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Damn the Absolute! Literature Must Be an Unsettling Force in Democracy Elin Danielsen Huckerby
Contrasting with dogmatism and scientism, Elin Danielsen Huckerby believes a 'literary culture' gives us more productive ways to move democracy forward.
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S2E03 Literature Must Be an Unsettling Force for Democracy w/ Elin Danielsen Huckerby

June 1, 2022June 3, 2022 3 min read Damn the Absolute!

Contrasting with dogmatism and scientism, Elin Danielsen Huckerby believes a ‘literary culture’ gives us more fruitful ways to move democracy forward.

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Damn the Absolute!: A podcast episode on the fear of breakdown in American democracy, hosted by Jeffrey Howard, produced by Erraticus.
Noëlle McAfee takes a psychoanalytic view of deliberation to diagnose the downstream effects of the fear of breakdown in American democracy.
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S2E02 Fear of Breakdown in American Democracy w/ Noëlle McAfee

March 9, 2022March 9, 2022 2 min read Damn the Absolute!

Noëlle McAfee takes a psychoanalytic view of deliberation to diagnose the downstream effects of the fear of breakdown in American democracy.

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On this episode of Damn the Absolute!, Jessica Wahman explains why scientific knowledge is metaphorical knowledge.
Jessica Wahman believes that treating scientific knowledge as metaphorical creates a naturalist approach to science that avoids scientism.
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S2E01 Scientific Knowledge Is Metaphorical w/ Jessica Wahman

February 16, 2022March 9, 2022 2 min read Damn the Absolute!

Jessica Wahman believes that treating scientific knowledge as metaphorical creates a naturalist approach to science that avoids scientism.

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Can Pragmatism Help Us Live Well? John Stuhr discusses pragmatist philosophy and human flourishing on the Damn the Absolute! podcast.
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S1E20 Can Pragmatism Help Us Live Well? w/ John Stuhr

July 7, 2021September 26, 2021 3 min read Damn the Absolute!

John Stuhr invites us to consider pragmatism as a “season of belief,” a dynamic philosophy that can help us live a little better each day.

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Charles Johnson discusses race and Buddhism, offering Buddhist reflections on race and liberation.
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S1E19 Buddhist Reflections on Race and Liberation w/ Charles Johnson

June 23, 2021September 26, 2021 2 min read Damn the Absolute!

Award-winning writer Charles Johnson examines race, presenting Buddhist practice as a radical form of liberation.

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Friendly Introduction to Stoicism Derek Parsons Erraticus Stoic Philosophy
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S1E18 A Friendly Introduction to Stoicism w/ Derek Parsons

June 9, 2021September 26, 2021 2 min read Damn the Absolute!

Derek Parsons provides an introduction to Stoicism, a life philosophy that places reason and virtue at the center of human flourishing.

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A Pragmatic Approach to Ideas

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“Pragmatism, on the other hand, asks its usual question. ‘Grant an idea or belief to be true,’ it says, ‘what concrete difference will its being true make in anyone’s actual life? How will the truth be realized? What experiences will be different from those which would obtain if the belief were false? What, in short, is the truth’s cash-value in experiential terms?'” — William James

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