Stephen West

Philosophize This!

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Beginner friendly if listened to in order! For anyone interested in an educational podcast about philosophy where you don't need to be a graduate-level philosopher to understand it. In chronological order, the thinkers and ideas that forged the world we live in are broken down and explained.

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Stephen West

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Episode #149 ... On Media pt. 2 - Marshall McLuhan 05.01.2021 26:18

Today we discuss the work of Marshall McLuhan. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philosophizethis Social: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philosophizethispodcast X: https://twitter.com/iamstephenwest Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philosophizethisshow Learn more about your...

Episode #148 ... On Media pt. 1 - Manufacturing Consent 14.12.2020 24:43

Today we discuss the 1988 work of Chomsky and Herman entitled Manufacturing Consent. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philosophizethis Social: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philosophizethispodcast X: https://twitter.com/iamstephenwest Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philo...

Episode #147 ... Being and Becoming 10.11.2020 22:49

Today we discuss the ancient philosophical debate of being and becoming. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philosophizethis Social: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philosophizethispodcast X: https://twitter.com/iamstephenwest Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philosophizethiss...

Episode #146 ... Bergson on Laughter pt. 2 - Vitalism 20.10.2020 25:22

Today we continue our discussion on the work of Henri Bergson. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philosophizethis Social: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philosophizethispodcast X: https://twitter.com/iamstephenwest Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philosophizethisshow Learn...

Episode #145 ... Bergson on Laughter pt. 1 - History 19.09.2020 23:31

Today we begin our discussion on the work of Bergson. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philosophizethis Social: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philosophizethispodcast X: https://twitter.com/iamstephenwest Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philosophizethisshow Learn more abou...

Episode #144 ... Max Weber - Iron Cage 29.06.2020 23:58

Today we discuss some of the work of Max Weber in preparation for an upcoming series. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philosophizethis Social: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philosophizethispodcast X: https://twitter.com/iamstephenwest Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/phil...

Episode #143 ... Jürgen Habermas pt. 1 - The Public Sphere 30.04.2020 25:15

Today we begin our discussion of the work of Jürgen Habermas. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philosophizethis Social: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philosophizethispodcast X: https://twitter.com/iamstephenwest Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philosophizethisshow Learn m...

Episode #142 ... Richard Rorty 15.04.2020 28:59

Today we begin our discussion of the work of Richard Rorty. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philosophizethis Social: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philosophizethispodcast X: https://twitter.com/iamstephenwest Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philosophizethisshow Learn mor...

Episode #141 ... Isaiah Berlin pt. 2 - Pluralism and Culture 28.03.2020 23:14

Today we continue talking about the work of Isaiah Berlin. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philosophizethis Social: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philosophizethispodcast X: https://twitter.com/iamstephenwest Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philosophizethisshow Learn more...

Episode #140 ... Isaiah Berlin pt. 1 - Pluralism 11.03.2020 22:33

Today we begin discussing the work of Isaiah Berlin. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philosophizethis Social: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philosophizethispodcast X: https://twitter.com/iamstephenwest Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philosophizethisshow Learn more about...

Episode #139 ... Friedrich Von Hayek - The Road to Serfdom 12.02.2020 23:12

Today we begin our discussion of the work of Friedrich Hayek. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philosophizethis Social: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philosophizethispodcast X: https://twitter.com/iamstephenwest Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philosophizethisshow Learn m...

Episode #138 ... Robert Nozick - The Minimal State 21.01.2020 23:02

Today we begin our discussion of the work of Robert Nozick. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philosophizethis Social: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philosophizethispodcast X: https://twitter.com/iamstephenwest Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philosophizethisshow Learn mor...

Episode #137 ... John Rawls - A Theory of Justice 30.12.2019 27:25

Today we discuss the work of John Rawls. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philosophizethis Social: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philosophizethispodcast X: https://twitter.com/iamstephenwest Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philosophizethisshow Learn more about your ad cho...

Episode #136 ... Hannah Arendt - The Banality of Evil 31.10.2019 29:10

Today we discuss the work of Hannah Arendt. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philosophizethis Social: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philosophizethispodcast X: https://twitter.com/iamstephenwest Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philosophizethisshow Learn more about your ad...

Episode 135 ... Leo Strauss - Ancients vs. Moderns 08.10.2019 25:54

Today we talk about the work of Leo Strauss. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philosophizethis Social: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philosophizethispodcast X: https://twitter.com/iamstephenwest Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philosophizethisshow Learn more about your ad...

Episode #134 ... Consequences of Reason 07.08.2019 25:49

Today we talk about the growing dissatisfaction with Enlightenment Reason during the early 20th century. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philosophizethis Social: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philosophizethispodcast X: https://twitter.com/iamstephenwest Facebook: https://ww...

Episode #133 ... Carl Schmitt on Liberalism pt. 2 01.07.2019 22:20

Today we continue our discussion of the work of Carl Schmitt. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philosophizethis Social: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philosophizethispodcast X: https://twitter.com/iamstephenwest Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philosophizethisshow Learn m...

Episode #132 ... Carl Schmitt on Liberalism pt. 1 01.07.2019 22:55

Today we begin our discussion on the work of Carl Schmitt. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philosophizethis Social: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philosophizethispodcast X: https://twitter.com/iamstephenwest Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philosophizethisshow Learn more...

Episode #131 ... Gramsci - Cultural Hegemony 22.05.2019 24:45

Today we discuss the work of Antonio Gramsci. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philosophizethis Social: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philosophizethispodcast X: https://twitter.com/iamstephenwest Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philosophizethisshow Learn more about your a...

Episode #130 ... Dewey and Lippman on Democracy 30.04.2019 21:38

Today we talk about a famous debate from the early 20th century. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philosophizethis Social: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philosophizethispodcast X: https://twitter.com/iamstephenwest Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philosophizethisshow Lear...

Episode #129 ... Gilles Deleuze pt. 5 - Difference 16.03.2019 22:07

Today we continue our discussion on the work of Deleuze. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philosophizethis Social: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philosophizethispodcast X: https://twitter.com/iamstephenwest Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philosophizethisshow Learn more a...

Episode #128 ... Gilles Deleuze pt. 4 - Flows 16.03.2019 22:17

Episode #127 ... Gilles Deleuze pt. 3 - Anti-Oedipus 07.02.2019 29:24

Today we continue our discussion on the work of Gilles Deleuze. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philosophizethis Social: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philosophizethispodcast X: https://twitter.com/iamstephenwest Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philosophizethisshow Learn...

Episode #126 ... Gilles Deleuze pt. 2 - Immanence 22.12.2018 22:33

Episode #125 ... Gilles Deleuze pt. 1 - What is Philosophy? 08.12.2018 22:29

Today we begin our discussion on Gilles Deleuze with a special thanks to Felix Guatarri. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philosophizethis Social: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philosophizethispodcast X: https://twitter.com/iamstephenwest Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p...