| Tweet Follow @TrueSciPhi |
A list of episodes from the trailing year of selected podcast series with associated Twitter feeds. Also see series listing.
| # | Episode details |
| 1. |  HAP 44 - Religion and Pure Principles - Maria W. StewartMaria W. Stewart’s public addresses bring the concerns of African American women into the struggle against racial prejudice. (@HistPhilosophy, 23 minutes, 2020-Jan-19) |
| 2. |  HoP 340 - Footnotes to Plato - Marsilio FicinoMarsilio Ficino’s revival of Platonism, with a focus on his proofs for the soul’s immortality in his magnum opus, the Platonic Theology. (@HistPhilosophy, 24 minutes, 2020-Jan-12) |
| 3. |  438: Post-Truth PoliticsMore at www.philosophytalk.org/shows/post-truth-politics. You've probably heard about the dangerous effects of fake news, and the spread of sensational and targeted falsities. But what about "legitimate" news, one might still ask? Well, do you want the "liberal truth" or the "conservative truth"? Just stick to the facts? What if my "facts" differ from yours? Listen to science? Those scientist... (@philtalkradio, 12 minutes, 2020-Jan-18) |
| 4. |  Philosophers vs Post-Truth | Homi Bhabha, Rebecca Goldstein, Hilary LawsonIn a post-truth world, tribal agreement seems to have replaced reason and evidence. But is a world where our truths are tribal sustainable? Don't we need a shared framework of thought to prevent fragmentation and confrontation? Can we rely on evidence and reason whilst abandoning absolute truth, or do we need reality after all? Philosopher and novelist Rebecca Goldstein, post-colonial theoris... (@IAI_TV, 48 minutes, 2020-Jan-21) |
| 5. |  A world without workHow we will find meaning when machines take our jobs. (@DavidEdmonds100, 2020-Jan-20) |
| 6. | 494: Comedy and the Culture Wars More at www.philosophytalk.org/shows/comedy-and-culture-wars. Comedy can often give offense, especially when it concerns such sensitive topics as race, gender, and sexuality. Should comedy like that be shunned, boycotted, even banned? Can it be enjoyed without danger? Or could it even, at its best, be the road to a better society? Could it somehow help us all to live together, and to come to ... (@philtalkradio, 11 minutes, 2020-Jan-13) |
| 7. | HAP 43 - Kill or Be Killed - David Walker’s Appeal David Walker defends violent resistance and encourages self-improvement in his incendiary and influential Appeal. (@HistPhilosophy, 25 minutes, 2020-Jan-05) |
| 8. |  Metaphysics | Mystery, Knowledge, Reality, and Why Am I Here?Mystery, Knowledge, Reality, and Why Am I Here? Bonus Feed (My thought process and support with duh monies): https://www.patreon.com/thephilosophyguy Podcast: https://thephilosophyguy.fireside.fm/ Youtube: https://bit.ly/2Z0rAjA Social Links: Discord Squad: https://discord.gg/tH5Fydn Twitter: https://twitter.com/brendenweber_ Email List: https://bit.ly/2rKz8Zn Facebook: https://ww... (@philosophyguy2, 18 minutes, 2020-Jan-23) |
| 9. |  EV - 126 McMindfulness with Ron PurserMy guest this week is Ron Purser (@ronpurser), author of McMindfulness: How Mindfulness Became the New Capitalist Spirituality. We discuss the commodifying of mindfulness and theInvocation: A life in Vain by Ono no komachi (translation by Peter MacMillon) http://www.thehypertexts.com/Ono%20no%20Komachi%20English%20Translations.htmEditing by Brian Ziegenhagen, check out his pod: http://youarehere.l... (@ETVPod, 64 minutes, 2020-Jan-23) |
| 10. |  Maria Dimova-Cookson, "Rethinking Positive and Negative Liberty" (Routledge, 2019)Maria Dimova-Cookson's new book Rethinking Positive and Negative Liberty (Routledge, 2019) offers an analysis of the distinction between positive and negative freedom building on the work of Constant, Green and Berlin. The author proposes a new reading of this distinction for the twenty-first century. The author defends the idea that freedom is a dynamic interaction between two inseparable, yet so... (@NewBooksPhil, 41 minutes, 2020-Jan-20) |
