Principled philosophical investigations of the current events and contemporary life at the intersection of metahumanism, metamodernism, and postcolonialism, with a particular focus on Ukraine.
Latest episodes
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56 min
The Ontological War and Ukrobuddhism
The 2nd special episode continues examining the 7 levels of war, focusing on the ontological level, 5 global scenarios, the ontological platforms of China, Russia, USA, and Europe,…
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29 min
Russian War on Ukraine: 7 Levels of War
This special episode focuses on the framework theorizing 7 levels of war in relation to the Russian war against Ukraine, organized in three overarching categories: geopolitical, ge…
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42 min
Peace and Justice
In this twenty fifth and final episode of the first season, I focus on pacifism and just war theory, as well as the cultural and technological aspects of war in today's world, foll…
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War and Politics
In this twenty fourth episode, I introduce three meta-theories of war (political, eschatological, and cataclysmic) and seven currents of thought situated within that framework: rea…
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1 h 04
Violence in Nature and Culture
In this twenty third episode, I continue examining the nature of violence by providing an overview of a number of influential theories and critiques of violence throughout history,…
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56 min
Typology of Violence
In this twenty second episode, I introduce a typology of violence, ranging from direct, physical and emotional violence through symbolic and cultural violence to economic, structur…
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1 h 07
Introduction to Political Philosophy
In this twenty first episode , I provide an introductory overview of political philosophy, distinguishing it from the related field of political science, as a preface to a deeper i…
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51 min
Rationality vs. Heart: The Enlightenment and Skovoroda
In this twentieth episode, I provide a philosophical comparison of both the mainstream European Enlightenment and the American Enlightenment exemplified by Jeffersonianism, and Sko…
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1 h 00
Cultural vs. Political Enlightenment: Kotliarevskyi, Skovoroda, and Jefferson
In this nineteenth episode, I introduce Ivan Kotliarevskyi, the founder of modern Ukrainian literature and theater, and compare his historical role to that of Hryhoriy Skovoroda an…
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56 min
Stoicism and Skovoroda
In this eighteenth episode, we walk through a comparative overview of the philosophy of Stoicism, its subsequent adaptation by Christianity, and its influence on the philosophy of…
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58 min
Plato, Neoplatonism, and Skovoroda
In this seventeenth episode, we journey through a comparative overview of the philosophy of Plato, the tradition of Neoplatonism, its subsequent adaptation by Christianity, and the…
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Hryhoriy Skovoroda: Philosophy of the Heart
In this sixteenth episode, we continue examining the Ukrainian intellectual tradition by examining the philosophy of the first truly Ukrainian philosopher - Hryhoriy Skovoroda, the…
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Ukrainian Baroque Humanist Synthesis
In this fifteenth episode, we continue examining the Ukrainian intellectual tradition by looking in greater detail on the development of the uniquely Ukrainian Baroque humanist syn…
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57 min
Ukrainian Humanism vs. Muscovite Despotism
In this fourteenth episode, we begin our examination of the Ukrainian intellectual tradition by examining the historical background against which the particularly Ukrainian hybrid…
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54 min
Epistemology: Movements of Thought
In this thirteenth episode, we examine 13 movements of thought and classify them according to the level of reflection as well as to the cognitive process of information processing.
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59 min
Noetics: Beyond the Subject/Object Dualism
In this twelfth episode, we examine epistemology from a historical perspective, focusing on the subject/object dualism and the field of noetics.
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Episteme vs. Gnosis: Rational and Mystical Knowledge
In this eleventh episode, we return to epistemology and examine the difference between the two related perspectives on knowledge: episteme and gnosis.
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1 h 07
History of Psychiatry and Anti-Psychiatry
In this tenth episode, we examine the historical development of psychiatry, as well as the radical anti-psychiatric critique and its contemporary legacies.
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55 min
Philosophy as Therapy and Healing
In this ninth episode, we approach philosophy as therapy and healing, as an introduction to the examination of the anti-psychiatry and critical psychiatry movements.
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53 min
Russian War on Ukraine - 10 Propagandist Lies Since 2014
In this eighth episode, we continue to look at the Russian war against Ukraine and deconstruct 10 propagandist lies told since 2014 about the roots of the current conflict.