In which Helen De Cruz reads her short story "Soul Sleep". Enjoy!Hi Phi Nation's "The Wishes of the Dead"De Cruz's new book: Philosophy IllustratedPlease Support us on Patreon!Episode Link for sharing:https://shows.acast.com/reductio/m14-soul-sleep See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Reductio: Adventures in Ideas

M14 - Soul Sleep

Andrew talks with Rev. Ben Colahan about themes from s02e04 Who Are You? If you haven't already, listen to that episode before this one. Here's a link: https://shows.acast.com/reductio/s02e04-who-are-youEpisode Link for Sharing:https://shows.acast.com/reductio/m13-more-about-personal-identityReductio on Patreon:Patreon | Reductio is creating A Podcast about Ideas, Philosophy, and Understanding | PatreonRate and Review us Please!‎Reductio: Adventures in Ideas on Apple PodcastsReductio on Spotify See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

M13 - More about Personal Identity

This is just the first part of the episode "Who Are You?" in standalone format so that it can be used on its own if useful for teaching or other uses. If you enjoy this, listen to the full episode published just before this one. Here's a link. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

M12 - Transporters

In which Andrew explores various questions surrounding the issue of personal identity. Who are you? Including discussions of Transporters, Theseus' Ship(s), and various other thought experiments. With Guest Amy Kind and narration help from Kellie Marie Lavin.Warning: one bad word in the end credits, but the rest is clean!Amy Kind's Book:Persons and Personal IdentityEpisode Link for Sharing:https://shows.acast.com/reductio/s02e04-who-are-youReductio on Patreon:Patreon | Reductio is creating A Podcast about Ideas, Philosophy, and Understanding | PatreonRate and Review us Please!‎Reductio: Adventures in Ideas on Apple PodcastsReductio on SpotifyThe Philosopher and the Newshttps://newsphilosopher.buzzsprout.com/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

s02e04 - Who Are You?

In which Andrew asks the questions: what are ghosts, if anything? How should we think about ghost experiences? What sort of reason do they give us to believe that ghosts are real?Special thanks to "James" and "Dianne" and their family, to Frank McAndrew, and to Casey Smith..Episode Link for Sharing:https://shows.acast.com/reductio/s02e03-ghostsPlease Support us on Patreon!Reductio: Adventures in Ideas is creating A Podcast about Ideas, Philosophy, and Understanding | PatreonOther Philosophy-Themed Podcasts to explore:Big List of Philosophy PodcastsPodcasts Mentioned in the breaks:PanpsycastPartially Examined LifePhilosophy: The Classics See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

s02e03 - Ghosts

A monad in which Professor Eric Schwitzgebel shares his fantastic philosophical short story "The Passion of the Sun Probe."The text of the story is available where it is published and also on Schwitzgebel's blog, where you can leave comments for the author.Share Link:https://shows.acast.com/reductio/m11-passion-of-the-sunprobeSupport Reduction on Patrion:Reductio: Adventures in Ideas is creating A Podcast about Ideas, Philosophy, and Understanding | PatreonLeave us a review please!‎Reductio: Adventures in Ideas on Apple Podcasts See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

M11 - Passion of the Sunprobe

In which Andrew explores Laurie Paul's concept of a Transformative Experience. With help from John Swanson, Laurie Paul, Jordan Wallace-Wolf, and Count Dracula himself.Laurie Paul's Book Transformative Experience, can be purchased many places, including here.Editing help by Xinjiang Huang. Thank you for all of your help!Episode Share Link:https://shows.acast.com/reductio/s02e02-transformative-experiencesSupport us on Patreon:Reductio: Adventures in Ideas is creating A Podcast about Ideas, Philosophy, and Understanding | PatreonOther Philosophy-Themed Podcasts to explore:Big List of Philosophy Podcasts See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

