The Canadian Philosophy Show
The Canadian Philosophy Show is a radio program and podcast that was founded as “Spring Forward” in 2017 by students at Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo, BC, in conjunction with CHLY campus-community radio. The Canadian Philosophy Show is currently produced by students from Vancouver Island University and Simon Fraser University, with participation from other Canadian students and authoritative community members. We explore issues of classical and modern philosophy, including contemporary scientific, political, and ethical issues. The radio program is broadcast on CHLY (Nanaimo) each Monday at noon PT on 101.7 FM and streaming at https://www.chly.ca/; and on CJSF (Burnaby BC) each Thursday at 9 AM PT on 90.1 FM and streaming at https://cjsf.ca/contents/cjsf-901fm. Email us at: hello@philosophyshow.ca
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Episodes
Tuesday Apr 09, 2024
Tuesday Apr 09, 2024
There is no ethical obligation to obey laws
Michael will make a deductive argument with the unusual conclusion that although one might sometimes abide by laws for practical reasons, there are neither ethical nor principled reasons to do so.
with:
Brandon Brownlee (Vancouver Island University)
Michael Robert Caditz (University of British Columbia)
Recorded April 4th, 2024
Tuesday Apr 02, 2024
Tuesday Apr 02, 2024
Our Goals in Philosophy
In this discussion, we'll explore the way that one's aims and goals factor into and are a part of doing and studying philosophy.
with:
Hale Rothery (Vancouver Island University)
Brandon Brownlee
Recorded March 25, 2024
Tuesday Mar 26, 2024
Tuesday Mar 26, 2024
In this episode, Hale and Brandon discuss the notion of human rights and their competing justifications in religious and secular terms.
with:
Hale Rothery (Vancouver Island University)
Brandon Brownlee
Recorded March 20, 2024
Tuesday Mar 19, 2024
Tuesday Mar 19, 2024
Philosophy of Mind:
A discussion on monism and its current role in the philosophy of mind as a response to dualism. We'll raise the question of what these metaphysical theories are, and whether they're adequate responses to dualism (at least as monism is discussed within contemporary philosophy of mind).
with:
Brandon Brownlee (Vancouver Island University)
Michael Robert Caditz (University of British Columbia)
Tuesday Mar 12, 2024
Tuesday Mar 12, 2024
Environmental philosophy: The five pillars of nature's value.
An analysis of five philosophical reasons nature can be asserted to have value.
with:
Michael Robert Caditz (University of British Columbia)
Brandon Brownlee (Vancouver Island University)
Tuesday Mar 05, 2024
Tuesday Mar 05, 2024
The Herd, the Public, the They
In this episode, Brandon and Hale elaborate and discuss Heidegger's notion of the They, and explore two prior concepts anticipating this idea: Nietzsche's idea of the Herd and Kierkegaard's idea of the Public.
with:
Hale Rothery (Vancouver Island University)
Brandon Brownlee
Recorded March 3, 2024
Sunday Feb 25, 2024
Sunday Feb 25, 2024
Media and Rhetoric
Description: In this episode, Hale and Brandon discuss forms of media and media theory in relation to current political circumstances, from the Israel-Palestine conflict to the emerging wave of populist politics.
with:
Hale Rothery (Vancouver Island University)
Brandon Brownlee (Vancouver Island University)
Recorded February 25, 2024
Sunday Feb 25, 2024
Sunday Feb 25, 2024
Cultural evolution does not exist
I will make a highly provocative and controversial claim based in logic that although biological "Darwinian" evolution may be indisputable, the popular notion of "cultural evolution"--which is the subject of much cutting-edge exploration and unsettled debate--is unlikely to exist.
with:
Michael Robert Caditz (University of British Columbia)
Brandon Brownlee (Vancouver Island University)
Recorded February 17, 2024
Sunday Feb 25, 2024
Sunday Feb 25, 2024
Continuation of Part 1 in the introduction to Philosophy of Law. This time, we discuss Dworkin's view, which builds upon the legal positivist view with reference to the natural law theorists mentioned previously. Two more cases are brought to bear on this debate.
Led by Mihai Covaser University of British Columbia)
with:
Tagen Marshall (Vancouver Island University)
Brandon Brownlee
Recorded February 10, 2024
Sunday Feb 25, 2024
Sunday Feb 25, 2024
Introduction to the two primary camps in the debate about the nature of law: natural law theory and legal positivism. We explore two natural law theorists, St. Thomas Aquinas and John Finnis, and two legal positivists, John Austin and H.L.A. Hart, as well as Hart's student Ronald Dworkin, who's theory tries to reconcile the two camps.
with:
Michael Robert Caditz (University of British Columbia)
Brandon Brownlee (Vancouver Island University)
Mihai Covaser (University of British Columbia)
Recorded February 2, 2024
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