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Emma•ism
by Emma Søndergaard Jensen
A 2025 graduate of the London School of Economic’s MSc in Philosophy and Public Policy program, 2024 Thouron Award winner, and 2024 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania’s (BA) philosophy department shares her love of philosophy through podcasts. Emma-ism is presented by Emma Søndergaard Jensen, author of “How to Excel in Undergraduate Philosophy.” Her podcast is for other seekers of knowledge to understand texts more deeply, learn about new philosophers, and discover a new point of view. This will be done through text analyses, modern-day implication discussions, interviews, and lectures.
Episodes
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Love is Blind: Exploring Dealbreakers
In this episode, Love is Blind Season 11 (Boston! 🍀) is dicussed in terms of applying the philosophical concept of dealbreakers. Drawing on Tom Dougherty’s account of deception and consent and Campell Brown’s idea that dealbreakers come in different strengths, I adk why some loes about who…
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Going for Gold: A Plan for Implementation
How should we enact the revision to the rare disease medicine evidence hierarchy that I proposed in my LSE dissertation? This podcast explains how. Loosely, there should be 4 review steps: 1. Confirm the Study is for a Rare Disease 2. What is the Mechanism Plausibility Rating? 3. Future Plans for...
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Going for Gold: Mechanistic Evidence Drives Epistemic & Pragmatic Progress in Rare Disease Research
What should count as reliable evidence supporting medical inductions when traditional evidentiary hierarchies are epistemically inadequate? This dissertation argues that the evidentiary status of mechanisms, broadly understood as reasoning based on understanding of causal biomedical systems, in...
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Love Isn’t Real
In this episode, it is held that love isn’t real, or at the very most, it could exist, but we will never know for sure if we have experienced it or not. With romantic love, we continually lack certainty. Three conditions for the satisfaction of romantic love are put forth, with 2 being targeted...
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Examining the Social Choice Theoretic Features of “The Traitors” Television Series
In this episode, the game-theoretic and social choice-theoretic aspects of the popular TV series, “The Traitors” are discussed. Additionally, the asymmetric pliability of speech and accusation is explored. This is a special episode — a discussion with award-winning philosophy scholar, Euan Morgan.
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Bending without Breaking: The Merits of Counterspeech (Interview with Euan Morgan)
Join Emma in conversation with London School of Economics classmate, Euan Morgan. Euan Morgan, award-winning philosophy scholar, takes us through his master’s dissertation, “Bending without Breaking: The Merits of Counterspeech.” The interview covers background on Speech Act Theory, Blocking as a...
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Going for Gold Dissertation Episodes Teaser
It’s time to talk about my disseration. This short teaser introduces the dissertation episode series that explains my Master’s dissertation from the London School of Economics. The dissertation was titled, “Going for Gold: A Proposal to Raise the Evidentiary Standard of Mechanisms in Rare Disease...
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Majority Rule as a Default Voting Method
In this episode, Mathias Risse’s 2004 claim that “unless majoritarians present a more complete defense, it is irrational to grant majority rule its default status” is evaluated. It is argues that it is rational to grant majority rule the default status that it occupies. This is defended through...
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Manipulability in the Conclave
In this episode, manipulability in the conclave voting procedure is discussed. Rest in peace to Pope Francis. This podcast comes as a discussion of the aggregation method used by cardinals in electing the next pope. The sequential supermajority voting system allows for manipulability at several...
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News Flash On Act Evaluation
In this episode, it is argued that the causal efficacy of an act is what matters to its evaluation, not its auspiciousness. Discussion of decision theories of Jeffrey and Savage are what motivates that claim. Further, an example of the Borough Market sandwich stand provides a nice illustration of...
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Let the Cancelled Academic Speak!
In this episode, it is argued that no-platforming should be opposed on purely epistemic grounds because it deprives students of epistemic benefits that would have been realized had the contrarian (cancelled academic) been allowed to speak. This is motivated by raising the specific epistemic focus...
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A Tall Tale of a Single Solution Concept in Cooperative Game Theory
In this episode, it is argued that it is not a reasonable goal for cooperative game theory to try to find a single privileged solution concept for bargaining games. Moreover, if it is a reasonable goal of cooperative game theory to try to find a single, unequivocal solution concept for bargaining...
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Mechanisms and Pharmaceutical RCTs
In this episode, mechanisms and research are discussed. The question, ‘if we have a randomized control trial (RCT), can we do without knowledge of a mechanism?’ is answered. It is held that mechanisms do make a substantive difference to the optimization of a RCT. This is defended through two…
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On the Permissible Use of Race in Medicine
In this episode, philosopher Ian Peeble’s 2021 article, “To Race or Not to Race: A Normative Debate in the Philosophy of Race,” is discussed. An argument is put forth that Peeble’s argument for the morally permissible use of race in medicine is not deductively sound. This opinion is held as I...
