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Egg Timer Philosophy

Eric Roark

Society & Culture

Frequency: 1 episode/9d. Total Eps: 148

A podcast where philosophical ideas are scrambled up in about five to ten minutes. From ancient philosophy to contemporary approaches and everything in between, if you are looking for accessible, interesting, and relevant philosophy served up fast then you are in the right spot. New episode dished out weekly. Check out the egg timer philosophy website at: www.eggtimerphilosophy.com Send any comments about past episodes or suggestions for new episodes to: eggtimerphilosophy@gmail.com

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147: Thomas Malthus on Population

Season 1 · Episode 147

Monday, December 4, 2023 • Duration 15:03

Today's episode of the egg timer takes a look at Thomas Malthus's ideas about population and the significant influence that they had on 19th century thought.

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146: Hardin on The Tragedy of The Commons

Season 1 · Episode 146

Thursday, November 9, 2023 • Duration 11:47

in 1968 Garrett Hardin published 'The Tragedy of the Commons' and since that time his ideas have proved highly influential to a wide range of thinkers including philosophers, political scientists, economists, ecologists, and biologists. Tune to learn what the tragedy of the commons is and what solutions have been offered to try to address the problem.

A link to Hardin's article can be found here: https://math.uchicago.edu/~shmuel/Modeling/Hardin,%20Tragedy%20of%20the%20Commons.pdf

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137: Leibniz on Monads

Season 1 · Episode 137

Wednesday, May 17, 2023 • Duration 13:49

What is the fundamental element of reality? In 1714 Leibniz published the Monadology and gave a very interesting answer to this question. There he argued that a non-physical part less basic substance called a Monad was indeed the fundamental element of reality. Tune in to learn more about Monads and see if you think Leibnitz was on to unlocking one of the oldest metaphysical quandaries.

You can find a free copy of the Monadology here: https://www.plato-philosophy.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/The-Monadology-1714-by-Gottfried-Wilhelm-LEIBNIZ-1646-1716.pdf

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47: The Euthyphro Dilemma

Season 1 · Episode 47

Friday, May 7, 2021 • Duration 08:21

Do the Gods love the good because it is good or is something good because the Gods love it? That's the dilemma that Plato posed through the voice of Socrates in his dialogue Euthyphro and the topic for this episode of the egg timer.

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46: The Trolley Problem: Part II

Season 1 · Episode 46

Friday, April 30, 2021 • Duration 07:44

On today's episode we delve deeper into the ethical conundrum of the trolley problem.

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45: The Trolley Problem: Part 1

Season 1 · Episode 45

Friday, April 23, 2021 • Duration 08:58

Imagine you are conducting a trolley and the break gets stuck. If you do nothing the trolley will kill five workman on your path. But you can quickly switch tracks where the trolley will kill one person. Should you pull the lever and switch tracks? That's the question on this episode of the egg timer.

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44: Nietzsche on Eternal Recurrence

Season 1 · Episode 44

Friday, April 16, 2021 • Duration 06:10

How would you respond to the offer to live life again forever exactly as you have lived it? That's the question Nietzsche poses with his eternal recurrence thought experiment. This episode explores how the notion of regret plays a strong role in how this offer is treated.

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43: Vegetarianism and Animal Welfare

Season 1 · Episode 43

Friday, April 9, 2021 • Duration 07:26

Is eating meat a moral practice? Today's episode explores this question with specific attention given to a very interesting analogy between eating meat and swinging a baseball bat into a cow's skull offered by Robert Nozick.

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42: Euthanasia

Season 1 · Episode 42

Friday, April 2, 2021 • Duration 06:39

This episode of the egg timer explores James Rachels's influential essay, 'Active and Passive Euthanasia'. Rachels suggests that the distinction based upon the difference between killing and letting die that has shaped medical policy surrounding euthanasia in the United States is deeply flawed. Tune in to find out why Rachels holds this position.

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41: Crito: The Death of Socrates

Season 1 · Episode 41

Saturday, March 27, 2021 • Duration 06:50

This episode of the egg timer is devoted to the Platonic Dialouge of Crito. In this Dialouge Socrates finds himself in prison awaiting a death sentence and his friend Crito has come to visit. Crito comes with the enticing offer of helping Socrates escape from prison. Listen to why find out why Socrates rejects the offer and accepts his sentence of death.

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