Philosophy and Professional Wrestling (Robert Gressis & Douglas Edwards)

July 06, 2020 01:34:15
Philosophy and Professional Wrestling (Robert Gressis & Douglas Edwards)
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Philosophy and Professional Wrestling (Robert Gressis & Douglas Edwards)

Jul 06 2020 | 01:34:15

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Show Notes

Doug's new book, Philosophy Smackdown ... Plato's Cave and the three layers of wrestling reality ... What it means when wrestlers break the fourth wall ... Real life can be "just as scripted as wrestling, if not more so" ... How and why moral virtue changed in wrestling ... The only performance where people say "you know it's fake, right?" ... What philosophers could learn from professional wrestling ...

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