| 11. | A Philosophy of Fashion | Shahidha Bari We all get dressed. But how often do we pause to think about the place of clothes in our lives? Can a philosophy of living be wrapped up in a winter coat? Can we see a suit not just as an object, but as an idea? Philosopher, broadcaster, and author of 'Dressed: The Secret Life of Clothes', Shahidha Bari, unveils the hidden power of what we wear. (@IAI_TV, 29 minutes, 2020-Jan-14) |
| 12. |  Ep. 234: Beauvoir on Romance in "The Second Sex" (Part One)On Simone De Beauvoir’s The Second Sex (1949): "The Woman in Love" and "Myths" with guest Jennifer Hansen. What is love under patriarchy? We all want to achieve solidity in another's eyes, but the Othered woman wants to live through the man, and the man sees the woman as his rejected corporeal character. Party time! Don't wait for part two; get the full, ad-free, unbroken Citizen Edition now! Plea... (@PartiallyExLife, 53 minutes, 2020-Jan-20) |
| 13. |  80 | Jenann Ismael on Connecting Physics to the World of ExperiencePhysics is simple; people are complicated. But even people are ultimately physical systems, made of particles and forces that follow the rules of the Core Theory. How do we bridge the gap from one kind of description to another, explaining how someone we know and care about can also be “just” a set of quantum fields obeying impersonal laws? This is a hard question that comes up in a vari... (@seanmcarroll, 87 minutes, 2020-Jan-20) |
| 14. | Jordan Bates | Consciousness, Psychedelics, and the Importance of Finding Your Path Jordan Bates is a co-owner of the very successful website, High Existence. I recommend you check it out. He’s also the creator of Escaping the Rat Race, which is a toolkit on escaping the 9 to 5, following your bliss, and living free. He also runs the popular newsletter at Refine the Mind. Refine the Mind: https://www.refinethemind.com/ High Existence: https://highexistence.com/ Bonus Feed (... (@philosophyguy2, 53 minutes, 2020-Jan-21) |
| 15. |  Priya Natarajan on Black Holes and Mapping the UniverseIn this episode, Priya Natarajan, professor of astronomy and physics at Yale University, speaks with Steven Strogatz about her lifelong fascinations, including black holes, mapping the universe and early personal computers. (@stevenstrogatz, 66 minutes, 2020-Jan-22) |
| 16. |  2020 — why does the future look so much like the past?Back in 2008, newly elected prime minister Kevin Rudd convened a summit of Australia’s "best and brightest" to discuss what kind of nation they wanted Australia to be in 2020. Now that we’re here, 2020 doesn’t look very much like the future at all. What happened? Is there a lesson here about the importance of adopting a sceptical posture, a profound reticence to claim to know, much less predict, o... (@RadioNational, 48 minutes, 2020-Jan-22) |
| 17. |  0G88: Star Wars A New Hope and Just War TheoryAnd so it was that a young man was born in the desert and grew up to liberate his people from an oppressive empire and absolve them of their past sins. No, not JC, or Paul Muad'dib, this time his name is Luke Foreshadowing (imagine if Jesus's last name was Crosswalker). Yes, we're celebrating the end of Star Wars by going back to the beginning. We're covering A New Hope and using its heavy handed ... (@0gPhilosophy, 48 minutes, 2020-Jan-22) |
| 18. |  Episode #138 ... Robert Nozick - The Minimal StateToday we begin our discussion of the work of Robert Nozick. (@iamstephenwest, 23 minutes, 2020-Jan-21) |
| 19. |  9/12/2019: Meena Dhanda on the Philosophical Foundations of Anti-Casteism<p>Meena Dhanda is Professor of Philosophy and Cultural Politics at the University of Wolverhampton. She is an advocate of socially engaged philosophy. Her research focus is on understanding injustices, prejudices and misrepresentations suffered by powerless groups, which she pursues through transdisciplinary studies, specifically connecting caste, class, gender and race. Her work includes: ... (@Aristotweets, 56 minutes, 2019-Dec-30) |
| 20. |  Episode 73, Plato’s Phaedo: The Death of Socrates (Part II - Arguments for the Soul’s Immortality)Let me tell you about the day Socrates drank the poison. You must be aware of his trial and apology? The Athenians have not stopped talking about it since Meletus and the others condemned him. Do not worry, he did not die in fear and nor is he truly gone. He argued his case much like he always had. He died the philosopher’s death, having practiced for it his entire life. What does this mean? Socra... (@ThePanpsycast, 41 minutes, 2020-Jan-19) |
