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Knowledge, Reality, Truth, Morality … Daniel Kaufman, David Ottlinger, Robert Gressis, and their guests explore the rich universe of philosophical investigation and inquiry.

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Knowledge, Reality, Truth, Morality … Daniel Kaufman, David Ottlinger, Robert Gressis, and their guests explore the rich universe of philosophical investigation and inquiry.

    Questioning the Practice of Grading in Schools (Robert Gressis & Kevin Currie-Knight)

    Questioning the Practice of Grading in Schools (Robert Gressis & Kevin Currie-Knight)

    Rob and Kevin make small talk ... Kevin describes and laments the grade economy ... What's the relationship between grades and learning? ... Bryan Caplan's "The Case Against Education" and how it has traumatized Rob ... Unschooling ... If schools suck so much, how did Rob and Kevin learn? ...

    • 1 hr
    Free Speech and Academic Freedom in 2020 (Daniel Kaufman & David Ottlinger)

    Free Speech and Academic Freedom in 2020 (Daniel Kaufman & David Ottlinger)

    A new home for Sophia ... The (latest) defenestration of Kathleen Stock ... How sincere are pro-trans rights public intellectuals? ... Justin Weinberg's essay on the Kathleen Stock incident ... David: "It's the squishy middles that are gonna kill us" ... Dan: deplatforming people on social media is effectively censorship ... The death of public discourse and the rise of Trump ... How consensus crumbles ... David: we should get rid of the harm principle ...

    • 1 hr
    The Cultural Contradictions of Conservatism (Daniel Kaufman & Kevin Currie-Knight)

    The Cultural Contradictions of Conservatism (Daniel Kaufman & Kevin Currie-Knight)

    Kevin's book, Education in the Marketplace ... Dan and Kevin's concern for Coleman Hughes' intellectual freedom ... How young is too young for movement conservatism? ... What was the Intellectual Dark Web? ... The IDW's central contradiction ... How Dan got involved with the conservative movement ... ... ... and why he left it ... Dan's advice to Hughes: don't trust the movement ...

    • 1 hr
    Is Philosophy of Religion Still Necessary? (Daniel Kaufman & Megan Fritts)

    Is Philosophy of Religion Still Necessary? (Daniel Kaufman & Megan Fritts)

    Megan: philosophy of religion shouldn't focus on "proofs for God" ... Determining rational grounds for supernaturalism ... Why Dan rejects epistemic foundationalism ... Megan's Christian agnosticism, Dan's Jewish atheism ... Wittgenstein's engagement with philosophy of religion ... What kind of authority would it be good for us to submit to? ... Dan has a revelation ... Has philosophy forgotten that it's a humanistic discipline? ...

    • 1 hr
    The Decline of Great Philosophers (Daniel Kaufman & Robert Gressis)

    The Decline of Great Philosophers (Daniel Kaufman & Robert Gressis)

    Robert's essay, "The Philosophy Rapture" ... What counts as "relevant" philosophy? ... Philosophy's "dirty insider game" ... Why are great philosophers overrepresented at elite universities? ... Generational decline, intellectual and attitudinal ... Do intellectual celebrity cultures produce shrinking intellectual gene pools? ... Dan: Our present-day celebrity philosophers will destroy the discipline ...

    • 1 hr
    How to Make a Comic Book (Daniel Kaufman & Milton Lawson)

    How to Make a Comic Book (Daniel Kaufman & Milton Lawson)

    The new issue of Milton's comic book, Thompson Heller: Detective Interstellar ... Christopher Hitchens' influence on Milton's comic ... The anxieties of robot personhood ... The economic determinants of comic book production ... How a new comic writer finds an artist ... The comic book art division of labor ... Thompson Heller's future ...

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