Recoderd: NOVEMBER 13TH 2025

In this episode we explore the concept of intellect in terms of recognition. This comes up in ideas around how memory functions when it comes to influence and also in the example of how land ownership has influenced human progress. We also explore the notion of ‘psyching out’ other human beings and how this intellectual game has impacted our understanding of intellectual virtue.

Mentioned References:

Brain in vat, vat in brain

Anticipatory understanding

The Lockean proviso

The importance of potatoes and horses. See: Indian Givers: How Native Americans Transformed the World (Book) by Jack Weatherford 2010

Michaelangelos Sistine chapel

Stones as markers

Space junk

Gleann na nGealt West Kerry

Damiana

Civilization (Book) by Kenneth C ...