Rick RepettiApr 138 minAsk A Philosopher OnlineLive, Facebook, 4/11/20, noon The Brooklyn Public Philosophers hosted this, the third episode in their cyber version of the previously o...
Rick RepettiJan 192 minThe Fable of the Non-conforming SparrowThis story was related by one of my favorite meditation teachers, Ram Dass, although, as a fable, it has been widely shared. I’m not sure...
Rick RepettiAug 7, 20196 minA Social Safety Net & Global Relief Fund via Voluntary MeansImagine the wealthiest, global-democracy-promoting and relief-oriented NGO (non-governmental organization) on earth, so rich that it coul...
Rick RepettiAug 1, 20191 minMeet the Author Podcast: Buddhism, Meditation & Free Will“Episode 315: Rick Repetti: Buddhism, Meditation, and Free Will: A Theory of Mental Freedom”, Podcast interview about my latest book. The...
Rick RepettiJul 30, 20191 minHow Do We Know What Is True? (podcast)“ A Look at Objectivist Epistemology: A Chat with Rick Repetti.” APEX Level To Power Podcast # LTP 037, https://leveltopower.com/index.ph...
Rick RepettiJul 30, 20191 minHow to Win an Online Argument Using Reason (podcast)“How to Win an Online Argument Using Reason: The Case of the Tattoo.” APEX Level To Power Podcast # LTP 035, https://leveltopower.com/ind...
Rick RepettiApr 27, 20191 minThe Problem of EvilMy video lecture on the problem of evil, as understood by John Hick. Click here: https://youtu.be/L8pWh5FX6v0
Rick RepettiApr 24, 20197 minJordan Peterson vs. Slavoj Žižek: Observations about the Debate and Its CriticsJordan Peterson and Slavoj Zizek recently engaged in a public debate about capitalism, socialism, and happiness. I thought it was excelle...
Rick RepettiMar 4, 20191 minThe Paradox of EdenMy video lecture on Richard LaCroix's "The Paradox of Eden". Click here: https://youtu.be/7WWeUrqhWSo
Rick RepettiMar 3, 20191 minHospers, "An Argument Against Skepticism" My philosophy video lecture on John Hospers' critique of skepticism. Click here to view it: https://youtu.be/uDP0Huwbs9M
Rick RepettiMar 3, 20191 minDescartes's 1st MeditationMy philosophy video lecture on Descartes's 1st Meditation. Click here: https://youtu.be/sCt7tKWMocw
Rick RepettiMar 2, 20191 minHow Do We Know Anything?My video lecture on Thomas Nagel's "How Do We Know Anything At All?". Click here: https://youtu.be/X5l1XvEumTs
Rick RepettiMar 2, 20191 minA Brain in a VatMy philosophy video lecture on Pollock's brain in a vat thought experiment: https://youtu.be/AO2uUVgcv2I
Rick RepettiDec 16, 201810 minIs There a Universal Mystical Experience?Sarvapelli Radhakrishnan, scholar of Indian religions, argues in "The Personal Experience of God" that the mystical experience is univers...
Rick RepettiMay 2, 20181 minPodcast: Philosophy—Who Needs It? Pt. 2“Philosophy: Who Needs It Series, Part 2. How To build A Stronger Foundation - A Chat with Rick Repetti.” APEX LTP Podcast #33, https://l...
Rick RepettiMar 3, 20183 min5 FallaciesFive informal logical fallacies I’ve recently coined: 1. Non-circular question-begging 2. Esoteric question-begging 3. Ad mysticum 4. ...
Rick RepettiMar 3, 20183 minAsk a Philosophical Counselor: Can Meditation Cause Anxiety?Here's another Philosophical Counseling query submitted to me by Matteo Liberatore (with follow-up thoughts below the exchange): Hey Rick...
Rick RepettiJan 30, 20187 minAnima-sentience, Bio-sentience or Physico-sentience? Where Does Sentience Begin?Sentience is, on my analysis, the central criterion for an entity's having moral standing or moral status (meaning its well-being must be...
Rick RepettiJan 26, 201814 minAsk a Philosophical Counselor: Is Buddhism True?Here is a slightly edited exchange between me and a philosophically engaged practitioner of Buddhist meditation who contacted me for what...
Rick RepettiDec 13, 20177 minAsk a Philosopher: Some Questions about Free WillMorell Maison started reading my book, The Counterfactaul Theory of Free will: A Genuinely Deterministic Form of Soft Determinism (Saarbr...
