Posted on Friday, August 24, 2018

074: Ep70 – Human Rights and Political Philosophy

Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show & podcast

In this 70th episode of the Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show and podcast, Eric Thomas Weber and Anthony Cashio talk with Toby Buckle about “Human Rights and Political Philosophy.” Toby works for Amnesty International, but in this episode he is representing only his own point of view.

Toby is also the founder and host of the Political Philosophy Podcast, which, according to his Web site, is “a weekly 45-50 minute interview with a philosopher or public figure that digs deep into questions of ethics, intuition, introspection and political morality.” Early episodes have covered topics like “Black Atheism,” “Neo-Republicanism,” and “Corruption and Citizenship.” Check out the show and consider subscribing.

Listen for our “You Tell Me!” questions and for some jokes in one of our concluding segments, called “Philosophunnies.” Reach out to us on Facebook @PhilosophyBakesBread and on Twitter @PhilosophyBB; email us at philosophybakesbread@gmail.com; or call and record a voicemail that we play on the show, at 859.257.1849. Philosophy Bakes Bread is a production of the Society of Philosophers in America (SOPHIA). Check us out online at PhilosophyBakesBread.com and check out SOPHIA at PhilosophersInAmerica.com.

(1 hr 9 mins)

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Notes

The Political Philosophy Podcast.
Amnesty International.
We thanked Drake Boling and Steven Barrera for their help with this and other episodes, mentioning that they are students at the University of Kentucky. Steven has graduated since we recorded this episode! Congratulations, Steven!
And thanks also again to Paula Davis for help editing this episode!

You Tell Me!

For our future “You Tell Me!” segments, Toby posed the following question in this episode:

“Do philosophers need to go out and do some door-knocking?”

Let us know what you think! Via Twitter, Facebook, Email, or by commenting here below.

Posted on Friday, August 17, 2018

072: Ep68 – BC 12 – The Best of the Best or a Nice Variety of People at the Table?

Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show & podcast

This 68th episode of the Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show and podcast is a short, breadcrumb, in which Eric Thomas Weber and Anthony Cashio invited Grace Joy Cebrero back on the show to talk about a listener’s voicemail. Grace was our guest in Episode 56 of the show, on “Inclusion and Philosophy.”

Photo courtesy of romanboed on Flickr, Creative Commons License.

At the end of that episode, Grace asked our listeners the following question:

Is it more important that we have “the best people” or a nice variety of people at the table? For an example, consider conferences and publishers, in terms of what they choose, include, and exclude.

We got a rich voicemail from Galen McIntosh here in Lexington, Kentucky, in response. Today’s breadcrumb is our chance to play his voicemail for everyone and to invite Grace to think with us about his interesting message. Thank you to Galen!

(18 mins)

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Posted on Thursday, August 9, 2018

The Philosopher Within You

One-sheet for SOPHIA Conversations

One-Sheet in Adobe PDF.

SOPHIA is grateful for permission from Dr. Andrew Pessin to share with you the following excerpt, “The Philosopher Within You,” from his book The 60-Second Philosopher. Leaders of the Lexington SOPHIA Chapter got together to prepare for our next chapter meeting, read over Pessin’s essay, and drafted some guiding questions for our newest one-sheet document. These documents are meant to make the facilitation of fun, meaningful conversations easy.

The authors of the questions include Caroline A. Buchanan, Erik Jarvis, James William Lincoln, and Eric Thomas Weber. Click on the adobe logo on right or on the image of the one-sheet here to open a printable, Adobe PDF version of the one-sheet, which we plan to print front and back (keeping it on one sheet…).

For a printable Adobe PDF of the One-Sheet, click on this image or on the Adobe logo above.

Thanks to Dr. Pessin for permission to use this excerpt! We plan on prepare a number of one-sheets based on short essays from his book.

SOPHIA chapters interested in a copy of Pessin’s book can request one from SOPHIA by emailing Eric Thomas Weber at etweber@gmail.com. Anyone interested is encouraged to get a copy of the book too: Andrew Pessin, The 60-Second Philosopher (London: One-World Publications, 2013).

Posted on Wednesday, July 25, 2018

Ways of Knowing in Nature

One-sheet for SOPHIA Conversations

Printable version in Adobe PDF.

Here is the revised one-sheet document that we updated after using the original as guiding conversation starter to talk about “Ways of Knowing in Nature” in our July 2018 online SOPHIA symposium. This document was originally crafted by Drs. Andrea Christelle and Robin Weeks, who work together in Sedona Philosophy. The following is the content of the one-sheet document. You can also open and print a downloadable Adobe PDF version of this one-sheet here or by clicking on the Adobe Acrobat logo on this page.

Ways of Knowing in Nature:

The Effects of Place on Knowledge & Intuition

By Dr. Andrea Christelle and Dr. Robin Weeks of SedonaPhilosophy.com

This conversation-starter is written as a follow-up to the one-sheet about “The Molemen and Plato’s Cave Today,” on Episode 1 of Philosophy Bakes Bread.

This topic is an invitation to explore what it means to know, and how the way we attend to the world affects both the way we know things as well as what we know.

Beautiful places inspire us. People often visit beautiful natural settings to experience a connection to the world and to spend time outdoors. Some people say they come to seek understanding, or to develop a deeper relationship with nature. In this conversation, we will explore how being in nature may affect not just what we know, but how we know, and how this knowledge is connected to science and intuition.

Questions:

1) What do we mean by nature?

2) What does it mean to have a relationship to nature?

3) What is the difference between knowledge and intuition related to nature?

4) What are different ways of understanding and relating to the world when we are in less modified environments?

5) How does a greater connection with nature help us to know ourselves?

6) Is experiencing beauty a way of knowing, and if so, how does it differ from knowledge in the physical sciences?

7) What obligations does the public have to make beautiful environments accessible to all?

Photo of a meeting on July 24th, 2018, of the Lexington SOPHIA Chapter, on "Disagreement," in which all many are laughing and smiling.

Photo of a meeting on July 24th, 2018, of the Lexington SOPHIA Chapter, on “Disagreement,” held at the Good Foods Coop in Lexington, KY. If you live in or near central Kentucky, consider following the Lexington SOPHIA Chapter’s MeetUp.com profile.