Overthink

Ellie Anderson, Ph.D. and David Peña-Guzmán, Ph.D.

The best of all possible podcasts, Leibniz would say. Putting big ideas in dialogue with the everyday, Overthink offers accessible and fresh takes on philosophy from enthusiastic experts.

Hosted by professors Ellie Anderson (Pomona College) and David M. Peña-Guzmán (San Francisco State University).

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Jun 20, 2023 · 59 min
Art and AI with Raphaël Millière
Machine minds can work a paintbrush, but are they really making art? In episode 80 of Overthink, Ellie and David talk with guest Raphaël Millière, scholar and philosophy lecturer at Columbia University, on the aesthetic merits of computer-generated art. They discuss the thorny marriage of art and technology in everything from the early days of photography to YACHT’s AI-assisted pop songs. Why do we expect art to express human emotions? Is prompt-engineering for AI models an art in itself? And, if ‘great artists steal,’ is DALL·E the greatest artist of us all? Works discussed AARON DALL·E David Bowie, Outside R.G. Collingwood, The Principles of Art Raphaël Millière, AI Art is Challenging the Boundaries of Curation Obvious, The Portrait of Edmond de Belamy YACHT, Chain Tripping Support the show Substack | overthinkpod.substack.com Website | overthinkpodcast.com Instagram & Twitter | @overthink_pod Email | dearoverthink@gmail.com YouTube | Overthink podcast See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Jun 6, 2023 · 53 min
Intellectuals
From Émile Zola to Edward Said, from Antonio Gramsci to… Joe Rogan? In episode 79 of Overthink, Ellie and David discuss the figure of the high-minded ‘intellectual’ and their role in today’s mass-media landscape. Who are intellectuals, what do they do, and what are they for? Ellie and David ask whether intellectuals have a duty to participate in public debate, and whether they can truly partake in liberatory action in such a capacity. Works Discussed Julien Benda, The Treason of Intellectuals Christoph Charles, Birth of the Intellectuals: 1880-1900 Didier Eribon, Returning to Reims Antonio Gramsci, The Intellectuals Immanuel Kant, What is Enlightenment? Mary McCarthy, The Groves of Academia Edward Said, Representations of the Intellectual Émile Zola, J’accuse...! Armchair Expert Podcast Binchtopia Podcast SmartLess Podcast Support the show Substack | overthinkpod.substack.com Website | overthinkpodcast.com Instagram & Twitter | @overthink_pod Email | dearoverthink@gmail.com YouTube | Overthink podcast See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
May 23, 2023 · 58 min
Boredom
One must imagine Sisyphus…bored. Take a break from boredom and listen to episode 78 of Overthink as David and Ellie guide you through the fabulously idle realm of this “bestial, indefinable affliction.” They discuss the peaceful highs and painful lows of their middle school summer slumps, the endless days of pandemic panic, and the sluggish mornings of monks during the Medieval period. What can boredom teach us about existence? Is Kierkegaard right that the masses are boring while the nobles bore themselves? Can 9-year-olds be existentially bored? Maybe all we need to overcome boredom is a little bit of fun, perhaps a holiday. Or is it? Works Discussed Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Notes from Underground Andreas Elpidorou, The Feeling of Boredom, Boredom and Poverty Evagrius, Of the Eight Capital Sins Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary Immanuel Kant, Lectures on Ethics Søren Kierkegaard, Either/Or Pascal, Pensées Lars Svendsen, A Philosophy of Boredom Michel de Montaigne, Of Sorrow The Twilight Zone * In the episode, we misattributed the quote “The cure for boredom is curiosity” to Dorothy Parker. The quote belongs to Ellen Parr. Support the show Substack | overthinkpod.substack.com Website | overthinkpodcast.com Instagram & Twitter | @overthink_pod Email | dearoverthink@gmail.com YouTube | Overthink podcast See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
May 9, 2023 · 50 min
Orgasm
