A seasonal podcast that brings the ideas and tools of philosophy to everyone. Featuring interviews with professional philosophers, personal stories, and lots of fun thought experiments. We'll start with about 5 episodes per season.
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A show called "Philosophy v. Improv" graciously had me on as a guest. This is actually my second appearance! I'll post the other one soon. In this one, appropo of recent episodes, we talk about political liberalism! Episode Link to Share https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/33-andrew-does-improv-liberalism Link to PvI page https://philosophyimprov.com/pvi64-liberalism-linda-orr-andrew-lavin/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
A conversation with Robert Jones of CSU, Dominguez Hills about animal welfare/rights and the ethics of food. We also touch on experimentation and captivity and the legal status of animals. WARNING: has unbleeped curses and plenty of uncomfortable topics not appropriate for kids. Robert references John Sanbonmatsu, t his is his personal webpage . With the aptly named "Ranch Hand" from BlueDot Sessions. Used under a CC BY-NC 4.0 license. Reductio is produced by Inverted Spectrum Media, a non-profi...
Andrew Lavin and Michael Fitzpatrick continue their discussion on idealism in political theory, exploring its practical applications and critiques. They use a landscape analogy to illustrate the challenges of political decision-making, distinguishing between ideal and non-ideal approaches. The conversation clarifies how genuine pragmatism inherently involves ideals and discusses Plato's view that means must align with desired ends, emphasizing that achieving a just society, while difficult, should not be deemed impossible.
A Conversation with Michael Fitzpatrick on Idealism in Political Theory A.K.A Ideal Theory. It has come under attack in recent years and for good reason, but perhaps the target of these criticisms shouldn't be idealism, but should instead be people who aren't doing idealism well. Episode Link to Share https://shows.acast.com/reductio/31-idealism-part-one Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
In which Andrew talks with Chris Freiman (of William and Mary) and Michael Fitzpatrick (of Stanford, De Anza College, and Menlo College) about one of the most famous political philosophers of the 20th Century: John Rawls. We also discuss a number of critiques one might bring against Rawls' system of thinking about justice. Episode Link to Share: https://shows.acast.com/reductio/30-the-veil-of-ignorance Chris Freiman's Book: Link to Taylor and Francis site Podcasts mentioned: Hi-Phi Nation The Ph...
Photo Credit Andrew Lavin Quill Kukla's book City Living: How Urban Spaces and Urban Dwellers Make One Another Reductio on Patreon Throw us a buck! Link for Sharing Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Note about episode numbering: I've decided to start numbering each episode sequentially not including AudioSophia episodes. This is the 28th overall episode. Here is The Philosopher and the News . Check them out! They have some really insightful discussions on timely topics. Here is our Patreon if you want to drop us a buck a month to help keep the lights on. William Scheuerman's Paper: Political Disobedience in the Climate Emergency A link to this episode for sharing: https://shows.acast.com/re...
A little update on my life and the branching possible futures for Reductio. Thank you for your continued support and listening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
A conversation with Carneades of Carneades.org about the new book he has released: Are All Lives Equal? Why Cost Benefit Analysis Values Rich Lives More and How Philosophy Can Fix It. Enjoy the conversation! Episode Link for Sharing: https://shows.acast.com/reductio/m16-are-all-lives-equal Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Thaddeus Metz schools us on Ubuntu Ethics and the Good Life. A more interview-driven monad rather than something highly narrated. Thaddeus Metz Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
a talk by Matt Strohl with comments by Nick Riggle. Thanks to the Humanities Center at the University of Montana! Matt's Book: Why It's Okay to Love Bad Movies Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In which Andrew explores the "Identity" in "Identity Politics" and the social groups by which we identify ourselves. https://shows.acast.com/reductio/s02e05-another-kind-of-identity Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In which Helen De Cruz reads her short story " Soul Sleep ". Enjoy! Hi Phi Nation's "The Wishes of the Dead" De Cruz's new book: Philosophy Illustrated Please Support us on Patreon ! Episode Link for sharing: https://shows.acast.com/reductio/m14-soul-sleep Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Andrew talks with Rev. Ben Colahan about themes from s02e04 Who Are You? If you haven't already, listen to that episode before this one. Here's a link: https://shows.acast.com/reductio/s02e04-who-are-you Episode Link for Sharing: https://shows.acast.com/reductio/m13-more-about-personal-identity Reductio on Patreon: Patreon | Reductio is creating A Podcast about Ideas, Philosophy, and Understanding | Patreon Rate and Review us Please! Reductio: Adventures in Ideas on Apple Podcasts Reductio on S...
This is just the first part of the episode "Who Are You?" in standalone format so that it can be used on its own if useful for teaching or other uses. If you enjoy this, listen to the full episode published just before this one. Here's a link. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In which Andrew explores various questions surrounding the issue of personal identity. Who are you? Including discussions of Transporters, Theseus' Ship(s), and various other thought experiments. With Guest Amy Kind and narration help from Kellie Marie Lavin. Warning: one bad word in the end credits, but the rest is clean! Amy Kind's Book: Persons and Personal Identity Episode Link for Sharing: https://shows.acast.com/reductio/s02e04-who-are-you Reductio on Patreon: Patreon | Reductio is creatin...
In which Andrew asks the questions: what are ghosts, if anything? How should we think about ghost experiences? What sort of reason do they give us to believe that ghosts are real? Special thanks to "James" and "Dianne" and their family, to Frank McAndrew , and to Casey Smith. . Episode Link for Sharing: https://shows.acast.com/reductio/s02e03-ghosts Please Support us on Patreon! Reductio: Adventures in Ideas is creating A Podcast about Ideas, Philosophy, and Understanding | Patreon Other Philoso...
