Andrew talks about the topic of his dissertation: Normality

<p>Andrew's dissertation is done and ready to be filed! So he celebrated by creating a Monad discussing the basics of his dissertation on Normality. A trailer for Season One too!</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><h2>Episode Link for Sharing and Transcript</h2><p><a href="https://shows.pippa.io/reductio/monad-7-doctor-andrew-lavin" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://shows.pippa.io/reductio/monad-7-doctor-andrew-lavin</a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><h2>Our Homepage</h2><p><a href="www.invertedspectrummedia.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.invertedspectrummedia.com</a></p>

Monad 7: Doctor Andrew Lavin

Thaddeus Metz on Ubuntu

<p>Thaddeus Metz schools us on Ubuntu Ethics and the Good Life. A more interview-driven monad rather than something highly narrated.</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.up.ac.za/philosophy/article/2923571/preview?module=cms&amp;slug=content-item&amp;id=2923571" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Thaddeus Metz</a></p>

M15 - Ubuntu and the Good Life

a talk by Matt Strohl with comments by Nick Riggle

<p>a talk by Matt Strohl with comments by Nick Riggle. Thanks to the Humanities Center at the University of Montana!</p><p><br></p><p>Matt's Book:</p><p><a href="https://www.routledge.com/Why-Its-OK-to-Love-Bad-Movies/Strohl/p/book/9780367407650" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Why It's Okay to Love Bad Movies</a></p>

M14 - Why It's Okay to Love Bad Movies

<p>In which Andrew explores the "Identity" in "Identity Politics" and the social groups by which we identify ourselves.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://shows.acast.com/reductio/s02e05-another-kind-of-identity" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://shows.acast.com/reductio/s02e05-another-kind-of-identity</a></p>

s02e05 - Another Kind of Identity

Helen De Cruz reads us a story

<p>In which Helen De Cruz reads her short story "<a href="http://96thofoctober.com/articles/1447-2/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Soul Sleep</a>". Enjoy!</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://hiphination.org/complete-season-one-episodes/episode-one-the-wishes-of-the-dead/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hi Phi Nation's "The Wishes of the Dead"</a></p><p><br></p><p>De Cruz's new book: <a href="Philosophy Illustrated" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Philosophy Illustrated</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href="www.patreon.com/reductio" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Please Support us on Patreon</a>!</p><p><br></p><h4>Episode Link for sharing:</h4><p><a href="https://shows.acast.com/reductio/m14-soul-sleep" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://shows.acast.com/reductio/m14-soul-sleep</a></p>

M14 - Soul Sleep

<p>Andrew talks with Rev. Ben Colahan about themes from s02e04 Who Are You? If you haven't already, listen to that episode before this one. Here's a link: <a href="https://shows.acast.com/reductio/s02e04-who-are-you" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://shows.acast.com/reductio/s02e04-who-are-you</a></p><p><br></p><h3>Episode Link for Sharing:</h3><p><a href="m13-more-about-personal-identity" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://shows.acast.com/reductio/m13-more-about-personal-identity</a></p><h3><br></h3><h3>Reductio on Patreon:</h3><p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/reductio" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Patreon | Reductio is creating A Podcast about Ideas, Philosophy, and Understanding | Patreon</a></p><p><br></p><h3>Rate and Review us Please!</h3><p><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/reductio-adventures-in-ideas/id1352862928" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">‎Reductio: Adventures in Ideas on Apple Podcasts</a></p><p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/2zdwTmoMsIwlHCLehWHedw" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Reductio on Spotify</a></p>

M13 - More about Personal Identity

<p>This is just the first part of the episode "Who Are You?" in standalone format so that it can be used on its own if useful for teaching or other uses. If you enjoy this, listen to the full episode published just before this one. <a href="https://shows.acast.com/reductio/s02e04-who-are-you" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Here's a link.</a></p>

M12 - Transporters

Transporters, Ships, Bionic Women, Brave Soldiers, and so much more!

