In this episode, I'll be talking all about the concept of heresy, including its historical/theological significance and the distinction made in the Roman Catholic tradition between 'formal' and 'material' heresy. Enjoy! If you'd like to request an episode, or even do an episode yourself, please contact me on Instagram (@fiveminutephilosophy) or Twitter (@fiveminutephil1).
In this episode, I'll be talking about the crossover between ideas about free will and religious belief, specifically about the supposed incompatibility of determinism and Christianity. Enjoy! If you'd like to request an episode, or even do an episode yourself, please contact me on Instagram (@fiveminutephilosophy) or Twitter (@fiveminutephil1).
In this episode, I'll be talking all about Aristotle's Virtue Ethics, and how it suggests we become 'virtuous people'. Enjoy! If you'd like to request an episode, or even do an episode yourself, please contact me on Instagram (@fiveminutephilosophy) or Twitter (@fiveminutephil1).
In this episode, I'll be talking all about the ethical criticism of art - or, the overlap between the branches of philosophy known as 'ethics' and 'aesthetics', and how their values interact. Enjoy! If you'd like to request an episode, or even do an episode yourself, please contact me on Instagram (@fiveminutephilosophy) or Twitter (@fiveminutephil1).
In this special Valentine's Day episode, I'll be speaking all about Plato's 'Symposium' and the ideas about love presented in it. Enjoy! If you'd like to request an episode, or even do an episode yourself, please contact me on Instagram (@fiveminutuephilosophy) or Twitter (@fiveminutephil1).
In this episode, Toby Buckle - host of the Political Philosophy Podcast - talks all about ideology, including how the term is understood by different people or groups, as well as what ideologies tend to represent. Enjoy, and check out the Political Philosophy Podcast for longer interview-style podcasts all about political philosophy. If you'd like to request an episode, or even do an episode yourself, please contact me on Instagram (@fiveminutephilosophy) or Twitter (@fiveminutephil1)....
In this episode, I'll be going over some of the main themes and ideas in Plato's 'Republic', including ideas about justice and how Plato attempts to construct his 'ideal state'. Enjoy! If you'd like to request an episode, or even do an episode yourself, please contact me on Instagram (@fiveminutephilosophy) or Twitter (@fiveminutephil1).
In this episode, I'm joined by fellow Philosophy student Samuel Jackson to talk about Socratic dialogue, as seen in many of Plato's works. We speak about perception and idealism, and ask whether it is rational to say that an external material world exists, and more importantly, that it exists how we perceive it to exist. Enjoy! If you'd like to request an episode for the podcast, or even do an episode yourself, please contact me on Instagram (@fiveminutephilosophy) or Twitter (@fiveminutephil1)....
In this episode, I'll be talking about theological non-realism and its take on the existence of God, mainly through the work of Don Cupitt. Enjoy! If you'd like to request an episode, or even do an episode yourself, please contact me on Instagram (@fiveminutephilosophy) or Twitter (@fiveminutephil1).
In this episode, we'll be talking all about Sartre and Nietzsche's ethical subjectivism, and a bit about how their personal ethics were influenced by the rest of their philosophies. Enjoy! If you'd like to request an episode, or even do an episode yourself, please contact me on Instagram (@fiveminutephilosophy) or Twitter (@fiveminutephil1).
In this episode, I'll be talking a bit about Raphael's painting, 'The School of Athens', including its context within the Renaissance and what we can see in the painting. Enjoy! If you'd like to request an episode, or even do an episode yourself, please contact me on Instagram (@fiveminutephilosophy) or Twitter (@fiveminutephil1).
For today's episode, the final instalment of the '25 Days of 5 Minute Philosophy' series, a very special guest contributor speaks all about Confucius. Merry Christmas to all of my lovely listeners, and thank you for joining me every day for the past month for the '25 Days of 5 Minute Philosophy' series - I will be back in the new year with more episodes! Enjoy.
In this episode, the penultimate of the '25 Days of 5 Minute Philosophy' series, we'll be discussing whether God can (theoretically) ride a bike, putting into question attributes such as His omnipotence and omniscience. Enjoy, and happy Christmas Eve!
In this episode, the 23rd of the '25 Days of 5 Minute Philosophy' series, I'll be analysing Steinbeck's novel 'The Grapes of Wrath' using the feminist socio-economic thought of Simone de Beauvoir and Friedrich Engels. Enjoy!
In this episode, the 22nd of the '25 Days of 5 Minute Philosophy' series, I'll be speaking a bit about the 20th Century Spanish philosopher José Ortega y Gasset and his ideas on perspectivism. Enjoy!
In this episode, the 21st of the '25 Days of 5 Minute Philosophy' series, I'll be talking all about the differences between gender essentialism and gender existentialism. Enjoy! If you'd like to request an episode, or even do an episode yourself, please contact me on Instagram (@fiveminutephilosophy) or Twitter (@fiveminutephil1).