Fireworks, a gushing waterfall, little death. The orgasm. In episode 77 of Overthink, Ellie and David discuss how phenomenology and psychoanalysis interpret the experience of orgasm. They talk about evolutionary theories of the orgasm, including the theory that the body can suck up...“higher quality sperm.” They tackle what the orgasm gap says about the state of gender and sex in our society. Works Discussed George Bataille, Erotism Sigmund Freud, “Instincts and Their Vicissitudes” Sigmund Freud, “Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality” Sara Heinämaa, “The Phenomenology of Desire and Orgasm” Jacques Lacan, Jouissance Elisabeth Lloyd, The Case of the Female Orgasm Bias in the Science of Evolution Emily Nagoski, Come As You Are Thomas Percy, “Walking in a Meadow Green” Support the show Substack | overthinkpod.substack.com Website | overthinkpodcast.com Instagram & Twitter | @overthink_pod Email | dearoverthink@gmail.com YouTube | Overthink podcast See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Apr 25, 2023 · 51 min
Bad Movies with Matthew Strohl
Guilty pleasures or cult classics, at the end of the day they’re just bad movies. In episode 76 of Overthink, Ellie and David talk with Matthew Strohl about bad movies and why it’s okay to love them. Strohl is a professor of philosophy at the University of Montana who specializes in aesthetics and ancient philosophy. He is the author of Why It’s Okay to Love Bad Movies. Here, he talks with Ellie and David about what makes certain movies “bad” yet also somehow “good,” and introduces us to two ways of relating to bad movies: bad movie ridicule vs bad movie love. What value do bad movies add to our lives and how can we develop community around the practice of watching bad movies? Works Discussed Dancin’: It’s On! (2015) Looking Glass (2018) Showgirls (1995) Matthew Strohl, Why It's Okay to Love Bad Movies Support the show Substack | overthinkpod.substack.com Website | overthinkpodcast.com Instagram & Twitter | @overthink_pod Email | dearoverthink@gmail.com YouTube | Overthink podcast See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Apr 11, 2023 · 56 min
Silence
*cricket noises* In episode 75 of Overthink, Ellie and David discuss silence and its connection with awe, ecstasy, and the experience of the divine. They talk about David’s experience staying silent during a collegiate debate and Ellie’s practice of meditation as it relates to silence. How does being silent reveal the inner and outer noise that so often surrounds us? They talk about Christian mysticism, Dauenhauer's deep silence, and Heidegger’s call of conscience and explore the various forms of silence that shape our everyday lives. Works Discussed St. Thomas Aquinas, The Summa Theologica John Cage, 4’33” Bernard Dauenhauer, Silence: The Phenomenon and its Ontological Significance Rupert Gethin, The Foundations of Buddhism Martin Heidegger, Being and Time Richard Kostelanetz, Conversing with John Cage Louis Pelletier, “Silence please! A brief history of silence at the theater” Ludwig Wittgenstein, The Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus Dōgen Zenji, Shōbōgenzō Support the show Substack | overthinkpod.substack.com Website | overthinkpodcast.com Instagram & Twitter | @overthink_pod Email | dearoverthink@gmail.com YouTube | Overthink podcast See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Mar 28, 2023 · 58 min
Lived Experience
What kind of authority do we appeal to when we invoke lived experience? Isn't all experience "lived"? Why does the *discourse* today so frequently refer to this concept, and what are its philosophical origins? In episode 74 of Overthink, Ellie and David discuss the phenomenology of lived experience, including its roots in Dilthey, who considered lived experience to be historical. They incorporate Fanon’s work into the conversation to answer the question of if our lived experience of the world is something that varies along identity lines such as race. Works Discussed Wilhelm Dilthey, Poetry and Experience Franz Fanon, Black Skin, White Masks Martin Jay, Songs of Experience Becca Longtin, “From Factical Life to Art: Reconsidering Heidegger's Appropriation of Dilthey” Pamela Paul, “The Limits of ‘Lived Experience’” Support the show Substack | overthinkpod.substack.com Website | overthinkpodcast.com Instagram & Twitter | @overthink_pod Email | dearoverthink@gmail.com YouTube | Overthink podcast See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Mar 14, 2023 · 59 min
Cultural Appropriation
