Twitter: @StephenCavan1
Site: redcircle.com/shows/microdosing-philosophy
30 episodes
2020 to 2022
Average episode: 10 minutes
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Categories: Monologue (Non-Course)
Podcaster's summary: I will discuss some of the great philosophers and their ideas on ethics and metaphysics. Classcial philosphy is always my starting point; Plato and Aristotle will start things, but I will discuss various Hellenistic schools, and more modern thinker such as Mill , Kany, Nietzsche, and Whitehead.
| Episodes |
| 2022-Feb-06 • 8 minutes Basic Propositional arguments Let's have a quick look at arguments with an "if... then" structure. |
| 2022-Jan-27 • 10 minutes Syllogisms Here is a quick look at Syllogisms and how to apply rules to check validity. |
| 2022-Jan-15 • 11 minutes Critcal Thinking: part2 A look at statement types A, E, I, & O with negations. |
| 2022-Jan-15 • 7 minutes Critcial Thinking: An Introduction Some basic terms and concepts |
| 2021-Sep-08 • 8 minutes Bitzer's Idea of Constraints Bitzer's Rhetorical Situation involves three ideas: exigence, audience, and constraints. In this episode, I discuss the importance of constraints. Constraints are an essential element of a persuasive appeal. They can make or break a rhetorical audience. |
| 2021-Sep-06 • 9 minutes Bitzer's Rhetorical Theory: Exigence and Audience Two elements that create a rhetorical situation are exigence and audience. What is a rhetorical exigence & rhetorical audience? |
| 2021-Sep-05 • 9 minutes Bitzer's Rhetorical Situation part one In 1968 Bitzer offers a revolutionary way of thinking about rhetoric. He points out that we use rhetoric much more often than we might expect, and that Aristotle's three modes of appeal fall short in understanding the rhetorical needs. Bitzer's theory is a Copernican revolution in rhetorcial theory. |
| 2021-Sep-04 • 8 minutes Booth's Rhetorical Stance Booth's Rhetorical Stance develops Aristotle's rhetorical Triangle idea by stressing the importance of a flexible balance between the modes of appeal. If any mode of appeal is pushed too far and given too much weight, we have a corruption of communication. |
| 2021-Sep-03 • 4 minutes A quick look at Aristotle's Modes of Appeal Here is a quick summary and review of the Modes of Appeal. These modes are the basic tools we use for persuasion. |
| 2021-Sep-02 • 11 minutes Rhetoric: an introduction An Introduction to rhetoical theory |
| 2021-Apr-04 • 8 minutes Plotinus The search for the One |
| 2021-Apr-04 • 12 minutes Lucretius and Epicureanism A quick look at Epicureanism and the poetry of Lucretius. |
| 2021-Apr-04 • 10 minutes Stoic Philosophy Stoics: the world as one |
| 2021-Mar-14 • 10 minutes Plato's Phaedo: Part Two Plato's Phaedo: Part Two |
| 2021-Mar-12 • 17 minutes Plato's Phaedo: Part One Plato's Phaedo: Part One |
| 2021-Mar-05 • 10 minutes Plato's Euthyphro Plato's Euthyphro |
| 2021-Feb-24 • 9 minutes Plato: a basic introduction A baisc introduction to Plato and his writing. |
| 2021-Feb-19 • 17 minutes Socrates The Socratic background |
| 2021-Jan-27 • 13 minutes Arsitotle on the Soul (De Anima) The sould as our substance |
| 2021-Jan-25 • 9 minutes Substance in Aristotle's Meatphysics VII Substance in Aristotle's Metaphysics VII |
| 2021-Jan-14 • 11 minutes Aristotle: Accounting for change in the world Aristotle on Change (the four causes) |
| 2020-Dec-15 • 10 minutes Kant's Groundwork on a Metaphysics of Morals: Section 2 Kant argues in Section 2, that other moral theories have missed the mark. Utilitarianism, for example, considers a result as the goal of the imperative command. For Kant, this goal for the action means that the command is hypothetical, and therefore not absolute. Our moral imperatives such as "Do not murder" are intended to be absolute and binding. In other words, moral commands are Categorical. We as rational agents become free moral agents when we guide our will through reason shaped by the Categorical ... |
| 2020-Dec-07 • 14 minutes Kant's Groundwork on Morals, Part one Kant's Groundwork on Morals, part one |
| 2020-Dec-02 • 8 minutes The background to Kant's Ethics Kant's reaction to the ethical theories of Hume and others. |
| 2020-Nov-16 • 5 minutes A quick note on ethical relativism Slaying relativism |
| 2020-Nov-05 • 11 minutes Mill's Eudaimonistic Utilitarianism Bentham's Hedonic Utilitarianism was challenged for being a pig's philosophy. A person, it was suggested, who wallowed in pleasures would be happier than a dissatisfied Socrates. John Stuart Mill tries to save Utilitarianism with an appeal to seek higher pleasures, instead of simple physical pleasures. |
| 2020-Oct-25 • 9 minutes Bentham's Hedonic Calculus Bentham explains why we need to consider the consequences of our actions, and offers a tool for making dicisions. The estimation of pleasures and pains is called Hedonic calculus.He outlines 7 features, such as intensity, duration, and extent, which can affect the calculations. |
| 2020-Oct-19 • 16 minutes Bentham and Utilitarianism 18th C. Britain had a very brutal and unjust legal code. Bentham thought that the people who created laws and punishments needed to be guided by a rational principle, not by personal whims or biases. He proposed that we consider the utility of the laws and punishments for creating the greatest happiness and least pain for the community and its members. The principle of Utilitarianism should be the basis of our ethical, moral, and legal systems. |
| 2020-Oct-12 • 13 minutes An Introduction to Ethics Episode One: Here is a quick view of the topics that will be covered in this course of lectures. I will touch on three major approaches to ethics: Utilitarianism, Deontologicalism, and Virtue Ethics. |
| 2020-Sep-25 • 2 minutes Welcome to Philosophy Weelcome of philosophy |