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EV - 056 Better Know David Hume Aug 16, 2018

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Another installment of Better Know A Philosopher. This time we're diving into David Hume. During out conversation we even go into the weeds of some ways philosophers talk and argue, and why slave owners suck.

Opening Invocation:
The Animatrix

Hero of the Week:
Susan Unterberg

EV - 055 Vaccines Make You A Muppet Aug 10, 2018

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Today we're joined with Eran Segev, the president of Australian Skeptics. We talk about what the organization does, their convention coming up in October, and the lovely anti-vaccination movement.

Opening Invocation
Muppets (Thanks to @Ghostwoods @MichaelToole @camgarrity)

Hero of the Week:
Anonymous

EV - 054 Steel vs. Straw Arguments Aug 02, 2018

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What is a Staw-man (or as we call it Staw-bot) fallacy? What about a Steel-bot? We dive into both of these types or arguments and dig into the importance of Steel-boting and why we do it.

Opening Invocation:
Jesse Rabinowitz from Zen Buddhism

Hero of the Week:
Bo Burnham (film Eighth Grade)

EV - 053 Embrace The Reckoning Jul 26, 2018

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Today we're joined by fellow podcaster Stephanie Lepp of Reckonings podcast. This wonderful podcast interviews people who've had a major life changing moment or moments that altered their ideology or belief of something.

Opening Invocation
Jesse Rabinowitz Source: Zen Buddhism

Hero of the Week
Anonymous

EV - 052 Better Know John Rawls Jul 19, 2018

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We kick off our first official Better Know A Philosopher with John Rawls. Essentially the father of modern liberalism. Aaron takes us through a bit of his life and we dive deep into his main argument.

Opening Invocation
listener: Petra Partake

Hero of the Week
Speakers of Nexus 2018

EV - 051 Talking With Stephen Stich Jul 13, 2018

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In this episode we talk with Stephen Stich, a Philosophy professor at Rutgers University about his career, addressing moral/ethical issues in the classroom, and much more.

Opening Invocation
Norse Mythology

Information provide by Stephen Stich:

Here is a link to our Templeton "Geography of Philosophy" Project website:

https://www.geographyofphilosophy.com/

And here's a link to a Templeton site based on an interview with my co-PI, Edouard Machery:

https://www.templeton.org/grant/the-geography-of-philosophy-an-interdisciplinary-cross-cultural-exploration-of-universality-and-diversity-in-fundamental-philosophical-concepts

There is more information on the book I was plugging here:

https://global.oup.com/academic/product/epistemology-for-the-rest-of-the-world-9780190865085?cc=us&lang=en&#

and here:

https://www.amazon.com/Epistemology-Rest-World-Stephen-Stich-ebook/dp/B07DFP8XY5/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1530988099&sr=8-1&keywords=epistemology+for+the+rest+of+the+world

There is information about the new Intro text that I wrote with Tom Donaldson here:

https://global.oup.com/ushe/product/philosophy-9780199329960?cc=us&lang=en&

EV - 050 This Timeline Sucks, So Let's Talk Philosophy! Jul 07, 2018

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This is our grand 50th episode of Embrace The Void! Aaron and GW do a little VoidNews and then launch into a new segment called, "Get to know a Philosopher".

Opening Invocation
@atheist_house

Hero of the Week
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

EV - 049 Opportunity vs. Outcome with Cory Johnston Jun 28, 2018

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Today we're joined with Cory Johnston host of the Brainstorm Podcast talking about the equality of opportunity vs. the equality of outcome.

Opening Invocation
Evan Mathews

Hero of the Week
Dr. Kim TallBear
Her podcast mediaINDIGENA

EV - 048 Getting Dao(ism) With The Sickness Jun 22, 2018

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Making up for not having an episode last week, we're having a double this week. In this episode we take a deep dive into Daoism. Aaron takes us though a few of the 80+ chapters in the Tao Te Ching.

Opening Invocation
Mad Men

Hero of the Week
Terrance Mannery

EV - 047 All The Things with Myq Kaplan Jun 21, 2018

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In this episode we talk with comedian and philosopher Myq Kaplan. We talk about just about everything from politics, jokes, what the hell philosophy is, and much more.

Opening Invocation
Aaron

Hero of the Week
Letitia Chai

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