Episode #026 ... Thomas Hobbes pt. 1 - The So...

Today we talk about half of the book You Must Change Your Life by Peter Sloterdijk. From criticism towards views of change that he thinks are far too centered on belief and moral strength, to a reworking of how to view human beings at the level of anthropology. We talk about how ...  Show more

Today we talk about the book Critique of Cynical Reason by Peter Sloterdijk. Cynicism as a defense mechanism. Why the cynic isn't crazy. The way it ladders up into institutions and infects things like our language. Diogenes as a counter example of a mode of being that rejects pie ...  Show more

In this episode of Podverse: We start off examining everyday questions and answers with a twist. Then we delve into conditioning and mull over the effect if any it might have on us as a society. You get the question of the week and we set a task for ourselves as usual. Finally I ...  Show more

In this episode, I explain Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau's views of the social contract. If you want to support me, you can do that with these links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theoryandphilosophy paypal.me/theoryphilosophy Twitter: @DavidGuignion IG: @theory_and_philosophy T ...  Show more

In this episode we finally get around to talking about Spinoza. It turns out normativity is kind of complicated when you think everything is strictly determined and there’s no such thing as contingency! We discuss the relationship between affect and power, the inherently socia ...

In this episode of Podverse:We start off this week facing some pretty hard questions, we ask what binds us and how do we do it. We discuss how we as a society prejudge and why? You all, get an opportunity to drag me through the mud and ridicule me. We refer back to episode 2 for ...  Show more