s02e02 - Transformative Experiences

Welcome back to Reductio for a new Season! We'll be releasing episodes sporadically over the next 6-7 months.In the first episode, Andrew talks with Jonathan Cohen of UCSD about the Inverted Spectrum possibility: the possibility that we might have totally different experiences of the colors around us and we'd never know it!Editing help by Inverted Spectrum Media's new intern: Xinjian HuangSpecial thanks to Jonathan Cohen. Find his book on color here: The Red and the Real.Special thanks also to Troy Jollimore.Episode Share Link:https://shows.acast.com/reductio/s02e01-whats-an-inverted-spectrumSupport us on Patreon:Reductio: Adventures in Ideas is creating A Podcast about Ideas, Philosophy, and Understanding | PatreonOther Philosophy-Themed Podcasts to explore:Unmute (interviews w/ Myisha Cherry)Reductio (narrative w/ Andrew Lavin)Hi-Phi Nation (narrative w/ Barry Lam)Elucidations (interviews w/ Matt Teichman et al.)Wisdom at Work (interviews w/ David E. Storey)Philosophy Talk (conversation w/ Stanford Faculty incl. John Perry, formerly Ken Taylor, Ray Briggs, Debra Satz, Josh Landy, et al.)Philosophy Bites (short interview w/ David Edmonds and Nigel Warburton)Brain in a Vat (interview w/ Jason Werbeloff and Mark Oppenheimer)Partially Examined Life ("reading group" discussions w/ Mark Linsenmayer, Seth Paskin, Wes Alwan, Dylan Casey)The Panpsycast (conversation w/  Jack Symes, Gregory Miller, Andrew Horton, Oliver Marley, et al.)The History of Philosophy without any Gaps (mix of monologue and interview w/ Peter Adamson)The History of Indian and Africana Philosophy (mix of monologue and interview w/ Peter Adamson)Political Philosophy Podcast (interview w/ Tobias Buckle)Embrace the Void (conversation w/ Aaron Rabinowitz)Philosophers in Space (conversation about philosophy and movies/TV w/ Aaron Rabinowitz and Thomas Smith)Short and Curly (ethics podcast for kids w/ ABC Radio)The Dawdler's Philosophy (discussion w/ Harland Grant and RTP McKenna)5 Questions (interview about philosophers themselves w/ Kieran Setiya)Philosophize This (monologue w/ Stephen West)Bad Philosophy (conversation w/ Stephen Torrence and Kevin Saunders)Why? Philosophical Discussions about Everyday Life (discussion w/ Jack Russell Weinsstein)Dilemma (interview/discussion w/ Jay Shapiro)Philosophy 24/7 (interview w/ David Edmonds)The Big Idea (interview w/ David Edmonds)Philosophy Bakes Bread (interview w/ Eric Thomas Weber and Anthony Cashio)The Philosopher's Zone (Interview w/ David Rutledge (ABC Radio))Very Bad Wizards (conversation w/ Tamler Sommers and David Pizarro)Sacred and Profane Love (interview w/ Jennifer Frey)Out of the Tower (interview w/ Peter O’Meara)New Books in Philosophy (Interview w/ Marshall Poe)Philosophical Disquisitions (interview w/ John Danaher)Stoic Meditations (monologue w/ Massimo Pigliucci)Nous (interview w/ Ilan Goodman)The New Thinkery (conversation w/ Gregory McBrayer, Alex Priou, and David Bahr)The Free Will Show (interview w/ Taylor Cyr and Matt Flummer)Journal Entries (interview w/ Wesley Buckwalter)Overthink (Conversational/Interview pop culture and philosophy podcast aimed at Millenial and Gen Z listeners)Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society (lectures)Out of the Vat (Interviews w/ LSE Philosophy department)Forum for Philosophy Podcast (monologue)Philosophy for Our Times (Conversations w/ iai Podcasts)Upon Reflection (Monologue w/ Nick Byrd)Consciousness Live! (Interview w/ Richard Brown)Generous Questions (Interview w/ Joe Morrison)Premise (Interviews w/ Angelos Sofocleous)Plato’s Cave (Interview w/ Jordan Myers)Dilemma (Interview w/ Jay Shapiro)Philosophical Trials (Interview w/ Tedy Nenu)Common Room Philosophy (Conversation w/ Warwick Philosophy Department)Philosophy? WTF?? (Conversation w/ Danny O’Donnell and Dr. Michael Alsford)Examining Ethics (Interview w/ Christiane Wisehart and Eleanor Price)The Meaning of… (Conversation w/ Tim Dean amd Monty Badami) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

s02e01 - What's an Inverted Spectrum???

