Brain in a Vat
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Thought experiments and conversations with philosophers. Hosted by Dr Jason Werbeloff and Mark Oppenheimer.
| Episode | Date |
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End Taxes? | Jessica Flanigan
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Apr 27, 2025 |
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The Problem with Democracy | Jason Brennan (Rebroadcast)
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Apr 20, 2025 |
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Mass Shootings | Kurt Blankschaen
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Apr 13, 2025 |
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The Problems with Virtue Ethics | Travis Timmerman
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Apr 06, 2025 |
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The End Goal of Wokeness | Nathan Cofnas
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Mar 30, 2025 |
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Effective Altruism and Making a Difference | Jacob Bauer
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Mar 23, 2025 |
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Ultimate Meaning | Rivka Weinberg (Rebroadcast)
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Mar 16, 2025 |
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Affirmative Action and Medical School | Stephen Kershnar
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Mar 09, 2025 |
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Should Only Queer Actors Play Queer Roles? | Kurt Blankschaen & Travis Timmerman
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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The Moral Circle: Are AI and Animals Included? | Jeff Sebo
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Feb 23, 2025 |
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Don't Vote | Chris Freiman with Rebecca Tuvel
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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Alix Spiegel on Storytelling | Alix Spiegel
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Feb 09, 2025 |
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Why It's Okay to Eat Meat - Or Is It? | Dan Shahar (Rebroadcast)
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Feb 02, 2025 |
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Who was Derek Parfit? | David Edmonds (Rebroadcast)
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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The Philosophy of Severance | Travis Timmerman (Rebroadcast)
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Jan 19, 2025 |
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Anti-Semitism | Mark Oppenheimer (Rebroadcast)
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Jan 12, 2025 |
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What Is a Woman? | Alex Byrne (Rebroadcast)
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Jan 05, 2025 |
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Sex Work or Prostitution? | Lori Watson (Rebroadcast)
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Dec 30, 2024 |
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Is Monogamy Wrong? | Harry Chalmers (Rebroadcast)
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Dec 22, 2024 |
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The Privacy Paradox | David Boonin (Rebroadcast)
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Dec 15, 2024 |
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Benatar on Bullshit | With Rebecca Tuvel
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Dec 08, 2024 |
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Unravelling “White Privilege” | Spencer Case
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Dec 01, 2024 |
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Cultural Appropriation | Stephen Kershnar
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Nov 24, 2024 |
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Determinism, Free Will, and the Meaning of Life | Stephen Maitzen
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Nov 17, 2024 |
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Abortion: An AI Debate - Mill vs Kant
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Nov 10, 2024 |
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Will Machines Rule the World? | Barry Smith
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Nov 03, 2024 |
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Reimagining Democracy as Lottocracy | Alexander Guerrero (With Travis Timmerman)
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Oct 27, 2024 |
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Navigating Kinky Sex: Ethics, Safety, and Risk | Georgi Gardiner
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Oct 20, 2024 |
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Comedy, Satire, and Laughing at the Uncomfortable | John Vlismas
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Oct 13, 2024 |
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The Value of Bad Movies | Matt Strohl (with Travis Timmerman)
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Oct 06, 2024 |
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Refugees and Border Control | Bradley Hillier-Smith
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Sep 29, 2024 |
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Exploring Alien Civilizations | Isaac Arthur
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Sep 22, 2024 |
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Can Animals Create Art? | Yolandi Coetser
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Sep 15, 2024 |
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Population Decline and Pronatalism | Paul Morland
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Sep 08, 2024 |
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Love and Limerence | Georgi Gardiner
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Sep 01, 2024 |
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Aliens, Social Groups, and the Golden Record | Jason Werbeloff
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Aug 25, 2024 |
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Ayn Rand and the Ethics of Selfishness | Tara Smith
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Aug 18, 2024 |
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The Fine-Tuning Argument for God’s Existence | Aaron Zimmer (with Nathan Bray)
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Aug 11, 2024 |
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Fatphobia | Kate Manne (with Travis Timmerman)
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Aug 04, 2024 |
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Money, Institutions, and Social Groups | J. P. Smit
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Jul 28, 2024 |
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Left vs Right, Polarization, and Political Legitimacy | Oliver Traldi
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Jul 21, 2024 |
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The Ethics of Swearing | Rebecca Roache [with Travis Timmerman]
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Jul 14, 2024 |
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Patriotism Unpacked | Spencer Case
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Jul 07, 2024 |
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The Ethics of Dark Humor | David Shoemaker
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Jun 30, 2024 |
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Is Israel’s War Unjust? | Mark Oppenheimer vs Raja Halwani
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Jun 23, 2024 |
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Gaming and Friendship | Nicholas Baima
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Jun 16, 2024 |
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Gaming: Dangerous or Beneficial? | Sarah Malanowski
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Jun 09, 2024 |
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The Edges of Philosophy: Good, Bad, and the Controversial | Travis Timmerman
