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We explore issues of classical and modern philosophy, including contemporary scientific, political,
18 Nov, 2021 | 0:58:00 |
EN | Arbie Fru | The Canadian Philosophy Show
Clearly, we live in the modern world. A historical epoch that’s progression has culminated in today. When we speak of modernity then, we roughly mean the modes of social life, organizations, and subjectivities that have developed over the past five hundred years. Though it seems this development largely arose in the West, it has since run its course across the...
18 Nov, 2021 | 0:58:00 |
EN | Arbie Fru | The Canadian Philosophy Show
Clearly, we live in the modern world. A historical epoch that’s progression has culminated in today. When we speak of modernity then, we roughly mean the modes of social life, organizations, and subjectivities that have developed over the past five hundred years. Though it seems this development largely arose in the West, it has since run its course across the...

15 Nov, 2021 | 0:58:58 |
EN | Arbie Fru | The Canadian Philosophy Show
The Canadian Philosophy Show is a radio program and podcast that was founded as Spring Forward in 2017 by students at Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo, BC, in conjunction with CHLY campus-community radio. It is currently produced by students from Vancouver Island University with participation from students at other Canadian universities, including Simon Fraser University. We explore issues of classical and...

09 Nov, 2021 | 0:58:58 |
EN | Arbie Fru | The Canadian Philosophy Show
What sort of world has capitalism created? Philosopher Mark Fisher argued that the nature of this capitalist world, one that nearly all of humanity lives in, could be described by his theory of Capitalist Realism. An idea that goes well beyond the economic notions of capitalism we regularly associate with the term, Capitalist Realism encompasses not only the economic, but...

09 Nov, 2021 | 0:58:52 |
EN | Arbie Fru | The Canadian Philosophy Show
Since the advent of contemporary economies, ordinary people have been increasingly able to access luxury goods, beyond exclusively those needed for survival. This ability has led to concerns about what we currently know as consumerist culture, which is a tendency for the average person to spend a considerable proportion of their income on non-essential consumerist goods. This tendency to spend...

07 Oct, 2021 | 0:59:15 |
EN | Arbie Fru | The Canadian Philosophy Show
(1) Discussion around the dangers of AI - what happens when we create something infinitely more powerful than us? (2) Suffering - How extreme suffering changes our humanity (3) Immortality and the significance of death (4) The human tendency to anthropomorphize inanimate objects. The narrator, Ted, seems to ascribe human characteristics to AM. https://psychcentral.com/news/2018/03/01/why-do-we-anthropomorphize Reading: I Have No Mouth, and...

11 Jan, 2021 | 6:48:18 |
EN | Arbie Fru | The Canadian Philosophy Show
Philosophical discussions presented by VIU and other Canadian students of philosophy, alumni, and authoritative members of the community. Sorry for getting behind on uploading...

07 Dec, 2020 | 0:59:10 |
EN | Arbie Fru | The Canadian Philosophy Show

07 Dec, 2020 | 0:57:47 |
EN | Arbie Fru | The Canadian Philosophy Show

14 Nov, 2020 | 0:58:12 |
EN | Arbie Fru | The Canadian Philosophy Show
Michael Robert Caditz and Robert Page Kaufman discuss Biden's apparent victory. Does the news media's decision to call the election for Biden reflect reality, or does it create reality? Do the media have the power to decide an election? Biden will become president if and when he is sworn in on inauguration day. Is it plausible that events between now...
Philosophical discussions presented by VIU and other Canadian students of philosophy, alumni, and au
01 Nov, 2020 | 0:57:56 |
EN | Arbie Fru | The Canadian Philosophy Show
On this episode of The Canadian Philosophy Show, we discuss the ontology of morality and the distinction between subjective and objective morality. We also explore the questions, "If objective morality does not metaphysically exist, would it matter? Would it change the way we live in a society?" Some considerations we introduce are social contract theory and Friedrich Nietzsche’s views on...
01 Nov, 2020 | 0:57:56 |
EN | Arbie Fru | The Canadian Philosophy Show
On this episode of The Canadian Philosophy Show, we discuss the ontology of morality and the distinction between subjective and objective morality. We also explore the questions, "If objective morality does not metaphysically exist, would it matter? Would it change the way we live in a society?" Some considerations we introduce are social contract theory and Friedrich Nietzsche’s views on...

27 Oct, 2020 | 0:59:02 |
EN | Arbie Fru | The Canadian Philosophy Show
Tagen Marshall, Saumi, Jouska, and Michael Robert Caditz discuss the Gettier problem. Are the three traditional criteria for knowledge--viz., justified, true belief--sufficient to claim knowledge? Gettier claimed not. Inevitably, in assessing Gettier's claim, we cannot avoid basic issues in epistemology, e.g., the criteria for justification and the ever-relevant question, "What is truth?" The bumper music is: (Artist)Origen; (Title) Solveig's Song

27 Oct, 2020 | 0:58:32 |
EN | Arbie Fru | The Canadian Philosophy Show
We explore issues of classical and modern philosophy, including contemporary scientific, political, and ethical issues.