| 21. | HoP 339 - I’d Like to Thank the Academy - Florentine Platonism The blossoming of Renaissance Platonism under the Medici, who supported the scholarship of Poliziano, Ficino, and Pico della Mirandola. (@HistPhilosophy, 22 minutes, 2019-Dec-29) |
| 22. | Pretty Much Pop #27: For the Love of Star Wars Mark, Erica, and Brian talk about the unique place these films have in the brains of people of a certain age, how we grappled with the prequels, and why we feel the need to fill in and argue about the details. We focus primarily on The Mandalorian and The Rise of Skywalker. For more, visit prettymuchpop.com. Hear bonus content for this episode at patreon.com/prettymuchpop. This podcast is part of ... (@PartiallyExLife, 48 minutes, 2020-Jan-15) |
| 23. |  Disability and dignityPhilosophers have been slow to address disability - which is odd, because disability raises a host of fascinating and challenging issues around justice, rights and fairness. (@RadioNational, 28 minutes, 2020-Jan-19) |
| 24. | 437: Polyamory More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/polyamory. In most if not all modern Western societies, monogamy is the dominant form of romantic relationship. In polyamorous or "open" relationships, however, each person is free to love multiple partners at once. Just as our friendships are non-exclusive, advocates of polyamory believe our romantic relationship should be too. So why do so many p... (@philtalkradio, 10 minutes, 2020-Jan-05) |
| 25. |  FEMINISM, ART, & RAPE with Nancy PrincenthalHow did issues of rape and sexual violence emerge as central concerns for second-wave feminists? I discuss the intellectual history fo feminism, the role of art in that history, & its legacy today, with PEN award-winning author Nancy Princenthal. (@PolPhilPod, 77 minutes, 2020-Jan-17) |
| 26. | The Myth of Morality | Morality, God, Purpose, Meaning, and the Pursuit of Understanding it all Morality exists. And it will continue to exists. That's the reality we face. Is it subjective? Is it objective? It doesn't matter, as the story of morality will continue to provide justification, purpose, meaning, insight, and a uniting force for groups of people to live by that's the point....maybe. Bonus Feed (My thought process and support with duh monies): https://www.patreon.com/thephilosop... (@philosophyguy2, 29 minutes, 2020-Jan-16) |
| 27. | EV - 125 Why Are We Yelling? with Buster Benson My guest this week is Buster Benson (@buster), author of Why Are We Yelling?: The Art of Productive Disagreement. We discuss discussions and Buster's preferred methods for untangling confusions.Invocation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CassandraEditing by Brian Ziegenhagen, check out his pod: http://youarehere.libsyn.com/s02e02-rex-manning-day?fbclid=IwAR2L2_YIJvQpcw0nx6nTSfz0GmyJ1DtWsF--vvdI9W1ug... (@ETVPod, 71 minutes, 2020-Jan-16) |
| 28. |  Episode 122: Frithjof Bergmann and David Helmbold discuss new work, new cultureIn this episode, Frithjof Bergmann and David Helmbold make the case for a different approach to working in the modern world. A lot of us experience our day to day work as a 'mild disease'--not terrible, not excruciating, but also not our #1 choice about how to spend weekdays. Instead, they argue, a person's work should be the best part of their life. But making that a possibility for everyone requ... (@ElucidationsPod, 40 minutes, 2020-Jan-17) |
| 29. | Ben Burgis | Politics, Values, Human Nature, and Philosophy Ben Burgis is a philosophy professor at Georgia State University Perimeter College and the author of 'Give Them An Argument: Logic for the Left.' He's a regular weekly contributor to Jacobin Magazine and he does a regular weekly segment on The Michael Brooks Show called 'The Debunk.' His book: https://www.amazon.com/Give-Them-Argument-Logic-Left-ebook/dp/B07RD8MZ4L/ref=sr11?keywords=ben+burgis&q... (@philosophyguy2, 75 minutes, 2020-Jan-15) |
