A couple of philosophy professors, Megan Fritts and Frank Cabrera, try to prove that you can do philosophy about almost anything. Join them as they explore the philosophical dimensions of topics on the outskirts of the academy. From Bigfoot to birthday parties, they take a Socratic approach to phenomena strange and mundane, asking listeners the question: What if we did philosophy on the fringes?
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A couple of philosophy professors, Megan Fritts and Frank Cabrera, try to prove that you can do philosophy about almost anything. Join them as they explore the philosophical dimensions of topics on the outskirts of the academy. From Bigfoot to birthday parties, they take a Socratic approach to phenomena strange and mundane, asking listeners the question: What if we did philosophy on the fringes?
On this episode, Frank and Megan discuss the nature of luck. Are people lucky because good things happen to them, or do good things happen to them because they are lucky? Can we make our own luck, or is it outside of our control? Is even virtue itself subject to the whims of fortune? And if everything is determined, is anything truly lucky?
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Hosts' Websites:
Megan J Fritts (google.com) [https://sites.google.com/view/meganjfritts/home?authuser=0]
Frank J. Cabrera (google.com) [https://sites.google.com/view/frank-j-cabrera/research?pli=1]
Email: philosophyonthefringes@gmail.com
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Bibliography:
What is 'lucky girl' syndrome and does it actually work? [https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/beauty/mind-body/a42590695/lucky-girl-syndrome/]
The Natural History of Pliny, Vol I., by Pliny the Elder. [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/57493/57493-h/57493-h.htm#BOOK_II_CHAP_5]
The Apology, by Plato [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1656/1656-h/1656-h.htm]
The Prince, by Nicolo Machiavelli [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1232/1232-h/1232-h.htm#chap25]
The Oedipus Trilogy, by Sophocles [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/31/31-h/31-h.htm]
Thomas Nagel - Moral Luck [https://rintintin.colorado.edu/~vancecd/phil1100/Nagel1.pdf]
Bernard Williams - Moral Luck [https://eclass.uoa.gr/modules/document/file.php/PPP267/Bernard%20Williams%2C%20Moral%20luck.pdf]
Hales (2016) - Why Every Theory of Luck is Wrong [https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/nous.12076]
Stoutenburg (2019) - In defense of an epistemic probability account of luck [https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11229-018-1699-6]
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Philosophy on the Fringes
A couple of philosophy professors, Megan Fritts and Frank Cabrera, try to prove that you can do philosophy about almost anything. Join them as they explore the philosophical dimensions of topics on the outskirts of the academy. From Bigfoot to birthday parties, they take a Socratic approach to phenomena strange and mundane, asking listeners the question: What if we did philosophy on the fringes?
