Themes and summary (AI-generated based on podcaster-provided show and episode descriptions):
➤ Philosophy discussions • Ethical inquiries • Metaphysics • Human nature • Consciousness • Artificial intelligence • Morality • Friendship and love • Politics and war • Education and grading • Tradition vs. innovation
This podcast, "For the Love of Sophia!", is an exploration of philosophical topics led by two professors from New Jersey. Designed to extend discussions beyond traditional academic boundaries, the podcast seeks to engage its audience in philosophical debates that are pertinent to everyday life. The episodes cover a wide range of subjects, reflecting the diverse nature of philosophical inquiry. Recurring themes include an examination of ethical considerations, such as the ethics of violence, the implications of artificial intelligence, and ways to minimize suffering in society and beyond. The podcast delves into existential and metaphysical questions about human nature, personal identity, memory, and the essence of being. It also tackles epistemological issues like understanding and the nature of knowledge, prompting listeners to question what it means to truly understand something.
Additionally, the podcast often revisits classical philosophical debates between historical figures, such as Plato and Aristotle, while also bringing contemporary discussions to the fore, such as those on postmodernism and metaphysical idealism. The professors frequently address the intersection of philosophy with other domains, discussing technology, politics, and the nature of academic grading. The podcast encourages listeners to submit their own questions and topic suggestions, fostering a sense of community involvement. Through questions posed in each episode, the podcast stimulates critical thought and reflection, aiming to make philosophy accessible and relevant to a wider audience. As a manifestation of the Public Philosophy Project, it underscores the goal of spreading philosophical dialogue beyond academia into daily experiences.
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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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