Beste Digressions podcaster (2024)

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Progressive Myths about Sex and Gender 1:13:56

4d ago1:13:56

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Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! Michael Huemer returns to the podcast to discuss more of the issues in his self-published book, Progressive Myths (which you can buy on Amazon for a mere $12.50). Mike and Spencer discuss the gender pay gap, the claim that women don't lie about sexual assault, and the sex-gender distinction.…

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Progressive Myths 1:51:18

1M ago1:51:18

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Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! Michael Huemer returns Micro-Digressions to discuss his new self-published book, Progressive Myths, which you can purchase here for a mere $12.50: Progressive Myths: Huemer, Michael: 9798332272073: Amazon.com: Books Discussed here: Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Eric Garner, and George Floyd cases, as …

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Nuclear War, Part 2 1:25:49

2M ago1:25:49

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Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! Dave Baker returns to Micro-Digressions to finish the discussion of nuclear weapons. Topics this time include the development of the hydrogen bomb, the problems with developing missile defense systems, and nuclear proliferation.Av Spencer Case

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Nuclear War 1:32:24

4M ago1:32:24

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Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! Is the possession of nuclear weapons morally justified? Was it a mistake to invent them to begin with? Dave Baker joins Spencer to discuss these and other questions about nuclear war. (Correction: Joseph Stalin died in 1953, not 1952).Av Spencer Case

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Come on, man! Debating the Joe Biden presidency 1:31:54

4M ago1:31:54

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Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! You may have heard that there's an election going on in the U.S. A big one in fact. This episode is a debate about the records of one of the candidates, Joe Biden. Matt Lutz, noted error theorist and Biden enthusiast, returns to the podcast to argue that Americans are insufficiently appreciative of Bid…

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Consciousness and the self 1:24:29

6M ago1:24:29

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Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! Mike Huemer rejoins Spencer to discuss the nature of consciousness. They consider the reasons for thinking that consciousness can't be physical and some prominent physicalist rejoinders to dualist arguments. Here's a link to Mike's excellent "Fake Nous" substack: Fake Noûs | Michael Huemer | Substack…

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Death and Immortality (Thinking About Death Part 2) 1:20:20

6M ago1:20:20

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Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! Come for Spencer's funeral home jokes; stay for the unanticipated discussion of the movie Her. Travis Timmerman and Spencer Case resume their discussion about death. This time they talk about annihilationism, the idea that being annihilated is an intrinsically bad thing for the annihilated person, as w…

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Thinking about Marxism 1:19:06

7M ago1:19:06

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Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! Ben Burgis rejoins Spencer to defend Marx's record.Av Spencer Case

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Debating Israel/Palestine 1:36:08

8M ago1:36:08

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Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! This episode tackles one of the most controversial topics of the day (really, most days over the last several decades): Israel/Palestine. Craig White, a former diplomat and the author of Iraq: The Moral Reckoning, and Mark Oppenheimer of Brain in a Vat podcast fame join Spencer to discuss the issue.…

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Is it Ok to Own a Gun? 1:14:53

9M ago1:14:53

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Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! Ryan W. Davis, a philosophy professor at Brigham Young University, joins Spencer Case to discuss the ethics and politics of gun ownership in the US. Check out his new book, Why it's OK to Own a Gun (Routledge, 2024).Av Spencer Case

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Thinking about Death, Part 1 1:32:53

10M ago1:32:53

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Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! What is death? Does fear of death affect our everyday lives? And will your death harm you or not? Travis Timmerman, associate professor at Seton Hall University, joins Spencer to discuss these and other questions. Timmerman is coeditor, along with Michael Cholbi, of a fine anthology on the philosophy o…

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Rant-a-Thon 2023 2:14:10

12M ago2:14:10

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Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! It's the end of the year again and time to rant! This year's collection of rants includes: Jarrod Blair on bad habits that crush the philosophical spirit Matthew Adelstein on the stupidity and depravity of Effective Altruism critics Matt Lutz on possible world confusions Mark Oppenheimer on the Israel-…

