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?
In this episode, Frank and Megan discuss myths and mythology. What role has myth played in philosophy? What's the relationship between myths, history, and truth? And did the ancients really believe their myths? Join us as we engage with thinkers such as Thales of Miletus, Plato, Aristotle, Herodotus, Augustine, Paul Veyne, and R.G. Collingwood. This is the first part of a two-part episode.
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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:
Powell - A Short Introduction to Classical Myth (earlhaig.ca) [https://earlhaig.ca/departments/languages/downloads/A.%20Wittmann/2019-2020%20LVV4U1%20Handouts/LVV4U1%20Extra%20Readings/Powell,%20Short%20Introduction%20to%20Classical%20Mythology.pdf] (Main source for claims about history of word "mythos" and its use in Plato/Herodotus/Aristotle. Highly recommended!)
Hesiod - Theogony [https://users.pfw.edu/flemingd/Hesiod%20Theogony.pdf]
Thales - Fragments [https://antilogicalism.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/thales_frag_final.pdf]
Lehoux - All things are full of gods": naturalism in the classical world [https://philpapers.org/rec/LEHATA-2]
R. G. Collingwood - The Idea of History [https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-idea-of-history-9780192853066?cc=us&lang=en&]
The Herodotus - The Histories [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2707/2707-h/2707-h.htm] (See also BBC "In Our Time" podcast episode on Herodotus)
Thucydides - The History of the Peloponnesian War [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/7142/7142-h/7142-h.htm] (See also BBC "In Our Time" podcast episode on Thucydides)
Plato's Myths - (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) [https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/plato-myths/]
Plato - Gorgias [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1672/1672-h/1672-h.htm]
Julia Annas - Plato's Myths of Judgement [https://www.jstor.org/stable/4182147](Discusses Aristotle critique of Plato's geography in the myth in the Phaedo)
Paul Veyne - Did the Greeks Believe in Their Myths? [https://www.amazon.com/Did-Greeks-Believe-Their-Myths/dp/0226854345]
Dana L. Burgess - Review of Veyne's "Did the Greeks Beleive in Their Myths?" [https://philpapers.org/rec/BUR_TG-3]
Augustine - Two Books on Genesis [https://books.google.com/books/about/On_Genesis.html?id=0YxfzKIHJ_YC]
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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?
