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RFH 148 Brian Leiter & Jamie Edwards on Marx’s Economic Thought: Knowing What Ain’t So

Radio Free Humanity: “Episode 148: Brian Leiter & Jamie Edwards on Marx’s Economic Thought: Knowing What Ain’t So.” On Andrew’s commentary. Current-events segment: Dem. lawmakers’ video on refusing illegal orders & the attack on the Venezuelan boat.

RFH 149 FC

Gabriel Donnelly interviews Andrew Kliman, regarding Marx’s concept of “intrinsic value”—value as distinct from exchange-value. Andrew clarifies the distinction and talks about how it became increasingly important to Marx. He and Gabriel discuss the significance of the concept of intrinsic value, A…

The Prophecies of Nostradamus

In this episode, Megan and Frank explore the prophecies of Nostradamus. Nostradamus was a prophet--but what is a prophet? What should we make of his seemingly accurate predictions of major world events? Do prophetic powers imply that the future is determined? Or are we simply bound to an immovable …

Do Religions Deserve Special Status?

In most Western democracies, religions are exempt from certain rules and regulations that most other organizations have to follow. For example, in the US, religious organizations are not required to pay taxes or follow non-discrimination employment laws. Some faithful go so far as to argue that the…

200 and Counting

The program that questions everything – except your intelligence – started off questioning the conventional wisdom that there would be no audience for a radio show about philosophy.  One hundred and ninety-nine programs later, Ken and John are hanging in there with large loyal audiences in the Bay …

Nietzsche

Nietzsche. Ken and John and Übermensch-at-large Brian Leiter discuss everyone’s favorite syphilitic philosopher. Was he a mysogynistic Nazi-supporter, or an artistic visionary who sought to set us free from our moralistic chains? Boring radio is dead.

Uncivil Disobedience

In Australia, vegan and animal liberation activism has recently become intense and disruptive, invading farms, restaurants, and city centers. They’re doing everything from rescuing animals to blocking traffic, and occupying steakhouses. Some argue that these new activists are needlessly victimizing…

77. Eric Sampson | Morality

Can we really use persistent moral disagreement to undermine moral realism, or do the most popular disagreement-based arguments end up undercutting their own reliability? My links: https://linktr.ee/frictionphilosophy. 1. Guest Eric Sampson is Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina…

The Truth is Terrible - Nietzsche's Idea of an Aesthetic Justification for Existence

Brian Leiter discusses the thought of Nietzsche at Davidson College a few years back. The truth is terrible, Nietzsche tells us. There is no God, the universe lacks any ultimate meaning or purpose, and is filled with gratuitous pointless suffering. Our only relief comes with nonexistence upon death…