It has come...my raison d'etre...MY SENIOR THESIS. Alas, it is mostly somewhat interesting, possibly accurate political theory. Nonetheless, I URGE you to listen along. I might just have the CURE for our failing democracy...CIVIC EDUCATION.
16 Jan 2021
TIME TRAVEL BABY
Saya & Skye get LOST in the sauce this episode. They ~ attempt ~ to explain time travel philosophically and physically...and guess what...TIME TRAVEL IS REAL. But Back to the Future got it wrong...Find out how in the episode!!!!!!!!!
Resources mentioned -
Brian Greene, The Elegant Universe
David Lewis, The Paradoxes of Time Travel
Ernest Becker, The Denial of Death
21 Dec 2020
The Difference Between You and a Rock (& Other Reflections on Consciousness)
In this solo episode, Skye ponders the difference between herself and a rock...or as more professional circles might call it, theories of consciousness! Listen here if you have ever wondered why we have inner lives or we why think or feel or seem to have a unique awareness of our reality.
Referenced Resources -
Physicalism- https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/physicalism/#CasAgaPhyIQuaCon
Knowledge Argument - https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qualia-knowledge/#HistUndeIdea
Chalmers - https://personal.lse.ac.uk/ROBERT49/teaching/ph103/pdf/chalmers1995.pdf
Jackson - https://web.ics.purdue.edu/~drkelly/JacksonWhatMaryDidntKnow1986.pdf
Tononi - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15522121/
Graziano - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17588928.2011.565121
Brian Greene’s book, Until the End of Time
23 Jul 2020
Ep. 3 - Professor Anita L. Allen on Privacy in the Age of Pandemic to the Ethics of Justice
This week, Skye and Saya chat with trailblazing Hot Philosopher, Professor Anita L. Allen, on everything from privacy in the age of pandemic to the ethics of justice to her dance class with Madonna!
A Brief Bio on Professor Allen: Professor Allen is an internationally recognized specialist on privacy law and ethics. She is currently the Henry R. Silverman Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, and just wrapped up her time as Vice Provost for Faculty there. From 2010-17 she served on President Obama’s Presidential Commission for the study of bioethical issues. In 2017, she was elected Vice-President/President Elect of the Eastern Division of the American Philosophical Association and was the first Black woman to hold the role. She has published several works including two that Saya and I read, Unpopular Privacy: What Must We Hide and The New Ethics: A Guided Tour of the 21st Century Moral Landscape.
Check out these links for additional articles on Professor Allen:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/18/opinion/black-women-in-philosophy.html
http://www.whatisitliketobeaphilosopher.com/#/anita-allen/
https://www.law.upenn.edu/cf/faculty/aallen/
22 May 2020
Ep. 2 - The Uncertain World???
Saya and Skye are back with Episode 2! Saya has paid off her Animal Crossing loans!!! Also the ~ hot philosophers ~ chat about whether we live in an uncertain world and how to cope…with guest features by Confucian Philosophers Mozi and Mencius! Thanks for listening x1,000,000
STAY HOT xx
19 Apr 2020
Ep. 1 - Meet Skye + Saya x Emergency Room Triage
Hot Philosophy aims to bring philosophy and critical thinking into the everyday. Join Skye and Saya for a conversation on the Ethics of Emergency Room Triage!
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