Lots of people "support the troops" even if they don't support the cause for which they fight, but is that a morally defensible position?
Lots of people "support the troops" even if they don't support the cause for which they fight, but is that a morally defensible position?
2014x24 What is Epistemic Scepticism? - Gentleman Thinker Episode overview
Air date
Jul 03, 2014
Doubt and scepticism are an important philosophical tool, and epistemic scepticism is the strongest form.
Doubt and scepticism are an important philosophical tool, and epistemic scepticism is the strongest form.
2014x25 Is Rick and Morty an Argument Against Scientism? Episode overview
Air date
Jul 18, 2014
"Rick and Morty" is a hilarious and bleak send-up of popular science fiction, but what could it tell us about Western attitudes towards science, or science at the exclusion of other pursuits? Watch and learn!
"Rick and Morty" is a hilarious and bleak send-up of popular science fiction, but what could it tell us about Western attitudes towards science, or science at the exclusion of other pursuits? Watch and learn!
SEX! How much is too much? Is there a moral limit at all? Time for feminism!
SEX! How much is too much? Is there a moral limit at all? Time for feminism!
2014x27 What do 'Necessary and Contingent' Mean? - Gentleman Thinker Episode overview
Air date
Aug 02, 2014
What is necessary? What is contingent? What is the difference?
What is necessary? What is contingent? What is the difference?
2014x28 Hamlet Philosophy: what does 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead' say about Free Will? Episode overview
Air date
Aug 08, 2014
Do you have free will? Does it even matter? And how can Shakespeare help you find out? Let’s examine Stoppard’s ‘Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead’ and see what it can tell us about free will…
Do you have free will? Does it even matter? And how can Shakespeare help you find out? Let’s examine Stoppard’s ‘Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead’ and see what it can tell us about free will…
2014x29 Are you Begging the Question? - Gentleman Thinker Episode overview
Air date
Aug 15, 2014
A common philosophical mistake! Have you told somebody that they've begged the question? Did you use the term correctly?
A common philosophical mistake! Have you told somebody that they've begged the question? Did you use the term correctly?
2014x30 3 Kantian Reasons Why the Friendzone is Bullsh*t! Episode overview
Air date
Aug 22, 2014
The Friendzone, an emotional purgatory, and Immanuel Kant, notoriously difficult philosopher. Feminism and moral philosophy!
The Friendzone, an emotional purgatory, and Immanuel Kant, notoriously difficult philosopher. Feminism and moral philosophy!
Here are 4 more examples of bad thinking, arguing or reasoning that really get my goat!
Here are 4 more examples of bad thinking, arguing or reasoning that really get my goat!
2014x34 Don’t Look at Leaked Nudes! Ethics of Porn #3 Episode overview
Air date
Sep 19, 2014
Should you look at leaked nudes or revenge porn? Should you peek at those naked snaps of Jennifer Lawrence?
Should you look at leaked nudes or revenge porn? Should you peek at those naked snaps of Jennifer Lawrence?
2014x35 How To Talk About Batman (& Other Fictional Characters) Episode overview
Air date
Sep 26, 2014
How can you make true statements about Batman when he doesn’t exist? Will a fictional quantifier do the job, or will it lead to logical contradictions? Do we need 3-valued logic? Watch and find out!
How can you make true statements about Batman when he doesn’t exist? Will a fictional quantifier do the job, or will it lead to logical contradictions? Do we need 3-valued logic? Watch and find out!
2014x36 4 Ways of Thinking About Abstract Objects Episode overview
Air date
Oct 03, 2014
Are numbers, sets, colours and Hamlet really objects? Are they abstract? What does that mean?
Are numbers, sets, colours and Hamlet really objects? Are they abstract? What does that mean?
2014x37 What is Impossibility? - Gentleman Thinker Episode overview
Air date
Oct 10, 2014
What is impossibility? What sorts of things are impossible? Let the Gentleman Thinker explain!
What is impossibility? What sorts of things are impossible? Let the Gentleman Thinker explain!
2014x38 Are Possible Worlds Real? Modal Realism Part 1 Episode overview
Air date
Oct 17, 2014
What are possible worlds? What does it mean to say something might have been true? Watch Part 1 of our discussion on David Lewis’ modal realism to find out!
What are possible worlds? What does it mean to say something might have been true? Watch Part 1 of our discussion on David Lewis’ modal realism to find out!
