Mind & Desire
Gregory B. Sadler
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Episode 48: Not Making Judgements About Philosophy Based On "Vibes"
I’ve had a few queries and comments, mostly in YouTube but also in some other places lately, that got me thinking about a sort of general topic. And this is one of those, if the shoe fits, wear it.…
Episode 47 - The One Single Thing I'd Like Most To Stress About Ethics
Last week, I gave a podcast interview and we ranged over a number of interesting questions. I got asked one by the host that, you know, it seems sort of a easy question, almost a softball at first.…
Episode 46 - Thinking About Why One Takes Offense From A Philosopher
One of the common ways that I see quite a few people who want to study philosophy, whether in academic settings or in the wider world, screwing things up for themselves is a sort of mistaken process,…
Episode 45 - An Often Lacking But Sorely Needed Skill
This post is public so feel free to share it.I’d say I’ve had a more than normal amount of exchanges in various social media that have been rather unproductive, for a reason that I think goes beyond…
Episode 44 - Back To Recording In My Office And Lessons Learned From My Fall And Surgery
I’m recording this new episode of Mind and Desire after a bit of a hiatus here inmy office, where I haven’t been able to be and work for not quite a month, but pretty close to it. As I think all of…
Episode 43 - Why I Like Teaching Cicero's On The Nature Of The Gods
In the last week or so, I have been editing a number of Sadler's Lectures podcast episodes on Cicero's On the Nature of the Gods book 2. And if you've been following my YouTube channel, then you're…
Episode 42 - Reflections From A Walk Among The Flowers In Milwaukee
I just got back inside from taking a walk for about half an hour around the area that my office building is located in in Milwaukee. I wanted to step out in part because I hadn't been outside all…
Episode 41 - Taking The More Scenic Route In Your Studies
Just a little bit earlier today, I had a very interesting, although short, conversation that got me thinking about something that could be turned into a decent analogy for philosophical study. And it…
Episode 40: Why Using AI To Study Philosophy Is A Foolish Idea
I had an interesting exchange today on Twitter with somebody who direct messaged me, and they were talking about starting the Half Hour Hegel series, which, if you don't know, that is a video series…
Episode 39 - Why Academics Enjoy Going To Conferences
Last week, I spent three days at a local conference, and it's one that I typically go to every year and occasionally present at (I think I've done three or four talks there over the last 10 or so…
Episode 38 - Getting Angry Over Important Ideas Not Being Taught
Today I had an interesting conversation that in many respects was a repeat of a number of other conversations I've had in the past where there's a theme that comes up over and over again having to do…
Episode 37 - Carrying Out "Philosophical Detective Work"
Today I was doing a little bit of writing about a class that I'm going to be teaching for the second time, which is called Stoicism and the Cardinal Virtues. And one of the things that I was…
Episode 36: Worries About Wasting Time And Effort Studying Philosophical Works
I had an interesting but short conversation today in Facebook that I'm going to use as sort of a launching point for thinking about some bigger picture issues having to do with how you study…
Episode 35: Reflecting On People Finding Flaws With A Philosophy
I saw a very interesting discussion in Stoicism Reddit today, and it was titled, “What Do You Think Are the Flaws of Stoicism?” It drew a lot of discussion, much of which I think was fairly decent.…
Episode 34 - Plural Perspectives On Or Criteria Of Truth
Today in a tutorial session, I had a client ask me about the criterion of truth and about different perspectives or theories on what makes something true or false. And at the start, I said, well, we…
Episode 33: Plutarch On The Mistake Of Thinking You Can Have It All.
Over roughly the last week, I've been producing a set of new core concept videos on two main works of Plutarch, and I've been doing that as resources for my academic students enrolled at Milwaukee…
Episode 32 - Discovering One Of My First Philosophy Teachers Died 15 Years Ago.
Today I'm in the middle of processing some thoughts and feelings about somebody who died quite a long time ago, and I only found out about it yesterday.So you may have seen the piece that I published…
Episode 31: A Conversation With Alasdair MacIntyre That Revealed Character
I think that at this point, a number of you have heard me talk at one point or another about Alasdair MacIntyre, the Scottish philosopher who wound up doing a lot of his work over here in the United…
Episode 30 - Kindness In Ethics, Educating Through Kindness, and Obstacles To Being Kind
This is episode number 30 of the Mind & Desire podcast, and since you know it's kind of a nice round number, perhaps a bit of a milestone, I put a chat for my Substack subscribers to participate…
Episode 29: Philosophical Practices, Scriptural Passages, and The Emotion Of Anger.
I spent a good bit of my time today and yesterday, and probably will spend a good bit of tomorrow as well, putting together my notes and a handout for a presentation that I'll be giving in an online…
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