| 30. |  Episode 180: Chekhov's Schrödinger's Dagger (Kurosawa's "Rashomon")Eleventh Century Japan. A samurai and his wife are walking through the forest and come across a bandit. The bandit attacks the samurai and has sex with/rapes his wife. A woodcutter finds the samurai, stabbed to death. Who killed the samurai and with what? What role did his wife play in his death? Kurosawa gives us four perspectives, told in flashbacks within flashbacks. Who’s telling the truth? I... (@verybadwizards, 116 minutes, 2020-Jan-14) |
| 31. | How to be a Stoic | Massimo Pigliucci We all want to lead a good life. But that goal seems always elusive. What can we learn from the ancient Stoics? Hear philosopher of science and author of How to be a Stoic Massimo Pigliucci explain how the philosophy that inspired the great emperor Marcus Aurelius can help us focus on what really matters, and confront the challenges of modern life. (@IAI_TV, 42 minutes, 2020-Jan-07) |
| 32. | Ep. 233: Plato's "Protagoras" on Virtue (Part Two) Continuing on the dialogue, where Socrates argues that Protagoras doesn't actually know what virtue is, because he thinks that the various virtues (especially courage) are distinct, a claim that Socrates refutes in several (logically suspect) ways. Start with part one, or get the full, ad-free Citizen Edition. Please support PEL! End song: "Make It Clear" by Feelies; hear Glenn Mercer on Nakedly E... (@PartiallyExLife, 60 minutes, 2020-Jan-13) |
| 33. | 79 | Sara Imari Walker on Information and the Origin of Life We are all alive, but “life” is something we struggle to understand. How do we distinguish a “living organism” from an emergent dynamical system like a hurricane, or a resource-consuming chemical reaction like a forest fire, or an information-processing system like a laptop computer? There is probably no one crisp set of criteria that delineates life from non-life, but it’s worth the exercise to t... (@seanmcarroll, 83 minutes, 2020-Jan-13) |
| 34. |  Adriana Clavel-Vázquez (Oxford): “The Role of Imagination in the Aesthetic Appreciation of Racialized Bodies”Adriana Clavel-Vázquez (Oxford) presents “The Role of Imagination in the Aesthetic Appreciation of Racialized Bodies” at Senate House in London (15/01/2020, 16-18:00) for the London Aesthetics Forum. Please do not cite or reproduce without permission. (@aestheticsforum, 2020-Jan-16) |
| 35. | The Witcher | Philosophy of 'The White Wolf' Discussing the philosophy and themes presented in the Netflix show, The Witcher. Focussing on Geralt of Rivia and his perspectives on life. Bonus Feed (My thought process and support with duh monies): https://www.patreon.com/thephilosophyguy Podcast: https://thephilosophyguy.fireside.fm/ Youtube: https://bit.ly/2Z0rAjA Social Links: Discord Squad: https://discord.gg/tH5Fydn Twitter: h... (@philosophyguy2, 13 minutes, 2020-Jan-14) |
| 36. | Can we overcome terminal disagreement in our politics and morality? If the recent glut of "democracy in crisis" books is anything to go by, there is a sense that something has gone wrong in our common life. Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt has diagnosed the increasing 'tribalism' in and of our civic and political life particularly acutely, and he joins Waleed and Scott to discuss whether and how we might break free from its Manichean absolutism. (@RadioNational, 45 minutes, 2020-Jan-15) |
| 37. | Listener Qs 12 Hi all! Welcome to the 12th iteration of our Listener Thank You Q and As. Thank you all for supporting the show and if you like what you're hearing and have questions you want answered, you know what to do for next time. Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to ... (@0gPhilosophy, 39 minutes, 2020-Jan-15) |
| 38. | Manuel Heras Escribano, "The Philosophy of Affordances" (Palgrave MacMillan, 2019) Ecological psychology is one of a number of contemporary theories that explains the mind in terms of embodiment and environmental situatedness, rather than inner symbol manipulation by brains. J. J. Gibson, a founder ecological psychology, coined the term “affordance” to express a core concept of the view: as embodied, situated organisms we do not simply perceive objects, such as a chair or a tree... (@NewBooksPhil, 64 minutes, 2020-Jan-10) |
