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Thought Experiment Media
You've Got It All Wrong
A weekly show about philosophy, science and the history of ideas from the Allen Brothers and Mark Sanders (best known to listeners as “America’s Sweetheart”). If you can imagine what would happen if Plato and Carl Sagan were guests on The Daily Show, then you have a pretty good idea of what’s going on here. Each week the trio provides an overview of a philosophical topic, a history of the problem and insights into contemporary thinking. They also take a behind-the-scenes look at the philosophers who came up with these ideas: usually they are kind of nuts (the guy who pioneered Utilitarian...
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Ratings & Reviews
4.8 stars from 119 ratings
Even the episodes on topics I was very interested in, I skipped through most of (or quit all together) as the hosts spend half of the time making jokes and talking about things unrelated to the issue.
Blogroth via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 10/06/17
Thank You
As a philosophy student, I was pondering John Locke's 2nd treatise and I told my professor we are looking at this all wrong, Locke is doing a thought experiment. I thought to myself we got it all wrong! The next day I come across this podcast! Thank you so much! One of the better podcast I...Read full review »
MiracleECU via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 10/02/17
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iamjameskennedy via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 06/28/17
Recent Episodes
All handsome people enjoy a good paradox, so we decided to open up our paradox box again and pick out a few new ones for this episode. A lot of paradoxes have to do with the way language works, and how it fails us when we try to describe certain aspects of our experience. Often a series of...
Published 11/16/15
Published 11/16/15
Are zombies real? Could we all be zombies? On this special Halloween episode, we raise topics from the dead—specifically we’re reanimating our discussion of philosophical zombies from Episode 2. This time we take a closer look at qualia, a technical term for the experiences that are unique to us...
Published 11/02/15
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