Philosophize This!

Educational series on philosophers and ideas that shaped the modern world KI-Zusammenfassung

Stephen West Zur Website › Society & Culture · EN · 253 Folgen · zuletzt 27.10.2026

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Beginner friendly if listened to in order! For anyone interested in an educational podcast about philosophy where you don't need to be a graduate-level philosopher to understand it. In chronological order, the thinkers and ideas that forged the world we live in are broken down and explained.

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Episode #253 ... The Philosophy of Alan Watts - What Am I?

27.10.2026 · 36 Min.

Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philosophizethis Social: Instagram:…
Episode #252 ... Slaughterhouse-Five - Kurt Vonnegut

29.08.2026 · 36 Min.

Today we talk about Kurt Vonnegut’s book Slaughterhouse-Five. How war stories can distort the reality of war, how trauma can fracture our experience of time and identity, and why Billy Pilgrim becomes attracted to the…
Episode #251 ... You Must Change Your Life, Pt. 2 - The Worlds That Make Us

08.08.2026 · 35 Min.

Today we talk more about Peter Sloterdijk’s book You Must Change Your Life. We talk about Heidegger, the subject-object view of the world, how environments form us, symbolic immunity, modern cynicism, vertical tension,…
Episode #250 ... You Must Change Your Life. - Peter Sloterdijk

14.07.2026 · 36 Min.

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…
Episode #249 ... The Trap of Modern Cynicism - Peter Sloterdijk

27.06.2026 · 34 Min.

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.…
Episode #248 ... What philosophers say about lying.

31.05.2026 · 37 Min.

Today we talk about some of the best arguments for and against lying in the history of philosophy. Hope you love it. :) Sponsor: Nord VPN: https://nordvpn.com/philothis Thank you so much for listening! Could never do…
Episode #247 ... The Failure of the Modern University - Alasdair MacIntyre

10.05.2026 · 29 Min.

Today we talk about some of Macintyre's later work. How he thinks philosophy isn’t optional. It’s already hiding inside everything we do. How he thinks modern universities create experts who know their field but not…
Episode #246 ... The Myth of the Self-Made Person - Alasdair Macintyre

26.04.2026 · 33 Min.

Today we talk about Macintyre's book Dependent Rational Animals. Hope you love it. :) Sponsors: Nord VPN: https://nordvpn.com/philothis Saily: https://www.saily.com/philothis Thank you so much for listening! Could never…
Episode #245 ... The Rival Moral Approaches of the Modern World - Alasdair Macintyre

12.04.2026 · 33 Min.

Today we talk about the book Three Rival Versions of Moral Enquiry by Alasdair Macintyre. We talk about each of the different sets of assumptions people bring to moral debates that often contain the true location of the…
Episode #244 ... After Virtue - Alasdair MacIntyre (why moral conversations feel unsatisfying)

11.02.2026 · 37 Min.

Today we talk about the book After Virtue by Alasdair MacIntyre. We talk about his genealogy of moral discourse. The teleologies of Aristotle. The failure of the Enlightenment moral project. Our modern culture of…

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