Episode #38: We Assemble the World

In today’s episode, these fools start out talking about the magic of reading books, then get into the relationship between language and thought, and how our thinking is changing today as a result of new understanding and new ideas. Enjoy!

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction: The Ephemeral Nature of Life
02:58 The Changing Landscape of Reading
05:59 Language, Meaning, and Consciousness
12:11 The Genesis of Language and Thought
15:08 Philosophical Perspectives on Consciousness
19:06 The Interplay of Physics and Philosophy
24:58 Rationalism and Spirituality
34:40 Euclid's Elements and Rationality
39:02 Rationality and Subjectivity
45:40 Complexity vs. Complication
51:50 The Power of Books and Hermeneutics