Philosophiraga: The Video Games and Philosophy Podcast

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  • Philosophiraga is an audio presentation in the Well-Red Mage family of content. Each episode, I look at a big idea from the history of philosophy and discuss how it relates to the world of video games. It's sort of like an introductory philosophy course mashed up with gaming culture, which (I like to think) makes it a bit more interesting. If you've already studied philosophy, you're unlikely to learn anything new from Philosophiraga... but I hope you might be able to enjoy listening anyway.
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Episodes
  • M3E2: We're All Just Dreamed Up By A Fish (Immaterialism and Link's Awakening)

    M3E2: We're All Just Dreamed Up By A Fish (Immaterialism and Link's Awakening)
    Dec 11 2020

    If reality were just a dream, how could we tell? Are tables perfect? Why bother waking up a fish? Why did a dictionary maker kick a rock?

    All these questions and more will be... maybe answered, or maybe just alluded to, in this episode on Bishop Berkeley's subjective idealism. We also talk about video games a bit, of course.

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    Find me on Twitter: @overthinkery1 (and The Well-Red Mage @TheWellRedMage)
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    13 mins
  • M3E1: Ali-ontology 101 (Saint's Row IV and an Intro to Ontology)

    M3E1: Ali-ontology 101 (Saint's Row IV and an Intro to Ontology)
    Sep 25 2020

    What's even real anyway, dude? Like, does the world even exist, yo?

    These, albeit perhaps not phrased in quite the same way, are big questions in philosophy, and this episode is an introduction to ontology: the study of being and existence. Stay tuned for the rest of the module on ontology, in which we'll explore some theories about what there might be (or indeed not be) and what it might be like (or indeed not be like).

    If you're a fan of the show, I'm given to understand that feeding the algorithms by leaving ratings or reviews on Apple Podcasts or Podchaser is a super helpful thing you can do, so... go do that. Thanks!

    You can also:

    Find me on Twitter: @overthinkery1 (and The Well-Red Mage @TheWellRedMage)
    Discuss Philosophiraga on Reddit at The Well-Reddit Page
    Check out more Magely content at TheWellRedMage.com

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    13 mins
  • M2E5: Final Fantasy: Fallacy Nova Contrapositus (Logical Fallacies)

    M2E5: Final Fantasy: Fallacy Nova Contrapositus (Logical Fallacies)
    Jul 31 2020

    Logic is weird and fuzzy. Fortunately, understanding logical fallacies can help us to cut through some of the fuzziness... as long as we're careful how we use them. This episode is an introduction to a few useful fallacies, illuminated with examples from the world of gaming.


    If you're a fan of the show, I'm given to understand that feeding the algorithms by leaving ratings or reviews on Apple Podcasts or Podchaser is a super helpful thing you can do, so... go do that. Thanks!

    You can also:

    Find me on Twitter: @overthinkery1 (and The Well-Red Mage @TheWellRedMage)
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    Check out more Magely content at TheWellRedMage.com

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    29 mins

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