Chris Swanson joins the podcast to discuss Thomas Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, the difference between paradigms and worldviews, and why the scientific community has less dissent than other academic disciplines.[Producer's Note: I was told I had posted the wrong file Friday afternoon. I corrected the episode file, but folks who use Apple Podcasts informed me that the problem was not fixed. This is my duct-tape-and-bailing-wire attempt to get the correct episode up for our Apple Podcasts listeners. I'll do my best in the future not to make this same mistake again.P.S. If you don't listen on Apple Podcasts, you can go ahead and mark this one as "listened" or "played".]

Chris Swanson joins the podcast to discuss Thomas Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, the difference between paradigms and worldviews, and why the scientific community has less dissent than other academic disciplines.

Eliot Grasso joins the podcast to talk about Vladimir Lenin's The State and Revolution, and the sobering consequences its brand of revolutionary thought had for the 20th Century.

Brian Julian expounds on the question of how statements can be true, asks whether truth requires verification, and contrasts Correspondence Theory and William James.

Charley Dewberry explains how World War I ended a particularly optimistic view of the Enlightenment, and discusses the sobering reality of man's rebellion against God.

Charley Dewberry discusses the long 19th Century--from the end of Napoleon to the end of World War I--and the changes and costs of modernism.

Chris Swanson sits down to discuss Auguste Comte, Positivism, and the optimistic political thought of the 19th century.

Nancy Scott makes her debut on the podcast, discussing Soren Kierkegaard's authorship, elucidation of Jesus, and opposition to the comforts of Christendom.

Chris Swanson lays out the consequences of the French Revolution, the rise and fall of Napoleon, and the death of Feudalism.

Brian Julian joins the podcast to talk about Rousseau's Social Contract, the "General Will", and why sometimes the questions authors are asking are more helpful than their answers.