epistemology

MINIBAR: In Defense of Metaphysics

August 29, 2025 HBS Hosts Ethics, HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Hotel Bar Sessions (Minibar), Minibar Episodes, Politics, Professional Philosophy / Higher Ed 0 Comments

Rick Lee explains what metaphysics is and why it’s worth defending.

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Episode 193: Doomscrolling

August 1, 2025 HBS Hosts Ethics, Gender/Sex/LGBTQI Concerns, HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Hotel Bar Sessions (Season 13), Politics, Pop Culture, Technology 0 Comments

What are we looking for? When can we stop?

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Episode 192: NPC Energy

July 25, 2025 HBS Hosts Ethics, HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Hotel Bar Sessions (Season 13), Politics, Pop Culture, Technology 0 Comments

Are you even playing the game?

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Episode 187: Interpretation

June 20, 2025 HBS Hosts Ethics, HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Hotel Bar Sessions (Season 13), Politics, Professional Philosophy / Higher Ed 0 Comments

Grab a drink and buckle up—this is the kind of philosophical brawl you don’t want to miss.

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Episode 185: Private Parts

June 6, 2025 HBS Hosts Ethics, Gender/Sex/LGBTQI Concerns, HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Hotel Bar Sessions (Season 13), Politics, Pop Culture, Race and Racism 0 Comments

How can we talk, or think, about “private parts” in a philosophical way?

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Episode 182: Tragic Temporality (with Sean Kirkland)

May 16, 2025 HBS Hosts Ethics, Guest Episodes, HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Hotel Bar Sessions (Season 13), Politics 0 Comments

Sean Kirkland unpacks living on the edge of “was” and “not yet.”

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Episode 181: What is Philosophy?

May 9, 2025 HBS Hosts Ethics, HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Hotel Bar Sessions (Season 13), Politics, Professional Philosophy / Higher Ed 0 Comments

Same bar, new co-host, perennial question: What is Philosophy?

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

April 18, 2025 HBS Hosts Deep Dives, Ethics, Gender/Sex/LGBTQI Concerns, Hotel Bar Podcast (Season 12), HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Politics, Race and Racism 0 Comments

Who, if anyone, is speaking truth to power?

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Episode 179: Are Universals “Real”?

April 11, 2025 HBS Hosts Ethics, Gender/Sex/LGBTQI Concerns, Hotel Bar Podcast (Season 12), HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Politics, Professional Philosophy / Higher Ed, Race and Racism 0 Comments

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

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Episode 176: The Establishment Clause

March 21, 2025 HBS Hosts Ethics, Gender/Sex/LGBTQI Concerns, Hotel Bar Podcast (Season 12), HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Politics, Pop Culture, Race and Racism 0 Comments

Where’s the line between church and state?

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