| 39. | HAP 42 - James Sidbury on African Identity An interview with James Sidbury about the emergence of a self-conscious African identity in the diaspora. (@HistPhilosophy, 32 minutes, 2019-Dec-22) |
| 40. | 493: Ken Taylor Tribute More at www.philosophytalk.org/shows/ken-taylor-tribute. The Philosophy Talk team was deeply saddened by Ken Taylor's untimely passing earlier this month. Ken was the show's co-founder, longtime co-host, chief cheerleader, and guiding light. In this special episode, co-hosts Josh Landy and Debra Satz, along with host emeritus and co-creator John Perry, remember their colleague and friend. The... (@philtalkradio, 52 minutes, 2019-Dec-30) |
| 41. | Episode 73, Plato’s Phaedo: The Death of Socrates (Part I - The Soul and Body) Let me tell you about the day Socrates drank the poison. You must be aware of his trial and apology? The Athenians have not stopped talking about it since Meletus and the others condemned him. Do not worry, he did not die in fear and nor is he truly gone. He argued his case much like he always had. He died the philosopher’s death, having practiced for it his entire life. What does this mean? Socra... (@ThePanpsycast, 52 minutes, 2020-Jan-12) |
| 42. | Pretty Much Pop #26: We Watch "Watchmen" w/ David Pizarro (Very Bad Wizards) Covering Alan Moore's 1986 graphic novel, the new HBO series and the 2009 film. Mark, Erica, and Brian are joined by David, psych prof at Cornell and host of Very Bad Wizards. How does Moore's style translate to the screen? How well did the show handle politics? Should there be a second season? For more, visit prettymuchpop.com. Hear bonus content for this episode at patreon.com/prettymuchpop. Thi... (@PartiallyExLife, 56 minutes, 2020-Jan-08) |
| 43. | Politics and the sacred According to Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben, modern secular politics is theological from the ground up – which may come as a nasty surprise to the many people who believe, often for very good reasons, that religion and politics should be kept as far from each other as possible. (@RadioNational, 28 minutes, 2020-Jan-12) |
| 44. |  Ep. 3 - Causal Network Accounts of Ill-beingIn this podcast, I read my chapter, "Causal Network Accounts of Ill-being: Depression & Digital Well-being". The paper reviews how well-being and ill-being can be understood in terms of the causal networks studied by economists, neuroscientists, psychologists, and other scientists. (@byrd_nick, 40 minutes, 2020-Jan-12) |
| 45. | CONSTITUTIONAL HARDBALL With David Faris Should democrats be considering potentialy disruptive ideas like court packing, adding states, or abolishing the filibuster? Would doing so be justified, and can we win if we dont? (@PolPhilPod, 123 minutes, 2020-Jan-10) |
| 46. | EV - 124 Death Doulas with Brenda Goodman pt2 My guest this week is Brenda Goodman, a mediator with a Masters in Gerontology and a lifelong interest in aging and death. We work through some of the practical and personal questions Brenda would use in her services as a death doula.Invocation: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47652/because-i-could-not-stop-for-death-479Death Doula Resources:https://www.inelda.org/category/inelda-articles/h... (@ETVPod, 52 minutes, 2020-Jan-09) |
| 47. | Is Sexuality a Vehicle For Power? | Minna Salami, Rowan Pelling, Julia Long From Cleopatra to Beyonce women have used sexuality to increase their power and influence. But many feminists warn that it is undermining to be seen as a sex object and some in the #MeToo movement propose culture should banish such behaviour. In this episode of Philosophy for our Times, Minna Salami, Rowan Pelling, and Julia Long debate whether sexuality is a vehicle for power or for subservience.... (@IAI_TV, 39 minutes, 2019-Dec-31) |
