LTP 039 – Kant vs Rand: The Epistemology of Reason- Jeffery Williams, Rick Repetti & Mark Pellegrino

LTP 039 – Kant vs Rand: The Epistemology of Reason- Jeffery Williams, Rick Repetti & Mark Pellegrino

In this episode of Apex LevelToPower, we chat with actor Mark Pellegrino, Philosophy Professor Rick Repetti and former lecturer Jeffery Williams to discuss Ayn Rand's criticism of Immanuel Kant. Ayn Rand argued that Immanuel Kant built the case for Reason but left the back door open for faith, thus betraying his charge. **NOTE: At the request of the debate participants this video podcast is unedited "The man who . . . closed the door of philosophy to reason, was Immanuel Kant. . . ." - Rand "Kant’s expressly stated purpose was to save the morality of self-abnegation and self-sacrifice. He knew that it could not survive without a mystic base—and what it had to be saved from was reason." - Rand Is Rand's critique of Kant fair?

LTP 038 - Power Dynamics of Bullying with Mark Pellegrino and Rick Repetti

“Cyber bullies can hide behind a mask of anonymity online and do not need direct physical access to their victims to do unimaginable harm.” In this episode of Apex LTP we chat with Actor Mark Pellegrino and Philosophy Professor Rick Repetti to discuss online bullying and the new Guardian Project which is meant to help victims and call out online bullies Apex Level To Power is a podcast that examines the inner workings of human interactions and teaches you how to succeed within your own interpersonal relationships. Change your level, change your life, change the world.

LTP 037 - How do we know what is true? A look at Objectivist Epistemology - a chat with Rick Repetti

"The philosophy of Objectivism holds that all human knowledge is reached through reason, the human mental faculty of understanding the world abstractly and logically. Aristotle called man "the rational animal" because it is the faculty of reason that most distinguishes humans from other creatures. But we do not reason automatically. We are beings of free will and we are fallible. This is why we need the science of knowledge—epistemology—to teach us what knowledge is and how to achieve it." In this episode of Apex LTP we chat with Philosophy Professor Rick Repetti to Understand how we know what we know. Apex Level To Power is a podcast that examines the inner workings of human interactions and teaches you how to succeed within your own interpersonal relationships. Change your level, change your life, change the world.

LTP 036 - Misquoting Ayn Rand - A Blind Spot of Modern Philosophers: Analysis of an Article by Skye Cleary

"The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody has decided not to see" - Ayn Rand Nowhere is this quote more true then when left leaning academics are forced to articulate Rand's ideas.  In this podcast, we analyze philosophy professor Skye Cleary's valiant attempt to break out of the academic echo chamber. Cleary's Article: Philosophy shrugged: ignoring Ayn Rand won’t make her go away https://aeon.co/ideas/philosophy-shrugged-ignoring-ayn-rand-wont-make-her-go-away [https://aeon.co/ideas/philosophy-shrugged-ignoring-ayn-rand-wont-make-her-go-away]

LTP 035 - How to Win an Online Argument: The Case of the Tattoo Taboo - a chat with Rick Repetti and Jim Luisi

Winning an argument on social media can be a tricky endeavor.  In this episode, we examine an online debate about neck tattoos between the host Mark Gleason and an adversary on Twitter. Guests of the program Jim Luisi and Professor Rick Repetti help us to understand debate tactics, herd psychology, and how to win an online flame war.