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In this episode, Phil Kallberg explains what Deconstructionism and Postmodernism are as they relate to stories. He also draws a distinction between the soft applications of these ideas and hardDeconstructionism and Postmodernism. While the soft
In this episode of The Examined Life, Phil Kallberg speaks in light of the US government's report on UFOs/UAPs, explaining why it's highly likely that many of the reported encounters with aliens are just encounters with demonic entities. If you
In this episode of The Examined Life, Phil Kallberg explains why you should take the COVID vaccine. He gives a practical and a moral argument for taking the vaccine and explains where some of the common objections people give to getting vaccina
In this episode of The Examined Life, Phil Kallberg gives a very brief overview of thought experiments and explains how they demonstrate that one of the purposes of good stories is to train us to be better people. He also gives out a face palm
In this episode of The Examined Life, Phil Kallberg explains the general ideas behind the types of criticism that are used in literature, film, and other types of media. When criticism is done well, it illuminates aspects of stories and media t
In this episode of The Examined Life, Phil Kallberg continues discussing the philosophy andtheory behind stories with the theory of archetypes. He explains the theory of archetypes, goes over some criticism of the theory, and discusses if the t
In this episode of The Examined Life, Phil Kallberg devotes a whole episode to exploring the many errors in reasoning and argumentation that both George Stephanopoulos and Rand Paul committed during a recent interview. While they both lowered t
In this episode of The Examined Life, Phil Kallberg talks about the monomyth, the idea that all stories follow the same universal pattern. He further argues the reason this pattern is universal is that it is a reflection of the story of Christ'
In this episode of The Examined Life, Phil Kallberg introduces the topic of engaging with stories philosophically. He explains what he thinks makes a good story, four of the different ways of looking at stories, and how some stories work well i
In this episode, Phil Kallberg catches up on some segments he has been putting off for the last few months. He gives out a face palm and sigh award, explain why the claim "extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence" is wrong, and go th
In this episode of The Examined Life, Phil Kallberg lays out the general idea of inference to the best explanation and then use it to explore and evaluate the ongoing claims of election fraud. (November 13, 2020)
In this episode of The Examined Life, Phil Kallberg I wrap up the series on political philosophy by giving you my take on things. I argue for small scale libertarianism which is best summed up by the idea, "the government that governs least gov
In this episode of The Examined Life, Dustin Crummett of Ludwig Maximilian University joins Phil Kallberg to make a case for supporting the political left and the Democrats in this year's election. We discuss his theory of government, arguments
Episode 81: Practical Political Philosophy: Anarcho-Capitalism from Jonathan Reed (October 16, 2020)
In this episode of The Examined Life, Phil Kallberg discuss his political view, Anarcho-Capitalism, a political theory which argues that all human interactions (including the government) should be dependent on a voluntary choice. Jon defends hi
In this episode of The Examined Life, Catholic evangelist Pat Flynn joins Phil Kallberg to talk about politics and philosophy. They discuss more of the implications of conservatism, the government's response to the pandemic, how Pat's view diff
In this episode of The Examined Life, Pat Flynn joins Phil Kallberg to talk about politics and philosophy. He makes a case for Common Good Conservatism and argues that Abortion is such an evil that it overrides nearly every other political issu
In this episode of The Examined Life, Phil Kallberg joins David Pallmann for a discussion on Eternal Security. David and Phil discuss the various positions on Eternal Security, the arguments pro and con, as well as what makes a good theory and
In light of the growing skepticism of experts and institutions I spend this episode going through the reasoning behind appeals to authority and expertise and explain why sometimes this isfallacious reasoning and why sometimes it's a good and wi
In this episode of The Examined Life, Phil Kallberg explores the need for lines of reasoning to have an end (terminators) and a beginning, and he points to some practical examples of the problems that arise when the terminators are avoided. (Au
In this episode of The Examined Life, Phil Kallberg attempts to explore the origins of the pathological philosophy that seems to be a significant part of the ongoing riots and political unrest in America. I get into language and communication t
In this episode of The Examined Life, Phil Kallberg explains the key problem with Presuppositional Apologetics, a system that is popular in some circles and on the internet. I also cover some of the history of how this system developed. (July 1
In this issue of The Examined Life, philosopher Phil Kallberg explains why most Criminal Justice reform doesn't work. (June 19, 2020)
In this episode of "The Examined Life," Phil Kallberg covers some of the most important things for thinking and philosophizing well, how to make appropriate distinctions, define terms, and avoid improper distinctions. Then he applies this basic
In this episode of The Examined Life, Phil Kallberg covers one of the key problems or distinctions in philosophy, the problem of universals. How you end up answering this question dictates how you will end up thinking about many other things. A
This week I go through my own (somewhat technical) argument against agnosticism. I argue that a certain principle in logic demonstrates that God either must exist or must not exist, hence agnosticism is not a reasonable option. (April 10, 2020)
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