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Political Beliefs (with Oliver Traldi) 1:09:36

1y ago1:09:36

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Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! Oliver Traldi rejoins Spencer Case to discuss the nature of political beliefs. Topics they cover include the bad incentives that influence political beliefs, how political beliefs should be defined, and the need for (and possibility of) politically neutral language in which to discuss political issues.…

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Discriminating for the Greater Good Part 2: Law and Affirmative Action 1:30:16

1y ago1:30:16

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Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! His Offensiveness Stephen Kershnar returns to the podcast for a wide-ranging conversation about the philosophy of law. This leads to a discussion of the Students For Fair Admissions (SFFA) Supreme Court Case. Music: "Sweet, Man" by Jeremy Mohney. Available for download $1 here: https://jeremymohneymusi…

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Trust and the liberal order 1:11:56

1y ago1:11:56

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Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! Kevin Vallier joins Spencer Case to talk about social trust and the role it plays in the psychological and moral foundations of liberal societies.Av Spencer Case

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Gender, Pronouns and Linguistic Negotiation 1:20:46

1+ y ago1:20:46

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Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! Alex Byrne discusses the controversy around his article on pronouns in the Journal of Controversial Ideas. Byrne and Matt Lutz debate the meaning of the word 'woman.' Alex's view is that women are adult human females, whereas Matt thinks that the word is ambiguous between that traditional definition an…

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American Patriotism 1:23:25

1+ y ago1:23:25

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Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! Commentator Charles "Concealed Weapon" Cooke joins Spencer to discuss American identity and patriotism.Av Spencer Case

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Wokeness in Science: Critiquing a critique 1:14:00

1+ y ago1:14:00

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Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! MIT philosophy professor Alex Byrne and podcast regular Matt Lutz join Spencer to discuss an article that recently appeared in the Journal of Controversial Ideas entitled "A Defense of Merit in Science." The article, which was written by 27 co-authors, including many social scientists, alleges that the…

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Thought experiments (Special Brain in a Vat co-production) 1:15:10

1+ y ago1:15:10

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Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! Mark Oppenheimer and Jason Werbeloff of Brain in a Vat join Spencer to discuss one of their favorite subjects: thought experiments.Av Spencer Case

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Sikh Metaphysics and Ethics 1:11:25

1+ y ago1:11:25

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Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! Keshav Singh joins Spencer to discuss Sikh religion and philosophy. ("Sikh" is pronounced with the short 'i' sound, and not like "seek"). They cover they history and basic tenets of the Sikh faith, its idea of divinity, and the Sikh idea that "haumai", meaning roughly obsession with oneself, is the roo…

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Creating Future People 1:37:05

1+ y ago1:37:05

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Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! Johnny the Anomaly joins Spencer Case to argue that the potential benefits of genetic enhancement outweigh the risks (Spencer is skeptical). The electronic version of Anomaly's book, Creating Future People: The Ethics of Genetic Enhancement can be downloaded free at Amazon for Kindle or here: https://w…

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Unreasonable Doubt: Rejecting Skepticism 1:33:53

2y ago1:33:53

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Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! Mike Huemer joins Spencer Case for a wide-ranging discussion about epistemology. Mike argues that you should trust the experts rather than relying on your own "critical thinking"; Spencer's not so sure. They also discuss two strategies for rejecting the Brain-in-a-Vat argument for external world skepti…

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The Dark Side of Technology, Part 2 1:10:03

2y ago1:10:03

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Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! Ryan Jenkins, professor of philosophy at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, rejoins Spencer for the first time since the inaugural episode of Micro-Digressions to resume the conversation about how technology can make our lives worse. The topics discussed include anti-Covid measures, government and corporate sur…

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Rant-a-thon spectacular (2022) 1:35:56

2y ago1:35:56

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Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! Featuring: Mark Oppenheimer and Jason Werbeloff from the Brain in the Vat podcast ranting against each other, Perry Hendericks on biased refereeing, Bob Pasnau on contemporary philosophy versus history of philosophy, Matt Lutz on probability and China's zero Covid meltdown, Mike Burke on woke enablers,…

