Cogito Podcasts

From Altruism to Wittgenstein, philosophers, theories and key themes.

Taylor, Brian, and Jorge have known each other for years. Now, they're going through their interests to see if they’re still friends.

"Cogito ergo sum" - I think, therefore I am.

The Discourse on Method is best known as the source of the famous quotation “cogito ergo sum”, “I think, therefore I am.” …. It is a method which gives a solid platform from which all modern natural sciences could evolve. With this work, the idea of skepticism was revived from the ancients such as Sextus Empiricus and modified to account for a truth that Descartes found to be incontrovertible. Descartes started his line of reasoning by doubting everything, so as to assess the world from a fr ...

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.

I am an improvisatory pianist. My music is pensive, and is great to listen to while you're reading, driving, meditating, enjoying dinner, or just relaxing. Because I am an improviser, every podcast is entirely on the spot and is completely original. I post a new episode once or twice a week; or whenever I feel like it.