Ep. 365: Scheler on Love (Part Two)

On two short Platonic dialogues, written perhaps around a decade after Socrates' death in 399 BCE. Hippias Minor, where Hippias is (like many of Socrates' interlocutors) a Sophist. In this case, this means that Hippias presents himself as an expert in all sorts of practices (tech ...  Show more

On The Concept of Mind (1949), Ch. 6, "Self-Knowledge." Ryle is arguing against a Cartesian take on mind that he sees as over-intellectualizing. In this case, it is not the case that every conscious act is itself an object of an act of consciousness: Not all consciousness is self ...  Show more

Today we look at the concept of love from several different angles in an attempt to better understand our own thoughts on love. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/phil ...  Show more

How did love – this thing that's supposed to be beautiful, magical, transformative – turn into a neverending slog? We went searching for answers, and we found them in surprising places. On today's show: a time-hopping, philosophical journey into the origins of modern love. (This ...  Show more

this week, i have a veryyy in-depth, insightful and (painfully) honest conversation with Lave Gallo, about the pleasures and sorrows of romantic love. we talk about the inherent incompatibilities between cis-het men and women. we talk about the tension between desire and stabi ...

in this episode, we talk about modern love and all the ways it intersects with politics. we explore the age-old question "is love political?" we talk about all the things that sustain love, as well as the things that undermine it. we differentiate between healthy love and unhe ...