For the Love of Sophia!

In this conversation, Giuseppe and Anthony sit down with Gene Nassar (a philosophy professor who also teaches high school history) to discuss a number of fundamental questions pertaining to the nature of history: What is history as a discipline? Is history the actual events that happened or narratives about the actual events that happened? How do philosophers and historians approach the past differently? To what extent is the history of something relevant to our understanding of it? Is history teleological? For questions or suggestions for future episodes: PublicPhilProject@gmail.com. Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/publicphilosophyproject

In this video, Giuseppe and Anthony continue their conversation on the nature of property: How might one's position with regard to the self affect one's position with regard to property? Is property an intrinsic part of conscious life, or is it a construct with pros and cons? Are some ways of being-with-property better than others? Is some kind of property necessary for the Good life? Should people have a legal right to some minimum amount of property? For questions or suggestions for future episodes: PublicPhilProject@gmail.com. Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/publicphilosophyproject

In this video, Giuseppe and Anthony discuss the fundamental nature of property: What does it mean to own something? How does one become an owner? Are there different types of property? What is theft? Is there such a thing as intellectual property? How are these things related to the self? For questions or suggestions for future episodes: PublicPhilProject@gmail.com. Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/publicphilosophyproject

In this episode, the gang's all here for a philosophical conversation about the concept of "holiday": What is a holiday? Are there different types of holidays? How is the experience of holidays different for children and adults? How might religious and non-religious attitudes towards holidays differ? What are our favorite holidays? For questions or suggestions for future episodes: PublicPhilProject@gmail.com. Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/publicphilosophyproject

In this episode, Giuseppe and Anthony continue their metaphilosophical conversation: How does actual philosophy differ from people's expectations about what philosophy is? How does the process of making a logical argument differ from merely reporting one's feelings? What exactly does philosophy do? How is philosophy different from other disciplines? What is the relationship that philosophy has with itself? For questions or suggestions for future episodes: PublicPhilProject@gmail.com. Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/publicphilosophyproject

In this episode, Giuseppe and Anthony tackle the question of all questions: What is Philosophy? In order to do this, a number of preliminary/adjacent questions are addressed: Why do people assume that a difficult question is an unanswerable one? Why do people gravitate towards quick and easy answers rather than comprehensive ones? Why do some people jump to the conclusion that there are no correct or definitive answers within philosophy? How does one "do" philosophy? Is philosophy anything other than a method? How exactly is philosophy related to science? For questions or suggestions for future episodes: PublicPhilProject@gmail.com. Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/publicphilosophyproject

In this episode, Giuseppe and Anthony continue their 100th year celebration of Wittgenstein's "Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus." Questions addressed this time include: What does it mean to say that language is a "picture" of reality? What exactly is a contradiction? What is nonsense? What, by definition, cannot be spoken of? What is the role of a thinking subject in all of this? For questions or suggestions for future episodes: PublicPhilProject@gmail.com. Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/publicphilosophyproject

In this episode, Giuseppe and Anthony celebrate the 100th anniversary of Wittgenstein's "Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus" by discussing some of its central themes: Can all of reality be reduced to a set of less than 10 basic propositions? What exactly is "the world?" What is the relationship between language and thought? For questions or suggestions for future episodes: PublicPhilProject@gmail.com. Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/publicphilosophyproject

In this episode, Giuseppe and Anthony continue their conversation on the "sub-method" of philosophy known as phenomenology: What can descriptive analysis of basic experiences tell us about the fundamental structures of consciousness? What assumptions do we typically make but take for granted in everyday experience? Is phenomenology a kind of metaphysics, epistemology, both, or neither? What is the difference between "having an body" and "being embodied?" How is Heidegger's phenomenology of "Being" (which might be called ontological, existential, or hermeneutic) distinct from Husserl's phenomenology? Why is Anthony so scarred when it comes to talking about Heidegger? Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/publicphilosophyproject. For questions or suggestions: publicphilproject@gmail.com

In this episode, Giuseppe and Anthony discuss a number of questions pertaining to the "sub-method" of philosophy known as phenomenology: How is phenomenology distinct from other types of philosophy? What is the relationship between phenomenology and psychology? What assumptions run in the "background" of our everyday experience? How can we drop these assumptions and move into a more phenomenological attitude? What are the most basic structures of consciousness? Why is the climate of academic phenomenology so cut-throat? Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/publicphilosophyproject. For questions or suggestions: publicphilproject@gmail.com