What do Gwen Stefani, Iggy Azalea, and Camille Monet have in common? They are all blonde women who are probably guilty of cultural appropriation. In episode 73 of Overthink, Ellie and David tackle cultural appropriation, starting with the kerfuffle over Claude Monet’s painting La Japonaise at The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Pulling from their own experiences of cultural appropriation and from academic explorations of the topic, they consider whether individuals should even be called out for cultural appropriation. They talk about Nguyen and Strohl’s concept of “group intimacy” and debate whether we can ever draw a clear line between insiders and outsiders in a particular cultural group. Works Discussed Homi Bhabha, The Location of Culture Jesa Marie Calaor, “Gwen Stefani: “I Said, ‘My God, I’m Japanese’” Clifford Geertz, The Interpretation of Cultures Erich Hatala Matthes, “Cultural Appropriation Without Cultural Essentialism?” C. Thi Nguyen and Matthew Strohl, “Cultural Appropriation and the Intimacy of Groups” Support the show Substack | overthinkpod.substack.com Website | overthinkpodcast.com Instagram & Twitter | @overthink_pod Email | dearoverthink@gmail.com YouTube | Overthink podcast See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Feb 28, 2023 · 59 min
Why Live? with Céline Leboeuf
To be or not to be? That is the question. At the center of Hamlet’s soliloquy is the issue of whether life is worth living. In episode 72 of Overthink, Ellie and David consider this issue with philosopher and existentialism expert Céline Leboeuf. How can we find meaning in our lives when the world seems random and indifferent to our interests? Leboeuf talks about how her personal experience with an existential crisis and her philosophical search for a way out of it led her to consider religious, atheist, and spiritual answers to the question "Why Live?" Ellie and David also consider Camus’ notion of the absurd, and whether life is just a series of blips of suffering with no higher purpose. Works Discussed Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus William James, “Is Life Worth Living” Céline Leboeuf, "Why Live? The Three Authors Who Saved Me During an Existential Crisis" John Jay McDermott “Why Bother: Is Life Worth Living?” Samuel Scheffer, Death and the Afterlife Leo Tolstoy, A Confession Support the show Substack | overthinkpod.substack.com Website | overthinkpodcast.com Instagram & Twitter | @overthink_pod Email | dearoverthink@gmail.com YouTube | Overthink podcast See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Feb 14, 2023 · 59 min
Emotional Labor
Is the emotional opacity of men a social justice issue? In episode 71, Ellie and David break down the concepts of emotional and hermeneutic labor. The notion of emotional labor was originally created to shed light on gendered workplace interactions, but it has since been applied to romantic and other kinds of relationships. Is this expanded use of the term justified? Ellie’s research suggests that the concept of hermeneutic labor may better explain asymmetries of power in romantic relationships between men and women. Hermeneutic labor imbalances are produced by men’s inability to name and interpret their feelings and by the societal expectation that women manage their own emotions and those of their male partners simultaneously. How does Ellie’s research on hermeneutic labor shift our perspective on the issue of gender in emotional work? Works Discussed Ellie Anderson, “Hermeneutic Labor: The Gendered Burden of Interpretation in Intimate Relationships Between Women and Men” Arlie Russell Hochschild, The Managed Heart bell hooks, The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love Judith Farr Tormey, "Exploitation, Oppression and Self-Sacrifice" Ronald Levant, “Desperately seeking language: Understanding, assessing, and treating normative male alexithymia” Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, “Stoicism (as Emotional Compression) Is Emotional Labor” Kathi Weeks, "Hours for What We Will: Work, Family, and the Movement for Shorter Hours” Support the show Substack | overthinkpod.substack.com Website | overthinkpodcast.com Instagram & Twitter | @overthink_pod Email | dearoverthink@gmail.com YouTube | Overthink podcast See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Jan 31, 2023 · 1 hr
FOMO (Fear of Missing Out)