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Jun 02, 2024 |
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Helpful Abortion Restrictions? | Perry Hendricks
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May 26, 2024 |
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Race and IQ | Nathan Cofnas
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May 19, 2024 |
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Lionel Shriver on the Dangers of Manic Equality
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May 12, 2024 |
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Gun Control | Eric Sampson (Rebroadcast)
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May 05, 2024 |
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Ethical Quandaries of Autonomous Weapon Systems | Afonso Seixas-Nunes
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Apr 28, 2024 |
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Paediatric Gender Medicine | Moti Gorin and Holly Lawford-Smith
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Apr 21, 2024 |
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Peter Singer on Animal Liberation Now
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Apr 14, 2024 |
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We Should Want Immortality | John Martin Fischer
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Apr 07, 2024 |
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Against Immortality | Stephen Cave
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Mar 31, 2024 |
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Immigration and Borders | Stephen Kershnar
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Mar 24, 2024 |
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Cascading Catastrophic Risks | Trond Undheim
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Mar 17, 2024 |
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The Ethics of Political Commemoration | Hans Gutbrod
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Mar 10, 2024 |
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Facial Distortions and Prosopometamorphopsia | Brad Duchaine
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Mar 03, 2024 |
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Pornography and Free Speech | Nadine Strossen and Holly Lawford-Smith
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Feb 25, 2024 |
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Unravelling “White Privilege” | Spencer Case
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Feb 18, 2024 |
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The Privacy Paradox | David Boonin
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Feb 11, 2024 |
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Dissecting Morality: Error Theory | Matt Lutz
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Feb 04, 2024 |
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The Morality Maze | Spencer Case
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Jan 28, 2024 |
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Why Israel's Response to Hamas Was Justified | Natasha Hausdorff
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Jan 21, 2024 |
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The Trouble with Gender | Alex Byrne
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Jan 14, 2024 |
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John Rawls: Justice as Fairness | Paul Weithman (Rebroadcast)
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Jan 07, 2024 |
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Near-Death Experiences | John Martin Fischer (Rebroadcast)
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Dec 31, 2023 |
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How To End Global Poverty | Andy Kuper (Rebroadcast)
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Dec 24, 2023 |
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Evolutionary Psychology | Justin Garson (Rebroadcast)
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Dec 17, 2023 |
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Trans women in sport: Is it fair? | Stephen Kershnar (Rebroadcast)
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Dec 10, 2023 |
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David Chalmers on Virtual Reality and The Simulation Argument (Rebroadcast)
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Dec 03, 2023 |
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Freedom | Ernst Roets and Martin Van Staaden
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Nov 26, 2023 |
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The Philosophy of Black Mirror's White Bear | Rebecca Tuvel
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Nov 19, 2023 |
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Why you should stop eating meat | Mylan Engel
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Nov 12, 2023 |
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David Benatar on the Israel Palestine Conflict
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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The Ethics of Killing in War | Jeff McMahan (Rebroadcast)
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Oct 29, 2023 |
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Pornography and Exploitation | Holly Lawford-Smith
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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Organ Markets | James Stacey Taylor
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Oct 15, 2023 |
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Is Monogamy Wrong? | Harry Chalmers
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Oct 08, 2023 |
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The Philosophy of Infinity Pool | Travis Timmerman
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Oct 01, 2023 |
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Oppenheimers on Barbenheimer
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Sep 24, 2023 |
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Stephen Kershnar on Cultural Appropriation
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Sep 17, 2023 |
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Sex work or prostitution? | Lori Watson
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Sep 10, 2023 |
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The Islam-Atheism Debate: Behind the Curtain
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Sep 03, 2023 |
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Death | Travis Timmerman
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Aug 27, 2023 |
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Luck and Knowledge | Mylan Engel
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Aug 20, 2023 |
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Who was Derek Parfit? | David Edmonds
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Aug 13, 2023 |
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Is Islam more rational than Atheism? | Eron Fasser, Mohammed Hijab, Mark Oppenheimer, Hamza Tzortzis
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Aug 06, 2023 |
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Imagine There’s No Gender | Holly Lawford-Smith (with Raja Halwani)
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Jul 30, 2023 |
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Hate Speech | Mark Oppenheimer (Live at St Andrews)
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Jul 23, 2023 |
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What is a woman? | Alex Byrne
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Jul 16, 2023 |
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Is Grieving Good for You? | Michael Cholbi
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Jul 09, 2023 |
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The Supreme Court Ban on Affirmative Action | David Benatar
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Jul 02, 2023 |
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Self-driving Cars and the Apocalypse | Ryan Jenkins (with Stephen Kershnar)
