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Philosophize This!

Episode #018 ... Avicenna

Philosophize This!

Stephen West

Philosophy, Society & Culture, Education

4.817.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2014

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of the podcast we learn about Avicenna, an Arabic philosopher who is most known for his “Flying Man” thought experiment. We discuss the mind-body connection (or lack thereof) and ask ourselves what becomes of an iPhone if you pulverize it in a blender. We also work in two Breaking Bad references, and apply Avicenna’s Flying Man argument to modern day ethical dilemmas relating to life support. All this and more on the latest episode of Philosophize This! Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help.  Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philosophizethis  Social: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philosophizethispodcast X: https://twitter.com/iamstephenwest Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philosophizethisshow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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I've sat up the last few nights, thinking about the best way to describe where we are.

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Where we've come from, because we've covered quite a bit.

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I found myself trying to think of the best metaphor I could use to tie it all together

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and give a little bit of context to this period of time we're moving into, because we're

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going to need some context.

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I know where this is all headed.

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I think many of us know where this is all heading.

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Things are about to get really awesome in philosophy, and I had all these examples and

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metaphors I was throwing around in my head and none of them really captured what I was

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going for, and then it hit me.

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