In the next hour, I might miss out on the greatest thing that could happen to me. Or maybe that’s just the FOMO talking. FOMO, the fear of missing out, has infiltrated the zeitgeist in the past decade. What does the obsession with FOMO tell us about our desire to connect with others in an age of consumer capitalism and social media? In episode 70, Ellie and David consider the fear of missing out in light of Nietzsche’s ressentiment, Freud’s psychoanalysis of Little Hans, and how FOMO has changed due to COVID. They consider whether the movement toward JOMO, or the joy of missing out, provides a viable solution to the fear. Svend Brinkmann, The Joy of Missing Out: The Art of Self-Restraint in an Age of Excess Paperback Sigmund Freud, Obsessions and Phobias Sigmund Freud, “Analysis of a Phobia in a Five-Year-Old Boy” Mayank Gupta and Aditya Sharma, “Fear of missing out: A brief overview of origin, theoretical underpinnings and relationship with mental health” Herman Melville, “Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street” Mark Morford, “Oh My God You are So Missing Out” Friedrich Nietzsche, On the Genealogy of Morals Jenny Odell, How to Do Nothing James A. Roberts and Meredith E. David, “The Social Media Party: Fear of Missing Out (FoMO), Social Media Intensity, Connection, and Well-Being” Support the show Substack | overthinkpod.substack.com Website | overthinkpodcast.com Instagram & Twitter | @overthink_pod Email | dearoverthink@gmail.com YouTube | Overthink podcast See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Jan 17, 2023 · 59 min
Animal Justice with Martha Nussbaum
Wild animals who build communities, domestic companions who love, and captive creatures who suffer. In episode 69 of Overthink, Ellie and David talk with renowned philosopher Martha Nussbaum about her capabilities approach to animal justice. They touch on topics as varied as animal sentience, factory farming, habitat destruction, and the ethics of predation. Together, they discuss the failure of established ethical frameworks to fully incorporate the more-than-human world, explore our ethical responsibilities to other animals, and consider how our legal system might need to change in order to facilitate the flourishing of all life on earth. Works Discussed Rachel Aviv, The Philosopher of Feelings Martha Nussbaum, Justice for Animals: Our Collective Responsibility Support the show Substack | overthinkpod.substack.com Website | overthinkpodcast.com Instagram & Twitter | @overthink_pod Email | dearoverthink@gmail.com YouTube | Overthink podcast See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Jan 3, 2023 · 58 min
Heroes
I’m holding out for a hero. From Achilles to Odysseus and modern day heroes, what does it mean to be a hero, and why are we obsessed with hero worship? In episode 68 of Overthink, Ellie and David dissect the figure of the hero, from its masculinist overtones to how it differs from other morally praiseworthy figures, such as the saint. They discuss how the concept of heroism has changed over time from the time of Homer to the age of CNN. Works Discussed Ari Kohen, Untangling Heroism Marina McCoy, Wounded Heroes Friedrich Nietzche, “On the Uses and Liabilities of History for Life” J.O. Urmson, “Of Saints and Heroes” Philip Zimbardo and Zeno Franco, “The Banality of Heroism” Zeno Franco, Scott T. Allison, et. al, "Heroism Research: A Review of Theories, Methods, Challenges, and Trends" Support the show Substack | overthinkpod.substack.com Website | overthinkpodcast.com Instagram & Twitter | @overthink_pod Email | dearoverthink@gmail.com YouTube | Overthink podcast See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Dec 20, 2022 · 52 min
Taste
It’s corn! A big lump with knobs, it has the juice, I can’t imagine a more beautiful thing. Wise words about corn that relate to the sense of taste. In episode 67 of Overthink, Ellie and David finish their series on the five senses talking about the gustatory experience. They consider if taste is merely a subjective experience or are there some things that objectively taste good? Ellie and David discuss how having good taste relates to the perceptual experience of taste and why taste is such a big part of community. Works Discussed Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, The Physiology of Taste, Or, Meditations on Transcendental Gastronomy A. S. Barwich, Smellosophy: What the Nose Tells the Mind David Hume, Of the Standard of Taste Carolyn Korsmeyer, Making Sense of Taste Mengzi, Mengzi Passport to Paris (1999) Support the show Substack | overthinkpod.substack.com Website | overthinkpodcast.com Instagram & Twitter | @overthink_pod Email | dearoverthink@gmail.com YouTube | Overthink podcast See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Dec 6, 2022 · 59 min
