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Exploring the timeless ideas of history’s greatest thinkers, one lecture at a time.
Philosophers must be eternal beginners, according to Edmund Husserl. In this podcast, we invite you to begin with us, accompanied by great lectures.
Every episode dives into the rich world of phenomenology, existentialism and hermeneutics, posing and answering profound questions concerning human existence. Through these episodes, you'll get familiar with Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, Heidegger, Sartre, Levinas, and many others.
Our first season centers around Awee Prins and his lecture series Human Conditions. To accompany you through this journey, Sonia Shvets and Kas Molenaar will provide brief interludes, insights, and introductions.
Let's begin, finally!
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E16 Levinas: The Face of the Other
Begin with philosophy here!In the penultimate episode of First Philosophy, Awee discusses Emmanuel Levinas and his radical claim that ethics comes before everything else. Instead of understanding the…
E15 Gadamer: Hermeneutics
Begin Philosophy here!In the fifteenth episode of First Philosophy, Awee continues with the philosophy of Hans-Georg Gadamer and the idea that understanding is never neutral. Every act of…
E14 Gadamer: Truth and Method
Begin with philosophy here!In the fourteenth episode Awee Prins continues our journey from Martin Heidegger to Hans-Georg Gadamer, tracing the shift from Heidegger’s analysis of technology as a way…
E13 Heidegger: The Question Concerning Technology
Begin with philosophy here!In the thirteenth episode of First Philosophy, we continue our deep dive into Martin Heidegger by reading and unpacking The Question Concerning Technology.Rather than…
E12 Heidegger: From Sartre’s Humanism to Heidegger’s Turn
Begin with philosophy here.In this episode of First Philosophy, Awee Prins begins with Jean-Paul Sartre’s existentialism through the lens of freedom, responsibility, bad faith, and the phenomenon of…
E11 Sartre: Hell is Other People
In the eleventh episode of First Philosophy, Awee Prins continues with Sartre by confronting one of his most unsettling ideas: the gaze. Sartre’s claim is radical and uncomfortable — our relations to…
E10 Sartre: Condemned To Be Free
Begin with philosophy here!In the 10th episode of First Philosophy, we move from Martin Heidegger to Jean-Paul Sartre, tracing how existential philosophy shifts from structural analysis to lived…
E09 Heidegger: Being-In-The-World
Begin philosophy here!In the ninth episode of First Philosophy, Awee Prins is moving deeper into the existential analytic of Dasein. After introducing Heidegger’s project in earlier episodes, we now…
E08 Heidegger: Being and Time
Dasein – Jemeinigkeit - “The essence of Dasein lies in its Existence” In this episode, Awee embarks on a slow and thoughtful exploration of Martin Heidegger's Being and Time [Sein und Seit], one of…
E07 Heidegger
The question of Being - Being as a noun - Being as an event - “You can't bracket a bullit”In this episode, Awee introduces us to Martin Heidegger, one of the most influential—and…
E06 Husserl
Intentionality – Bracketing – Dingbewusstsein – Rain or urine? Awee delves into reading the works of Edmund Husserl, guiding the listener through the first steps into transcendental phenomenology.…
E05 Towards Husserl
Edmund Husserl - Crisis of the Sciences - First PhilosophyIn order to understand Edmund Husserl's famous dictum to go "zu dem sachen selbst" we need to first understand the reasons for which it makes…
E04 Kierkegaard
Kierkegaard · DOSTOEVSKY · Pseudonymous production · Boredom and DreadIn this episode, Awee discusses Kierkegaard's most important works and concepts. Meanwhile, Kas and Sonia give a mandatory…
E03 Towards Kierkegaard
Kierkegaard · Slandering Descartes· First-person perspective· The Birth of Phenomenology · Irony In this episode “Towards Kierkegaard” Awee introduces the key concepts needed to begin understanding…
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First philosophy invites you to begin philosophy with us anew. Edmund Husserl says philosophers must be eternal beginners, so in in this podcast we return to our beginnings: great lectures!Our first…
E01 What is the Human?
Introduction to Philosophy · What does it mean to be human? · Seeing-eye-dogs · Phenomenology · Edmund Husserl “What is man? There are no definite answers to this question.”In this first…
E02 What is your Philosophy?
The History of Philosophy · permanent Netflix · Plato · The Masters of Suspicion · · The world of ideas“Philosophy is a strange zigzag, and with a lot of zigzags to come that we don't even know…
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