epistemology

Episode 180: Foucault’s “Fearless Speech” (Parrhesia)

Who, if anyone, is speaking truth to power?

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Episode 179: Are Universals “Real”?

Do universals exist? Are they “real”? And why are we talking about porcupines?!

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Episode 176: The Establishment Clause

Where’s the line between church and state?

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Episode 173: Unruly Identity (with Falguni Sheth)

Raising a glass to the misfits, rebels, and rule-breakers!

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Episode 172: Ambiguity

When nothing is clear, how do we decide?

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Episode 171: Trust

Can anyone be trusted anymore?

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Episode 170: Judgment

Who gets to judge right and wrong? And on what grounds?

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Episode 162: Matter and Consciousness in Indian Philosophy (with Tuhin Bhattacharjee)

What can the Indian dualist philosophy Sāṃkhya teach us about matter and consciousness?

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Episode 160: Posthumanism

What are the limits of the “human”? And what comes after us?

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Episode 153: The Gutenberg Parenthesis (with Jeff Jarvis)

Are we nearing the end of the Age of “Print”? And, if so, what comes next?

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