The Prophecies of Nostradamus

What this episode covers

In this episode, Megan and Frank explore the prophecies of Nostradamus. Nostradamus was a prophet--but what is a prophet? What should we make of his seemingly accurate predictions of major world events? Do prophetic powers imply that the future is determined? Or are we simply bound to an immovable fate? And what, if anything, does Nostradamus have to tell us about our futures? Thinkers discussed include: Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Friedrich Nietzsche, Brian Leiter, and David Foster Wallace. Hosts' Websites: Megan J Fritts (google.com) [https://sites.google.com/view/meganjfritts/home?authuser=0] Frank J. Cabrera (google.com) [https://sites.google.com/view/frank-j-cabrera/research?pli=1] Email: [email protected] ----------------------- Bibliography: Nostradamus : how an obscure Renaissance astrologer became the modern prophet of doom : Gerson, Stéphane [https://archive.org/details/nostradamushowob0000gers] (source for biographical details, anxiety vs. fear, and WWII propaganda) The prophecies : a dual-language edition with parallel text : Nostradamus, 1503-1566 [https://archive.org/details/propheciesdualla0000nost] Nostradamus' grim predictions for 2026 revealed [https://nypost.com/lifestyle/nostradamus-predictions-2026/] David Foster Wallace and the Challenge of Fatalism | Blog of the APA [https://blog.apaonline.org/2019/01/24/david-foster-wallace-and-the-challenge-of-fatalism/] Future Contingents | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy [https://iep.utm.edu/fut-cont/]  [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/51356/51356-h/51356-h.htm] The Birth of Tragedy, or Hellenism and Pessimism, by Friedrich Nietzsche. [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/51356/51356-h/51356-h.htm] The Twilight of the Idols, by Friedrich Nietzsche. [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/52263/52263-h/52263-h.htm] Brian Leiter- Moral Psychology with Nietzsche [https://philpapers.org/rec/LEIMPW] Moral Psychology with Nietzsche | Reviews | Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews [https://ndpr.nd.edu/reviews/moral-psychology-with-nietzsche/] Nietzsche's Moral and Political Philosophy (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) [https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/nietzsche-moral-political/] Intersubjective Accountability: Politics and Philosophy in the Left Vienna Circle [https://direct.mit.edu/posc/article/28/1/35/15448/Intersubjective-Accountability-Politics-and] ----------------------- Cover Artwork by Logan Fritts ------------------------- Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/simon-folwar/neon-signs License code: AJWTULC6PYYNJ7BJ