#74: Social Constructs

Basic history and discussion from the working class perspective of the concept of a “social construct” in philosophy of language, science, existentialism, and pragmatism. Specific examples of social constructs acting as delusions to hide reality are the popular disputes over the words “gender” and “cognitive science”. This podcast deals with a pragmatic theory of language and emphasis is on how dominant philosophies have and do affect the working classes throughout history because this is the group of people who suffer the worst and adverse affects of whatever are the dominant philosophical ideals of any given age and who usually are the least knowledgeable about the nature of the ideals and why they are dominant.

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#73: Meaning, Sense Experience, Theory, and Social Constructs

Contemplates further and tries to clarify the relationship between existentialist and pragmatic theories of language as exhibited in popular culture by the use of the wordgame “social construct”. Tries to contemplate for workers and from the perspective of the working class how wordgames become techniques to hide the reality of the use and usefulness of words as a means for aesthetics at best or as power as an end in itself at worse.

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#71: Free Will

What is free will? Is it real or simply a useful fiction for justifying the execution and punishment inflicted by the ethics and law of the powers-that-be? Basics of the metaphysics and ontology branch of philosophy.  Metaphysics is the study of first principles of things, including abstract concepts such as being, knowing, substance, cause, identity, time, and space. Ontology is the study of being. This episode contemplates the metaphysical and ontological question of what is free will within the context of philosophy of language.

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#70: Time and Space

What is time and space? Are they real or simply attributes or wordgames in our perceptions and language about reality? Basics of the metaphysics and ontology branch of philosophy.  Metaphysics is the study of first principles of things, including abstract concepts such as being, knowing, substance, cause, identity, time, and space. Ontology is the study of being. This episode contemplates the metaphysical and ontological questions of what is time and space in preparation for the question of what is free will?

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#69: Ontology

Basics of the metaphysics and ontology branch of philosophy.  Metaphysics is the study of first principles of things, including abstract concepts such as being, knowing, substance, cause, identity, time, and space. Ontology is the study of being. This episode contemplates ontology as having separated from metaphysics and having become existentialist reasoning and thought capable of contemplating being without the language games problems of metaphysics and the philosophy of language.

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#68: Modern Metaphysics Part II

Basics of the metaphysics branch of modern philosophy.  Metaphysics is the study of first principles of things, including abstract concepts such as being, knowing, substance, cause, identity, time, and space.  Modern metaphysics in this episode is contemplated as a language game in modern philosophy of language.

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#54: In Praise of Honest Nihilism

Contemplation of the question of why does God hate the poor and the answer previously reached. Does this answer matter? Contemplation of nihilism and its relationship to theology and philosophy, all within the context of a philosophy of language. Basic history and discussion from the working class perspective of issues in philosophy of language, science, existentialism, and pragmatism.

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#52: Assumption of the Contradiction: Scientific Language, Consciousness, Subconscious, and Analytic Philosophy

Contemplation on the unique attributes of scientific language: falsification and the ability to assume contradiction into language as a benefit. This contemplation uses the example of “subconscious thought”, entropy, and dark matter/energy and others. Does the existentialist and pragmatic nature of language apply to the language of science? Basic history and discussion from the working class perspective of issues in philosophy of language, science, existentialism, and pragmatism.

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#49: Philosophy of Language Clean-up Part II

Contemplates further and tries to clarify the relationship between existentialist and pragmatic theories of language and the metaphysics of idealism, rationalism, materialism, empiricism, and solipsism. Argues that existentialist and pragmatic theories of language are the only way to avoid solipsism.

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#48: Philosophy of Language Clean-up Part I

Contemplates further and tries to clarify the relationship between existentialist and pragmatic theories of language and the metaphysics of idealism, rationalism, materialism, empiricism, and solipsism. Argues that existentialist and pragmatic theories of language are the only way to avoid solipsism.

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#47: Quine’s Fabric

What is language? What is the meaning of words? Is a private language possible? Do words such as mind, consciousness, and even pure logic and mathematics have any existential meaning? Basic history and discussion from the working class perspective of issues in philosophy of language, science, existentialism, and pragmatism. This podcast deals with a pragmatic theory of language and emphasis is on how dominant philosophies have and do affect the working classes throughout history because this is the group of people who suffer the worst and adverse affects of whatever are the dominant philosophical ideals of any given age and who usually are the least knowledgeable about the nature of the ideals and why they are dominant.

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#46: Pragmatic Theory of Language

What is language? What is the meaning of words? Is a private language possible? Do words such as mind, consciousness, and even pure logic and mathematics have any existential meaning? Basic history and discussion from the working class perspective of issues in philosophy of language, science, existentialism, and pragmatism. This podcast deals with a pragmatic theory of language and emphasis is on how dominant philosophies have and do affect the working classes throughout history because this is the group of people who suffer the worst and adverse affects of whatever are the dominant philosophical ideals of any given age and who usually are the least knowledgeable about the nature of the ideals and why they are dominant.

