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 Nov 07, 2023
Tuesday Nov 07, 2023
The relationship between biological and cultural evolution. PART 1.
A discussion on the various types of change affecting living things. This includes biological evolution in a Darwinian sense, as well as human cultural change. What is the relationship between genetic and cultural evolution? Are they indeed distinct?
Led by:
Michael Robert Caditz (University of British Columbia)
with:
Aaron Wang (Vancouver Island University)
Brandon Brownlee (Vancouver Island University)
Recorded November 5, 2023
Tuesday Oct 31, 2023
Tuesday Oct 31, 2023
Is free speech dead?
In the digital age, there are many questions about what constitutes free speech, where we draw the line to impermissible speech, how to restrict it, and who has the right to defend it. In this discussion we touch on these questions and topics such as algorithms, cancel culture, and free speech as a means as opposed to an end.
Led by:
Mihai Coveaser (University of British Columbia)
with:
Aaron Wang (Vancouver Island University)
Brandon Brownlee
Recorded October 27, 2023
Tuesday Oct 24, 2023
Tuesday Oct 24, 2023
Aaron and Brandon discuss the Renaissance period of philosophy, diving into the three strands of thought present in the period political philosophy, humanism, and philosophy of nature.
Led by:
Aaron Wang (Vancouver Island University)
with:
Brandon Brownlee
Recorded October 23, 2023
Tuesday Oct 17, 2023
Tuesday Oct 17, 2023
Kant and Philosophy of RespectIn this episode Aaron and others discuss the philosophy of respect from the Kantian perspective. Its linguistic and philosophical heritage and how it can inform our understanding of the world today.
with:
Aaron Wang (Vancouver Island University)
Brandon Brownlee (Vancouver Island University)
Mihai Coveaser (University of British Columbia)
Recorded 15 October 2023
Tuesday Oct 10, 2023
Tuesday Oct 10, 2023
Aaron and Brandon discuss medieval philosophy in the context of the entire history of western philosophy. The importance of the translation of philosophical texts and cultural exchange in the creation of ideas that continue to change the world to this day.
Led by:
Aaron Wang (Vancouver Island University)
with:
Brandon Brownlee
Recorded October 1, 2023
Tuesday Oct 03, 2023
Tuesday Oct 03, 2023
The Usefulness of Philosophy
In this episode, Hale and Brandon explore one way in which philosophy might be useful: to help understand and clear-up problems and their meaning in our lives. Each discuss their own experiences and the ways that philosophy has enabled reflection upon and change in understanding these experiences.
Led by:
Brandon Brownlee
with:
Hale Rothery (Vancouver Island University)
Recorded September 29, 2023
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Tuesday Sep 26, 2023
Tuesday Sep 26, 2023
You and Your Profile: Introduction
In this episode of our Media Studies series, Hale and Brandon begin reading You and Your Profile by Hans-Goerg Moeller and Paul J. D'Ambrosio, which theorizes the concept of profilicity: a mode of identity-construction made possible by current social media technologies involving self-curation of one's image. We discuss the introductory chapter and preface, exploring three core concepts to Moeller's developmental project; sincerity, authenticity and profilicity. We also discuss the related concepts of second-order observation and the general peer, which push our culture from an identity-mode of authenticity to one of profilicity.
Led by:
Brandon Brownlee
with:
Aaron Wang (Vancouver Island University)
Recorded 22 September 2023
Monday Sep 25, 2023
Monday Sep 25, 2023
In this episode, we discuss Michael Cholbi's article, "Philosophical Approaches to Work and Labor," an introduction to the concepts, values, and projections surrounding work in the modern day and the historical context surrounding this train of thought.
Led by:
Mihai Covaser (University of British Columbia)
with:
Brandon Brownlee
Aaron Wang (Vancouver Island University)
Recorded 8 September 2023
Monday Sep 25, 2023
Monday Sep 25, 2023
Title: Philosophy and Sociology
Description: A discussion centered around the four main theories of sociology: functionalism, symbolic interactionism, conflict theory, and feminist theory.As well as the philosophical underpinnings of those theories and how those theories have started to become a part of modern philosophical thought.
Led by:
Tagen Marshall (Vancouver Island University)https://ca.linkedin.com/in/tagen-marshall-330272205
with:
Aaron Wang (Vancouver Island University)
Recorded 7 September 2023
Monday Sep 25, 2023
Monday Sep 25, 2023
Part 1 of Paradoxes in Philosophy explores the importance of logical and semantic paradox in the philosophical tradition. In this episode, we discuss the paradoxes of Ancient Greece, beginning with Euthyphro's Dilemma and two of Zeno's famous paradoxes: Achilles and the Tortoise and The Arrow. Metaphysics, ethics, and logic all coincide in this exploration of the odd and contradictory.
Led by:
Hale Rothery (Vancouver Island University)
with:
Kyra Tianen (Vancouver Island University)
Brandon Brownlee
Aaron Wang (Vancouver Island University)
Recorded 17 August 2023