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Jun 25, 2023 |
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Animal Ethics | Thad Metz
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Jun 18, 2023 |
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Will there be peace in the middle east? | Raja Halwani
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Jun 11, 2023 |
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Friendship is Magic | Samuel Kimbriel
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Jun 04, 2023 |
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Anonymous Publishing | Ivar Hardman
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May 28, 2023 |
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Thought Experiments | Spencer Case
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May 21, 2023 |
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Conserving Monuments | Dan Demetriou
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May 14, 2023 |
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Why Americans Don't Owe Veterans Gratitude | Stephen Kershnar (with Spencer Case)
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May 07, 2023 |
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Procreative Ethics | Rivka Weinberg
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Apr 30, 2023 |
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Anti-Semitism | Mark Oppenheimer
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Apr 23, 2023 |
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Ultimate Meaning | Rivka Weinberg
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Apr 16, 2023 |
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Dystopian Technology | Ryan Jenkins, guest host Stephen Kershnar
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Apr 09, 2023 |
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Dark humor and censorship | Connor Kianpour, guest host Stephen Kershnar
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Apr 02, 2023 |
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David Benatar on Affirmative Action
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Mar 26, 2023 |
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Holocaust Responsibility | Spencer Case
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Mar 19, 2023 |
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Parental Licensing | Connor Kianpour
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Mar 12, 2023 |
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Amnesia and Split Identity | Jacob Derin
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Mar 05, 2023 |
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Is AI art unfair to artists? | James Helps
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Feb 26, 2023 |
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The Ethics of Pet Ownership | Cheryl Abbate
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Feb 19, 2023 |
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Conversations about Philosophy | Brain in a Vat
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Feb 12, 2023 |
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Stephen Kershnar on the Impossibility of Responsibility
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Feb 05, 2023 |
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End of the Year Special: A Look Back
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Dec 18, 2022 |
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David Benatar: The Meaning of Life [Remastered]
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Dec 11, 2022 |
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The Right to Sex | Raja Halwani
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Dec 04, 2022 |
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Lionel Shriver on Abominations
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Nov 27, 2022 |
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We Should Be More Pragmatic about Ethics | Andrew Sepielli
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Nov 20, 2022 |
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Do the guilty deserve punishment? | John Martin Fischer
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Nov 13, 2022 |
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African Ethics: A Superior Moral Framework? | Thaddeus Metz
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Nov 06, 2022 |
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Putnam on the Brain in a Vat | David Macarthur
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Oct 30, 2022 |
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Hillary Putnam on Morality | Mario de Caro
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Oct 23, 2022 |
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Using AI to Fight Crime | David Boonin
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Oct 16, 2022 |
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Freedom of the Press | Toby Young
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Oct 09, 2022 |
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Why it's okay to eat meat - or is it? | Dan Shahar
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Oct 02, 2022 |
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Is Your Gender Up to You? | Shaun Stanley
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Sep 26, 2022 |
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The Supreme Court and Abortion | Brian Leiter
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Sep 18, 2022 |
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Martha Nussbaum on Disgust
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Sep 11, 2022 |
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Should we silence defectors? | Connor Kianpour
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Sep 04, 2022 |
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Trans Sports | Jon Pike
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Aug 28, 2022 |
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The Problem with Democracy | Jason Brennan
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Aug 21, 2022 |
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Immortality | John Martin Fischer
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Aug 14, 2022 |
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Is Hate Speech Free Speech? | Nadine Strossen
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Aug 07, 2022 |
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Science and The Big Questions | Alexander Arnold
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Jul 31, 2022 |
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Music and Philosophy | Mark Linsenmayer
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Jul 24, 2022 |
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Effective Altruism | Theron Pummer
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Jul 17, 2022 |
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The Philosophy of Apology | Jeff Helmreich
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Jul 10, 2022 |
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The Philosophy of Everything Everywhere All at Once | Taylor Cyr
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Jul 03, 2022 |
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Lionel Shriver on Should We Stay or Should We Go
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Jun 26, 2022 |
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The Philosophy of Severance | Travis Timmerman
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Jun 19, 2022 |
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The Ethics of Killing in War | Jeff McMahan
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Jun 12, 2022 |
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Eureka! Why epiphanies matter | Sophie Grace Chappell
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Jun 05, 2022 |
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David Chalmers on Virtual Reality and The Simulation Argument
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May 29, 2022 |
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The Value of Truth | Simon Blackburn