Smell with Benjamin Young
Have you ever experienced the headache-inducing odor of Axe body spray? Smell has immense power, but why has it been undervalued in philosophy? In episode 66, Ellie and David are joined by philosophy professor Dr. Benjamin Young to discuss the sense and how we perceive smell. They talk about everything from Anosmia, the loss of smell, to the smellscape of middle school. Works Discussed Diane Ackerman, A Natural History of the Senses Immanuel Kant, Anthropology from a Pragmatic Point of View Bill Lichen, “The Sliding of Smell” James McHugh, Sandalwood and Carrion: Smell In Indian Religion And Culture Larry Shiner, Art Scents: Exploring the Aesthetics of Smell and the Olfactory Arts Marta Tafalla, “A World Without the Olfactory Dimension” Benjamin Young, “Stinking Consciousness” Benjamin Young, Theoretical Perspectives on Smell Support the show Substack | overthinkpod.substack.com Website | overthinkpodcast.com Instagram & Twitter | @overthink_pod Email | dearoverthink@gmail.com YouTube | Overthink podcast See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Nov 22, 2022 · 59 min
Hearing
Have you heard? In episode 65 of Overthink, Ellie and David continue the series on the five senses as they discuss hearing. From wanting to close your ears to stop overhearing a conversation to the noise pollution outside your bedroom window, how does the sense of hearing make its way into our everyday lives? They also discuss how Deaf culture calls upon us to retool our understanding of the importance of hearing for human life. Works Cited Jacques Derrida and Bernard Stiegler, Echographies of Television: Filmed Interviews Christopher Frith, “Disorders of self-monitoring and the symptoms of schizophrenia" Karen Hanson, “The Self Imagined: Philosophical Reflections on the Social Character of Psyche” Edmund Husserl, The Phenomenology of Internal Time-Consciousness Hans Jonas, “The Nobility of Sight” Simon McCarthy-Jones, “Stop, Look, and Listen” George Herbert Mead, Selected Writings Alva Noë, Out of Our Heads: Why You are Not Your Brain, and Other Lessons From the Biology of Consciousness Michel Serres, The Five Senses Robert Sparrow “Defending Deaf Culture” Ludwig Wittgenstein, Logical Investigations Defu Yap, Laura Staum Casasanto, and Daniel Casasanto, “Metaphoric Iconicity in Signed and Spoken Languages” Support the show Substack | overthinkpod.substack.com Website | overthinkpodcast.com Instagram & Twitter | @overthink_pod Email | dearoverthink@gmail.com YouTube | Overthink podcast See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Nov 8, 2022 · 56 min
Vision
And at last I see the light. In episode 64 of Overthink, Ellie and David discuss vision in the second installment of their ongoing series on the five senses. They discuss the prevalence of visual metaphors for knowledge, and why sight has historically been the most privileged of the senses. Ellie and David talk about the difference between Greek and Vedic approaches to vision and how culture and language can impact important aspects of the visual experience such as the ability to perceive the color blue. Works Discussed Hans Blumenberg, The Legitimacy of the Modern World Guy Deutscher, Through the Language Glass William Gladstone, Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age Luce Irigaray, Elemental Passions Martin Jay, Downcast Eyes, the Denigration of Vision in 20th Century French Thought Hans Jonas, "The Nobility of Sight" Hans Jonas, The Phenomenon of Life Toward a Philosophical Biology Plato, The Theaetetus Plato, The Republic The Upanishads Support the show Substack | overthinkpod.substack.com Website | overthinkpodcast.com Instagram & Twitter | @overthink_pod Email | dearoverthink@gmail.com YouTube | Overthink podcast See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Oct 25, 2022 · 59 min
Touch