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Black Friday Special episode: Famine, Affluence and Morality, Part 2 1:08:14

2y ago1:08:14

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Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! Jim Skidmore joins Spencer to continue the discussion of Singer's argument in "Famine, Affluence, and Morality."Av Spencer Case

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Black Friday Special episode: Famine, Affluence and Morality, Part 1 1:12:29

2y ago1:12:29

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Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! The first of a two-part series on Peter Singer's famous argument that we must give our expendable income to highly effective charities. This episode features guest Travis Timmerman of Seton Hall University. (Note: Jim Skidmore participated in the first part of this conversation, but his audio wasn't us…

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Realism, idealism, and the War in Ukraine 1:53:12

2y ago1:53:12

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Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! Philippe Lemoine returns to Micro-Digressions to talk about the difference between realism and idealism in foreign policy thinking, and why he thinks excessive idealism led to the ongoing Russo-Ukraine war.Av Spencer Case

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Self-Contempt and the Decline of Civilizations 1:17:09

2y ago1:17:09

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Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! Benedict Beckeld joins Spencer Case to talk about his new book Western Self-Contempt: Oikophobia in the Decline of Civilizations. They discuss the phenomenon of oikophobia, which is roughly contempt for one's home country or culture, the decline of philosophy of history, and other topics.…

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Parenting and Philosophy 1:20:39

2+ y ago1:20:39

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Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! Big news: Spencer is a father! Jessica Flanigan, mother of four and philosopher, is this episode's guest. The topics they cover include: what are babies' minds like? Do we have good reasons to become parents (or to avoid becoming parents)? Do we have any special duties toward our offspring? Special app…

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Is everything becoming political? (Remastered) 1:04:29

2+ y ago1:04:29

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Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! This first recorded episode of Micro-Digressions has been re-edited for improved sound quality and flow. Justin Kalef and Spencer Case discuss their worries about hyper-politicization, and together develop a case that society requires politically neutral ground.…

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Let's talk about Socialism 1:43:02

2+ y ago1:43:02

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Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! Ben Burgis joins Spencer to discuss G.A. Cohen's defense of socialism, and objections to it. They also discuss the difference between Marxism and utopian socialism, different conceptions of political freedom, and other topics.Av Spencer Case

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The University Disaster 1:26:44

2+ y ago1:26:44

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Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! Jason Brennan joins Spencer to discuss the many problems that afflict the university as an institution, all of which stem from bad incentives. They also discuss the psychology of extremism and bad faith engagement. This intro and outro music is "Eddie's Twister" by Eddie Lang (1927).…

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SPECIAL EPISODE: Moral Experts 1:51:01

2+ y ago1:51:01

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Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! This episode is a companion to the recent moral experts roundtable article in Quillette. Oliver Traldi rejoins Spencer, along with first-time guests Bo Winegard and Geoffrey Miller, to discuss the philosophical and social problems of moral expertise. Over the course of the episode, they touch on the co…

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The Problem of Induction and the Uniformity of Nature 1:31:26

2+ y ago1:31:26

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Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! Matt Lutz returns to the podcast to explain his (in his opinion, very neglected) solution to the "counter-induction parody" argument, which is used to bolster Hume's notorious argument for inductive skepticism. Spencer makes a big personal announcement.Av Spencer Case

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Hypocrisy and Bad Intentions 1:27:01

2+ y ago1:27:01

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Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! What's so bad about hypocrisy? What difference does an agent's intentions make to the morality of his or her action? Craig White joins Spencer Case to discuss these questions, and to register his objections to the unrealistic thought experiments that some moral philosophers deploy.…

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Why Philosophy? 1:20:17

3y ago1:20:17

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Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! Mark Oppenheimer and Jason Werbeloff, the two South African hosts of the irreverent and fearless Brain in a Vat podcast, join Spencer to discuss the uses of philosophy its role in a flourishing human life. Along the way, they also discuss the permissibility of outsourcing your religious duties to an AI…