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May 22, 2022 |
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The Creative Life | Theresa Hardman
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May 15, 2022 |
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The Kalam Cosmological Argument | Majesty of Reason
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May 09, 2022 |
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Trans women in sport: Is it fair? | Stephen Kershnar
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May 01, 2022 |
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Evolutionary Psychology | Justin Garson
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Apr 24, 2022 |
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The Philosophy of Dune | Adam Taylor
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Apr 17, 2022 |
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How to discover TRUTH | Galen Barry
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Apr 10, 2022 |
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Sex, Gender and Sexual Orientation | Raja Halwani
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Apr 03, 2022 |
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Hidden Motives| Elena Garadja
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Mar 20, 2022 |
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Dignity and Society | Colin Bird
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Mar 20, 2022 |
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Gun Control | Eric Sampson
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Mar 13, 2022 |
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Should we save animals? | Jeffrey Sebo
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Mar 06, 2022 |
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Near-Death Experiences | John Martin Fischer
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Feb 27, 2022 |
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The Philosophy of Squid Game | Travis Timmerman
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Feb 20, 2022 |
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Free Will and Moral Responsibility | John Fischer
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Feb 13, 2022 |
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Abortion | Stephen Kershnar
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Feb 06, 2022 |
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The Kershnar Controversy | Brain in a Vat
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Feb 03, 2022 |
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Sexual Taboos | Stephen Kershnar
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Jan 30, 2022 |
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Parfit's view of personal identity | Jeff McMahan
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Jan 25, 2022 |
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Do you have a character? | Iskra Fileva
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Jan 16, 2022 |
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End of Year Surprise
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Dec 13, 2021 |
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The Fall of UCT | David Benatar
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Dec 05, 2021 |
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The Possible Worlds of David Lewis | Barry Lam
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Nov 28, 2021 |
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Can Hope Save Your Life? | Jack Kwong
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Nov 21, 2021 |
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Moral Disagreement | Eric Sampson
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Nov 14, 2021 |
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Ballenesque | Roger Ballen
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Nov 07, 2021 |
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Pandemic Ethics | Peter Singer
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Oct 31, 2021 |
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Michael Huemer on Disobeying the Law
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Oct 24, 2021 |
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Is Nuclear War Ever Justified? | Eron Fasser
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Oct 17, 2021 |
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Plato’s problem with Democracy | Clif Mark
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Oct 10, 2021 |
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Is it wrong to enjoy good films made by bad people? | Travis Timmerman
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Oct 03, 2021 |
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The Power of Imagination | Amy Kind
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Sep 26, 2021 |
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Where is my mind? | Shaun Stanley
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Sep 19, 2021 |
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Should You Trust Experts? | Oliver Traldi
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Sep 12, 2021 |
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How To End Global Poverty | Andy Kuper
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Sep 05, 2021 |
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Cryonics: who wants to live forever? | Francesca Minerva
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Aug 29, 2021 |
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Addiction | Daniel Hochman
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Aug 22, 2021 |
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Death | Travis Timmerman
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Aug 15, 2021 |
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When should you forgive? | Brandon Warmke
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Aug 08, 2021 |
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John Rawls: Justice as Fairness | Paul Weithman
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Aug 01, 2021 |
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Do the ends justify the means? | Alastair Norcross
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Jul 25, 2021 |
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What Is Madness? | Justin Garson
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Jul 18, 2021 |
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Is it okay to be a slacker? | Alison Suen
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Jul 11, 2021 |
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What Offends You? | Mark Oppenheimer
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Jul 04, 2021 |
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Is evil real? | Spencer Case
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Jun 27, 2021 |
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What if? | Peg Tittle
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Jun 20, 2021 |
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What Is Happiness? | Shane Gronholz
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Jun 13, 2021 |
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Trans, Sex, and Gender | Kathleen Stock
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Jun 06, 2021 |
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Do Social Groups Exist? | Jason Werbeloff
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May 30, 2021 |
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12 Mind Blowing Thought Experiments
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May 23, 2021 |
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The Dangers of Thought Experiments | Roy Sorensen
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May 16, 2021 |
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Is Morality Real? | Shaun Stanley
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May 09, 2021 |
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The Danger of Wokeness | Helen Zille
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May 02, 2021 |