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#45: Existence Precedes Essence

What is language? What is the meaning of words? Is a private language possible? Do words such as mind, consciousness, and even pure logic and mathematics have any existential meaning? Basic history and discussion from the working class perspective of issues in philosophy of language, science, existentialism, and pragmatism. This podcast deals with an existentialist  theory of language and emphasis is on how dominant philosophies have and do affect the working classes throughout history because this is the group of people who suffer the worst and adverse affects of whatever are the dominant philosophical ideals of any given age and who usually are the least knowledgeable about the nature of the ideals and why they are dominant.

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#44: Existentialist Theory of Language

What is language? What is the meaning of words? Is a private language possible? Do words such as mind, consciousness, and even pure logic and mathematics have any existential meaning? Basic history and discussion from the working class perspective of issues in philosophy of language, science, existentialism, and pragmatism. This podcast deals with an existentialist theory of language and emphasis is on how dominant philosophies have and do affect the working classes throughout history because this is the group of people who suffer the worst and adverse affects of whatever are the dominant philosophical ideals of any given age and who usually are the least knowledgeable about the nature of the ideals and why they are dominant.

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#43: The Duck-Rabbit

What is language? What is the meaning of words? Is a private language possible? Do words such as mind, consciousness, and even pure logic and mathematics have any existential meaning? Basic history and discussion from the working class perspective of issues in philosophy of language, science, existentialism, and pragmatism.

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#42: Wittgenstein’s Beetle

What is language? What is the meaning of words? Is a private language possible? Do words such as mind, consciousness, and even pure logic and mathematics have any existential meaning? If the meaning of words is their use, how is a philosophy of language even possible? Basic history and discussion from the working class perspective of issues in philosophy of language, science, existentialism, and pragmatism.

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#41: Intro to Philosophy of Language Part II

What is language? What is the meaning of words? Is a private language possible? Do words such as mind, consciousness, and even pure logic and mathematics have any existential meaning? Basic history and discussion from the working class perspective of issues in philosophy of language, science, existentialism, and pragmatism.

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#40: Intro to Philosophy of Language Part I

What is language? What is the meaning of words? Is a private language possible? Do words such as mind, consciousness, and even pure logic and mathematics have any existential meaning? Basic history and discussion from the working class perspective of issues in philosophy of language, science, existentialism, and pragmatism.

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#38: Why does God hate the Poor: Who are the hated Poor?

Why does God hate the poor? Who are the poor? Why does Christian theology state that the poor will always be among us?  Theology is studied as a branch of philosophy and not as religious theology. Basic history and discussion from the working class perspective of issues in theology from ancient pre-Socratic to modern philosophies and theologies of language, science, existentialism, and pragmatism.  The emphasis is on how dominant philosophies have and do affect the working classes throughout history because this is the group of people who suffer the worst and adverse affects of whatever are the dominant philosophical ideals of any given age and who usually are the least knowledgeable about the nature of the ideals and why they are dominant.

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#26: Why does God hate the Poor: is God moral?

What is the meaning and nature of the questions of whether God is moral and of the nature of good and evil and its presence in the world in relation to the nature of God? This episode contemplates whether God is moral. Theology is studied as a branch of philosophy and not as religious theology. Basic history and discussion from the working class perspective of issues in theology from ancient pre-Socratic to modern philosophies and theologies of language, science, existentialism, and pragmatism.  The emphasis is on how dominant philosophies have and do affect the working classes throughout history because this is the group of people who suffer the worst and adverse affects of whatever are the dominant philosophical ideals of any given age and who usually are the least knowledgeable about the nature of the ideals and why they are dominant.

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#25: Why does God hate the Poor? Prologue Part III

What is the meaning and nature of the questions of whether God is moral and of the nature of good and evil and its presence in the world in relation to the nature of God? By contemplating the argument of God’s so-called intelligent design of the universe, this episode further clarifies the difference between the questions: why does God hate the poor and why does he allow good and evil in the world?  This so-called intelligent design is analogous to the good and evil and randomness and arbitrary nature of a poker game.

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#24: Why does God hate the Poor? Prologue Part II

What is the meaning and nature of the questions of whether God is moral and of the nature of good and evil and its presence in the world in relation to the nature of God? Theology is studied as a branch of philosophy and not as religious theology. Basic history and discussion from the working class perspective of issues in theology from ancient pre-Socratic to modern philosophies and theologies of language, science, existentialism, and pragmatism.  The emphasis is on how dominant philosophies have and do affect the working classes throughout history because this is the group of people who suffer the worst and adverse affects of whatever are the dominant philosophical ideals of any given age and who usually are the least knowledgeable about the nature of the ideals and why they are dominant.

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#23: Why does God hate the Poor? Prologue Part I

Is God moral? The nature of good and evil and its presence in the world in relation to the nature of God. Theology is studied as a branch of philosophy and not as religious theology. Basic history and discussion from the working class perspective of issues in theology from ancient pre-Socratic to modern philosophies and theologies of language, science, existentialism, and pragmatism.  The emphasis is on how dominant philosophies have and do affect the working classes throughout history because this is the group of people who suffer the worst and adverse affects of whatever are the dominant philosophical ideals of any given age and who usually are the least knowledgeable about the nature of the ideals and why they are dominant.

