Are we 'hardwired' to believe in God? Episode Link

Saving the world, one accusation at a time. Episode Link

Points initially spread across the spectrum. Dials turned, frequencies adjusted. Out of the noise something began to take form. Episode link

Are we honest enough about what each and every one of us is capable of doing to others under certain environmental pressures? Episode Link

Were you naughty or nice in 2018? Episode Link

In this episode, we wrap up our extended focus on Kant's Critique of Pure Reason by coming full circle and looking at his view on personal identity, the topic of Episode 1 of this podcast. Recall, in that episode, we were introduced to David Hume's thoughts on the topic. Episode Link

An intuitive breakdown of the threefold synthesis of the first edition of Critique of Pure Reason. Episode Link

We begin Kant's famous Transcendental Deduction this episode, focusing first on what he called 'the threefold synthesis' of cognition. Episode Link Readings from Critique of Pure Reason [first edition], by Immanuel Kant: A96-98  A 99-100: 1. ON THE SYNTHESIS OF APPREHENSION IN INTUITIONA101-102: 2. ON THE SYNTHESIS OF REPRODUCTION IN IMAGINATIONA103-106: 3. ON THE SYNTHESIS OF RECOGNITION IN THE CONCEPT   

Is transcendental idealism philosophically inconsistent? Does Kant not fully get the love he should from the philosophy community because he seems to have violated one of his own doctrines? Episode Link

In this episode, hopefully we nail down what it is that Kant means when he uses the term 'transcendental.' Also, the cognitive mechanism Kant calls 'synthesis' is introduced. Readings from Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant: (A56/B80) - General logic vs. transcendental logic (A57/B82) - Brief but clear description of what transcendental logic is (A58-59/B82-83) - A little about what truth is (A77-79/B102-105) - Synthesis is introduced Reading from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume: Book I, Part III, Section VIII - Intensity of belief in terms of probability Episode link