A monad in which Professor Eric Schwitzgebel shares his fantastic philosophical short story "The Passion of the Sun Probe." The text of the story is available where it is published and also on Schwitzgebel's blog , where you can leave comments for the author. Share Link: https://shows.acast.com/reductio/m11-passion-of-the-sunprobe Support Reduction on Patrion: Reductio: Adventures in Ideas is creating A Podcast about Ideas, Philosophy, and Understanding | Patreon Leave us a review please! Reduc...
In which Andrew explores Laurie Paul's concept of a Transformative Experience. With help from John Swanson, Laurie Paul, Jordan Wallace-Wolf, and Count Dracula himself. Laurie Paul's Book Transformative Experience , can be purchased many places, including here. Editing help by Xinjiang Huang. Thank you for all of your help! Episode Share Link: https://shows.acast.com/reductio/s02e02-transformative-experiences Support us on Patreon: Reductio: Adventures in Ideas is creating A Podcast about Ideas,...
Welcome back to Reductio for a new Season! We'll be releasing episodes sporadically over the next 6-7 months. In the first episode, Andrew talks with Jonathan Cohen of UCSD about the Inverted Spectrum possibility: the possibility that we might have totally different experiences of the colors around us and we'd never know it! Editing help by Inverted Spectrum Media's new intern: Xinjian Huang Special thanks to Jonathan Cohen. Find his book on color here: The Red and the Real. Special thanks also ...
Andrew explores Jacques Ellul's theory of "Technique" with the help of Professor Joel Zimbelman. Appearances also from Quinn Troester and Poet Chesko. Episode Link for Sharing https://shows.acast.com/reductio/s01e05-technocracy Please Rate and Review Us! Reductio: Adventures in Ideas on Apple Podcasts Reductio on Patreon Reductio: Adventures in Ideas is creating A Podcast about Ideas, Philosophy, and Understanding | Patreon Videos Mentioned Key and Peele - Text Message Confusion Weekend Update ...
In which Andrew explores a simple question very carefully: why does stuff cost money? Including critiques of Capitalism from the infamous Karl Marx. Special thanks to my friend and her daughter, to Kellie Marie Lavin, and to Olúfémi O. Táíwò of Georgetown University. Warning: most is child-friendly, but we start talking about "naked violence, genocide, theft, and plunder" at about 34:00. Not necessarily suitable for younger listeners. Discretion advised! Olúfémi O. Táíwò http://www.whyeverything...
In which Andrew explores the Trolley Problem with the help of some friends and Jordan Wallace-Wolf of UCLA. Special Thanks to: especially Christy Harrington for lending us her narration skills, to Bill Harrington, Owen Roth, Max Feiler, Garvey Peterson, and of course, the inimitable Dustin Rainey. Episode Link for Sharing https://shows.acast.com/reductio/s01e03-the-trolley-problem-and-its-discontents Please Rate and Review Us! Reductio: Adventures in Ideas on Apple Podcasts Readings Mentioned i...
In which Andrew explores Aristotle's reductio proof for the existence of a god-like "prime mover". Joined by Stanford's Michael Fitzpatrick. Episode Link for sharing https://shows.acast.com/reductio/aristotles-reductio Reductio on iTunes Reductio: Adventures in Ideas on Apple Podcasts Reductio on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/reductio Hi-Phi Nation https://hiphination.org/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
A portrait of Joyce to go with the theme of Nguyen's work. This is an unabridged audio rendition of a work of academic philosophy. It is accessible in content, but be forewarned: it's long and was not written for a public audience. It's not the normal style of Reductio, so we've set it apart as part of a series called "AudioSophia". I hope you enjoy it! Thi Nguyen's Website: https://objectionable.net/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
In which Andrew explores the namesake of the podcast, with expertise on the Flat Earth Hypothesis from Jolyon Johnson and the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster with Jessica Gonzalez. Episode Link: https://shows.acast.com/reductio/s01e01 Reductio on iTunes Reductio: Adventures in Ideas on Apple Podcasts Reductio on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/reductio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
I speak with Brian Hutler about an argument that certain religious exemptions shouldn't be used in certain circumstances. Episode Link to share and for transcript https://shows.acast.com/reductio/monad-10-religious-exemptions-and-civil-disobedience Hutler's Paper https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/papa.12150 Some relevant news articles https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2019/10/24/catholic-anti-nuke-activists-guilty-all-counts-georgia-court https://www.npr.org/sections...
In which Andrew discusses a potential economic system in which large businesses are turned into co-ops. Help from Laurie Niles, President of the Board, Chico Natural Foods, Co-Op. Episode Link to share and for transcripts https://shows.pippa.io/reductio/monad-9-co-operatism Our Homepage www.invertedspectrummedia.com Our iTunes page (rate and review please!) Reductio: Adventures in Ideas on Apple Podcasts Our Patreon (Support us!) Reductio: Adventures in Ideas is creating A Podcast about Ideas, ...
In which Andrew discusses one of his favorite arguments from Plato's Phaedo. Episode Link to Share https://shows.pippa.io/reductio/monad-7-before-birth Our Homepage http://www.invertedspectrummedia.com Our Apple Podcasts Page (Please Rate and Review!) Reductio: Adventures in Ideas on Apple Podcasts Our Patreon Page Reductio: Adventures in Ideas is creating A Podcast about Ideas, Philosophy, and Understanding | Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
The first in a potential series of high quality audio renditions of available philosophy texts. My current thought is to call the series "AudioSophia" which isn't what I call it in the intro here. What do you think? Honestly, there are better pictures of Russell, but this one was taken at UCLA and so has a special place in my heart. Episode Link to Share https://shows.pippa.io/reductio/audiosophia-russell-value The Text http://www.paulgraham.com/valueofphilosophy.html Our Homepage www.invertedsp...
