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Rick Repetti
Mar 19, 202135 min read
Plato’s Digital Cave: Soft Bullying, Rules of Engagement, and Possibilities for Transcendence
I have a PhD in philosophy, but I have the equivalent in life experience dealing with bullying and violence. I am a 4thdegree black belt...
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Rick Repetti
Apr 13, 20208 min read
Ask A Philosopher Online
Live, Facebook, 4/11/20, noon The Brooklyn Public Philosophers hosted this, the third episode in their cyber version of the previously...
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Rick Repetti
Jan 19, 20202 min read
The Fable of the Non-conforming Sparrow
This 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...
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Rick Repetti
Aug 7, 20196 min read
A Social Safety Net & Global Relief Fund via Voluntary Means
Imagine the wealthiest, global-democracy-promoting and relief-oriented NGO (non-governmental organization) on earth, so rich that it...
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Rick Repetti
Aug 1, 20191 min read
Meet 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...
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Rick Repetti
Jul 30, 20191 min read
How 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...
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Rick Repetti
Jul 30, 20191 min read
How 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...
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Rick Repetti
Apr 27, 20191 min read
The Problem of Evil
My video lecture on the problem of evil, as understood by John Hick. Click here: https://youtu.be/L8pWh5FX6v0
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Rick Repetti
Apr 24, 20197 min read
Jordan Peterson vs. Slavoj Žižek: Observations about the Debate and Its Critics
Jordan Peterson and Slavoj Zizek recently engaged in a public debate about capitalism, socialism, and happiness. I thought it was...
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Rick Repetti
Mar 4, 20191 min read
The Paradox of Eden
My video lecture on Richard LaCroix's "The Paradox of Eden". Click here: https://youtu.be/7WWeUrqhWSo
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Rick Repetti
Mar 3, 20191 min read
Hospers, "An Argument Against Skepticism"
My philosophy video lecture on John Hospers' critique of skepticism. Click here to view it: https://youtu.be/uDP0Huwbs9M
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Rick Repetti
Mar 3, 20191 min read
Descartes's 1st Meditation
My philosophy video lecture on Descartes's 1st Meditation. Click here: https://youtu.be/sCt7tKWMocw
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Rick Repetti
Mar 2, 20191 min read
How Do We Know Anything?
My video lecture on Thomas Nagel's "How Do We Know Anything At All?". Click here: https://youtu.be/X5l1XvEumTs
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Rick Repetti
Mar 2, 20191 min read
A Brain in a Vat
My philosophy video lecture on Pollock's brain in a vat thought experiment: https://youtu.be/AO2uUVgcv2I
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Rick Repetti
Dec 16, 201810 min read
Is There a Universal Mystical Experience?
Sarvapelli Radhakrishnan, scholar of Indian religions, argues in "The Personal Experience of God" that the mystical experience is...
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Rick Repetti
May 2, 20181 min read
Podcast: 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,...
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Rick Repetti
Mar 3, 20183 min read
5 Fallacies
Five informal logical fallacies I’ve recently coined: 1. Non-circular question-begging 2. Esoteric question-begging 3. Ad mysticum 4....
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Rick Repetti
Mar 3, 20183 min read
Ask 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...
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Rick Repetti
Jan 30, 20187 min read
Anima-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...
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Rick Repetti
Jan 26, 201814 min read
Ask 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...
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