The School of Athens
Estelle Qin and Lea Hansen
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Lesson 5: Fatalism
The School of Athens
03/09/23 • 15 min
Hi! Following our last episode about determinism, we are talking about fatalism in this one! And we mean logical fatalism, which is illustrated by Aristotle's sea battle argument. We explain what this argument is and its main counters. We also try to show the difference between determinism and fatalism. Hope you enjoy this lesson and we look forward to next time!
Resources mentioned:
Riddles of Existence by Earl Brink Conee
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Welcome to The School of Athens!
The School of Athens
12/23/22 • 6 min
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Lesson 3: Mind and Body
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02/04/23 • 24 min
Continuing from Plato's views on the mind and body from last episode, this week, we discuss dualism... and a bit of everything else. We expand on Plato a bit with his charioteer analogy and on Descartes' cogito ergo sum, sharing some of our own views on the eternity of the soul too. We also talk about Frank Jackson's thought experiment, Mary's Room, and its counter arguments, before we go off on how much we love (Estelle) or hate (Lea) thought experiments. Lea shares a thought experiment about a lobster, but NOTE: the actual thought experiment is Locke's prince and cobbler (NOT lobster), we're sorry for that confusion but we hope you enjoy our more entertaining version!
Resources mentioned:
Phaedrus by Plato
Meditations on First Philosophy by Descartes
Persons and Personal Identity by Amy Kind
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Lesson 6: The Ontological Argument and Pascal's Wager
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03/25/23 • 16 min
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Lesson 4: Determinism and Free Will
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02/18/23 • 21 min
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Lesson 2: The Socratic Philosophers
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01/20/23 • 23 min
We are back! Having set ourselves the challenge to summarise the three famous Socratic philosophers in twenty minutes, we talk about the key ideas of Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. We begin with 'The School of Athens' painting, explaining the origins of the name of our show. We touch on Socrates' love for questioning and how that impacted the abrupt end of his life, Plato's world of forms and his ideal state, as well as Aristotle's influence on Aquinas (e.g. the Prime Mover). We breezed past each topic so we will go into detail with some in the future!
The philosophy resources recommendations we mentioned:
'Think' by Simon Blackburn
Oxford: Very Short Introductions
BBC: 'In Our Time' podcast
'Philosophy Bites' podcast
Philosophy Now articles
Regarding Socrates' execution: https://philosophynow.org/issues/19/Socrates_Revisited_The_Jurors_Speak
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Lesson 1: Existentialism
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12/30/22 • 25 min
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How many episodes does The School of Athens have?
The School of Athens currently has 7 episodes available.
What topics does The School of Athens cover?
The podcast is about Society & Culture, Educational, Young, Fun, Podcasts, Education and Philosophy.
What is the most popular episode on The School of Athens?
The episode title 'Lesson 6: The Ontological Argument and Pascal's Wager' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on The School of Athens?
The average episode length on The School of Athens is 19 minutes.
How often are episodes of The School of Athens released?
Episodes of The School of Athens are typically released every 15 days, 14 hours.
When was the first episode of The School of Athens?
The first episode of The School of Athens was released on Dec 23, 2022.
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