Themes and summary (AI-generated based on podcaster-provided show and episode descriptions):
➤ Philosophy discussions • Professors from NJ • Public Philosophy Project • Ethical questions • Metaphysics • Epistemology • Human nature • Emotions and relationships • Current philosophical debates • Patreon support information
This podcast, titled "For the Love of Sophia!", is hosted by two professors from New Jersey who aim to extend philosophical discussions beyond the realm of academia and into everyday life. Through a wide variety of episodes, the hosts explore fundamental and profound philosophical questions. The overarching theme delves into understanding and interpreting the world through a philosophical lens, as the episodes tackle subjects ranging from the nature of love, friendship, and human nature to complex concepts such as metaphysical idealism, postmodernism, and the theory of forms.
Listeners are invited to explore ethical dilemmas, such as the implications of violence and the responsibilities of minimizing suffering, while examining the intersections of philosophy with modern-day issues like artificial intelligence and technology. The show often touches on contrasting philosophical traditions, such as the divide between analytic and continental philosophy, and frequently features discussions about seminal philosophers like Plato, Aristotle, and Peter Singer.
The dialogue is intended for both interested laypersons and those with more extensive philosophical backgrounds, emphasizing the accessibility and relevance of philosophy in everyday life. Interactions with listeners are encouraged, as the hosts often take questions from audiences, and this further underlines the podcast's goal of fostering a philosophical community outside of formal academia. The podcast also entertains metaphysical inquiries about consciousness, sensation, and reality, examining how these elements manifest in both human and non-human experiences.
Overall, this podcast focuses on bridging theoretical philosophy and practical life, presenting listeners with thought-provoking content that encourages deeper reflection on themselves and the world around them. Through an array of topics, it seeks to stimulate interest in philosophy's practical application to everyday questions and dilemmas.
Episodes:
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Summer Hiatus Update
2024-Jul-20
less than a minute
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Ep. 119: How Do We Minimize Suffering? (Part II)
2024-Jul-02
58 minutes
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Ep. 118: How Do We Minimize Suffering? (Part I)
2024-Jun-20
58 minutes
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Ep. 117: Ancient Metaphysics (Part II)
2024-Jun-04
51 minutes
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Ep. 116: Ancient Metaphysics (Part I)
2024-May-22
50 minutes
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Ep. 115: Tradition vs. Novelty (Part II)
2024-May-07
64 minutes
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Ep. 114: Tradition Vs. Novelty (Part I)
2024-Apr-23
63 minutes
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Delay Update
2024-Mar-27
1 minute
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Ep. 113: What is Postmodernism? (Part II)
2024-Mar-05
59 minutes
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Ep. 112: What is Postmodernism? (Part I)
2024-Feb-20
61 minutes
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Ep. 111: What is NOT Philosophy? (Part II)
2024-Feb-06
52 minutes
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Ep. 110: What is NOT Philosophy? (Part I)
2024-Jan-23
55 minutes
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Ep. 109: What is Atheism? (Part II)
2024-Jan-09
63 minutes
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Ep. 108: What is Atheism? (Part I)
2023-Dec-12
54 minutes
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Ep. 107: What is Music? (Part II)
2023-Nov-22
89 minutes
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Ep. 106: What is Music? (Part I)
2023-Nov-07
57 minutes
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Ep. 105: What is (Metaphysical) Idealism? (Part II)
2023-Oct-26
50 minutes
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Ep. 104: What is (Metaphysical) Idealism? (Part I)
2023-Oct-10
51 minutes
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Ep. 103: What is it like to Be an Octopus? (Part II)
2023-Sep-26
57 minutes
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Ep. 102: What is it Like to Be an Octopus? (Part I)
2023-Sep-12
56 minutes
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Ep. 101: What is Love? (Part II)
2023-Aug-15
72 minutes
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Ep. 100: Audience Q & A
2023-Aug-01
89 minutes
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Ep. 99: What is Love? (Part I)
2023-Jul-18
68 minutes
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Ep. 98: What is Friendship? (Part II)
2023-Jul-06
52 minutes
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Ep. 97: What is Friendship? (Part I)
2023-Jun-20
72 minutes
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Ep. 96: How Do We Understand Things? (Part II)
2023-Jun-06
72 minutes
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Ep. 95: How Do We Understand Things? (Part I)
2023-May-23
63 minutes
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Ep. 94: What is Artificial Intelligence? feat. ChatGPT (Part II)
