Eardstepa's Courses

William James and Pragmatism 08.11.2021 27:14 ↓

This episode gets into a little of James' ideas in psychology, philosophy, and literature.

Langston Hughes Let America be America Again 27.10.2021 21:57 ↓

This episode covers the poem by Hughes and talks about how poetry and politics are often intertwined and at odds.

Russell and an introduction to Analytic Philosophy 18.10.2021 24:52 ↓

This episode talks about Analytic Philosophy and its focus on logic.

Literature and music and the counterculture. 16.10.2021 20:25 ↓

This episode traces the rise of the counterculture through literature and music from the 20s to the 60s and beyond.

Husserl and Existentialism 11.10.2021 14:29 ↓

This episode starts to introduce a little more the foundations of Existentialism.

Dostoevsky and his influences on philosophy and literature. 18.09.2021 28:58 ↓

This episode talks about how Dostoevsky was influential in both fields and how multiple fields influence and borrow from each other.

Analytic, Continental, and Pragmatism in philosophy 22.08.2021 22:14 ↓

This episode looks at the three main branches of philosophy in the 20th century.

Comics and social issues 11.08.2021 15:11 ↓

This episode looks at the influence of comics and other popular literature on social issues.

Nietzsche and his influence on later philosophies. 08.08.2021 31:26 ↓

This episode covers a few of Nietzsche's ideas and their relevance to later philosophy and history.

Anais Nin and the Diaries 28.07.2021 30:39 ↓

This episode covers Nin and some of the shifts made by writers like her in the 20th century.

Schopenhauer 12.07.2021 24:20 ↓

This episode discusses Schopenhauer and his connection to both western and eastern philosophy.

Metropolis 06.07.2021 28:56 ↓

This episode talks about the connections of the film to both political events of the time and the reduction of women to plot devices in that era.

Marx and his critique of capitalism 01.07.2021 36:53 ↓

This episode touches on some of the criticisms of Marx about capitalism.

The Sound and the Fury 24.06.2021 48:54 ↓

This episode discusses the novel and its connections with modernism.

Hegel 22.06.2021 19:08 ↓

This episode talks about Hegel's ideas and how he connects to both literature and philosophy.

Modernist poetry and the Waste Land 15.06.2021 32:40 ↓

This episode discusses modernist poetry through Eliot's Waste Land.

Kant 14.06.2021 23:17 ↓

This episode talks about Kant and his view of the problems of philosophy in his time and his influences on the future thinkers.

Naturalism 07.06.2021 16:01 ↓

This episode outlines the differences and continuities between realism and naturalism. It also talks about the direction that the podcast will be taking.

Hume 03.06.2021 16:32 ↓

This episode deals with Hume and his empiricism and skepticism.

Realism in literature 01.06.2021 25:49 ↓

This episode looks at a couple of American realist and give a brief look at Flaubert. It also talks about historical and cultural shifts.

The Social Contract 24.05.2021 24:56 ↓

This episode talks about Rousseau's Social Contract and some of the ways it influenced political thinkers after him.

Victorian literature and social issues. 13.05.2021 18:24 ↓

This episode talks about the shift in Victorian literature from the individual of Romanticism to the social connection and critique of the Victorian writers Browning and Dickens.

Locke and Empiricism 03.05.2021 21:07 ↓

This episode shifts from Locke's importance as a political philosopher to his foundation of Empiricism in the British tradition of philosophy.

From Romantics to Realists 12.04.2021 33:41 ↓

This episode discusses the transition from Romanticism to Realism in English, French, Russian, and American literatures.

Locke and Hobbes 05.04.2021 25:51 ↓

This episode talks about the influence of Descartes on the two and how even though they take the same position as a foundation, they come up with different ideas about the ideal system.