Reductio

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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.

Monads are shorts that tend to involve less production than full seasonal episodes.

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Episodes

Monad 7: Doctor Andrew Lavin

Andrew's dissertation is done and ready to be filed! So he celebrated by creating a Monad discussing the basics of his dissertation on Normality. A trailer for Season One too! Episode Link for Sharing and Transcript https://shows.pippa.io/reductio/monad-7-doctor-andrew-lavin Our Homepage www.invertedspectrummedia.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Jul 31, 2019•25 min•Ep. 7

Monad 6: Ibn Sina's Floating Person

In which the thought experiment of the "Floating Man" from Arabic philosopher Ibn Sina is discussed. Are you always necessarily aware of yourself (so long as you are aware of anything at all)? What is the structure of experience? Warning: the music featured after the episode contains some harsh language, discretion advised. The monad itself is totally child friendly. This Episode Link for sharing: https://shows.pippa.io/reductio/ibn-sina Our Homepage: www.invertedspectrummedia.com Our Patreon Pa...

Jul 11, 2019•20 min•Ep. 6

Monad 5: Zeno and his Paradoxes

Episode Link for Sharing https://shows.pippa.io/reductio/monad-5-zeno-and-his-paradoxes Article on Zeno's Paradoxes and the "Standard Solution" https://www.iep.utm.edu/zeno-par/ Our Patreon Page: Reductio: Adventures in Ideas is creating A Podcast about Ideas, Philosophy, and Understanding | Patreon Our iTunes Page: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/reductio-adventures-in-ideas/id1352862928 Our Website: www.invertedspectrummedia.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information...

Jun 27, 2019•18 min•Ep. 5

Monad 4: What is Philosophy?

Andrew explores a simple question that might be overdue at this point: what is philosophy anyways? With contributions from June Brown, Michael Fitzpatrick (and his kitty Cozette), Kimberly Engels, Kelby Peeler, Olufemi Taiwo, and Dean Dominguez. Episode link to share: https://shows.pippa.io/reductio/monad-4-what-is-philosophy Our Patreon Page: Reductio: Adventures in Ideas is creating A Podcast about Ideas, Philosophy, and Understanding | Patreon Our Website: www.invertedspectrummedia.com Philos...

May 23, 2019•21 min•Ep. 4

Monad 3 - On Dog Whistles

In which Andrew talks with JJ Lang about the concept of a "dog whistle"—especially when applied to the political realm—and about recent charges of dog whistling against Rep. Ilhan Omar. Episode Link for Sharing https://shows.pippa.io/reductio/monad3ondogwhistles Lang's piece on which out interview is based: https://theoutline.com/post/7286/the-anatomy-of-a-dogwhistle Inverted Spectrum Media's website: www.invertedspectrummedia.com Our Patreon Page: www.patreon.com/reductio Hosted on Acast. See a...

May 08, 2019•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 3

Monad 2: The Vice of Consistency

Andrew tries out an argument that it's often best to be inconsistent and so being consistent might not be a good thing in the first place. Episode Link for Sharing https://shows.pippa.io/reductio/monad-2-the-vice-of-consistency Inverted Spectrum Media http://www.invertedspectrummedia.com NPR stories about rebuilding in Santa Rosa https://www.npr.org/2018/10/16/656532029/getting-back-what-you-lost-rebuilding-in-a-wildfire-zone https://www.revealnews.org/episodes/built-to-burn/ Hi-Phi Nation https...

Apr 15, 2019•28 min•Ep. 2

Monad 1: What's a Monad?

Andrew takes a deep dive into Leibniz's theory of "monads" to set up a series of Bonus Features playfully called "Monads." Episode Link for Sharing https://shows.pippa.io/reductio/monad1 Leibniz's Monadology https://www.earlymoderntexts.com/assets/pdfs/leibniz1714b.pdf Inverted Spectrum Media http://www.invertedspectrummedia.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Feb 12, 2019•18 min•Ep. 1

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