2023-May-09
73 minutes
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Ep. 93: What is Artificial Intelligence? feat. ChatGPT (Part I)
2023-Apr-25
51 minutes
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Ep. 92: The Ethics of Violence (Part II)
2023-Apr-11
43 minutes
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Ep. 91: The Ethics of Violence (Part I)
2023-Mar-28
46 minutes
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Ep. 90: The Theory of Forms (Part II)
2023-Mar-15
47 minutes
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Ep. 89: The Theory of Forms (Part I)
2023-Feb-28
53 minutes
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Ep. 88: What Is Human Nature? (Part II)
2023-Feb-14
59 minutes
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Ep. 87: What Is Human Nature? (Part I)
2023-Jan-31
58 minutes
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Ep. 86: What Are Grades? (Part II)
2023-Jan-19
70 minutes
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Ep. 85: What Are Grades? (Part I)
2023-Jan-03
57 minutes
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Ep. 84: Politics and War (Part II)
2022-Dec-20
69 minutes
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Ep. 83: Politics and War (Part I)
2022-Dec-08
63 minutes
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Ep. 82: What is Technology? (Part II)
2022-Nov-22
67 minutes
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Ep. 81: What is Technology? (Part I)
2022-Nov-08
60 minutes
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Ep. 80: What is Personhood? (Part II)
2022-Oct-25
66 minutes
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Ep. 79: What is Personhood? (Part I)
2022-Oct-11
61 minutes
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Ep. 78: On Learning and Teaching (Part II)
2022-Sep-27
62 minutes
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Ep. 77: On Learning and Teaching (Part I)
2022-Sep-13
58 minutes
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Ep. 76: What is Sensation? (Part II)
2022-Aug-30
65 minutes
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Ep. 75: What is Sensation? (Part I)
2022-Aug-16
60 minutes
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Ep. 74: What is Memory? (Part II)
2022-Aug-03
44 minutes
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Ep. 73: What is Memory? (Part I)
2022-Jul-19
54 minutes
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Ep. 72: Analytic vs. Continental Philosophy (Part II)
2022-Jul-05
64 minutes
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Ep. 71: Analytic vs. Continental Philosophy (Part I)
2022-Jun-21
61 minutes
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Ep. 70: What is a Paradox? (Part II)
2022-Jun-07
63 minutes
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Ep. 69: What is a Paradox? (Part I)
2022-May-24
56 minutes
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Ep. 68: What is Disagreement? (Part II)
2022-May-10
49 minutes
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Ep. 67: What is Disagreement? (Part I)
2022-Apr-26
46 minutes
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Ep. 66: Are We Born With Innate Ideas? (Part II)
2022-Apr-12
44 minutes
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Ep. 65: Are We Born With Innate Ideas? (Part I)
2022-Mar-29
47 minutes
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Ep. 64: Control, Desire, and Attachment (Part II)
2022-Mar-15
43 minutes
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Ep. 63: Control, Desire, and Attachment (Part I)
2022-Mar-01
38 minutes
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Ep. 62: What is History? ft. Gene Nassar, Ph.D. (Part II)
2022-Feb-15
58 minutes
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Ep. 61: What is History? ft. Gene Nasser, Ph.D. (Part I)
2022-Feb-02
52 minutes
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Ep. 60: What is Property? (Part II)
2022-Jan-18
67 minutes
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Ep. 59: What is Property? (Part I)
2022-Jan-04
56 minutes
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Ep. 58: Holiday Special - What is a Holiday? ft. Claire Celi and Sal Mignano
2021-Dec-21
110 minutes
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Ep. 57: What is Philosophy? (Part II)
2021-Dec-07
50 minutes
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Ep. 56: What is Philosophy? (Part I)
2021-Nov-23
57 minutes
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Ep. 55: Language, Thought, and Reality (Part II)
2021-Nov-09
55 minutes
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Ep. 54: Language, Thought, and Reality (Part I)
2021-Oct-26
48 minutes
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Ep. 53: What is Phenomenology? (Part II)
2021-Oct-12
63 minutes
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Ep. 52: What is Phenomenology? (Part I)
2021-Sep-28
54 minutes
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Ep. 51: What is Propaganda? ft. Claire Celi, M.A. (Part II)
2021-Sep-14
58 minutes
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Ep. 50: Audience Q & A
2021-Aug-31
66 minutes
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Ep. 49: What is Propaganda? ft. Claire Celi, M.A. (Part I)
2021-Aug-17
46 minutes
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Ep. 48: What is Beauty? (Part II)
2021-Aug-03
57 minutes
