Introduction to the philosophy of law argument and concept that law is a religion in present post-modern Technological Society.
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#67: Modern Metaphysics Part I
Basics of the metaphysics branch of philosophy. Metaphysics is the study of first principles of things, including abstract concepts such as being, knowing, substance, cause, identity, time, and space. The emphasis in this episode is on modern metaphysics as a language game in the philosophy of language.
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#49: Philosophy of Language Clean-up Part II
Contemplates further and tries to clarify the relationship between existentialist and pragmatic theories of language and the metaphysics of idealism, rationalism, materialism, empiricism, and solipsism. Argues that existentialist and pragmatic theories of language are the only way to avoid solipsism.
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#48: Philosophy of Language Clean-up Part I
Contemplates further and tries to clarify the relationship between existentialist and pragmatic theories of language and the metaphysics of idealism, rationalism, materialism, empiricism, and solipsism. Argues that existentialist and pragmatic theories of language are the only way to avoid solipsism.
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#4: Idealism/Rationalism
Truth, Red Pill or Blue Pill, Does It Matter?
Basics of philosophy. Definitions and implications of truth are summarized in idealism, rationalism, pragmatism, solipsism, and philosophy of science. Philosophers and theologians will be discussing basic history, problems, and issues in philosophy and theology for a modern non-academic audience and from a working class perspective varying from ancient pre-Socratic to modern philosophies and theologies of language, science, existentialism, and pragmatism. The emphasis is on how dominant philosophies have and do affect the working classes throughout history because this is the group of people who suffer the worst and adverse affects of whatever are the dominant philosophical ideals of any given age and who usually are the least knowledgeable about the nature of the ideals and why they are dominant. Theology is studied as a branch of philosophy and not as religious theology. Both Western and Eastern perspectives will be covered.
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#5: 20th Century
Truth, Red Pill or Blue Pill, Does It Matter?
Basics of philosophy. Definitions and implications of truth in 20th Century pragmatism, rationalism, philosophy of language, mathematical logic, Wittgenstein, and Gödel. Philosophers and theologians will be discussing basic history, problems, and issues in philosophy and theology for a modern non-academic audience and from a working class perspective varying from ancient pre-Socratic to modern philosophies and theologies of language, science, existentialism, and pragmatism. The emphasis is on how dominant philosophies have and do affect the working classes throughout history because this is the group of people who suffer the worst and adverse affects of whatever are the dominant philosophical ideals of any given age and who usually are the least knowledgeable about the nature of the ideals and why they are dominant. Theology is studied as a branch of philosophy and not as religious theology. Both Western and Eastern perspectives will be covered.
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