| 48. | Frederick Beiser, "Hermann Cohen: An Intellectual Biography" (Oxford UP, 2018) The eminent scholar of Neo-Kantianism, Frederick Beiser, has struck again, this time bringing his considerable analytical powers and erudition to the task of intellectual biography. For those of you aware of the distinguished philosophical career of Hermann Cohen (1859 - 1918) and the absence of an intellectual biography in English, Beiser’s scholarship is a long time coming. Though Cohen scholars... (@NewBooksPhil, 57 minutes, 2020-Jan-06) |
| 49. | Ep. 233: Plato's "Protagoras" on Virtue (Part One) On the Platonic dialogue written around 380 BCE about an encounter between Socrates and one of the leading Sophists of his day. What is virtue ("the political art" according to Protagoras), and can it be taught? What are the relations of the various virtues to each other? Do they really amount ultimately to one and the same thing, i.e. wisdom? In this entertaining dialogue, Socrates and Protagoras... (@PartiallyExLife, 54 minutes, 2020-Jan-06) |
| 50. | 78 | Daniel Dennett on Minds, Patterns, and the Scientific Image Wilfrid Sellars described the task of philosophy as explaining how things, in the broadest sense of term, hang together, in the broadest sense of the term. (Substitute “exploring” for “explaining” and you’d have a good mission statement for the Mindscape podcast.) Few modern thinkers have pursued this goal more energetically, creatively, and entertainingly than Daniel Dennett. One of the most resp... (@seanmcarroll, 122 minutes, 2020-Jan-06) |
| 51. |  Mass Surveillance, Artificial Intelligence and New Legal Challenges[This is the text of a talk I gave to the Irish Law Reform Commission Annual Conference in Dublin on the 13th of November 2018. You can listen to an audio version of this lecture here or using the embedded player above.]In the mid-19th century, a set of laws were created to address the menace that newly-invented automobiles and locomotives posed to other road users. One of the first such laws was ... (@JohnDanaher, 2019-Dec-27) |
| 52. | What if the greatest threat to a free media was from within? Our lives are saturated with 'news'; but far from creating informed citizens, this is producing forgetful, inattentive citizens. Megan Le Masurier joins us to discuss whether "slow journalism" could help us remember what matters. (@RadioNational, 43 minutes, 2020-Jan-08) |
| 53. | Listener Qs 11 Hi all! Welcome to the 11th iteration of our Listener Thank You Q and As. Thank you all for supporting the show and if you like what you're hearing and have questions you want answered, you know what to do for next time. Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to ... (@0gPhilosophy, 46 minutes, 2020-Jan-08) |
| 54. | HoP 338 - All About Eve - the Defense of Women Refutation of misogyny in Moderate Fonte and Lucrezia Marinella. (@HistPhilosophy, 21 minutes, 2019-Dec-15) |
| 55. | John Danaher, "Automation and Utopia: Human Flourishing in a World without Work" (Harvard UP, 2019) The future is a constant focus of anxiety, and we are all familiar with the pressures that come distinctively from automation – the transformation by which tasks formerly assigned to humans come to be performed by machines. These days, the stakes seem to be higher, as technology now seems poised to render nearly all human labor obsolete. What lies in store for us, and for the flourishing and meani... (@NewBooksPhil, 69 minutes, 2020-Jan-02) |
| 56. | Pretty Much Pop #25: Sports as Pop w/ Sportscaster Dave Revsine How is spectator sports different from other types of entertainment? Dave (lead studio host for the Big Ten Network and former ESPN anchor) joins Mark, Erica, and Brian to discuss the various sources of appeal, team identification, existing in a sports-filled world as a non-fan, watching vs. playing, human interest stories, sports films, and more. For more, visit prettymuchpop.com. Hear bonus cont... (@PartiallyExLife, 52 minutes, 2020-Jan-02) |
| 57. | Episode 72, Plato’s Crito: Socrates in Prison (Part II - Further Analysis and Discussion) Have you ever considered the invisible power of the law? How a contract is signed without ever putting pen to paper? Do not underestimate the importance of that which cannot be seen or grasped, since you unknowingly benefit from its presence and would suffer greatly in its absence. Therefore, if the law has kept you safe for all your best years, should you look to criticise it the moment it accuse... (@ThePanpsycast, 42 minutes, 2020-Jan-05) |
