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Pearls of Wisdom Ep. 7 - Sociologist Hans Joas on Max Weber, Disenchantment, Secularization, and the Sacred
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Pearls of Wisdom - Ep. 5
In this interview, historian Prof. Alec Ryrie of Durham University discusses his recent book Unbelievers: An Emotional History of Doubt (Harvard University Press). In...
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Pearls of Wisdom - Ep. 5
How might reason be used to advance and serve the cause of social justice? In this interview, my guest Dr. Jeffrey Nicholas (Providence College)...
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Pearls of Wisdom - Ep. 4
David Hume (1711-1776) and Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) were Enlightenment philosophers who sought to place constraints upon human cognition, and are thought by many to...
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Pearls of Wisdom - Ep. 3
Dr. Michael Moriarty is the Drapers Professor of French at the University of Cambridge and a fellow of the British Academy. He joins me...
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Pearls of Wisdom - Ep. 2
Pragmatic arguments seek to justify a belief or course of action on prudential grounds. Pascal’s Wager is perhaps the most well-known example of such...