Andrew explores Jacques Ellul's theory of "Technique" with the help of Professor Joel Zimbelman. Appearances also from Quinn Troester and Poet Chesko.Episode Link for Sharinghttps://shows.acast.com/reductio/s01e05-technocracyPlease Rate and Review Us!‎Reductio: Adventures in Ideas on Apple PodcastsReductio on PatreonReductio: Adventures in Ideas is creating A Podcast about Ideas, Philosophy, and Understanding | PatreonVideos MentionedKey and Peele - Text Message ConfusionWeekend Update - Fred Armisen as Randall Meeks See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

s01e05 - Technocracy

In which Andrew explores a simple question very carefully: why does stuff cost money? Including critiques of Capitalism from the infamous Karl Marx.Special thanks to my friend and her daughter, to Kellie Marie Lavin, and to Olúfémi O. Táíwò of Georgetown University.Olúfémi O. Táíwòhttp://www.whyeverythingcostsmoney.com/Episode Link for Sharinghttps://shows.acast.com/reductio/s01e04-why-does-stuff-cost-moneyPlease Rate and Review Us!‎Reductio: Adventures in Ideas on Apple PodcastsReductio on PatreonReductio: Adventures in Ideas is creating A Podcast about Ideas, Philosophy, and Understanding | PatreonOther Podcasts Plugged during the Breakshttps://hiphination.org/Thanks to freesound.com users benbojangles, jmbphilmes, marjan83, squashy555,cunningar0807, and neilraouf for producing sounds used in this episode. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

s01e04 - Why Does Stuff Cost Money?

In which Andrew explores the Trolley Problem with the help of some friends and Jordan Wallace-Wolf of UCLA.Special Thanks to: especially Christy Harrington for lending us her narration skills, to Bill Harrington, Owen Roth, Max Feiler, Garvey Peterson, and of course, the inimitable Dustin Rainey.Episode Link for Sharinghttps://shows.acast.com/reductio/s01e03-the-trolley-problem-and-its-discontentsPlease Rate and Review Us!‎Reductio: Adventures in Ideas on Apple PodcastsReadings Mentioned in the PodcastThomson: https://philpapers.org/rec/THOKLD-2Taurek: https://philpapers.org/rec/TAUSTNDancy: https://philpapers.org/rec/DANEWP & https://philpapers.org/rec/DANMROther Podcasts Plugged during the BreaksPhilosophy Bites: https://philosophybites.com/Elucidations: https://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/elucidations/Thank you to freesound.org users 1sticky8, benbojangles, jace, unclesigmund, zesoundresearchinc, ecfike, organicmanpl, thegreatperson, ajexk, yugi16dm, werra, squashy555, klankbeeld, and pappabert for producing some of the sound effects in this episode. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

s01e03: The Trolley Problem and its Discontents

In which Andrew explores Aristotle's reductio proof for the existence of a god-like "prime mover". Joined by Stanford's Michael Fitzpatrick.Episode Link for sharinghttps://shows.acast.com/reductio/aristotles-reductioReductio on iTunes‎Reductio: Adventures in Ideas on Apple PodcastsReductio on Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/reductioHi-Phi Nationhttps://hiphination.org/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

s01e02: Aristotle's Reductio

A portrait of Joyce to go with the theme of Nguyen's work.This is an unabridged audio rendition of a work of academic philosophy. It is accessible in content, but be forewarned: it's long and was not written for a public audience. It's not the normal style of Reductio, so we've set it apart as part of a series called "AudioSophia".I hope you enjoy it!Thi Nguyen's Website:https://objectionable.net/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

AudioSophia 2 - "Autonomy and Aesthetic Engagement"

In which Andrew explores the namesake of the podcast, with expertise on the Flat Earth Hypothesis from Jolyon Johnson and the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster with Jessica Gonzalez.Episode Link:https://shows.acast.com/reductio/s01e01Reductio on iTunes‎Reductio: Adventures in Ideas on Apple PodcastsReductio on Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/reductio See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

s01e01: What the Heck is a Reductio?

I speak with Brian Hutler about an argument that certain religious exemptions shouldn't be used in certain circumstances.Episode Link to share and for transcripthttps://shows.acast.com/reductio/monad-10-religious-exemptions-and-civil-disobedienceHutler's Paperhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/papa.12150Some relevant news articleshttps://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2019/10/24/catholic-anti-nuke-activists-guilty-all-counts-georgia-courthttps://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/05/02/688260025/new-trump-rule-protects-health-care-workers-who-refuse-care-for-religious-reason See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Monad 10 - Religious Exemptions and Civil Disobedience

A seasonal podcast that brings the ideas and tools of philosophy to everyone. Featuring interviews with professional philosophers, personal stories, and lots of fun thought experiments. We'll start with about 5 episodes per season. Season one projected to launch 2020. Short "monads" in the meantime.Contact us at invertedspectrum@outlook.com

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Reductio: Adventures in Ideas

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