Sleep Story 238 – The Problems of Philosophy

Tonight’s reading comes from *Being a Boy*, published in 1877, written by Charles Dudley Warner, and it looks back on boyhood in rural New England, exploring farm life, everyday chores, the countryside, and the simple routines and experiences of growing up in an earlier time.BORE ...  Show more

Tonight’s reading looks at presidential powers during periods of national crisis, exploring the constitutional role of the presidency, the authority available to a president during extraordinary circumstances, and how those powers have developed and been understood over time.BORE ...  Show more

This week let's be lulled to sleep by deep thoughts about the nature of matter, and whether things exist if we're not thinking about them. Who knows! It's philosophy.

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Let's relax with a listener request for more from the marvelous mind of Bertrand Russell. This time, thoughts about the nature of thought, induction versus deduction, and whether we can know anything. Spoiler alert, yes. But also, no. That's philosophy for you. Help us stay ad-fr ...  Show more

Tonight, we get sleepy with this second half of a philosophy classic, and discuss pleasure, pain and the power of friendship. It's like a cozy set of pajamas for your tired mind.

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<span style= "font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Let's calm our minds and relax with more deep thoughts about the nature of reality, what knowledge is, whether the past exists at all, and why the sun may not rise tomorrow. It probably ...