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MeaningofLife.tv: Sophia, 100 episodes.

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Questioning the Practice of Grading in Schools (Robert Gressis & Kevin Currie-Knight)

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Free Speech and Academic Freedom in 2020 (Daniel Kaufman & David Ottlinger)

3

The Cultural Contradictions of Conservatism (Daniel Kaufman & Kevin Currie-Knight)

4

Is Philosophy of Religion Still Necessary? (Daniel Kaufman & Megan Fritts)

5

The Decline of Great Philosophers (Daniel Kaufman & Robert Gressis)

6

How to Make a Comic Book (Daniel Kaufman & Milton Lawson)

7

Justifying Our Beliefs (Daniel Kaufman & Joshua Rasmussen)

8

Lesser Evils (Daniel Kaufman & Kevin Currie-Knight)

9

Debating Standpoint Theory (Daniel Kaufman & Crispin Sartwell)

10

Who Is Entitled? (Daniel Kaufman & Robert Gressis)

11

The Microfoundations of Marxism (Robert Gressis & Jaime Edwards)

12

Persons, Minds, and Thingy Things (Daniel Kaufman & Joshua Rasmussen)

13

The Past and Future of Marvel Movies (Daniel Kaufman & Milton Lawson)

14

Prolegomena: Ontological Commitments (Daniel Kaufman & Crispin Sartwell)

15

The Lacanian Principle of Special Effects (Daniel Kaufman & David Ottlinger)

16

The Tyranny of Opinion (Daniel Kaufman & Russell Blackford)

17

Prolegomena: What Are Persons? (Daniel Kaufman & Crispin Sartwell)

18

Philosophy and Professional Wrestling (Robert Gressis & Douglas Edwards)

19

Objectivity and Realism (Daniel Kaufman & Massimo Pigliucci)

20

To Boldly Go (Daniel Kaufman & Milton Lawson)

21

Prolegomena for a Pluralist Metaphysics (Daniel Kaufman & Crispin Sartwell)

22

Gender Critical (Daniel Kaufman & Jesse Singal)

23

Epidemiological Modeling, Policy, and Covid-19 (Daniel Kaufman, Eric Winsberg, and John Symons)

24

Consciousness, Panpsychism, and Illusionism (Daniel Kaufman & Massimo Pigliucci)

25

Overdoing Democracy (Daniel Kaufman & Robert B. Talisse)

26

Gender Trouble (Daniel Kaufman & Helen Joyce)

27

Is Pansexuality Obligatory? (Daniel Kaufman & Robert Gressis)

28

"Uncut Gems" and "Dolemite Is My Name" (Daniel Kaufman & Milton Lawson)

29

Debating Moral Realism (Daniel Kaufman & Spencer Case)

30

Philosophy and the City (Daniel Kaufman & Joseph Biehl)

31

What Is Philosophy For? (Daniel Kaufman & Spencer Case)

32

Are Philosophers Experts? (Daniel Kaufman & Massimo Pigliucci)

33

On Social Censorship (David Ottlinger & J.P. Messina)

34

The Problem with Everything (Daniel Kaufman & Meghan Daum)

35

Is Wittgenstein Overrated? (Daniel Kaufman & Crispin Sartwell)

36

Natural Kinds (Daniel Kaufman & Massimo Pigliucci)

37

The Ethics of Boycotts (David Ottlinger & Carson Young)

38

Activism and Philosophy (Daniel Kaufman & David Ottlinger)

39

Postmodernism in Life and Literature (Daniel Kaufman & E. John Winner)

40

Western Philosophy as White Supremacism (Daniel Kaufman & Crispin Sartwell)

41

The Great Disintegration (Daniel Kaufman & Oliver Burkeman)

42

"Stranger Things" and Generation X (Daniel Kaufman & Milton Lawson)

43

Gender Noncomformity and Feminism (Daniel Kaufman & Jane Clare Jones)

44

Should the Humanities Strike? (Daniel Kaufman & Nathan Eckstrand)

45

Morality's Limit (Daniel Kaufman & Robert Gressis)

46

Is Philosophy OK? (Daniel Kaufman & Robert Gressis)

47

Realism, Anti-Realism and "Rabbity Moments" (Daniel Kaufman & Crispin Sartwell)

48

Analytic vs. Continental Philosophy (Daniel Kaufman & Crispin Sartwell)

49

The Truth about "Truth" (Daniel Kaufman & Crispin Sartwell)

50

Identitarianism in Academic Philosophy (Daniel Kaufman & Oliver Traldi)

51

Is Punk Dead? (Daniel Kaufman & E. John Winner)

52

What Is Action? (Daniel Kaufman & Massimo Pigliucci)

53

Gun Control and the Social Contract (Daniel Kaufman & David Ottlinger)

54

The Aesthetics of Politics (Daniel Kaufman & Crispin Sartwell)

55

On the Profession of Philosophy (Daniel Kaufman & Justin Weinberg)

56

Has Marxism lost its way? (Daniel Kaufman & Brian Leiter)

57

Ontology and Materialism (Daniel Kaufman & Massimo Pigliucci)

58

Thoughts on Sex and Gender (Daniel Kaufman & Richard Thompson)

59

America's Children: Our Treasure, Our Target (Daniel Kaufman & Crispin Sartwell)

60

Why Michelangelo sucks (Daniel Kaufman & Crispin Sartwell)

61

Philistinism and philosophy (Daniel Kaufman & Daniel Tippens)

62

Eudaimonia, Stoicism, and "the good life" (Daniel Kaufman & Massimo Pigliucci)

63

A Multicultural Manifesto (Daniel Kaufman & Bryan Van Norden)

64

What art is (Daniel Kaufman & Crispin Sartwell)

65

The scope of morality (Daniel Kaufman & Daniel Tippens)

66

Does "the self" exist? (Daniel Kaufman & Robert Wright)

67

ENTANGLEMENTS, PART 2 (Daniel Kaufman & Crispin Sartwell)

68

Entanglements, Part 1 (Daniel Kaufman & Crispin Sartwell)

69

The Evolution of TV Shows (Daniel Kaufman & David Ottlinger)

70

“Purpose” in science & morality (Daniel Kaufman & Massimo Pigliucci)

71

How to Be a Stoic (Daniel Kaufman & Massimo Pigliucci)

72

Existentialism & Stoicism: compare & contrast (Daniel Kaufman, Massimo Pigliucci, & Skye Cleary)

73

The Scientific Image of Man (Daniel Kaufman & Massimo Pigliucci)

74

Can evolution explain ethics? (Daniel Kaufman & Massimo Pigliucci)

75

Classical Liberalism, Part 2 (Daniel Kaufman & David Ottlinger)

76

Classical liberalism, part 1 (Daniel Kaufman & David Ottlinger)

77

Ancient vs. modern philosophy (Daniel Kaufman & Massimo Pigliucci)

78

David Hume on reason and feelings (Daniel Kaufman & Robert Wright)

79

The Skepticism of David Hume (Daniel Kaufman & Robert Wright)

80

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81

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82

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83

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84

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85

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86

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87

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88

(Daniel Kaufman & Robert Wright)

89

(Massimo Pigliucci & Daniel Fincke)

90

(Daniel Kaufman & Barbara Block)

91

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92

(Daniel Kaufman & Leslie Baynes)

93

(Daniel Kaufman & Daniel Tippens)

94

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95

(Daniel Kaufman & Glenn Loury)

96

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97

(Daniel Kaufman & Ian Ground)

98

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99

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