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Ep. 47: What is Beauty? (Part I)
2021-Jul-20
56 minutes
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Ep. 46: What is Conversation? (Part II)
2021-Jul-06
47 minutes
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Ep. 45: What is Conversation? (Part I)
2021-Jun-22
44 minutes
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Ep. 44: Objectivity and Subjectivity (Part II)
2021-Jun-08
57 minutes
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Ep. 43: Objectivity and Subjectivity (Part I)
2021-May-25
53 minutes
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Ep. 42: Presocratic Metaphysics (Part II)
2021-May-11
55 minutes
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Ep. 41: Presocratic Metaphysics (Part I)
2021-Apr-27
50 minutes
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Ep. 40: What is Critical Thinking? (Part II)
2021-Apr-13
56 minutes
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Ep. 39: What is Critical Thinking? (Part I)
2021-Mar-30
52 minutes
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Ep. 38: What is the Good Life? (Part II)
2021-Mar-16
49 minutes
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Ep. 37: What is the Good Life? (Part I)
2021-Mar-02
45 minutes
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Ep. 36: What is Intelligence? (Part II)
2021-Feb-16
46 minutes
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Ep. 35: What is Intelligence? (Part I)
2021-Feb-02
43 minutes
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Ep. 34: What is Death? ft. Sal Mignano, D.O. (Part II)
2021-Jan-19
46 minutes
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Ep. 33: What is Death? ft. Sal Mignano, D.O. (Part I)
2021-Jan-05
39 minutes
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Ep. 32: What is Science? (Part II)
2020-Dec-22
50 minutes
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Ep. 31: What is Science? (Part I)
2020-Dec-08
44 minutes
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Ep. 30: Knowledge and Truth (Part II)
2020-Nov-24
49 minutes
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Ep. 29: Knowledge and Truth (Part I)
2020-Nov-10
34 minutes
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Ep. 28: What is Democracy? (Part II)
2020-Oct-27
40 minutes
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Ep. 27: What is Democracy? (Part I)
2020-Oct-13
40 minutes
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Ep. 26: The Role of Work (Part II)
2020-Sep-29
46 minutes
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Ep. 25: The Role of Work (Part I)
2020-Sep-15
43 minutes
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Ep. 24: What is Education? (Part II)
2020-Sep-01
40 minutes
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Ep. 23: What is Education? (Part I)
2020-Aug-18
42 minutes
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Ep. 22: What is Language? ft. Claire Kelly, M.A. (Part II)
2020-Aug-04
41 minutes
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Ep. 21: What is Language? ft. Claire Kelly, M.A. (Part I)
2020-Jul-21
42 minutes
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Ep. 20: Freedom of Speech (Part II)
2020-Jul-07
42 minutes
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Ep. 19: Freedom Of Speech (Part I)
2020-Jun-23
39 minutes
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Ep. 18: What is Time?
2020-Jun-09
44 minutes
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Ep. 17: What is Justice? (Part II)
2020-May-26
46 minutes
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Ep. 16: What is Justice? (Part I)
2020-May-12
40 minutes
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Ep. 15: Aesthetics (Part II)
2020-Apr-28
40 minutes
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Ep. 14: Aesthetics (Part I)
2020-Apr-14
38 minutes
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Ep. 13: Existentialism (Part II)
2020-Mar-31
41 minutes
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Ep. 12: Existentialism (Part I)
2020-Mar-17
38 minutes
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Ep. 11: Do We Have Free Will? (Part II)
2020-Mar-03
37 minutes
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Ep. 10: Do We Have Free Will? (Part I)
2020-Feb-18
34 minutes
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Ep. 9: Ethics (Part II)
2020-Feb-04
62 minutes
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Ep. 8: Ethics (Part I)
2020-Jan-21
45 minutes
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Holiday Hiatus Update
2020-Jan-08
less than a minute
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Ep. 7: Perception and Reality (Part II)
2019-Nov-26
35 minutes
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Ep. 6: Perception and Reality (Part I)
2019-Nov-12
28 minutes
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Ep. 5: Is There a God? (Part II)
2019-Oct-29
26 minutes
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Ep. 4: Is There a God? (Part I)
2019-Oct-15
32 minutes
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Ep. 3: What is Consciousness? (Part III)
2019-Oct-01
19 minutes
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Ep. 2: What is Consciousness? (Part II)
2019-Sep-16
27 minutes
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Ep. 1: What is Consciousness? (Part I)
2019-Sep-01
33 minutes
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