Open To Truth

Have you ever wondered what exactly philosophy is? Did you know you probably do philosophy all the time? We talk about how the word "philosophy" is used and what regular folks like us can do to spark our passion for engaging it more intentionally.

Violence has always been with us.  It is a part of our history.  It is a part of our today.  But how violent are we, really, compared to our ancient ancestors?  What even is violence and how do you measure it?

What's the difference between work and recreation? Our guidance counselors told us to find what we love to do and we'll never work a day in our lives.  How true is this? Is "work" merely a mindset? 

If you've spent any time on social media, you'll immediately be struck by the lack of charity, poise, and humility in many discussion threads.  In this episode, we offer a primer on the intellectual virtues and what it looks like to embody these in conversations, particularly online.

Don't worry be happy, right? But, what if you don't have enough money to be happy? What is enough? What does it mean to be happy?  In this episode, we have an impromptu back and forth on the merits of how we answer these questions.

Thank you for all of your support! We have been enormously blessed to be able to do this podcast and we wanted to take some time to let you know why we do what we do.  Enjoy and please send us any questions/topics you'd like to see discussed!

You're biased.  You are wired to think in certain ways that can sometimes lead to irrational conclusions.  We might call these ways "cognitive biases".  In this episode, we explore several cognitive biases and put Tony through some tests!

Many of us would like to think we are rational.  But, are we really? In the next two episodes we look at some ways that we fail to be rational.  In this one, Tony and Clinton discuss several fallacies of reasoning.  If we can learn to spot them and avoid them, it will help us be more open to truth.

Have you ever been lied to? Almost certainly. How about from the pulpit? In this episode, we discuss 11 so-called lies from Paul Young's new book "Lies We Believe About God".

Inevitably, we will encounter folks with whom we disagree. How ought we behave in the midst of disagreement? What does it mean to practice the intellectual virtues in conversations where other parties are vitriolic toward you? In this episode, we share some ideas about disagreement and consider mindfulness meditation as a way forward.