Philosopher Friends

What counts as evidence? Confirmation theories shape how we determine scientific truth—and when to doubt it. AI-generated content. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Founder of the Vienna Circle, Moritz Schlick championed logical positivism—but was his project doomed from the start? AI-generated content. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How should justice account for disability? Different models challenge traditional ideas of fairness, rights, and equality. AI-generated content. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Between countable and uncountable infinities lies a mystery: Is there a set of “intermediate” size? AI-generated content. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Are some infinities larger than others? Large cardinal axioms push the limits of mathematical possibility, while determinacy principles reshape the landscape of logic and proof. How far can set theory go before it collapses into paradox? AI-generated content. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Can diverse societies find shared political principles? The idea of public reason offers a possible solution—but with challenges. AI-generated content. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If our thoughts depend on the external world, how can we truly know them? This debate cuts to the heart of epistemology and mind. AI-generated content. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Émilie du Châtelet was more than Voltaire’s companion—her physics shaped the Enlightenment and anticipated Einstein. AI-generated content. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Combining logic and probability leads to new ways of reasoning—but does it undermine classical logic? AI-generated content. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Do scientific theories describe reality, or are they just useful fictions? The status of theoretical terms remains a central debate. AI-generated content. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What makes a statement true? The truthmaker theory argues that truths need something in reality to back them up. AI-generated content. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Are we rational because we achieve goals, or because we follow reason itself? Instrumental rationality is more complicated than it seems. AI-generated content. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Before computer science, there was lambda calculus—a formal system that reshaped logic, computation, and philosophy. AI-generated content. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ordinary words do extraordinary things. J.L. Austin’s speech act theory transformed our understanding of language. AI-generated content. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From possibility to necessity, modal logic shapes metaphysics, language, and science. But do possible worlds really exist? AI-generated content. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Are intuitions reliable guides to truth, or are they just gut feelings dressed up as knowledge? AI-generated content. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Can computer simulations generate knowledge like experiments do? This episode explores their role in modern science and philosophy. AI-generated content. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What does it mean to be truly autonomous? Feminist philosophers challenge traditional notions of selfhood and freedom. AI-generated content. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Girolamo Cardano was a physician, mathematician, and mystic. His metaphysical ideas blend science and philosophy in unexpected ways. AI-generated content. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Is there just one correct logic, or many? Logical pluralism shakes the foundation of traditional reasoning. AI-generated content Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What is being ? Medieval philosophers explored how unity, truth, and goodness transcend all categories. AI-generated content. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Freud reimagined through structuralism and language—Jacques Lacan’s psychoanalytic theories continue to provoke and divide. AI-generated content. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Are markets just economic tools, or do they embody deeper philosophical principles? This episode explores the morality of markets. AI-generated content. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"Mind has no sex." With this radical idea, Poulain de la Barre applied Cartesian philosophy to feminist thought. AI-generated content. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Buried by Vesuvius, Philodemus' writings reveal a nuanced Epicurean philosophy that challenges hedonistic stereotypes. AI-generated content. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.