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#20: Pascal’s Wager and a religious, pragmatic, or existentialist nature of God.

Pascal’s Wager and religious, pragmatic, and existentialist views of the nature of God.  Introduction to Theology: Basic history and discussion from the working class perspective of issues in theology from ancient pre-Socratic to medieval and modern philosophies and theologies of religion, language, science, existentialism, and pragmatism. The emphasis is on how dominant theologies have and do affect the working classes throughout history because this is the group of people who suffer the worst and adverse affects of whatever are the dominant philosophical and theological ideals of any given age and who usually are the least knowledgeable about the nature of the ideals and why they are dominant. Theology is studied as a branch of philosophy and not as religious theology though the subject of comparative religion and the nature of God will also be discussed.

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#22: Islam, religion or politics, plus Christianity and Buddhism logically compared.

A practical application of discussed theories of comparative religion using Islam plus Christianity and Buddhism logically compared and discussed as to whether they are religion or politics. Islam is studied as a warrior religion exhibiting a “master morality” in comparison to “slave morality” modern versions of Christianity.

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#8: Is/ought, Open Question Problem

Discusses the arbitrary nature of ethics and morality and their insurmountable is/ought and open question dilemmas. Discusses David Hume’s and modern philosophy’s analyses of ethics and compares it to the history of ethics beginning with Plato and Aristotle continuing to their modern spectrum of versions from John Rawls to Marxism. It concludes with modern ethics being simply practical enforcement of ruling class ideology that is distinct from morality and existentialist and religious morality. Discusses 20th Century ethics and morality from the perspective of existentialism as the last hope for defining morality.

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#9: Ethics, the Pretend Spectrum of Choices

A history of ethics beginning with Plato and Aristotle continuing to their modern spectrum of versions in John Rawls to Marxism. Discusses the arbitrary nature of ethics and morality and their insurmountable is/ought and open question dilemmas with a history of ethics beginning with Plato and Aristotle continuing to their modern spectrum of versions from John Rawls to Marxism. It concludes with modern ethics being simply practical enforcement of ruling class ideology that is distinct from morality and existentialist and religious morality. Discusses 20th Century ethics and morality from the perspective of existentialism as the last hope for defining morality.

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#10: Modern Ethics: Business as Usual

Ethics as ruling class ideology that is distinct from morality and existentialist and religious morality. A history of ethics beginning with Plato and Aristotle continuing to their modern spectrum of versions in John Rawls to Marxism. Discusses the arbitrary nature of ethics and morality and their insurmountable is/ought and open question dilemmas.

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#1: Prologue / Philosophical Truth and Illusion

Truth or Illusion? Is there a difference in the modern world of algorithms and statistical knowledge? If there is, does it matter to individual happiness which one chooses? Basic history and discussion from the working class perspective of issues in philosophy and theology from ancient pre-Socratic to modern philosophies and theologies of language, science, existentialism, and pragmatism. The emphasis is on how dominant philosophies have and do affect the working classes throughout history because this is the group of people who suffer the worst and adverse affects of whatever are the dominant philosophical ideals of any given age and who usually are the least knowledgeable about the nature of the ideals and why they are dominant. Theology is studied as a branch of philosophy and not as religious theology.

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#5: 20th Century

Truth, Red Pill or Blue Pill, Does It Matter?

Basics of philosophy. Definitions and implications of truth in 20th Century pragmatism, rationalism, philosophy of language, mathematical logic, Wittgenstein, and Gödel. Philosophers and theologians will be discussing basic history, problems, and issues in philosophy and theology for a modern non-academic audience and from a working class perspective varying from ancient pre-Socratic to modern philosophies and theologies of language, science, existentialism, and pragmatism. The emphasis is on how dominant philosophies have and do affect the working classes throughout history because this is the group of people who suffer the worst and adverse affects of whatever are the dominant philosophical ideals of any given age and who usually are the least knowledgeable about the nature of the ideals and why they are dominant. Theology is studied as a branch of philosophy and not as religious theology.  Both Western and Eastern perspectives will be covered.

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#6: Clean-up

Truth, Red Pill or Blue Pill, Does It Matter?

Basics of philosophy. Definitions and implications of truth in empiricism, materialism to idealism, rationalism, pragmatism, and philosophy of language and the use of fiction and imagination as a means for truth. Philosophers and theologians will be discussing basic history, problems, and issues in philosophy and theology for a modern non-academic audience and from a working class perspective varying from ancient pre-Socratic to modern philosophies and theologies of language, science, existentialism, and pragmatism. The emphasis is on how dominant philosophies have and do affect the working classes throughout history because this is the group of people who suffer the worst and adverse affects of whatever are the dominant philosophical ideals of any given age and who usually are the least knowledgeable about the nature of the ideals and why they are dominant. Theology is studied as a branch of philosophy and not as religious theology.  Both Western and Eastern perspectives will be covered.

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