The Beanfield - Intro to Philosophy: Recent Episodes
Lee J Taylor
A concise and quick introduction to the key ideas of Western Philosophy. Looking at ideas, context and the stories of the greatest Western Thinkers.
An overview of the Cosmological Argument - starting with Aristotle to Leibniz - a quick tour of the key ideas and arguments for and against.
Medieval Philosophy - the early thinkers of the Christian Church and their responses to the problem of evil
Podcast 7 - The Skeptics, Stoics and Epicureans - how should we live and navigate life? These three schools proposed an answer!
The Philosophy of Aristotle - an overview of his ethics, causes and logic plus why friendships are important!
In episode 5 I look at ex wrestler turned philosopher Plato - a brief (ish) intro into one of the greatest and most influential Western thinkers.
Podcast 4 focuses on the life, work and method of Socrates and his relationship to his student and publicist ex pro wrestler turned philosopher Plato.
In podcast 3 I give a brief overview of the Atomists and the Sophists in particular focusing on their motivations and influence on later philosophers.
In podcast 2 we examine the thoughts and ideas of Pythagoras. Geometry, maths and beans play a big part in the story of Pythagoras - listen in!
The first episode is a rationale of what this series of podcasts intends to do - an accessible and concise introduction to Western Philosophical Ideas. In this episode why did Philosophy develop in Greece and who was Thales?