Georgism: The Remedy to Economic Inequality — Part I (Presentation)
Georgism: The Remedy to Economic Inequality — Part I (Presentation)
Empiricism
Georgism: The Remedy to Economic Inequality — Part II (Discussion)
Georgism: The Remedy to Economic Inequality — Part II (Discussion)
Plato, Existentialism, and Aquinas — A Surprising Connection
What do Plato, the Existentialists, and St. Thomas Aquinas have in common—if anything?
Plato believed that true knowledge comes from understanding eternal, unchanging Forms—and largely dismissed the world of experience. The Existentialists turned this on its head, arguing that experience is everything and that identity is something we create, not something given. And then there's Aquinas, who found a middle path: affirming the role of Forms (in God) while embracing experience as a vital path to truth.
Globalism, Nationalism, Economics, & Social Ontology
In this video John Smithin and Ronen Grunberg discuss the philosophical relationship between Social Ontology and Laissez Faire economics.
The Philosophy of Hate and the Anomaly of Anti-Semitism
Professor David Barrows discusses the psychology and moral and social consequences of hate and its corollary Anti-Semitism.
Henry Chausovsky: Stoicism
Henry Chausovsky: The Philosophy of Stoicism (Discussion)
The Fall of Virtue Ethics
In this video John and Ronen discuss some contemporary moral theories which have gained prominence and which have limited the interest in Virtue Ethics.
Philosophy or Psychology? Embodied Realism and the Economy of Being
In this talk (and ensuing discussion) Torrey Byles presents the thesis that Economics is not a physical science but a "human science".
Episode One -- Copying with Reality: Can Philosophy Help?
John Smithin and Ronen Grunberg debate philosophy's relevance.
Philosophy in Woody Allen's Match Point
Presentation on the Philosophy in Woody Allen's Match point given to the Aurora Philosophy Institute members on June 27, 2023