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Dave's Candid Philosophy — 75 episodes

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Enlightenment Every Three Seconds: The Goldfish Philosophy Episode

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Time Is Money, and You’re Definitely Overdraw

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Life’s Three Currencies, and How Humans Spend Them Like Lunatics

4

Don't Disregard Kierkegaard

5

Camus: Are We There Yet?

6

The Illusion of Knowledge: A Guided Tour of Brazen and Confident Ignorance

7

Existentialism: Jean-Paul Sartre After He Added George and Ringo

8

Nietzsche On CoPilot: Philosophy With a Mustache Problem

9

Nietzsche: Dancing on the Abyss From ChatGPT

10

Meaning of Life: Gemini AI

11

The Meaning of Life: Microsoft CoPilot Version

12

EXISTENTIALISM VS ESSENTIALISM

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The Meaning of Life: CHATGPT

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Agnotology: The Big Business of Manufacturing Ignorance

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The Many Flavors of Ignorance

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Libertarianism: The Road to Serfdom, But With Better Branding

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Rawls Buys Veils of Ignorance at Victoria's Secret

18

I Made the Mistake of Reading Spinoza

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Spinoza: God is No Drama Queen

20

Abraham Verghese On Finding Meaning in a Compressed Life

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Authenticity: A Complete Guide to Not Knowing Who You Are

22

Eudaimonia: Aristotle’s Guide to Not Living Like an Idiot

23

Kierkegaard: You Will Regret This Episode

24

Carl Sagan, the Pale Blue Dot and the Humanist Universe

25

The Hammer Problem: Why Everything Starts Looking Like a Nail

26

Wittgenstein and the Strange Limits of Language

27

The Federal Debt and Climate Change Walk Into a Bar. Don’t Worry — The Grandkids Are Paying.

28

Is It Moral to Ghost Someone Who is Boring? A Kantian Perspective

29

THE FUN AND ENJOYABLE PHILOSOPHY OF THE LAWS OF THERMODYNAMICS

30

PLATO'S CAVE, PART 3: THE EGGPLANT

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Comparing the Life of Stars Like the Sun to the Life of Love Affairs

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Plato's Cave, Part 2

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Plato's Cave Part 1

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Diogenes: The Dude Who Lived in a Barrel

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Critical Thinking, Part 4: The Illusion of Intelligence

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Critical Thinking, Part 3: How Bad Arguments Wear Suits

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Critical Thinking, Part 2: How to Stop Fooling Yourself

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Critical Thinking, Part 1: Your Brain Is Not in Charge

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The Meaning of Life, Part 4: A User Manual Written by a Toaster (Do Not Plug In)

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The Meaning of Life, Part 5: Meaning is a Sock

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The Meaning of Life, Part 3: Science, Psychology and the BIG REVEAL

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The Meaning of Life, Part 2: Existentialism, Humanism and Consumerism

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The Meaning Of Life, Part 1: Greeks and Religion

44

When Wanting Never Stops: Schopenhauer and the Billionaire Problem

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The Way of Ethical Humanism, Gerald A. Larue

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SCHOPENHAUER THE WILL VS HEIDEGGERS BEING

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SCHOPENHAUER THE WILL PART 2

48

Epicurus and the Art of Not Freaking Out

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Schopenhauer: Why Your Brain Won’t Leave You Alone

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A Show About Nothing: Kafka, Beckett, Cioran, and Seinfeld Explain Your Life

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11 RELIGIOUS EXISTENTIALISM PART 3

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11 RELIGIOUS EXISTENTIALISM PART 2

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11 RELIGIOUS EXISTENTIALISM PART 1

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9 EXISTENTIAL THERAPISTS PART 2

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9 EXISTENTIAL THERAPISTS PART 1

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8 EXISTENTIALISM HEIDEGGER

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7 EXISTENTIALISM DE BEAUVOIR

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6 EXISTENTIALISM NIETZSCHE PART 3

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6 EXISTENTIALISM NIETZSCHE PART 2

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6 EXISTENTIALISM NIETZSCHE PART 1

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5 EXISTENTIALISM KIERKEGAARD PART 3

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5 EXISTENTIALISM KIERKEGAARD PART 2

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5 EXISTENTIALISM KIERKEGAARD PART 1

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10 FAMOUS HUMANISTS 2 GERALD LARUE

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10 FAMOUS HUMANISTS 1 PETE STARK

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4 EXISTENTIALISM CAMUS PART 3

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4 EXISTENTIALISM CAMUS PART 2

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4 EXISTENTIALISM CAMUS PART 1

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3 EXISTENTIALISM SARTRE PART 2

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3 EXISTENTIALISM SARTRE PART 1

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ESSENTIALISM VS EXISTENTIALISM PART 4: Purpose Preinstalled or User-Created?

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ESSENTIALISM VS EXISTENTIALISM PART 3: Purpose Preinstalled or User-Created?

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ESSENTIALISM VS EXISTENTIALISM PART 2: Purpose Preinstalled or User-Created?

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ESSENTIALISM VS EXISTENTIALISM PART 1: Purpose Preinstalled or User-Created?

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INTRODUCTION TO DAVE'S CANDID PHILOSOPHY