant attempts to navigate these key aspects of his metaphysical worldview.   Send your comments, questio...

This episode of the egg timer takes a look at the relationship between freedom and mental conflict.  Could a person who experiences mental peace value freedom?  Probably not.  Tune in to find out why.   Send your questions, comments, and ideas for future episodes to eggtimerphilosophy@gmail.com Image Attribution: By Sasha Wolff from Grand Rapids - Can't Concentrate: 14...

Today on the egg timer a film review of, 'The Truman Show' Send your question, comments, or ideas for future episodes to: eggtimerphilosophy@gmail.com To see the trailer for the film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlnmQbPGuls Image Attribution: By The poster art can or could be obtained from Paramount Pictures., Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=20131284

This episode of the egg timer cracks open Albert Camus existential interpretation of the Myth of Sisyphus.  Listen in as Greek mythology and French existential thought are scrambled up. Send over your questions, comments, and ideas for future episodes to eggtimerphilosophy@gmail.com Art Attribution: By Titian - [2], Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3860214