#94: Moore’s Paradox, Belief, and Mental State

Contemplation of the conceptual differences between belief and knowledge through the aphorism: “people believe what they want to believe”; through contemplation of Moore’s Paradox; and through contemplation of the concept of a mental state of belief. Contemplation of how it is possible to voluntarily, knowingly, and intentionally have false beliefs and of how it is epistemically possible to use such false beliefs to achieve knowledge.

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#93: Moore’s Paradox

Contemplation of the conceptual differences between belief and knowledge through the aphorism: “people believe what they want to believe” and through contemplation of Moore’s Paradox. Contemplation of how it is possible to voluntarily, knowingly, and intentionally have false beliefs and of how it is epistemically possible to use such false beliefs to achieve knowledge.

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#92: Belief and Knowledge: Part II

Contemplation of the conceptual differences between belief and knowledge through the aphorism: “people believe what they want to believe”. Contemplation of how it is possible to voluntarily, knowingly, and intentionally have false beliefs and of how it is epistemically possible to use such false beliefs to achieve knowledge.

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#91: Belief and Knowledge: Part I

Contemplation of the conceptual differences between belief and knowledge through the aphorism: “people believe what they want to believe”. Contemplation of how it is possible to voluntarily, knowingly, and intentionally have false beliefs and of how it is epistemically possible to use such false beliefs to achieve knowledge.

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#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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#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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#64: Introduction to Epistemology

Basics of the epistemology branch of philosophy. Epistemology is the study of knowledge and justified true belief. Philosophers and theologians will be discussing basic history, problems, and issues in philosophy and epistemology 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.

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#63: Science and its Future as Religion

Basics of philosophy of science. Definitions and implications of science  for a modern non-academic audience and from a working class perspective. The emphasis in this episode is the status of science as a modern demigod and secular religion and its future as such.  Contemplation of what secular religion may replace science once its present adherents realize the implications of its falsification attribute. 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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#62: Order from Disorder / Probability and Statistics

Basics of philosophy of science. Definitions and implications of science  for a modern non-academic audience and from a working class perspective. The emphasis in this episode is on probability and statistics used as a means to hide the falsification attribute of science and to hide the inability of science to give certain truth.

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#61: Order from Disorder / Evolution and Intelligent Design

Basics of philosophy of science. Definitions and implications of science  for a modern non-academic audience and from a working class perspective. The emphasis in this episode is on the basics for comparison of rational tools and theories to differentiate between science and non-science such as art and trades and pseudo-sciences such as the social sciences. Example comparisons consist of evolution and intelligent design.

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#60: Social Sciences

Basics of philosophy of science. Definitions and implications of science  for a modern non-academic audience and from a working class perspective. The emphasis in this episode is on the basics for comparison of rational tools and theories to differentiate between science and non-science such as art and trades and pseudo-sciences such as the social sciences.

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#31: Why does God hate the Poor: does He will this hate?

Why does God hate the poor. Does he will this hate? This episode questions whether human concepts of knowledge, truth, will, and thought apply to 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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#30: Why does God hate the Poor: does He know and think about this hate?

Why does God hate the poor? Does he know of and think about this hate? This episode questions whether human concepts of knowledge, truth, and thought apply to 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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