In this episode, the 20th of the '25 Days of 5 Minute Philosophy' series, we'll be talking all about Christian moral principles - more specifically, the differences between theonomous, heteronomous and autonomous approaches to Christian ethics and practices. Enjoy!
In this episode, the 19th of the '25 Days of 5 Minute Philosophy' series, guest contributor Alex Fisher speaks about the philosophy of videogames - in particular, the issues of ethics and aesthetics that arise, such as the permissibility of virtual actions. Enjoy! If you'd like to request an episode, or even do an episode yourself, please contact me on Instagram (@fiveminutephilosophy) or Twitter (@fiveminutephil1).
In this episode, the 18th of the '25 Days of 5 Minute Philosophy' series, we'll be looking at the notion of bad faith, as found in existential philosophy, as well as looking at Sartre and de Beauvoir's thoughts on it. Enjoy!
In this episode, the 17th of the '25 Days of 5 Minute Philosophy' series, guest contributor Mr Oliver Gent - teacher of English and Classics at Stamford School - speaks all about Stoicism, including its origins and what it promotes. Enjoy! If you'd like to request an episode, or even do an episode yourself, please contact me on Instagram (@fiveminutephilosophy) or Twitter (@fiveminutephil1).
In this episode, the 16th of the '25 Days of 5 Minute Philosophy' series, guest contributor James Farrow speaks all about Thomas Hobbes, in particular his 1651 work 'Leviathan'. Enjoy! If you'd like to request an episode, or even do an episode yourself, please contact me on Instagram (@fiveminutephilosophy) or Twitter (@fiveminutephil1).
In this episode, the 15th of the '25 Days of 5 Minute Philosophy', I'll be speaking about 'After Dinner Conversation', an organisation that aims to promote critical thinking and debate through short stories, podcasts and more. Here's the link to their website: After Dinner Conversation - Philosophy | Ethics Short Stories - use the code 'Dinner' for the first month free on a subscription to their magazine, and then pay just $1.95/month....
In this episode, the 14th of the '25 Days of 5 Minute Philosophy' series, we're doing a Philosophy/English Literature crossover, and will be looking at how free will is portrayed in Shakespeare's 'Hamlet'. Enjoy! If you'd like to request an episode, or even do an episode yourself, please contact me on Instagram (@fiveminutephilosophy) or Twitter (@fiveminutephil1).
In today's episode, the 13th of the '25 Days of 5 Minute Philosophy' series, we'll be talking all about relativism - moral relativism, in particular - and some of the debate surrounding it. Enjoy!
In this episode, the 12th of the '25 Days of 5 Minute Philosophy' series, we'll be looking at the idea of Praxis and how it has been used by various philosophers, including Aristotle, Mary Daly, Rosemary Radford Ruether, Karl Marx and Hannah Arendt. Enjoy! To contact me: Instagram (@fiveminutephilosophy)/Twitter (@fiveminutephil1).
In this episode, the 11th of the '25 Days of 5 Minute Philosophy' series, we'll be talking all about logical arguments, including the differences between induction and deduction, as well as the structure of syllogisms. Enjoy! If you'd like to request an episode, or even do an episode yourself, please contact me on Instagram (@fiveminutephilosophy) or Twitter (@fiveminutephil1).
In this episode, the 10th of the '25 Days of 5 Minute Philosophy' series, we're going to be looking at the Teleological Argument, an argument for God's existence which infers an intelligent designer from the observation of design in the universe. Enjoy! If you'd like to request an episode, or even do an episode yourself, please contact me on Instagram (@fiveminutephilosophy) or Twitter (@fiveminutephil1).
In this episode, the 9th of the '25 Days of 5 Minute Philosophy' series, we're going to looking at Billie Eilish's new song, 'Therefore I Am', and its links with Descartes' 'cogito'. Enjoy! If you'd like to request an episode, or even do an episode yourself, please contact me on Instagram (@fiveminutephilosophy) or Twitter (@fiveminutephil1).
In this episode, the 8th of the '25 Days of 5 Minute Philosophy' series, we're going to be talking about British moral philosopher Mary Midgley and some of her key ideas. Enjoy! If you'd like to request an episode, or even do an episode yourself, please contact me on Instagram (@fiveminutephilosophy) or Twitter (@fiveminutephil1).
In this episode, the 7th in the '25 Days of 5 Minute Philosophy' series, I speak a bit about what I take to be the value of philosophy, from a talk I gave to some students at my school a couple of weeks ago. A bit of a long one today, but I hope you enjoy! If you'd like to request an episode, or even do an episode yourself, please get in touch on Instagram (@fiveminutephilosophy) or Twitter (@fiveminutephil1).
