David Alexander Stone

Billericay Boater - Reasons

Society EN ↓ 46 episodes

Beliefs, faith, evidence, knowledge; consciousness, objective morality; free will; against: human nature, Jordan Peterson, Andrew Tait and the like; an antidote to the mythology and supernaturalism of the Far Right!

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David Alexander Stone

Episodes

Reasons for Being a Live Aboard Boater? 12.10.2026 20:12

A biographical intermission! 🙂

Reasons: a dialogue about faith (1) 10.10.2026 28:28

A discussion in which Janice describes her journey to SGI Buddhism

Reasons for Faith No More! 09.10.2026 14:19

I had it, lost it, but see millions who still believe based on Faith

Reasons: Mary Poppins - how capitalism manages its contradictions! 09.10.2026 29:10

Mary Poppins - Class, Race and Feminism !?

Reasons why Blokes and Byrds 06.10.2026 28:18

Patriarchy seems tied to private property and a division of labour

Reasons: Consciousness - Art, Artifice and Imagination 05.10.2026 17:36

All forms of Art support a Direct Realist approach that may have implications for how we understand consciousness!

Reasons for God?! 04.10.2026 24:16

7 arguments for god, but not of faith!

Reasons: Stream of Consciousness 2 - a Melange ! 03.10.2026 27:21

How thinking thinks about thinking through themes?!

Reasons: Consciousness 4 - Steel Manning Empiricism 01.10.2026 21:30

Steel manning Empiricism

Reasons: Capitalism 2: the Matrix and Consciousness! 26.09.2026 23:45

Working “for the man” - capitalism and alienation

Reasons -Capitalism 1: Possessive Individualism 15.09.2026 18:55

Human beings are ontologically relational 😉

Reasons: Ramble On! 13.09.2026 24:20

A Ramble through threads of ideas that I hope will in time begin to cohere!

Reasons- Is the Far Right a product of the West? 04.09.2026 10:45

An introductory episode …. 🙂

Reasons about Race and Rebellion 29.08.2026 16:40

The abolition of slavery was caused by the Haitian Revolution not white liberals!

Reasons - Racism’s Roots? 21.08.2026 29:57

The history of the Atlantic Slave Trade and how colour was used to justify white barbarism accounts for contemporary racism!

Reasons about: what do you pay attention to? 21.08.2026 20:14

On reflection I have been too preachy and use too much jargon - I will try to avoid both - but need a better understanding of to what and why people pay attention !

Reasons: Consciousness 3 - are we exceptional? 19.08.2026 23:29

Consciousness - are other species conscious or are we exceptional?

Reasons - the Far Right’s Narrative 18.08.2026 26:29

Steel Manning the Far Right!

Reasons about: Confirmation Bias 14.08.2026 22:14

Are we all bound to only look at evidence that supports our prior beliefs? Probably but it need not devalue our claims if we take appropriate steps to guard against confirmation bias! And do you have to be ‘right up yourself’ to image that you have anything interesting to say! 🫣

Reasons - stream of consciousness 13.08.2026 35:28

Consciousness Part 3! We have looked at Theories of Mind (broadly); we have set out our Intentional approach; here we riff on what we (I) think about!

Reasons - England My England: St George, the Dragon and the English Oak 12.08.2026 19:17

I’m a Patriot!

Reasons about Aspects of Consciousness 04.08.2026 20:41

All my research in Philosophy of the Mind appears to ignore or downplay the importance of the relational features of consciousness!

Reasons: Just So Stories 31.07.2026 27:05

Just so stories are everywhere today as nihilism and naive skepticism continue to advance - understanding why is an important step!

Reasons - Consciousness Part 1 of 5 30.07.2026 17:52

Setting out my stall on Consciousness!

Reasons - Based on! 25.07.2026 28:50

Responding to an email ! Confessing my ignorance!