Philosophize This!

This episode analyzes Kurt Vonnegut’s *Slaughterhouse-Five*, connecting the author’s WWII trauma to the novel’s anti-war themes and nonlinear narrative.

Stephen West explores Peter Sloterdijk’s philosophy of anthropotechnics, arguing that humans are co-constituted by their environments rather than detached subjects.

Host Stephen West analyzes Peter Sloterdijk’s *You Must Change Your Life, arguing that humans are fundamentally beings who train themselves through daily exercises, or "anthropotechnics.

Host Stephen West explores Peter Sloterdijk’s *Critique of Cynical Reason*, contrasting ancient Cynic Diogenes’ active, embodied protest with modern cynicism’s passive complicity.

Stephen West explores the philosophy of lying, challenging the assumption that truth is always superior.

Host Stephen West explores Alasdair MacIntyre’s critique of modern universities for producing narrow technicians rather than wise individuals.

Host Stephen West explores Alasdair MacIntyre’s *Dependent Rational Animals*, challenging the modern myth of the autonomous, self-sufficient individual.