Category: Podcast
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You Might Be An Existentialist If…
Is people-watching from an outdoor café, Americano in hand, a legitimate pastime, or, let’s be frank, fieldwork? If so, you’re in the right spot, continue: Has Kafka’s The Trial resonated a little too well? Do you see shades where others only see black? “That’s clearly ‘charcoal,’ dear.” Do you loathe texting, in part because it…
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Learn Philosophy Without Enrolling: 4 Conversations with Professors from Columbia, UConn, UC Riverside & LMU
Tapping into my eternal student syndrome, I was on Harvard’s free online course webpage, giddy over which class to pick. The opportunity to enroll in one of these course offerings reminded me of why I wanted to create and continue to produce Good Is In The Details podcast, namely, access for a broad public to…
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What Makes Someone an Expert? Understanding Expertise vs. the Appeal to Authority Fallacy
Expert, “Expert,” or Appeal to Authority? Every day we’re told to “listen to the experts.” At the same time, we’re warned not to trust experts. The result is confusion over a surprisingly basic philosophical question: What makes someone an expert? Before we can debate medicine, education, economics, or public policy, we have to understand the…
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4 Books That Prove Philosophy Is More Useful Than You Think. Recommended by a Philosophy Professor
A very common question I received throughout my undergraduate and graduate years, when people learned I studied Philosophy, was: “Oh, what are you going to do with that?” I’m sure many of us who pursue the humanities have heard some variation of this question with a tone of curiosity and a hint of confusion. Culturally,…
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Press Release: “Public Philosophy in Action. ‘Philosophy Unplugged’ Creates Meaningful Dialogue and Brings Philosophy into the Classroom.”
Good Is In The Details podcast episodes as a tool for educators and the philosophy curious. The first in a series, Philosophy Unplugged provides discussion questions for five interviews offering contemporary insight on big philosophical ideas: Determinism and Justice, Virtue Ethics and Genetic Engineering, Existentialism, Film and its reflection of culture, and the trajectory of…