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The Second Sexism | David Benatar
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Apr 25, 2021 |
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Wittgenstein's Poker | David Edmonds
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Apr 18, 2021 |
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Hate Speech and Pornography | Mari Mikkola
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Apr 11, 2021 |
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Animal Welfare | Bob Fischer
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Apr 04, 2021 |
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Who should you believe? | Chris Ranalli
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Mar 28, 2021 |
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Can God Right Past Wrongs? | Sam Lebens
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Mar 21, 2021 |
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Anarchy & Socialism | Mark Lance
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Mar 14, 2021 |
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What is the Value of Philosophy? | Justin Weinberg
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Mar 07, 2021 |
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So You've Been Publicly Shamed | Rebecca Tuvel
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Feb 28, 2021 |
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Nietzsche: Morality is Dead | Brian Leiter
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Feb 21, 2021 |
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Stephen King and Philosophy | Jacob Held
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Feb 14, 2021 |
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Is Academic Freedom Under Threat? | Spencer Case
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Feb 07, 2021 |
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Which God Should You Believe in? | Eron Fasser
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Jan 31, 2021 |
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Is Abortion Immoral? | Nathan Nobis
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Jan 24, 2021 |
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The Argument for Anarchism
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Jan 17, 2021 |
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Face Blindness with Jeff Waters
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Jan 10, 2021 |
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Tenet Explained
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Jan 03, 2021 |
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The Future of Brain in a Vat
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Dec 07, 2020 |
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Brian Leiter: The Supreme Court
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Nov 29, 2020 |
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Thad Metz: Meaning in Life
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Nov 22, 2020 |
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Do You Have Free Will? With Mark Leon
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Nov 15, 2020 |
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Does Your Vote Count? With Jacob Bauer
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Nov 05, 2020 |
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Black Mirror, Virtual Sex and Trans with Rebecca Tuvel
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Nov 01, 2020 |
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#2000andlate in 2020 Hindsight
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Oct 25, 2020 |
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Do You Have a Soul? With Tyron Goldschmidt
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Oct 18, 2020 |
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Should Robots Have Rights? With Rob Sparrow
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Oct 11, 2020 |
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Should We Save The Polar Bears? With Yolandi Coetzee
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Oct 04, 2020 |
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Mark Oppenheimer²: The Limits Of Free Speech?
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Sep 27, 2020 |
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[Bonus] Mark Oppenheimer²
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Sep 27, 2020 |
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Let's Talk About Sex With Raja Halwani
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Sep 20, 2020 |
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David Benatar: The Meaning of Life
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Sep 13, 2020 |
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Should You Volunteer To Get Covid? With Dustin Crummett
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Sep 06, 2020 |
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Gorgeous or Grotesque? With Amanda Ballen
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Sep 02, 2020 |
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Crime and Punishment With Doug Husak
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Aug 23, 2020 |
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Is Cultural Relativism Racist? With Justin Kalef
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Aug 16, 2020 |
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What is Love? With Raja Halwani
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Aug 09, 2020 |
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Are You Evil?
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Aug 02, 2020 |
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What's Wrong with Moral Grandstanding? With Brandon Warmke
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Jul 26, 2020 |
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Is it wrong to eat meat? With Dustin Crummet
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Jul 19, 2020 |
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Graham Oppy: Does God Exist?
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Jul 12, 2020 |
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Should Offensive Art be Banned? With Elisa Galgut
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Jul 05, 2020 |
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Peter Boghossian: How to Have Impossible Conversations
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Jun 28, 2020 |
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Do You Live in a Simulation? With Kenny Pearce
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Jun 21, 2020 |
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Does Race Exist? With Shaun Stanley
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Jun 14, 2020 |
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Does Tuvix Deserve to Die?
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Jun 07, 2020 |
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Is the Lockdown Lawful? With Martin van Staden
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May 31, 2020 |
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Time Travel and The Grandfather Paradox with Helen Robertson
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May 24, 2020 |
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Belief, Faith, and Hope with Liz Jackson
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May 17, 2020 |
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Lost in Translation with Shaun Stanley
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May 10, 2020 |
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The Value of Human Life with Eron Fasser
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May 03, 2020 |
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The Veil of Ignorance and Justice in a Lockdown
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Apr 26, 2020 |
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Lockdown: A Trolley Problem
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Apr 22, 2020 |