“All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason.”

― Immanuel Kant

Season 1 : An Introduction to Philosophy

Episode 5: 10 Things you need to know about Rationalism

In today's episode we discuss 10 things you need to know about Rationalism

“The opinions that are held with passion are always those for which no good ground exists; indeed the passion is the measure of the holders lack of rational conviction. Opinions in politics and religion are almost always held passionately.”

- Bertrand Russell

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“Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.”

― Voltaire

Season 1 : An Introduction to Philosophy

Episode 4: 10 Things you need to know about Scepticism

In today's episode we discuss 10 things you need to know about Scepticism.

“Who is more humble? The scientist who looks at the universe with an open mind and accepts whatever the universe has to teach us, or somebody who says everything in this book must be considered the literal truth and never mind the fallibility of all the human beings involved?”

- Carl Sagan

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“The monster I kill every day is the monster of realism. The monster who attacks me every day is destruction. Out of the duel comes the transformation. I turn destruction into creation over and over again.”

― Anaïs Nin, Henry and June: From "A Journal of Love": The Unexpurgated Diary of Anaïs Nin, 1931-1932

Season 1 : An Introduction to Philosophy

Episode 3: 10 Things you need to know about Realism

In today's episode we discuss 10 things you need to know about Realism. You may have heard the philosophical question of 'If a tree falls in the woods and no-one hears it, does it make a sound?'; the concept behind this being the question of 'Is there a true reality existing outside of human perception?'.

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"Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will." Jawaharlal Nehru (Indian Leader 1889 - 1964)

Season 1 : An Introduction to Philosophy

Episode 2: 10 Things you need to know about Determinism and why it matters today

In today's episode we discuss 10 things you need to know about Determinism and why you should understand the concept of Determinism versus Free Will. We will explore the importance of Determinism on the concept of moral responsibility and the modern justice system.

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“There is something infantile in the presumption that somebody else has a responsibility to give your life meaning and point… The truly adult view, by contrast, is that our life is as meaningful, as full and as wonderful as we choose to make it.” ― Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion

In today's episode we explore 10 Things you need to know about Existentialism and why it matters today. Existentialism is a philosophy investigating the human condition, and with that exploring the problem of human existence, with an emphasis on the individual who starts in an apparently meaningless world, and who seeks to create meaning in a world without inherent meaning. Existentialism purports that humans have the free will to determine their own path in life. Existentialists believe existence is individual to each human being, and that we create our own identity to give meaning to our existence.

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