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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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#53: Ontological Proof

Contemplation of the ontological proof 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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#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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#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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#19: Ontological proof of the existence and nature of God.

Ontological proof of the existence and 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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