Who is the podcast very bad wizards?
Very Bad Wizards is a podcast featuring a philosopher (Tamler Sommers) and a psychologist (David Pizarro), who share a love for ethics, pop culture, and cognitive science, and who have a marked inability to distinguish sacred from profane. Each podcast includes discussions of moral philosophy, recent work on moral psychology and neuroscience, and the overlap between the two.
What does Akira Kurosawa say about death?
"Sometimes I think of my death," Akira Kurosawa said, "I think of ceasing to be... and it is from these thoughts that Ikiru came.” David and Tamler explore what it means to truly live in Kurosawa’s 195…
Who is the podcast very bad wizards?
Very Bad Wizards is a podcast featuring a philosopher (Tamler Sommers) and a psychologist (David Pizarro), who share a love for ethics, pop culture, and cognitive science, and who have a marked inability to distinguish sacred from profane. Each podcast includes discussions of moral philosophy, recent work on moral psychology and neuroscience, and the overlap between the two.
What did Akira Kurosawa say about his death?
"Sometimes I think of my death ," Akira Kurosawa said, "I think of ceasing to be...and it is from these thoughts that Ikiru came.” David and Tamler explore what it means to truly live in Kurosawa’s 1952 masterpiece about a bureaucrat in postwar Japan who learns that he will die from stomach cancer within six months. Plus a new study provides evidence for what every pet owner knows: dogs get jealous. And a shocking revelation about Harvard legends Kohlberg, Rawls, and Nozick.
Episodes
Many of us think that aesthetic appreciation is ultimately subjective, but at the same time it seems like some artistic judgments are better than others. Do you think Crash deserved to receive an award for Best Picture? Did you like Season 2 of Ted Lasso? Well you’re wrong.
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Who is the author of Very Bad Wizards?
Very Bad Wizards is a collaboration between Tamler Sommers, a philosopher at the University of Houston, and David Pizarro, a psychologist at Cornell University. We first met at a conference on ethics about 10 years ago, and have been arguing (and occasionally agreeing) about morality ever since, often over drinks.
How many volumes of Beats without Rhymes are there?
There are currently 5 volumes of beats accessible to patrons.
