Ep. 10 What Is Metaphysics? An Answer From Jean Grondin

Ep. 12 Engaging John Vervaeke's Meaning Crisis - Socrates and the Quest For Wisdom

Continuing the journey reacting to (engaging critically with) John Vervaeke's "Awakening from the Meaning Crisis" series. From Episode 3 - "Socrates and the Quest for Wisdom". If you’re interested in following this project more closely, the full unedited version is available on my Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/cw/distillationsbl⁠⁠ [https://www.patreon.com/cw/distillationsbl] Check out my other work here: ⁠⁠https://distillationsbl.com/links [https://distillationsbl.com/links]

Ep. 11 Reality and the Mind

Reading and Reacting to the beginning of Celestine N. Bittle's "Reality and the Mind: Epistemology". I’ve also started a Patreon as a place to continue these reflections in a slower, more open-ended way: https://www.patreon.com/cw/distillationsbl [https://www.patreon.com/cw/distillationsbl]

Ep. 10 What Is Metaphysics? An Answer From Jean Grondin

Reading through my favorite introduction, Jean Grondin's "Introduction To Metaphysics: From Parmenides to Levinas". I had a lot of fun working through this one, it reminded me of the ideas and experiences that first threw me into philosophy, somewhat kicking and screaming lol Grondin writes in a beautiful and engaging style. I’ve also started a Patreon as a place to continue these reflections in a slower, more open-ended way: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/distillationsbl [https://www.patreon.com/distillationsbl]

Ep. 9 Engaging John Vervaeke's Meaning Crisis - Continuous Cosmos

Continuing the journey reacting to (engaging critically with) John Vervaeke's "Awakening from the Meaning Crisis" series. From Episode 3 - "Continuous Cosmos & Modern World Grammar". If you’re interested in following this project more closely, the full unedited version is available on my Patreon: ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/cw/distillationsbl⁠ [https://www.patreon.com/cw/distillationsbl] Check out my other work here: ⁠https://distillationsbl.com/links [https://distillationsbl.com/links]

Ep. 8 What Is Philosophy? An Answer from Chris Higgins

From Chris Higgins's "The Good Life of Teaching: An Ethics of Professional Practice". I have no idea how I came across this book or this chapter, but I'm glad I did. I’ve also started a Patreon as a place to continue these reflections in a slower, more open-ended way: https://www.patreon.com/distillationsbl [https://www.patreon.com/distillationsbl]