What is the four-fold meaning of meaning? A primer, and an exploration of meaning IN life. Hear a story of Viktor Frankl, the contemporary of Freud and Adler who bucked the trend, and explore meaning through his lens.

What comes up in this episode:

~ Logotherapy ~

~ Objective vs Interpretive Meaning ~

~ Bicycles ~

~ Meaning OF life vs meaning IN life ~

~ Challenge in the Korean BBQ ~

Referenced or mentioned:

~ Irving Yalom ~

~ Marcus Aurelius ~

~ Jean-Paul Sartre ~

~ William James ~

~ Laura A. King ~

~ Joshua A. Hicks ~

~ Samwise Gamgee’s thoughts on potatoes ~

Dope quotes in this episode:
~ Irving Yalom: advice on finding meaning in life is “simply to live fully, to retain one's astonishment at the miracle of life, to plunge oneself into the natural rhythm of life, to search for pleasure at the deepest possible sense.”

~ Marcus Aurelius: "The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way."

~ Jean-Paul Sartre: “Life has no meaning, life is an opportunity to create meaning.”

~ Viktor Frankl: “What man actually needs is not a tensionless state but rather the striving and struggling for a worthwhile goal.”

~ William James: “The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.”

Credits / Links:

~ So, You’re A Philosopher’s homepage: ponderpus.com ~

~ The Science of Meaning in Life ~

~ Text or leave a voicemail for Chris : 469.626.7355 ~

Before science was SCIENCE, it was Natural Philosophy. Hear a story of Alhazen, the world’s first scientist, and dig into the real value of the scientific method.

What comes up in this episode:

~ Alhazen ~

~ Francis Bacon ~

~ How the scientific method safeguards against bias ~

~ Parallels in the development of the scientific method and academic philosophy ~

Referenced or mentioned:

~ Euclid ~

~ Ptolemy ~

~ Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica ~

~ Buster Harper ~

~ Breakfast burritos ~

A thought to carry with you:
“The first principle is that you must not fool yourself — and you are the easiest person to fool.” - Richard Feynman

Credits / Links:

~ The So, You’re A Philosopher homepage: ponderpus.com ~

~ Text or leave a voicemail for Chris : 469.626.7355 ~

Where Chris wanders outside of his comfort zone and right into the largest protest in United States history.

What comes up in this episode:

• Impressions of the protest
• Interviews with protestors
• Lots of crowd noise
• Reflection on philosophy and action
• Discontentedness

Referenced or mentioned:

• Tikkun olam
• Racism
• Representation of the people
• Shut the fuck up and do something
• Being the voice of others
• Vote

A thought to carry with you:
“The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men.”

— yer boy Plato

Credits / Links:

• restorativefarms.org
• So, You’re A Philosopher’s homepage: ponderpus.com
• Leave Chris a voicemail: 469.626.7355