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Episode 249: Phlegm and Carelessness (Hume's "The Sceptic")

Episode 249: Phlegm and Carelessness (Hume's "The Sceptic")

FromVery Bad Wizards


Episode 249: Phlegm and Carelessness (Hume's "The Sceptic")

FromVery Bad Wizards

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Length:
85 minutes
Released:
Nov 22, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

David and Tamler gild and stain David Hume’s essay “The Sceptic” with their sentiments. If nothing is inherently valuable or despicable, desirable or hateful, then what do philosophers have to offer when it comes to happiness? If reason is powerless, does it all come down to our emotions and “humours”? Or does the study of philosophy and liberal arts naturally lead to a fulfilling and virtuous life? Plus we look at a new non-traditional social psych paper on how we always imagine that things could be better, and tip our caps to the queen of handling Twitter pile-ons (and former VBW guest) – Candy Mom.
Released:
Nov 22, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Very Bad Wizards is a podcast featuring a philosopher (Tamler Sommers) and a psychologist (David Pizarro), who share a love for ethics, pop culture, and cognitive science, and who have a marked inability to distinguish sacred from profane. Each podcast includes discussions of moral philosophy, recent work on moral psychology and neuroscience, and the overlap between the two.