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Episode 155 – “The Fear”
Fear is a complex emotion. It is a visceral feeling which is unmistakable to the person possessing it. Yet it can be difficult to describe the feeling to others, what describe it is like to feel fear. Is fear felt … Continue reading
Episode 146 – “I am the Night – Color Me Black”
It is widely recognized, by philosophers but also by many others, that feelings can be communicated from one person to another, where it isn’t just that one person can understand what feelings another person is having, but one person is … Continue reading
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Tagged induction, the passions
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Episode 123 – “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet”
In light of The Twilight Zone‘s attention to philosophical themes related to the imagination, it isn’t surprising that there are several episodes that explore what happens when the imagination, understood as a faculty of the mind, takes on an out-sized … Continue reading
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Tagged epistemology, illusion, mental illness, rationality, reason, the passions
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