#1238 Chris Ranalli: What Is Indoctrination?

#1238 Chris Ranalli: What Is Indoctrination?

From The Dissenter by Ricardo Lopes

April 9, 2026 · 1h 40m · Season 1 · Episode 1238

About this episode

Dr. Chris Ranalli discusses the philosophy of indoctrination and its implications in epistemology.

******Support the channel****** Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedissenter PayPal: paypal.me/thedissenter PayPal Subscription 1 Dollar: https://tinyurl.com/yb3acuuy PayPal Subscription 3 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/ybn6bg9l PayPal Subscription 5 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/ycmr9gpz PayPal Subscription 10 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/y9r3fc9m PayPal Subscription 20 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/y95uvkao ******Follow me on****** Website: https://www.thedissenter.net/ The Dissenter Goodreads list: https://shorturl.at/7BMoB Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedissenteryt/ Twitter: https://x.com/TheDissenterYT This show is sponsored by Enlites, Learning & Development done differently. Check the website here: http://enlites.com/ Dr. Chris Ranalli is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at VU Amsterdam. His research is primarily in epistemology. He is the author of The Philosophy of Indoctrination: Epistemology, Ethics, and Politics. In this episode, we focus on The Philosophy of Indoctrination. We start by discussing why it is important to study indoctrination, and what indoctrination is. We then go through different views of indoctrination, including the Ideological View…

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Host: Ricardo Lopes

Guest: Chris Ranalli

Topics covered

  • indoctrination
  • epistemology
  • philosophy
  • belief
  • education

Keywords

  • indoctrination
  • epistemology
  • philosophy
  • belief
  • education
  • rationality
  • closed-mindedness

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Enlites

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: VU Amsterdam

Books & works: The Philosophy of Indoctrination

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