Sand Pebbles Podcast

Contemplates philosophy of language further and tries to clarify the relationship between existentialist and pragmatic theories of language by contemplating Wittgenstein’s Rule Following Paradox.   The post #72: Rule Following Paradox appeared first on Sand Pebbles Podcast.

What is free will? Is it real or simply a useful fiction for justifying the execution and punishment inflicted by the ethics and law of the powers-that-be? Basics of the metaphysics and ontology branch of philosophy.  Metaphysics is the study of first principles of things, including abstract concepts such as being, knowing, substance, cause, identity, … Continue reading "#71: Free Will" The post #71: Free Will appeared first on Sand Pebbles Podcast.

What is time and space? Are they real or simply attributes or wordgames in our perceptions and language about reality? Basics of the metaphysics and ontology branch of philosophy.  Metaphysics is the study of first principles of things, including abstract concepts such as being, knowing, substance, cause, identity, time, and space. Ontology is the study … Continue reading "#70: Time and Space" The post #70: Time and Space appeared first on Sand Pebbles Podcast.

Basics of the metaphysics and ontology branch of philosophy.  Metaphysics is the study of first principles of things, including abstract concepts such as being, knowing, substance, cause, identity, time, and space. Ontology is the study of being. This episode contemplates ontology as having separated from metaphysics and having become existentialist reasoning and thought capable of … Continue reading "#69: Ontology" The post #69: Ontology appeared first on Sand Pebbles Podcast.

Basics of the metaphysics branch of modern philosophy.  Metaphysics is the study of first principles of things, including abstract concepts such as being, knowing, substance, cause, identity, time, and space.  Modern metaphysics in this episode is contemplated as a language game in modern philosophy of language.   The post #68: Modern Metaphysics Part II appeared first on Sand Pebbles Podcast.

Basics of the metaphysics branch of philosophy.  Metaphysics is the study of first principles of things, including abstract concepts such as being, knowing, substance, cause, identity, time, and space. The emphasis in this episode is on modern metaphysics as a language game in the philosophy of language.   The post #67: Modern Metaphysics Part I appeared first on Sand Pebbles Podcast.

Basics of classical metaphysics and ontology as a subset of metaphysics.  Metaphysics is the study of first principles of things, including abstract concepts such as being, knowing, substance, cause, identity, time, and space. This contemplation is for a modern non-academic audience and from a working class perspective varying from ancient pre-Socratic to modern philosophies and … Continue reading "#66: Ontology and Metaphysics" The post #66: Ontology and Metaphysics appeared first on Sand Pebbles Podcast.

Basics of the metaphysics branch of philosophy.  Metaphysics is the study of first principles of things, including abstract concepts such as being, knowing, substance, cause, identity, time, and space. Philosophers and theologians will be discussing basic history, problems, and issues in philosophy and metaphysics for a modern non-academic audience and from a working class perspective … Continue reading "#65: Introduction to Metaphysics" The post #65: Introduction to Metaphysics appeared first on Sand Pebbles Podcast.

Basics of the epistemology branch of philosophy. Epistemology is the study of knowledge and justified true belief. Philosophers and theologians will be discussing basic history, problems, and issues in philosophy and epistemology for a modern non-academic audience and from a working class perspective varying from ancient pre-Socratic to modern philosophies and theologies of language, science, … Continue reading "#64: Introduction to Epistemology" The post #64: Introduction to Epistemology appeared first on Sand Pebbles Podcast.

Basics of philosophy of science. Definitions and implications of science  for a modern non-academic audience and from a working class perspective. The emphasis in this episode is the status of science as a modern demigod and secular religion and its future as such.  Contemplation of what secular religion may replace science once its present adherents … Continue reading "#63: Science and its Future as Religion" The post #63: Science and its Future as Religion appeared first on Sand Pebbles Podcast.

Basics of philosophy of science. Definitions and implications of science  for a modern non-academic audience and from a working class perspective. The emphasis in this episode is on probability and statistics used as a means to hide the falsification attribute of science and to hide the inability of science to give certain truth.   The post #62: Order from Disorder / Probability and Statistics appeared first on Sand Pebbles Podcast.

Basics of philosophy of science. Definitions and implications of science  for a modern non-academic audience and from a working class perspective. The emphasis in this episode is on the basics for comparison of rational tools and theories to differentiate between science and non-science such as art and trades and pseudo-sciences such as the social sciences. … Continue reading "#61: Order from Disorder / Evolution and Intelligent Design" The post #61: Order from Disorder / Evolution and Intelligent Design appeared first on Sand Pebbles Podcast.

Basics of philosophy of science. Definitions and implications of science  for a modern non-academic audience and from a working class perspective. The emphasis in this episode is on the basics for comparison of rational tools and theories to differentiate between science and non-science such as art and trades and pseudo-sciences such as the social sciences. … Continue reading "#60: Social Sciences" The post #60: Social Sciences appeared first on Sand Pebbles Podcast.

Basics of philosophy of science. Definitions and implications of science  for a modern non-academic audience and from a working class perspective. The emphasis in this episode is on the ability of science to assume or ignore contradiction as part of its technique for achieving pragmatic truth.   The post #59: Scientific Language appeared first on Sand Pebbles Podcast.

Basics of philosophy of science. Definitions and implications of science  for a modern non-academic audience and from a working class perspective. The emphasis in this episode is on the required attribute of falsification for something to be a science.   The post #58: Falsification appeared first on Sand Pebbles Podcast.

Basics of philosophy of science. Definitions and implications of science  for a modern non-academic audience and from a working class perspective. The emphasis in this episode is on the concept and problem of cause and effect.   The post #57: The Problem of Cause and Effect appeared first on Sand Pebbles Podcast.

Basics of philosophy of science. Definitions and implications of science  for a modern non-academic audience and from a working class perspective. This episode deals with the problem of inductive reasoning.   The post #56: Inductive Reasoning and the Ravens Paradox appeared first on Sand Pebbles Podcast.

Basics of philosophy of science. Definitions and implications of science  for a modern non-academic audience and from a working class perspective. The emphasis is on how dominant philosophies have and do affect the working classes throughout history because this is the group of people who suffer the worst and adverse affects of whatever are the … Continue reading "#55: What is Science?" The post #55: What is Science? appeared first on Sand Pebbles Podcast.

Contemplation of the question of why does God hate the poor and the answer previously reached. Does this answer matter? Contemplation of nihilism and its relationship to theology and philosophy, all within the context of a philosophy of language. Basic history and discussion from the working class perspective of issues in philosophy of language, science, … Continue reading "#54: In Praise of Honest Nihilism" The post #54: In Praise of Honest Nihilism appeared first on Sand Pebbles Podcast.

Contemplation of the ontological proof within the context of a philosophy of language. Basic history and discussion from the working class perspective of issues in philosophy of language, science, existentialism, and pragmatism.   The post #53: Ontological Proof appeared first on Sand Pebbles Podcast.