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Hermitix
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Hermitix is a podcast focusing on one-on-one interviews relating to fringe philosophy, obscure theory, weird lit, underappreciated thinkers and movements, and that which historically finds itself 'outside' the academic canon.
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Hermitix is a podcast focusing on one-on-one interviews relating to fringe philosophy, obscure theory, weird lit, underappreciated thinkers and movements, and that which historically finds itself 'outside' the academic canon.
Contact: hermitixpodcast@protonmail.com
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Jan 27, 2021 • 1h 2min
Decadent Literature, Natural Worlds and the Occult with Sam Kunkel
Sam Kunkel is a scholar specializing in Orphic literature, weird fiction and European symbolism. In this episode we discuss the recently released short story collection Echoes of a Natural World - Tales of the Strange and Estranged
Echoes of the Natural World can be purchased here: https://firsttoknock.com/products/echoes-of-a-natural-world-tales-of-the-strange-estranged?variant=31918915289182
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Jan 25, 2021 • 36min
The Critique of Pure Reason - Immanuel Kant - The Transcendental Aesthetic
The third of 8 lectures on The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant. I aim for these lectures to be accessible, whilst retaining the complexities of Kant's thought. In this lecture I tackle the transcendental aesthetic, conceptualization, sensibility, appearance, time and space.
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Jan 20, 2021 • 1h 27min
Synchronicity, Inspiration and the Soul with Rico Sneller
Rico Sneller is a professor at Leiden university and is the author of Wild Beasts fo the Philosophical Desert: Philosophers on Telepathy and Other Exceptional Experiences, in this episode we discuss his soon to be published book Perspectives on Synchronicity, Inspiration and the Soul, alongside discussions on Schopenhauer, Carl Du Prel, mysticism, the soul and more...
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Jan 18, 2021 • 35min
The Critique of Pure Reason - Immanuel Kant - The Critical Problem and Synthetic a priori Judgments
The second of 8 lectures on The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant. I aim for these lectures to be accessible, whilst retaining the complexities of Kant's thought. In this lecture I tackle the critical problem and Kant's letter to Marcus Herz, alongside an explanation of what is meant by a priori, a posteriori, analytic and synthetic in terms of knowledge. Alongside hinting at why the question 'How is synthetic a priori knowledge possible?'
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Jan 11, 2021 • 44min
The Critique of Pure Reason - Immanuel Kant - Project and Context
The first of 8 lectures on The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant. I aim for these lectures to be accessible, whilst retaining the complexities of Kant's thought. In this first lecture I tackle the overarching project of The Critique of Pure Reason, alongside discussing the philosophical context it was written within, inclusive of Kant's textual and philosophical conversations with Hume, Locke, Newton, Leibniz and the scientific worldview of the Enlightenment.
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Jan 7, 2021 • 45min
Carl Menger's Principles of Economics - II
This is the second Hermitix Monologue, on The Principles of Economics by Carl Menger.
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Jan 6, 2021 • 1h 13min
The Philosophy of Hans Jonas with Lewis Coyne
Lewis Coyne is an Honorary Research Fellow in philosophy at the University of Exeter, and the author of Hans Jonas: Life, Technology and the Horizons of Responsibility, in this episode we discuss the philosophy of Hans Jonas, alongside discussions on Heidegger, ethics, ecology, technology and more...
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Jan 1, 2021 • 1h 43min
The Work of Ernest Becker with Daniel Liechty
Daniel Liechty is a longtime reader and interpreter of Ernest Becker’s writings. He is especially interested in the implications of Becker’s work in religion and spirituality and its applications in psychotherapy. His Becker-related books include Theology in Postliberal Perspective (1990), Transference and Transcendence (1995), Thinking about Faith in a Post-Christian Time (2003), and The Ernest Becker Reader (2005). In this episode we discuss the work and life of Ernest Becker, touching on his bestselling The Denial of Death, alongside discussions on meaning, religion and faith.
Happy New Year to all listeners, I hope it brings you what you're searching for...
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Dec 30, 2020 • 1h 7min
Early Foucault with Stuart Elden
Stuart Elden is Professor of Political Theory and Geography at University of Warwick. He is the author of multiple books on the work of Michel Foucault, alongside other texts on Georges Canguilhem, Kant and Heidegger. In this episode we discuss his soon to be published book The Early Foucault
Early Foucault can be purchased here: https://politybooks.com/bookdetail/?isbn=9781509525959
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Dec 25, 2020 • 1h 3min
UFOs, Alien Life and Human Limitation with John Michael Greer
John Michael Greer is an American author who writes on collapse, ecology, religion, philosophy, politics, appropriate technology, oil depletion and the occult. In this episode we discuss his book The UFO Chronicles: How Science Fiction, Shamanic Experiences, and Secret Air Force Projects Created the UFO Myth
Greer blogs at Ecosophia
His book can be found here: https://www.aeonbooks.co.uk/product/the-ufo-chronicles-how-science-fiction-shamanic-experiences-and-secret-air-force-projects-created-the-ufo-myth/94552/
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