Posted on Thursday, December 13, 2018

082: Ep78 – Demons and Other Unusual Mental States

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In this 78th episode of Philosophy Bakes Bread Eric Thomas Weber and Anthony Cashio interview Dr. Tadd Ruetenik, Professor of Philosophy at Saint Ambrose University, on “Demons and Other Unusual Mental States.” Tadd is the author of The Demons of William James: Religious Pragmatism Explores Unusual Mental States, out this year with Palgrave MacMillan.

Tadd is the winner of the 2018 Ila and John Morrow Prize from the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy. He teaches American philosophy, critical thinking, philosophy of life, and philosophy of religion. In addition to The Demons of William James, Tadd’s publications have been featured in The Pluralist, Contemporary Pragmatism, Teaching American Literature, the journal of Philosophy and Theology, and the Journal of Religion and Health, and have been on topics ranging from Animal Ethics, to Jane Addams and Christian Science.

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)

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Notes

Tadd Ruetenik, rocking out. — Tadd from his rock and roll days.

William James, Varieties of Religious Experience (New York: Penguin Classics, 1902 / 1982).
William James, The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy (New York: Dover Publications, 1905)
Daemon, according to Merriam Webster.
“Leonora Piper,” on Encyclopedia.com.
“Hypnosis today,” according to the American Psychological Association.
Suggestion, according to the Encyclopedia Britannica.
In this episode, Weber refers to the American Medical Association’s retraction of hypnosis as a form of treatment. See this release for demonstration of what he was referring to. Nevertheless, according to the Mayo Clinic, hypnosis has shown strong evidence of helping to alleviate pain associated with cancer. See James H. Stewart, “Hypnosis in Contemporary Medicine,” Proceedings of the Mayo Clinic 80, Issue 4 (April 2005): 511–524.
“What Is Christian Science?” on ChristianScience.com.
“What Is Scientology?” on Scientology.org.
“Salem Witch Trials” on History.com.

You Tell Me!

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

“If you passed away and could speak to someone living, what would you want to say to them?”

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Posted on Tuesday, November 13, 2018

081: Ep77 – Justifications for Intellectual Property & Copyright Law

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In this 77th episode of Philosophy Bakes Bread Eric Thomas Weber and Anthony Cashio interview law professor Brian Frye on “Justifications for Intellectual Property and Copyright Law.”

Brian is the host of The Bindle on WRFL 88.1 FM and is the Spears-Gilbert Associate Professor of Law at the University of Kentucky’s College of Law. He earned his bachelor’s degree at Berkeley and then went on to earn his MFA at the San Francisco Art Institute. After that, he earned his JD at NYU’s School of Law. He has also recently launched a law podcast called Ipse Dixit. Subscribe to it too!

(1 hr 10 mins)

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Notes

Brian’s law podcast, Ipse Dixit. Check it out!
A (Very Brief) History of Experimental Cinema.
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
U.S. Copyright Office.
Renfro & Jackson, the Elephant Game .

You Tell Me!

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

“Why do you think that copyright protection is justified, if it is at all?”

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Posted on Saturday, October 27, 2018

080: Ep76 – Evil, Suffering, God, & Ethics

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In this 76th episode of Philosophy Bakes Bread Eric Thomas Weber and Anthony Cashio interview Jack Symes, host of The Panpsycast philosophy podcast, on the theme “Evil, Suffering, God, and Ethics.”

Jack graduated from the University of Liverpool in philosophy (BA and MA) and went on as a postgraduate in Teaching Studies at the University of Birmingham. Jack is currently teaching philosophy at King Edward VI High School for Girls. Jack also hosts the weekly Panpsycast philosophy Podcast. The Panpsycast describes itself as an “’informal and informative’ philosophy podcast that supports teachers, students and academics in philosophy, which also aims to awaken fellow free-thinkers worldwide and inspire a new generation of philosophers.” The show has over 70,000 subscribers!

(1 hr 8 mins)

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Notes

The Panpsycast podcast.
“Cosmological argument,” in The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
“Heraclitus,” in The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy..
“Parmenides,” in The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy..
Rober Pirsig’s Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.
Peter Singer and utilitarianism.
The Abrahamic God, refers to the God of Abraham, of the traditions of Judaism, Christianity, or Islam. See Rabbi Marc Gellman and Monsignor Thomas Hartman, “Abrahamic Faiths All Worship the Same God,” The Chicago Tribune, June 6, 2003.
The OOO God: Ominopotent (all powerful), Omniscient (all knowing), and Omnibenevolent (all good).
Stephen Law’s blog, philosopher of religion.
Kenneth Hill, population expert.
The Problem of Evil or the Problem of Suffering, in The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
“Theodicies,” the technical term for responses to the problem of evil.
Young Jack Symes photo. Why? Because the photo is adorable and suffering is a heavy topic 😉
Telos, which refers to purpose.
Sudio headphones.
Albert Camus, “The Myth of Sisyphus.”
“William James,” in the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, a psychologist and philosopher and one of the founders of the tradition known as American Pragmatism. From The Varieties of Religious Experience, Jack quotes James, who wrote that “Good-humor is a philosophic state of mind; it seems to say to Nature that we take her no more seriously than she takes us. I maintain that one should always talk of philosophy with a smile.”
Charles Pidgen on the “is/ought” dichotomy in Philosophy Now.
“Jeremy Bentham,” in the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
Christian Miller, on The Character Gap.

You Tell Me!

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

“Why is a good God significantly more reasonable than an evil God?”

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Posted on Saturday, October 20, 2018

083: Ep79 – BC13 – One-Sheet – Clutter

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John Lachs

This 79th episode of Philosophy Bakes Bread is a short breadcrumb episode serving simply as a reading of SOPHIA’s “One-Sheet” on “Clutter,” by Dr. John Lachs, and with questions by Caroline A. Buchanan, Derek Daskalakes, Erik Jarvis, James William Lincoln, and Eric Thomas Weber. The Lexington SOPHIA Chapter got together to talk about this one-sheet on September 18 of 2018.

SOPHIA “One-Sheet” documents are single pages, usually printed on front and back, featuring some kind of substantive yet accessible philosophical content, followed by a series of fun or provocative questions about the content. The purpose of these one-sheets is to help make it easy to hold meaningful and enjoyable philosophical conversations and build community and fellowship at the same time.

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.

(8 mins)

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Notes

John Lachs, “Clutter,” Civil American 2, Article 3 (2017).
SOPHIA One-Sheet on “Clutter.”
The Lexington SOPHIA Chapter.

Posted on Saturday, October 6, 2018

079: Ep75 – All Philosophy’s a Stage

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In this 75th episode of Philosophy Bakes Bread Eric Thomas Weber and Anthony Cashio interview Monica McCarthy, host of the Happier Hour podcast, on the theme “All Philosophy’s a Stage.”

Monica is a thespian, a playwright, the founder of Cheshire Parlour, and the creator and host of “The Happier Hour” podcast. Monica has acted on Broadway and in television programs, film, advertisements, including an appearance on the show Six Feet Under, for example, which was a great show. Very impressive. We connected with Monica especially in relation to her work on The Happier Hour podcast, which her Website describes as “equal parts philosophy and self-help (with a dash of humor thrown in for taste).”

(1 hr 7 mins)

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