Common sense vs reason: when philosophy gets weird

EPISODE · May 7, 2026 · 35 MIN

Common sense vs reason: when philosophy gets weird

from Philosopher's Zone · host Australian Broadcasting Corporation

There are certain things about the world that we think we know for sure, and yet philosophical reason tells us cannot be true. Can you fly? are you real? is the world a hallucination? The answers seem self-evident, but this week we're exploring philosophical thought experiments that pull the rug out from under common sense and intuitive certainty.

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