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Terrifying Questions

Terrifying Questions

著者： Eric Kaplan and Taylor Carman
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Eric Kaplan, a comedy writer (Futurama, Big Bang Theory) and doctor of philosophy, and Taylor Carman (Barnard College, Columbia University), a philosophy professor specializing in phenomenology, existentialism, and hermeneutics, host a podcast that addresses unsettling questions concerning human existence and the order of things with the goal of finding a path to courage using comedy, imagination, and dialogue. Along the way they occasionally grapple with the deep uncanniness of being.Eric Kaplan and Taylor Carman 哲学 社会科学
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  • Episode 50: Have We Forgotten Being?

    Episode 50: Have We Forgotten Being?
    2026/08/26

    Have we forgotten what it means to be? Is the history of being a history of our becoming oblivious to it? Does being even have a history? Taylor and Eric discuss these terrible, wondrous, “rich and strange” subjects in anticipation of the publication of Taylor's forthcoming book, Heidegger and the History of Being.

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    56 分
  • Episode 49: Are We Insects or Angels or Both?

    Episode 49: Are We Insects or Angels or Both?
    2026/08/09

    Are we puny and wretched or divine and transcendent? Or are we both? According to the great French mathematician, inventor, and religious thinker Blaise Pascal (1623–1662), yes. This week Eric and Taylor contemplate Pascal's proto-existentialist account of the human condition and its possible relevance to Taoism, evolution, AI, language, and (maybe) the religious practices of elephants.

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    54 分
  • Episode 48: Was Nietzsche a Proto-Fascist?

    Episode 48: Was Nietzsche a Proto-Fascist?
    2025/03/03

    Was Nietzsche a fascist? Does liking Nietzsche make you a fascist? If the bully boy heralds of MAGA are present-day fascists, does that make them latter-day Nietzscheans? Join Eric and Taylor as they distinguish several varieties of chest-thumping, bluster, and skepticism about truth. And as Nietzsche himself said, “If this podcast episode does not kill you, it will make you stronger.”

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    58 分
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