Touch, texture, and tickling. From touch working as a form of recognition to the sensation of shapes, touch is a part of our everyday lives. In episode 63 of Overthink, Ellie and David begin their series on the five senses with touch. They discuss the significance of Cinderella’s original fur slipper and why Lucretius believed that milk and honey particles have a smooth, round shape. They also consider why some ancient philosophers consider touch the primary sense and what we learn about the nature of the self from the phenomenology of touching and being touched. Works Discussed Matthew Fulkerson, The First Sense: A Philosophical Study of Human Touch Galen, Complete Works G. Stanley Hall, "The Psychology of Tickling, Laughing and the Comic" William Harvey, The Circulation of the Blood and Other Writings Edmund Husserl, Cartesian Meditations Danijela Kambaskovic-Sawers and Charles T. Wolfe,“The senses in philosophy and science: from the nobility of sight to the materialism of touch” Lucretius, On the Nature of Things Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Phenomenology of Perception Maurice Merleau-Ponty, The Visible and the Invisible Daniel Heller-Roazen, The Inner Touch: Archaeology of a Sensation Michel Serres, The Five Senses Support the show Substack | overthinkpod.substack.com Website | overthinkpodcast.com Instagram & Twitter | @overthink_pod Email | dearoverthink@gmail.com YouTube | Overthink podcast See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Oct 11, 2022 · 55 min
Curiosity (feat. Perry Zurn and Dani S. Bassett)
Curiosity led Pandora to open a box, but what does being curious look like in our everyday lives? In episode 62, Ellie and David discuss the vilification of curiosity and the role of curiosity in the modern education system. To help, they talk with philosophy professor Perry Zurn and bioengineering professor Dani S. Bassett, twins who co-authored the book Curious Minds: The Power of Connection. Together, they consider how we can understand and cultivate different types of curiosity. Works Discussed Saint Augustine, The Confessions Francis Bacon, "Of Tribute" Barbara Benedict, Curiosity: A Cultural History of Early Modern Inquiry Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed Erich Fromm, Escape from Freedom Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan Richard Phillips, “Curiosity: Care, Virtue and Pleasure in Uncovering the New” Alastair Reed, “Curiosity” Joelle Thomas and David M. Peña-Guzmán, “Review of Vinciane Despret’s What Would Animals Say If We Asked the Right Questions?” Perry Zurn, Curiosity and Power: The Politics of Inquiry Perry Zurn & Dani S. Bassett, Curious Minds: The Power of Connection Support the show Substack | overthinkpod.substack.com Website | overthinkpodcast.com Instagram & Twitter | @overthink_pod Email | dearoverthink@gmail.com YouTube | Overthink podcast See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Sep 27, 2022 · 59 min
Self-Knowledge
Know thyself, the inscription at the shrine of Delphi reads. But can we truly know ourselves, like the Ancient Greeks believed? In episode 61 of Overthink, Ellie and David explore the concept of self-knowledge from looking inside ourselves to the reflection we put out into the world. Do we gain self knowledge through introspection, or are there better ways of finding out who we are? They discuss everything from imagination to doubting as a way to get a sense of ourselves. Works Discussed Catriona MacKenzie, Relational Autonomy: Feminist Perspectives on Autonomy, Agency, and the Social Self Henri Bergson, Creative Evolution Henri Bergson, The Creative Mind: An Introduction to Metaphysics Jimena Canales, The Physicist and the Philosopher: Einstein, Bergson, and the Debate That Changed Our Understanding of Time Krista Lawlor, “Knowing What One Wants” Montaigne, Essays of Montaigne Plato, Dialogues René Descartes, Discourse on Method René Descartes, Meditations on First Philosophy Richard Moran, Authority and Estrangement William James, The Principles of Psychology Support the show Substack | overthinkpod.substack.com Website | overthinkpodcast.com Instagram & Twitter | @overthink_pod Email | dearoverthink@gmail.com YouTube | Overthink podcast See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Overthink

Art and AI with Raphaël Millière

Intellectuals

Boredom

Orgasm

Bad Movies with Matthew Strohl

Silence

Lived Experience

Cultural Appropriation

Why Live? with Céline Leboeuf

Emotional Labor

FOMO (Fear of Missing Out)

Animal Justice with Martha Nussbaum

Heroes

Taste

Smell with Benjamin Young

Hearing

Vision

Touch

Curiosity (feat. Perry Zurn and Dani S. Bassett)

Self-Knowledge