<p>In which Andrew explores various questions surrounding the issue of personal identity. Who are you? Including discussions of Transporters, Theseus' Ship(s), and various other thought experiments. With Guest Amy Kind and narration help from Kellie Marie Lavin.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Warning: one bad word in the end credits, but the rest is clean!</strong></p><p><br></p><h3>Amy Kind's Book:</h3><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Persons-Personal-Identity-Concepts-Philosophy/dp/0745654320" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Persons and Personal Identity</a></p><p><br></p><h3>Episode Link for Sharing:</h3><p><a href="https://shows.acast.com/reductio/s02e04-who-are-you" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://shows.acast.com/reductio/s02e04-who-are-you</a></p><h3><br></h3><h3>Reductio on Patreon:</h3><p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/reductio" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Patreon | Reductio is creating A Podcast about Ideas, Philosophy, and Understanding | Patreon</a></p><p><br></p><h3>Rate and Review us Please!</h3><p><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/reductio-adventures-in-ideas/id1352862928" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">‎Reductio: Adventures in Ideas on Apple Podcasts</a></p><p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/2zdwTmoMsIwlHCLehWHedw" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Reductio on Spotify</a></p><h3><br></h3><h3>The Philosopher and the News</h3><p><a href="https://newsphilosopher.buzzsprout.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://newsphilosopher.buzzsprout.com/</a></p>

s02e04 - Who Are You?

What? How? Why Believe? 

<p>In which Andrew asks the questions: what are ghosts, if anything? How should we think about ghost experiences? What sort of reason do they give us to believe that ghosts are real?</p><p><br></p><p>Special thanks to "James" and "Dianne" and their family, to <a href="https://www.frankmcandrew.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Frank McAndrew</a>, and to Casey Smith.</p><p>.</p><h3>Episode Link for Sharing:</h3><p><a href="https://shows.acast.com/reductio/s02e03-ghosts" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://shows.acast.com/reductio/s02e03-ghosts</a></p><p><br></p><h3>Please Support us on Patreon!</h3><p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/reductio" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Reductio: Adventures in Ideas is creating A Podcast about Ideas, Philosophy, and Understanding | Patreon</a></p><h3><br></h3><h3>Other Philosophy-Themed Podcasts to explore:</h3><h3><a href="https://dailynous.com/2020/11/23/big-list-philosophy-podcasts/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Big List of Philosophy Podcasts</a></h3><h3><br></h3><h3>Podcasts Mentioned in the breaks:</h3><p><a href="https://thepanpsycast.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Panpsycast</a></p><p><a href="https://partiallyexaminedlife.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Partially Examined Life</a></p><p><a href="https://philclassics.libsyn.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Philosophy: The Classics</a></p>

s02e03 - Ghosts

a short story by Eric Schwitzgebel

<p>A monad in which Professor Eric Schwitzgebel shares his fantastic philosophical short story "The Passion of the Sun Probe."</p><p><br></p><p>The text of the story is available where it is <a href="http://press.palni.org/ojs/index.php/academfic/article/view/652" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">published</a> and also on<a href="http://schwitzsplinters.blogspot.com/2020/12/passion-of-sun-probe.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Schwitzgebel's blog</a>, where you can leave comments for the author.</p><p><br></p><h3>Share Link:</h3><p><a href="https://shows.acast.com/reductio/m11-passion-of-the-sunprobe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://shows.acast.com/reductio/m11-passion-of-the-sunprobe</a></p><p><br></p><h3>Support Reduction on Patrion:</h3><p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/reductio" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Reductio: Adventures in Ideas is creating A Podcast about Ideas, Philosophy, and Understanding | Patreon</a></p><p><br></p><h3>Leave us a review please!</h3><p><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/reductio-adventures-in-ideas/id1352862928" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">‎Reductio: Adventures in Ideas on Apple Podcasts</a></p>

M11 - Passion of the Sunprobe

A podcast about Philosophy, Ideas, and Understanding

<p>A seasonal podcast that brings the ideas and tools of philosophy to everyone. Featuring interviews with professional philosophers, personal stories, and lots of fun thought experiments. We'll start with about 5 episodes per season.</p><p><br></p><p>Monads are shorts that tend to involve less production than full seasonal episodes.</p><p><br></p><p>Contact us at invertedspectrum@outlook.com</p>

Reductio

Share

Monad 7: Doctor Andrew Lavin

Episode Link for Sharing and Transcript

Our Homepage

More Episodes

VIEW ALL

M14 - Why It's Okay to Love Bad Movies

s02e05 - Another Kind of Identity

M14 - Soul Sleep