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#008 - Zohar Atkins on Bridging The Secular & Religious
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Zohar Atkins is a rabbi and thinker. He’s the author of the blogs “Etz Hasadeh” and “What Is Called Thinking?”, and host of the "Meditations with Zohar" podcast. Zohar and I talk about academia, Judaism, content creation, and bridging philosophy and religion.
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(00:27) Background
(05:24) Thoughts on academia and the peer review process
(08:56) What Substack & podcasting offer compared to academia
(13:18) How he's such a prolific creator
(17:15) Why Judaism?
(18:41) Is there any conflict between obligation & the pursuit of truth?
(21:45) The decline of religion
(27:04) Knock-on effects of declining religiosity
(39:41) Reconciling Judaism & secular philosophy
(42:13) Being a bridge between the secular & the religious
(44:17) What's the goal of philosophy?
(48:52) Why aren't more people engaged with philosophy?
(53:15) Has philosophy “progressed”?
(55:38) What's the meaning of all this?
(58:54) Final question for listeners
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Spencer’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/sp1ns1r
Spencer’s blog: https://spencerkier.substack.com/
Zohar’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/ZoharAtkins
Zohar’s Philosophy blog: http://Whatiscalledthinking.substack.com
Zohar’s Torah blog: http://Etzhasadeh.substack.com
Meditations with Zohar podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/meditations-with-zohar/id1608391571
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Manage episode 373074142 series 3499027
Zohar Atkins is a rabbi and thinker. He’s the author of the blogs “Etz Hasadeh” and “What Is Called Thinking?”, and host of the "Meditations with Zohar" podcast. Zohar and I talk about academia, Judaism, content creation, and bridging philosophy and religion.
—
(00:27) Background
(05:24) Thoughts on academia and the peer review process
(08:56) What Substack & podcasting offer compared to academia
(13:18) How he's such a prolific creator
(17:15) Why Judaism?
(18:41) Is there any conflict between obligation & the pursuit of truth?
(21:45) The decline of religion
(27:04) Knock-on effects of declining religiosity
(39:41) Reconciling Judaism & secular philosophy
(42:13) Being a bridge between the secular & the religious
(44:17) What's the goal of philosophy?
(48:52) Why aren't more people engaged with philosophy?
(53:15) Has philosophy “progressed”?
(55:38) What's the meaning of all this?
(58:54) Final question for listeners
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Spencer’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/sp1ns1r
Spencer’s blog: https://spencerkier.substack.com/
Zohar’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/ZoharAtkins
Zohar’s Philosophy blog: http://Whatiscalledthinking.substack.com
Zohar’s Torah blog: http://Etzhasadeh.substack.com
Meditations with Zohar podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/meditations-with-zohar/id1608391571
57 tập
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