• Ep. 96 The End
    Feb 11 2025

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    It's time we say goodbye. This is the final episode of Open Door Philosophy. We had such a wonderful time doing it and thank everyone so deeply for listening. We pull back the curtain on this last episode and discuss the journey, so please join us one last time.


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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • Ep. 95 The Self, Part Three: The Existentialist View
    Nov 12 2024

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    Is the self a soul that is immortal? Is the self a thinking thing or a bundle of perceptions? The Existentialists take this question and place at the center the importance of choice. The self emerges through our experiences and the choices we make. Join us as we discuss Kierkegaard and Sartre in this final episode on The Self.


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    48 mins
  • Ep. 94 The Self, Part Two: The Early Modern Shift
    Oct 29 2024

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    Ancient philosophers believed the self was an immortal soul. This began to shift in the late 16th century when the concept of the self began to radically change to a more abstracted, biological self. Join us as we look at Rene Descartes and David Hume's theories on the self.


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    51 mins
  • Ep. 93 The Self, Part One: Ancient Conceptions
    Oct 15 2024

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    What is the self? Something immaterial? Something like a soul? Or perhaps consciousness? Is it you? Join us for this episode as we look to ancient explanations of the self from Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, and Hinduism.


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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Ep. 92 The Ladder of Love, Plato's Symposium, Part Three
    Oct 1 2024

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    Ah love, a many splendored thing. At first you are attracted to their looks, but then you realize there's something more to them, something beautiful within, their beautiful soul. Join us for this third and final part on Plato's Symposium where we review the speech of Socrates.


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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • Ep. 91 Plato's Symposium, Part Two
    Sep 17 2024

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    Are you destined to be with someone? Is there a soul-mate out there, somewhere, just for you? Is love something that comes upon us, or is it something we cultivate within ourselves? Join us for this second episode on Plato's Symposium where we discuss the speeches of Aristophanes and Agathon.


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    57 mins
  • Ep. 90 Plato's Symposium, Part One
    Sep 3 2024

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    What is love? Can it inspire us to be better? Can it bring harmony to opposites? These are of the most enduring questions we have, so much so that Plato wrote an entire dialogue about it called Symposium. Join us for this episode in which we give some background and discuss the first three speeches on love!


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    58 mins
  • Ep. 89 The Oxford Four, Part Four: Mary Midgley
    Aug 20 2024

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    We finish our overview of The Oxford Four with Mr. Parsons' favorite, Mary Midgley. She wrote on the topic of metaphilosophy, championed a pluralistic view of morality, and raged against scientism and reductionism. AND she had swaggy hats!


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    1 hr and 10 mins