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Philosophize This is a very beginner friendly podcast. I'd gladly recommend it to anyone with even cursory interest. Then you go to History of Philosophy without Any Gaps. ;)


Excuse my spamminess (and for hijacking the current top comment), but I would like to recommend the innocent looking episode 162

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-43zh_za_eQ The Creation of Meaning - The Denial of Death

( transcript https://www.philosophizethis.org/transcript/episode-162-tran... )

"The Denial of Death is a 1973 book by American cultural anthropologist Ernest Becker which discusses the psychological and philosophical implications of ..." clickbait! well, no, not clickbait, but death, but maybe it's the same thing? listen and you'll find out :)


"you know a squirrel doesn't sit around and agonize over what kind of squirrel they want to be this week" 3:37

I'm not sure about this. Some look quite contemplative.


yes, it's nuts


Or if they're looking for written content, the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy is a great resource. It has articles on lots of philosophical topics, and they're fairly accessible

https://plato.stanford.edu/




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