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Red Letter Philosophy

Mar 24, 2023

Philosopher Peter Kreeft wrote that David Hume was, “the most formidable, challenging, and difficult to refute skeptic in the history of human thought.  His logic is powerful.”  In this episode we taste the fruits of Hume’s empiricism.  Have the empiricists helped us to overcome radical skepticism?  Are we closer...


Mar 17, 2023

Is St. Patrick’s Day a celebration of the Irish; Irish history, Irish storytelling, Ireland herself, or is St. Patrick’s Day a celebration of a saint and of the one who molded the saint?  We couldn’t decide.  So, on this episode we offer you both one of Ireland’s finest sons and her greatest saint.  We offer for...


Mar 10, 2023

David Hume was the last of the great British Empiricists.  He is the empiricist, nay, the philosopher of the Enlightenment, outside of perhaps Kant, who has exhibited the most influence over contemporary philosophers.  He was also a party guy.  Join us as we drink in some Hume and find out why he was (and is) such a big...