Is Everything Definitional?

Philosophy on Tap is back with a bonus 2024 election episode! Join hosts Ryan and Tanner as they dive into some of the big trends this election and take a look back at the last few years and how we've got here and how things have changed. Season 3 is on the way but this is a bonus early release to come out before the election in November. Stay tuned for more to come in Season 3!

What happens when a thing becomes more than its parts? How do the parts shape the whole and make something even more? Join hosts Ryan and Tanner on the final episode of Season 2 as they discuss the concept Transcendence and seeing the forest for the trees.Contact Us:[email protected]: philosophy_on_tap

Tanner and Ryan are joined by evolutionary biologist Samantha West to discuss various aspects of the evolution of sex, and describe the bizarre sexual behaviors of different species, including our own. 

Join your hosts, Tanner and Ryan, to discuss the current state of AI technology, the implications there within, different themes and troupes discussed in literature, TV shows, and other mediums and what they can teach us about potential futures, and how far we should value consciousness versus the vehicle via which consciousness has so far been able to be valued, us.

What is the cost of tribalism and what the consequences of not recognizing it within yourself? In this episode of Philosophy on Tap, join Ryan and Tanner to discuss how we come to believe what we do and why we continue belief in that same fashion. Subsequently, what are the consequences of this unfortunate reality? And, finally, how do we first recognize then attempt to escape these dualistic and harmful forms of thought?

No trust economic systems like cryptocurrency are perpetually on the edge of transforming economics, but what are they and how could they transform our modern world? Is trust a necessary ingredient of a stable society, and if so how do you decide which institutions are worthy of that trust? Join Ryan and Tanner and guest and friend of the show Chad Lagomarsino as they discuss how technology and trust interact to shape the modern world. 

Patterns are reproduced all throughout the natural world, but all seeming to trend from ultimate order to ultimate chaos, a.k.a. entropy. Is it possible that this pattern runs through all life, and all the cosmos, and that ultimately a conscious universe is the emergent result? Join Ryan and Tanner as they discuss how the laws of physics could potentially connect the mystery of consciousness and the divine.Contact us:IG: @Philosophy_On_Tapemail: [email protected]

What is the power of a word? Can difference in language lead to differences in beliefs? Join hosts Tanner and Ryan as they are joined by his brother and friend of the show Stephen to discuss how determining if something is a soup or a salad may actually shed light on how words shape our reality. 

On this episode of Philosophy on Tap, Tanner and Ryan talk with Aaron Wilson, stage name Aaron Lamont, an aspiring hip hop artist. Tanner and Aaron have been friends for nearly a decade and decided to combine their creative pursuits in this week's podcast. Tanner and Ryan question Aaron about what the life of someone attempting get a creative career off the ground and what the ups and downs of living that life style is like.

AND WE'RE BACK! Kick off the long anticipated Season 2 of Philosophy on Tap with hosts Ryan and Tanner as they ask the question of "are you more or less free than you used to be?" America is founded on the notion of "Freedom", but what does that even mean and how does answering that question shape our beliefs, relationships and politics.New episodes drop weekly on Fridays in your podcast app of choice.email: [email protected]: @philosophy_on_tap