Philosophia

About Philosophia

Please note that this show is currently on hiatus. In the meantime, we hope you that you will enjoy the past episodes. This show features the clear-thinking and articulate philosopher, Dr. David Schenk. After teaching philosophy at college for over twenty years, Dr. Schenk now offers his gentle but hard-hitting analysis of the classical tradition of education and philosophy as it engages contemporary culture and thought.

Publisher

Dr. David Schenk

Category

education · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

8 Apr 2022

Latest episode

8 Aug 2022

Latest episodes

9 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   8 Aug 2022

   Episode 09: Secular Moral Categories

   How does the cultural adoption of secular moral categories impact people's qualities of life? How can classical teaching provide a solution to the modern loss of personhood?

2. 

   26 Jul 2022

   Episode 08: Competing Moral Theories

   What moral deformities exist in our K-12 education system? How does biological reductionism play into this confusion of morality?

3. 

   11 Jul 2022

   Episode 07: The Theories of Ethics

   What drives the error in our moral thinking today? How have the metaphysics of ethics changed over the course of history?

4. 

   28 Jun 2022

   Episode 06: Chronological Snobbery and the Primacy of Personhood

   In this episode, we continue our discussion of the primacy of personhood with the addition of chronological snobbery.

5. 

   14 Jun 2022

   Episode 05: Primacy of Personhood

   In this episode, we focus on what the benefits of classical education are for students and how those benefits show up in the classroom.

6. 

   31 May 2022

   Episode 04: How to Think Clearly and Avoid Confusing Categories

   In this episode, we continue our discussion on thinking clearly–this time by learning how to avoid confusing categories, questions, and assertions.

7. 

   17 May 2022

   Episode 03: How to Think Clearly and Avoid Academic Jargon

   In this episode, we continue our discussion of why intellectual honesty is so greatly needed and increasingly rare.

8. 

   30 Apr 2022

   Episode 02: Intellectual Honesty Part 2

   In this episode, we continue our discussion of why intellectual honesty is so greatly needed and increasingly rare.

9. 

   8 Apr 2022

   Episode 01: Intellectual Rabbits (Intellectual Honesty Part 1)

   The first step of academic inquiry is … honesty. Wait, what’s academic honesty? Find out.

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