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Episode 176: Situationism in Psych: Milgram & Stanford Prison Experiments (Part Two) Nov 13, 2017

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Continuing with Dave Pizarro on articles by Stanley Milgram, Philip Zimbardo, and John Doris about situationism, which entails that people's level of morality will vary by situation, as opposed to virtue ethics, which posits that how people will act in a novel situation will be determined by the quality of their character.

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End song: "Doing the Wrong Thing" by Kaki King, as heard on Nakedly Examined Music #54.

Episode 176: Situationism in Psych: Milgram & Stanford Prison Experiments (Very Bad Wizards Crossover) (Part One) Nov 06, 2017

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On Stanley Milgram's "Behavioral Study of Obedience" (1963), Philip Zimbardo's "Interpersonal Dynamics in a Simulated Prison" (1973), and John Doris's "Persons, Situations, and Virtue Ethics" (1998).

Do difficult situations make good people act badly? Are there really "good" and "bad" people, or are we all about the same, but put in different situations? With guest David Pizarro from the Very Bad Wizards podcast.

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PREMIUM-Episode 175: Blade Runner (Part Two) Nov 06, 2017

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Episode 175: Blade Runner: Androids and Humanity (Part One) Oct 30, 2017

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On Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1967) and the films Blade Runner 2049 (2017) and Blade Runner (1982).

What makes us human? Dick's story about androids emphasized their lack of empathy, while the movie adaptations portrayed the "replicants" as plenty capable of emotion, but unjustly treated as servants or targets.

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Episode 174: Adam Smith's "Wealth of Nations" (Part Two) Oct 22, 2017

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Continuing on the foundational text of economics. We talk "invisible hand," "greed is good," tariffs, unproductive labor, city vs. country, and the education racket.

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End song: "With My Looks and Your Brains" by The Mr. T Experience. Hear about the singer/songwriter on Nakedly Examined Music #56.

Episode 174: Adam Smith's "Wealth of Nations" (Part One) Oct 16, 2017

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On the foundational, 1776 text of modern economics. How does the division of labor and our instinct to exchange lead to the growth of wealth? Is the economy sufficiently machine-like to enable us to manipulate its output, or at least to tell us how not to screw it up?

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Episode 173: Relating to American Indian Philosophy (Part Two) Oct 09, 2017

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We go further into "Philosophy of Native Science" by Gregory Cajete and "What Coyote and Thales Can Teach Us: An Outline of American Indian Epistemology" by Brian Yazzie Burkhart, plus process philosophy, propositional vs. procedural knowledge, and what we owe to nature. With guest Jim Marunich.

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End song: "Circle's Gotta Go" by Kim Rancourt, as interviewed on Nakedly Examined Music #52.

Episode 173: Relating to American Indian Philosophy (Part One) Oct 02, 2017

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What is wisdom? We discuss articles by Brian Burkhart, Gregory Cajete, and Anne Waters, plus Black Elk Speaks by John Neihardt (1932) and some traditional stories. With guest Jim Marunich; we read his master's thesis, "Process Metaphysics in the Far West: American Indian Ontologies."

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Episode 172: Mind, Self, and Affect with Guest Dr. Drew (Part Two) Sep 25, 2017

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Continuing with Drew Pinsky on "Attachment and Reflective Function: Their Role in Self-organization" by Peter Fonagy and two articles by Allan Schore.

Fonagy claims we gain the ability to emotionally self-regulate as a result of achieving secure attachment with a caregiver as infants. Schore claims that if this fails, we can end up fundamentally disengaged. So what are the philosophical implications?

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End song: "Anything but Love" by Steve Hackett, as featured on Nakedly Examined Music #45.

Episode 172: Mind, Self, and Affect with Guest Dr. Drew (Part One) Sep 18, 2017

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Radio legend Dr. Drew Pinsky talks with us about "Attachment and Reflective Function: Their Role in Self-Organization" by Peter Fonagy and two articles by Allan Schore.

The focus is "theory of mind"; how do we develop the ability to impute thoughts and intentions to others? What in our upbringing can interfere with this development? We relate this back to previous episodes (Hegel, Buber, etc.) on recognition by others of the self.

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