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Killing in War 1:31:37

3y ago1:31:37

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Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! Jeff McMahan, White's professor of philosophy at Oxford University and author of Killing in War and other books, joins Spencer to talk about the ethics of participating in wars and other topics.Av Spencer Case

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Should borders be open? 1:45:56

3y ago1:45:56

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Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! Peter Jaworski, a philosophy professor at the Georgetown University McDonough school of business, and Rob Gressis, a philosophy professor at California State University Northridge, join Spencer to debate the pros and cons of open borders.Av Spencer Case

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Beauty, Ugliness and Morality: Some moral quandaries of art 1:37:50

3y ago1:37:50

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Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! Mary Beth ("no hyphen") Willard of Weber State University joins Spencer and his wife, May to discuss the relationship between beauty and moral goodness. They pay particular attention to the question of whether an artist's moral character can ever affect the aesthetic or moral qualities of his or her ar…

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SPECIAL EPISODE: Debating abortion 1:37:10

3y ago1:37:10

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Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! Two guests, Nathan Nobis and Christopher Kaczor, join Spencer to discuss the ethics of abortion.Av Spencer Case

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The Dark Side of Morality 1:05:52

3y ago1:05:52

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Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! Is there something bad about being too good? Might belief in objective morality distort our moral behavior? Marcus Arvan joins Spencer Case to discuss.Av Spencer Case

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Discriminating for the greater good 1:56:53

3y ago1:56:53

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Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! Stephen Kershnar joins Spencer Case to discuss the moral quandaries surrounding affirmative action and other forms of discrimination on the basis of race and gender.Av Spencer Case

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Religious and atheistic experience 1:13:21

3+ y ago1:13:21

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Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! Many people claim to have experiences of God. Others have experiences that cause them to lose faith. What is the significance of these experiences? Chad McIntosh and Spencer Case discuss.Av Spencer Case

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SPECIAL EPISODE: What's the Deal with Critical Race Theory? 1:44:13

3+ y ago1:44:13

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Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! What is Critical Race Theory and why is it evil (if it is in fact evil)? Sam Hoadley-Brill and Oliver Traldi join Spencer Case to discuss the culture war controversy surrounding CRT. They discuss the proper way of defining CRT, the relationship between CRT and figures like Ibram X. Kendi and Robin DiAn…

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The metaphysics of bitcoin 1:14:10

3+ y ago1:14:10

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Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! What is Bitcoin, anyway? Craig Warmke joins Spencer Case to discuss his view that Bitcoin is a kind of fictional substance that nonetheless has real economic value.Av Spencer Case

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Dangerous ideas: an interview with Francesca Minerva 55:59

3+ y ago55:59

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Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! Francesca Minerva joins Spencer Case to discuss the launch of the new Journal of Controversial Ideas, which allows scholars to publish peer reviewed research anonymously to avoid backlash.Av Spencer Case

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Some conflict, she says: An interview with Holly Lawford-Smith 1:22:27

3+ y ago1:22:27

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Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! Holly Lawford-Smith joins Spencer to defend her website, No Conflict They Said (.org). This collects anonymous stories from women who say they have been negatively affected by the intrusion of biological males into what have been female only spaces. Critics allege that this website is transphobic. Spen…

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What is knowledge (and who cares)? 1:11:29

3+ y ago1:11:29

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Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! Crispin Sartwell joins Spencer Case to discuss the nature of knowledge, the relationship between aesthetics and knowledge, and other themes.Av Spencer Case

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Thinking about Disagreement 1:28:56

4y ago1:28:56

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Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! Matt Lutz, an associate professor of philosophy at Wuhan University, joins Spencer Case to discuss philosophical conundrums about disagreement. Must we alter our beliefs in the face of disagreement? If so, then how much and in what circumstances? Along the way, they discuss the Wuhan lockdown -- which …

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Conquering Anger and Fear 1:06:19

4y ago1:06:19

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Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! Tyler Paytas rejoins Spencer Case on Micro-Digressions to discuss the irrationality of anger and fear. They also touch on retributivism and strategies for overcoming anger and fear.Av Spencer Case

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