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Hosted by Bilal Tahir · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 47 episodes
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One Philosopher At A Time is a story-driven philosophy podcast that explores the thinkers who shaped how we understand life, truth, morality, power, love, death, and meaning.Each episode focuses on one philosopher: who they were, what they believed, the world they lived in, and why their ideas still matter today. From Socrates and Plato to Nietzsche, Confucius, Simone de Beauvoir, Marcus Aurelius, and beyond, this show makes philosophy clear, human, and useful.No jargon. No academic gatekeeping. Just one thinker, one life, and one big idea at a time. Powered by Jellypod. (Powered by Jellypod)
Bilal Tahir hosts One Philosopher At A Time, a education show with 47 episodes published.
Explore how Bertrand Russell helped launch analytic philosophy by replacing vague systems with logical analysis, from his groundbreaking work in mathematical logic to the paradox that shook the foundations of set theory.
Explore Heidegger’s radical question about Being and his idea of Dasein as human existence understood through action, tools, mood, and possibility. The episode also examines his concept of being-in-the-world, the role of
This episode explores Edmund Husserl’s phenomenology, from intentionality and psychologism to the epoché and phenomenological reduction. It explains how ordinary experience already presents the world as meaningful, struc
This episode explores Henri Bergson’s philosophy of duration, showing how lived time, memory, and consciousness flow differently from clock time. It also examines his ideas on freedom, pure memory, and intuition as a way
Explore Charles Sanders Peirce’s strict, scientific version of pragmatism, from the pragmatic maxim and the role of doubt in inquiry to his ideas about fallibilism and communal truth-seeking. The episode also breaks down
This episode explores William James’s pragmatism, from his idea that truth must work in experience to his psychology of the stream of consciousness and his defense of belief under uncertainty. It also looks at how James
This episode explores Stirner’s attack on sacred abstractions like humanity, morality, nation, and the state, and explains why he saw them as spooks that can possess us. It also unpacks his ideas of the unique individual
In postwar Paris, Simone de Beauvoir pushes back against Marxist critics and lays out her vision of radical freedom—and the ways we evade it. The episode explores the Serious Man, the Sub-Man, ambiguity, and why your fre
This episode unpacks Nietzsche’s critique of modern morality, from the crisis behind “God is dead” to the psychology of ressentiment and the clash between master and slave morality. It also explores the will to power and
This episode explores John Stuart Mill’s vision of liberty, from the harm principle to his defense of free speech and individuality. It also traces how his upbringing and philosophical crisis shaped a richer utilitariani
Explore Marx’s philosophical critique of capitalism, from historical materialism and class struggle to exploitation and the ways labor shapes consciousness. The episode also unpacks alienated work and commodity fetishism
We explore Kierkegaard’s challenge to Hegelian systems, his idea of the self as a task, and his use of indirect communication through pseudonyms and irony. The episode also breaks down the aesthetic, ethical, and religio
Explore Schopenhauer’s vision of reality as will and representation, where endless striving fuels suffering, boredom, and desire. The episode also shows how art, music, and compassion offer brief escapes from the self’s
This episode breaks down Hegel’s big ideas in plain language, from dialectic and the development of concepts to the master-slave struggle for recognition. It also explores why Hegel thought freedom depends on social inst
This episode explores how Paine turned natural rights, reason, and anti-monarchy arguments into urgent political writing that helped shape revolution. It also traces his life as an outsider, his clash with Burke, and why
Explore Jeremy Bentham’s utilitarian vision, from the felicific calculus to his push for legal and political reform based on real human consequences. The episode also looks at punishment, proportionality, and why Bentham
This episode explores Montesquieu as more than the thinker behind separation of powers, tracing how his experiences in absolutist France shaped his warnings about despotism and arbitrary rule. It also breaks down The Spi
This episode explores Voltaire as the Enlightenment’s most public agitator, from his exile in England and defense of pluralism to his sharp attacks on censorship, clerical power, and religious cruelty. It also revisits t
This episode explores how Wollstonecraft challenged Enlightenment thinkers to make their universal rights truly universal, especially by confronting the way women were denied education and political agency. It also exami
This episode breaks down Kant’s critical philosophy, from Hume’s challenge and the Copernican revolution to the difference between phenomena and things in themselves. It also explains the categorical imperative with a cl
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One Philosopher At A Time is hosted by Bilal Tahir. The show is categorised under education (history) and has published 47 episodes.
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