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Feminism, Tradwives, and Sour Grapes
In this episode, the resurgence of the traditional wife lifestyle on social media is examined. The recent outrage from women about this lifestyle and the receiving opposing reaction to that outrage is discussed. It is held that this reception boils down to the perception that these tradwives…
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Creation Science (The Baramin) vs. Boydian Natural Kind Classification
In this episode, an argument is put forth asserting that the baramin is a Boydian Natural Kind within the disciplinary matrix of baraminology. Listen to find out how this aspect of creation science seems to satisfy the epistemic access and accommodation conditions that Richard Boyd advanced in…
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Qualifying Contemporary Caste in India as an Ideological State Apparatus
In this episode, contemporary caste in India is discussed. It is evaluated through the 4 criteria for qualifying an ideological state apparatus according to Althusser’s 1970 essay “Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses.”
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Applications of Personhood in Bioethics
In this episode, the third of a four-part series is presented. Topics inclusde abortion, cloning, surrogacy, and IVF. Is being a human being enough to exact moral obligations from others?
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Influential Codes in the History of Bioethics
In this episode, the second episode of a four-part series is presented. The Nuremberg Code, Declaration of Helsinki, and Belmont Report are all overviewed. How ought we respect individuals’ rights and interests in experiments involving human subjects?
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Human Research Ethics
In this episode, the first of a four-part series is presented. This episode covers the Nuremberg Trial (and Code), and human research ethics. In particular, the US human radiation experiments and the Guatemala STD studies are discussed.
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The Concept of Informed Consent
In this podcast, informed consent is discussed. This discussion is organized by two article overviews. Beauchamp and Faden’s “The Concept of Informed Consent” and Katz’s “Informed Consent — Must it Remain a Fairy Tale?” are presented and evaluated with the progression of the history of bioethics…
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Medical Confidentiality and Privacy
In this episode, medical confidentiality and privacy are discussed. Some of the highlighted authors include James Rachels, David C. Thomasma, and Shelly Schwartz. Is it ever okay to withhold the truth from patients? And, does the ideal conception of medical confidentiality actually exist? A...
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Medical Paternalism, Nurses, and Truth-Telling
In this episode, medical paternalism, the role of nurses, and truth-telling in clinical practice are discussed. This is the first episode of a three part short series. The articles of Goldman, Ackerman, Newton, and Kuhse are presented in order to adequately motivate the convictions being put forth.
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Ideology and Religious Identity in India
In this episode, the connection between ideology and religious identity in India is discussed. Understanding practices of historicization, biased translation, and temple desecration as contributing to the religious ideological state apparatus can enhance our understanding of how ideology operated...
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Bioethics 101
In this episode, a crash course in bioethics is presented. Everything from argument (re)construction to moral theories and case studies is discussed.
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Fristaden Christiania, København
In this episode, Denmark’s “Free Town” is discussed. Christiania is reflected on as a potential implementation of ideal libertarian principles, and thus, may be able to be analyzed as a real-life minimal state. Is Nozick correct in his argument about the positives of creating and maintaining of,...
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A Philosophical Review of the Barbie Movie
In this episode, the Barbie movie is discussed. I have a discussion with my mother about four core philosophical themes portrayed in the movie. These themes include existentialism, feminist political philosophy, the role of testimony in feminist epistemology, and questions of personal identity in...
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Is Race-Blind College Admission Racist?
In this episode, the philosophical justification for the permissibility of race-blind affirmative action is discussed. Specifically, it is held that race-blind affirmative action in selective college admissions is not a racist institution. This argument is supported by the virtue ethics theory of...
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Is the U.S. Legal System an Ideological State Apparatus?
In this episode, ideology and U.S. law is discussed. It is held that we must understand the current U.S. system of laws as an Ideological State Apparatus, and that education can work to eliminate the racist ideology it perpetuates.
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Can Taylor’s Principle of Compensatory Justice Justify Reparations Programs Within a Rawlsian Scheme
In this episode, Paul W. Taylor’s Principle of Compensatory Justice is discussed in the context of Rawls’s principles of justice. Moreover, its compatibility with Rawls’s framework is evaluated, and it is argued that it is incompatible. This incompatibility is held to be derived from the…
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The Philosophy Behind Market Share Liability
In this episode, market share liability is analyzed through a philosphical lens. It is argued that market share liability ought to be rejected as a legal doctrine. The deontological context for this rejection is presented as three pillars: (1) Predictability Is Not Causation, (2) The Concern of…
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Understanding Solidarity
In this episode, solidarity is discussed. An argument is put forth that the innate orientation to others (that the virtue of solidarity calls for) is one essence of pur character, that as a collective, we have lost. This deficiency is attributed to (1) a misunderstanding of the tripartite duty of...
