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, Megan and Frank investigate the strange phenomenon of past life memories. Are past life memories evidence for reincarnation? Is what we remember a good guide to who we are? And how might a single identity span different lifetimes? Thinkers discussed in this episode include Plato, Pythagoras, Thomas Reid, J.M.E. McTaggart, and Michael Sudduth.
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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:
Timaeus by Plato [https://classics.mit.edu/Plato/timaeus.html]
Diogenes Laërtius: Pythagoras [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diogenes_Laertius/Lives_of_the_Eminent_Philosophers/8/Pythagoras*.html]
The Next Dalai Lama: Preparing for Reincarnation and Why It Matters to India [https://carnegieendowment.org/research/2024/11/the-next-dalai-lama-preparing-for-reincarnation-and-why-it-matters-to-india?lang=en¢er=india]
Claire White, Robert M. Kelly & Shaun Nichols, Remembering Past Lives [https://philpapers.org/rec/WHIRPL-2]
Thomas Reid, Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man [https://philpapers.org/rec/REIEOT-19]
Children Who Report Memories of Past Lives - Division of Perceptual Studies [https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/our-research/children-who-report-memories-of-previous-lives/]
The Case of James Leininger_ An American Case of the Reincarnation Type [https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/wp-content/uploads/sites/360/2017/04/REI42-Tucker-James-LeiningerPIIS1550830716000331.pdf]
Jim Tucker - Response to Sudduth's "James Leininger Case Re-Examined" [https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/wp-content/uploads/sites/360/2022/05/Tucker-JSE-Response-to-JL-crit-2487-Article-Text-12829-1-10-20220522-1.pdf]
The Science of Reincarnation—VIRGINIA Magazine [https://uvamagazine.org/articles/the_science_of_reincarnation]
The Philosophy of Dr. McTaggart. [https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4187&context=ocj]
S2, Episode 6: The Self and Survival (Mar. 27th, 2018) – Hi-Phi Nation [https://hiphination.org/complete-season-two-episodes/s2-e6-the-self-and-survival/]
New evidence shows false memories can be created | UW News [https://www.washington.edu/news/2001/06/11/i-tawt-i-taw-a-bunny-wabbit-at-disneyland-new-evidence-shows-false-memories-can-be-created/]
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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?
