First Philosophy
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<p><b>Exploring the timeless ideas of history’s greatest thinkers,</b><b> one lecture at a time.</b><br><br>Philosophers must be eternal beginners, according to Edmund Husserl. In this podcast, we invite you to begin with us, accompanied by great lectures.<br><br>Every episode dives into the rich world of phenomenology, existentialism and hermeneutics, posing and answering profound questions concerning human existence. Through these episodes, you'll get familiar with Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, Heidegger, Sartre, Levinas, and many others.<br><br>Our first season centers around Awee Prins and his lecture series Human Conditions. To accompany you through this journey, Sonia Shvets and Kas Molenaar will provide brief interludes, insights, and introductions.<br> <br><b>Let's begin, finally!</b></p><p><br></p><p>P.S. If you could do us a kindness, please press the follow button; we are very obliged! You know, for the algorithms and such. Or, if you liked our podcast, you could rate it with a few—let's, for argument's sake, say five—stars. <br><br>Read more on <a href="http://www.stillegeluiden.nl"><b>www.StilleGeluiden.nl</b></a></p>
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March 31, 2026
E16 Levinas: The Face of the Other
<p>Begin with philosophy here!</p><p>In the penultimate episode of<strong> First Philosophy, </strong>Awee discusses Emmanuel Levinas and his radical claim that ethics comes before everything else. Instead of understanding the world first, Levinas argues that we are immediately confronted by the “other,” whose presence places a demand on us that cannot be reduced to knowledge, interpretation, or theory. Philosophy, then, is no longer about truth or being—but about responsibility.</p><p>Sonia and Kas interrupt, interpret, and unpack these ideas, translating Levinas’ dense philosophy into concrete examples and sharp discussions. Through debate, analogies, and moments of tension, they try to make sense of a thinker who resists being fully understood—while showing why his ideas still feel urgent today.</p>
March 26, 2026
E15 Gadamer: Hermeneutics
<p>Begin Philosophy here!</p><p>In the fifteenth episode of First Philosophy, Awee continues with the philosophy of Hans-Georg Gadamer and the idea that understanding is never neutral. Every act of interpretation begins within traditions, prejudices, and historical contexts, and according to Gadamer these are not obstacles to knowledge but the very conditions that make understanding possible.</p><p>Sonia and Kas t explore the consequences of this view for philosophy and dialogue. If interpretation always exceeds our control, can we ever reach objective understanding? </p><p>Let's begin, finally!</p>
March 9, 2026
E14 Truth and Method I Gadamer
<p>Begin with philosophy here!</p><p>In the fourteenth episode Awee Prins continues our journey from Martin Heidegger to Hans-Georg Gadamer, tracing the shift from Heidegger’s analysis of technology as a way of revealing to Gadamer’s idea that we live within a fundamentally hermeneutic universe. If technology is not merely technological, then truth is not merely scientific.</p><p>Kas and Sonia push the discussion further by connecting these ideas to contemporary culture — from human resource management to historical interpretation — asking what it really means to say that we are always interpreting, always historically situated, and never outside perspective.</p><p>Let's begin, finally!</p>
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- What is First Philosophy?
<p><b>Exploring the timeless ideas of history’s greatest thinkers,</b><b> one lecture at a time.</b><br><br>Philosophers must be eternal beginners, according to Edmund Husserl. In this podcast, we invite you to begin with us, accompanied by great lectures.<br><br>Every episode dives into the rich world of phenomenology, existentialism and hermeneutics, posing and answering profound questions concerning human existence. Through these episodes, you'll get familiar with Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, Heidegger, Sartre, Levinas, and many others.<br><br>Our first season centers around Awee Prins and his lecture series Human Conditions. To accompany you through this journey, Sonia Shvets and Kas Molenaar will provide brief interludes, insights, and introductions.<br> <br><b>Let's begin, finally!</b></p><p><br></p><p>P.S. If you could do us a kindness, please press the follow button; we are very obliged! You know, for the algorithms and such. Or, if you liked our podcast, you could rate it with a few—let's, for argument's sake, say five—stars. <br><br>Read more on <a href="http://www.stillegeluiden.nl"><b>www.StilleGeluiden.nl</b></a></p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
This podcast updates weekly.
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