Jul 23, 2024
Over the years we’ve referred repeatedly to Plato’s cave, Platonic forms, and phrases like “copies of copies” without ever really explaining what we mean by these things. So as part of a new mini-series we’re going dive deeper into Plato’s famous images of the cave, the sun, and the divided line from...
Jul 9, 2024
David and Tamler conclude their discussion of Ernest Becker’s
The Denial of Death. We talk about Becker’s
philosophy of science (does he have one?), his sweeping
explanations for strongman leaders, neuroses, mental illness,
sexual fetishes, and the refreshing absence
of an answer or resolution to the existential...