lectures Archives - Possibly Correct https://possiblycorrect.com/tag/lectures/ Possibly Correct Media Network Fri, 18 Mar 2022 03:37:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://i0.wp.com/possiblycorrect.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-PC_LOGO.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 lectures Archives - Possibly Correct https://possiblycorrect.com/tag/lectures/ 32 32 194854143 #25 Thales’ Revolution https://possiblycorrect.com/podcast/25-thales-revolution/ Tue, 10 Sep 2019 02:23:00 +0000 https://possiblycorrect.com/?post_type=podcast&p=1634 The standard claim is that philosophy begins with Thales. Why did philosophy come into being in a clusters of cities on the coasts of Asia minor? Ascribed to Thales by Aristotle: “The first principle and basic nature of all things is water, ”and “All things are full of gods.” Why do historians of philosophy get worked up over these lines?
To see their significance, let’s set a context by going back to the worldview of the awesomely great Homer. So brush up on The Iliad, which I want to use as our pre-philosophy-worldview contrast object.

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]]> The standard claim is that philosophy begins with Thales. Why did philosophy come into being in a clusters of cities on the coasts of Asia minor? Ascribed to Thales by Aristotle: “The first principle and basic nature of all things is water, ”and “All things are full of gods.” Why do historians of philosophy get worked up over these lines?
To see their significance, let’s set a context by going back to the worldview of the awesomely great Homer. So brush up on The Iliad, which I want to use as our pre-philosophy-worldview contrast object.

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]]> 1634  EP#15  | Training, Not Educating Activists https://possiblycorrect.com/podcast/ep15-training-not-educating-activists/ Wed, 20 Mar 2019 02:17:00 +0000 https://possiblycorrect.com/?post_type=podcast&p=1694 Are reason and analysis under attack by scepticism? Why do post modernists focus on training and indoctrinating activist while ignoring some of the fundamental principals of education? If racial gender ethnic group conflict are the new principal of education what is the purpose of education?

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]]> Are reason and analysis under attack by scepticism? Why do post modernists focus on training and indoctrinating activist while ignoring some of the fundamental principals of education? If racial gender ethnic group conflict are the new principal of education what is the purpose of education?

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]]> 1694 EP #11 | Is Envy Worse in a Free Society? https://possiblycorrect.com/podcast/ep-11-is-envy-worse-in-a-free-society/ Wed, 23 Jan 2019 23:44:00 +0000 https://possiblycorrect.com/?post_type=podcast&p=1740 The argument claims, Socialism is motivated by anti-rich, anti-success envy, and that’s simply an illegitimate motivation. The envy-charge against socialism is that it institutionalizes envy. How does this compare with liberal capitalist countries? Is there more or less potential for envy to flourish in a liberal capitalist society?

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]]> The argument claims, Socialism is motivated by anti-rich, anti-success envy, and that’s simply an illegitimate motivation. The envy-charge against socialism is that it institutionalizes envy. How does this compare with liberal capitalist countries? Is there more or less potential for envy to flourish in a liberal capitalist society?

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]]> 1740 EP #10 | Bhopal: Government Subsidized Chaos https://possiblycorrect.com/podcast/ep-10-bhopal-government-subsidized-chaos/ Tue, 08 Jan 2019 02:35:00 +0000 https://possiblycorrect.com/?post_type=podcast&p=1746 Bhopal is a city in central India, and late in 1984 chemicals in large quantities spilled out of an industrial plant there, killing, maiming, and damaging tens of thousands of people.
The long-term estimated death toll from the 1984 Bhopal disaster in India is about 16,000 people, making it the worst human-caused environmental disaster in history.
In the high-tech society we strive to be, it is essential that we learn the causes of disasters so that we can correct our mistakes. Technology lessens many of life’s risks, but handled badly it can add other serious risks.

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]]> Bhopal is a city in central India, and late in 1984 chemicals in large quantities spilled out of an industrial plant there, killing, maiming, and damaging tens of thousands of people. The long-term estimated death toll from the 1984 Bhopal disaster in India is about 16,000 people, making it the worst human-caused environmental disaster in history. In the high-tech society we strive to be, it is essential that we learn the causes of disasters so that we can correct our mistakes. Technology lessens many of life’s risks, but handled badly it can add other serious risks.

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]]> 1746 EP #9 | Envy’s Moral Psychological Challenge https://possiblycorrect.com/podcast/ep-9-envys-moral-psychological-challenge/ Wed, 02 Jan 2019 03:17:00 +0000 https://possiblycorrect.com/?post_type=podcast&p=1752 The puzzle of envy and how it impacts our lives. Why does envy cause some of us to do destructive things? How do envy differ from jealousy?

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]]> The puzzle of envy and how it impacts our lives. Why does envy cause some of us to do destructive things? How do envy differ from jealousy?

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]]> 1752 EP #8 | Love Canal https://possiblycorrect.com/podcast/ep-8-love-canal/ Tue, 18 Dec 2018 03:35:00 +0000 https://possiblycorrect.com/?post_type=podcast&p=1758 Did government contribute to one of America’s greatest environmental disasters? What is eminent domain? Were any politicians or government officials prosecuted for criminal neglect?

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]]> Did government contribute to one of America’s greatest environmental disasters? What is eminent domain? Were any politicians or government officials prosecuted for criminal neglect?

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