MeaningofLife.tv: Sophia

About MeaningofLife.tv: Sophia

Knowledge, Reality, Truth, Morality … Daniel Kaufman, David Ottlinger, Robert Gressis, and their guests explore the rich universe of philosophical investigation and inquiry.

Publisher

MeaningofLife.tv

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

14 Aug 2015

Latest episode

18 Feb 2021

Latest episodes

88 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   18 Feb 2021

   Questioning the Practice of Grading in Schools (Robert Gressis & Kevin Currie-Knight)

   Rob and Kevin make small talk ... Kevin describes and laments the grade economy ... What's the relationship between grades and learning? ... Bryan Caplan's "The Case Against Education" and how it has traumatized Rob ... Unschooling ... If schools suck so much, how did Rob and Kevin learn? ...

2. 

   10 Feb 2021

   Free Speech and Academic Freedom in 2020 (Daniel Kaufman & David Ottlinger)

   A new home for Sophia ... The (latest) defenestration of Kathleen Stock ... How sincere are pro-trans rights public intellectuals? ... Justin Weinberg's essay on the Kathleen Stock incident ... David: "It's the squishy middles that are gonna kill us" ... Dan: deplatforming people on social media is effectively censorship ... The death of public discourse and the rise of Trump ... How consensus crumbles ... David: we should get rid of the harm principle ...

3. 

   4 Jan 2021

   The Cultural Contradictions of Conservatism (Daniel Kaufman & Kevin Currie-Knight)

   Kevin's book, Education in the Marketplace ... Dan and Kevin's concern for Coleman Hughes' intellectual freedom ... How young is too young for movement conservatism? ... What was the Intellectual Dark Web? ... The IDW's central contradiction ... How Dan got involved with the conservative movement ... ... ... and why he left it ... Dan's advice to Hughes: don't trust the movement ...

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