Episodes
Saturday Apr 16, 2016
ON THE BODY [PART SIX]: THE SENSES AND PROCESS
Saturday Apr 16, 2016
Saturday Apr 16, 2016
This is a meander which attempts to elucidate the senses and perception. We start off by saying why it is preferable to consider the senses as though processes rather than structures are primordial, as indeed our life-world and lived experience suggest. [The philosophical tradition largely considers the senses through a structural metaphor which understands the human being as like a camera and this is briefly taken issue with.] The path of thought winds its way towards the intimation that the entanglement of the processes of nature, psyche, culture and consciousness which is human life allows the universe, potentially, to see itself. [Free. 59 minutes.]
Sunday Feb 21, 2016
HEALTHY THOUGHT? WHAT IS IT, IF ANYTHING?
Sunday Feb 21, 2016
Sunday Feb 21, 2016
In this podcast we chew on the notion of 'healthy thought'. Whilst seeing that the notion can be used ideologically as a conformist moral cudgel, we consider the idea that certain patterns of thought, feeling and behaviour can cause unnecessary suffering to self and others. [Free. 38 minutes.]
Sunday Feb 07, 2016
Sunday Feb 07, 2016
This fourth part of our series THINKING ABOUT THINKING concludes the discussion on Zen mondo and the uses of unreason. [Free. 30 minutes.]
Sunday Feb 07, 2016
THINKING ABOUT THINKING [PART THREE]: ZEN MONDO AND THE USES OF UNREASON
Sunday Feb 07, 2016
Sunday Feb 07, 2016
This podcast is the third part of our series THINKING ABOUT THINKING. In it, we deal with the uses of unreason, particularly focusing on Zen mondo. This is a big topic so we have also dedicate part four of the series to it. We touch upon the dialogues of the Buddha, Bodhidharma,and Joshu and the works of Nagarjuna, Wittgenstein and Freud. [Free. 1 hour 15 minutes.]
Tuesday Feb 02, 2016
THINKING ABOUT THINKING [PART TWO]: TYPES OF REASON
Tuesday Feb 02, 2016
Tuesday Feb 02, 2016
In this short second part of the four part series on thinking, I outline a taxonomy of types of reason derived from Habermas'. [FREE. 17 minutes.]