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Philosophy? WTF??

What is Philosophy? Why should we bother with it? Sit down with Danny and Dr. Mike in the comfort of their local pub, as they grapple with the big ideas in a unique and accessible way!

Podcast · By Danny O'Donnell & Dr. Michael Alsford · British English · Official site

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  1. Episode · Jul 21, 2026

    Episode 2: Solipsism for Two (opens the original)

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    Is anyone really out there, or am I just chatting to a very articulate hallucination? In this episode, we juggle Descartes’ lonely thinker , Kant’s phenomena vs noumena , and Wittgenstein’s ban on private language . If all we ever have are mental snapshots of the world, what right do we have to talk about some “real” thing behind them? On the way we hit: Private language & inner voices – are we talking to others, or just different bits of ourselves? Postmodernism & perspective – if everyone read

  2. Episode · Jul 14, 2026

    Episode 1: Solipsism for One (opens the original)

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    So… what if it really is just you in here? And if it is, why on earth did you populate your private universe with MAGA rallies, property prices, and Descartes? In this episode, we start somewhere perfectly normal – kids moving back home, off‑grid living, and the old “school–uni–job–marriage–mortgage–2.4 kids” life script – and somehow end up knee‑deep in solipsism, Wittgenstein, Nietzsche, virtual reality, The Matrix, and that bloke in the park who swears he’s got a pill for immortality. (Spoile

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