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Sour Grapes in the Ottoman Empire
In this episode, slavery as an adaptive preference in the Ottoman empire is discussed. An argument is presented for how the role of slavery in the Ottoman Empire supported adaptive preferences among its constituents and how this philosophical interpretation can offer insight into a novel…
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Testimonial Injustice and The Extended Mind Thesis (Part 2)
In this episode, Emma’s new project is overviewed. In the realm of epistemology, Emma is interested in ensuring that theories of testimony and epistemic justice include provisions for individuals with disabilities. This project in particular argues that to remedy epistemic injustice (as defined…
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Testimonial Injustice and The Extended Mind Thesis (Part 1)
In this episode, Emma’s new project is overviewed. In the realm of epistemology, Emma is interested in ensuring that theories of testimony and epistemic justice include provisions for individuals with disabilities. This project in particular argues that to remedy epistemic injustice (as defined…
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Testimony as Necessary for the Progression of Knowledge
In this episode, the role of testimony in social epistemology is discussed. It is argued that testimony is necessary for the progression of knowledge. The podcast includes mention of Miranda Fricker, Elizabeth Fricker, and Edward Craig.
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Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of Call Me Maybe (ft. St. Augustine)
In this episode, the themes of memory and recollection are discussed by drawing a parallel between Carly Rae Jepsen’s Call Me Maybe and St. Augustine’s Confessions Book X. This podcast is an elaboration and discussion of Emma Sondergaard Jensen’s article on the Collegium Institute’s blog site...
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Turkish Tea Time and Ideological State Apparatuses
In this episode, ideology and Althusser’s “Ideological State Apparatus” paper are discussed. An explanation of what is meant by ideology, ideological subjects, and material conditions of existence is offered through two lenses. The first explanation is explored from the classic Althusser and…
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I Wrote A Book
In this episode, the upcoming release of How to Excel in Undergraduate Philosophy is discussed. The motivation of the book is overviewed with special emphasis on how students benefit more from being taught how to think as opposed to being taught what to think. The book is expected to be available...
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The Importance of Ritual in Ancient Chinese Philosophy
In this episode, it is presented that humans rely on rituals to comfortably navigate through their lives to their mortality. With analysis of “The Analects,” the importance of ritual is discussed with the support of ancient Chinese philosophy. It is concluded that rituals and traditions connect...
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Determining The Moral Status of Abortion
In this episode, arguments for the moral status of abortion are discussed. Recently, debate over the permissibility of abortion has taken center stage in politics. And so, in an effort to promote philosophical thought in relation to this debate, I survey some pieces that one may want to reference...
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One Thought Too Many
In this episode, Bernard William’s “One Thought Too Many” objection to Kant’s account of moral motivation in the Groundwork is discussed. What it means for an actor to do the right thing for the right reason is analyzed in regard to Kant’s idea of acting from the motive of duty. Ultimately, it is...
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Poverty Alleviation and Agency
In this episode, poverty alleviation programs are discussed in junction with the concept of agency. It is argued that work-based contingency programs offer the best opportunities to the aided to exercise/foster agency in order to progress out of poverty. Combatting poverty at the agency of the...
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My ‘Why’ Philosophy
In this episode, Emma’s passion for philosophy is discussed. This is the 50th episode of Emmaism. Thank you for supporting the podcast!
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Would You Plug Into The Experience Machine?
In this episode, both hedonism about wellbeing and Nozick’s Experience Machine are discussed. There is an argument made against hedonism about well-being that is backed by the thought experiment put forth by Nozick. So, the Experience Machine serves to demonstrate that hedonism about wellbeing is...
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A Defense of Right Libertarianism
In this episode, left and right libertarianism is discussed. It is argued, with support of Nozick’s “Anarchy, State, Utopia” that right libertarianism is the most plausible theory of justice. Entitlement Theory is analyzed as well as justice in transfer, acquisition, and rectification. Barbara...
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Topics in Education
In this episode, education is discussed. This is an interview with Terrence Nolan. The questions of why we are educated and the importance of education are discussed. The current and optimal states of the education system are addressed and analyzed.
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The Democratization of Philosophy
In this episode, the democratization of philosophy is discussed. Philosophy seems like a very distant and unattainable discipline to interact with and study, but that is truly not the case. In order to progress society and the human condition, we must bring philosophy back to the masses. This...
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The Philosophy of Love
In this episode, love is discussed. The subject is inspired by the upcoming feast day of St. Valentine. The three natures of love are discussed: eros, philia, and agape. How these three natures guide humanity to derive normative statements that provide framework for how we ought to live and love…
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The Decline of Religion & The Response to COVID-19
In this episode, the role and reach of religion in society is discussed. The decline of religion is analyzed in regards to what it is that society is missing due to the decline of religion and religious thought. Then, the decline of religion is connected to the U.S.’s reaction and response to the...
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A 2025 graduate of the London School of Economic’s MSc in Philosophy and Public Policy program, 2024 Thouron Award winner, and 2024 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania’s (BA) philosophy department shares her love of philosophy through podcasts. Emma-ism is presented by Emma Søndergaard Jensen, author of “How to Excel in Undergraduate Philosophy.” Her podcast is for other seekers of knowledge to understand texts more deeply, learn about new philosophers, and discover a new point of view. This will be done through text analyses, modern-day implication discussions, interviews, and lectures.
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