| 58. | ACTIVISTS, ELITES, & THE LEFT I develop an original account of internal party divides. Using the 2016 primary, the 2019 UK election, and the Tea Party movement as case studies I try to offer a fresh take on many of the most contentious disagreements we have on the left. (@PolPhilPod, 117 minutes, 2020-Jan-04) |
| 59. | 436: Could the Laws of Physics Ever Change? More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/could-laws-physics-change. From airplanes flying overhead to the cellular activity inside us, all events that take place in the world obey the laws of physics. Physicists seem to be getting closer and closer to understanding the physical laws that govern our universe. But what if our physical laws changed? Could that even be possible? How might cha... (@philtalkradio, 51 minutes, 2019-Dec-22) |
| 60. | Thinking the country What constitutes a "philosophical" conversation? You might reasonably expect such a conversation to be conceptual, exploring abstract notions of self, time, being, ethics and so on. For indigenous Australian philosophers, the conversation gets real very fast. (@RadioNational, 28 minutes, 2020-Jan-05) |
| 61. | EV - 123 Death Doulas with Brenda Goodman pt1 My guest this week is Brenda Goodman, a mediator with a Masters in Gerontology and a lifelong interest in aging and death. We discuss how she became interested in these culturally taboo issues and what she learned from her Death Doula training course. Part two will involve her asking me some of the preparation questions about death.Invocation: Death from SandmanDeath Doula Resources:https://www.in... (@ETVPod, 61 minutes, 2020-Jan-02) |
| 62. | The Problem with Paradoxes | Slavoj Žižek, Sophie Allen, Hilary Lawson Once we assumed that reason and rationality would gradually uncover the truth. But from quantum mechanics to set theory, paradox it seems is found at the heart of our most revered theories and at the cornerstones of our thought. Are these paradoxes evidence that our theories are wrong and is it essential that they are overcome? In this episode of Philosophy for Our Times, Slavoj Žižek, Sophie All... (@IAI_TV, 36 minutes, 2019-Dec-24) |
| 63. | Ep. 232: Simone De Beauvoir's "The Second Sex" (Part Two) Continuing Simone de Beauvoir’s The Second Sex (1949) with guest Jennifer Hansen. How does one become a Subject and how do women traditionally get shut out of this process? We get into Vol. 2, "Lived Experience" where Beauvoir details how this drama unfolds in various stages of life. Also, religion, logic, the relation of biology to situation, and more. How do we modernize Beauvoir's critique give... (@PartiallyExLife, 64 minutes, 2019-Dec-29) |
| 64. |  Emily Thomas on Wildly Implausible MetaphysicsSome philosophers have drawn very strange conclusions about the nature of reality. Despite this Emily Thomas believes that their work may still be worth studying. They usually have had good reasons for what they concluded. In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast she discusses several wildly implausible metaphysical theories with Nigel Warburton. We are grateful for support from the Marc S... (@philosophybites, 20 minutes, 2019-Oct-21) |
| 65. | Should children be given the vote? Cambridge historian and host of the Talking Politics podcast, David Runciman, has put forward a radical proposal to extend the vote to children as young as six. Waleed Aly and Scott Stephens discuss whether this is just what is needed to recover a healthy democratic culture. (@RadioNational, 47 minutes, 2020-Jan-01) |
| 66. | 0G87: Blindsight and Moral Realism, Part 3 Another journey of epic proportions bringing us to a topic of epic proportions. Lurking in the back of Blindsight's narrative like a zombie space vampire robot are fundamental questions about who counts for moral consideration and whether morality even matters when dealing with beings like Rorschach. I feel like we're really getting to the heart of how screwed we are trying to answer these questio... (@0gPhilosophy, 48 minutes, 2020-Jan-01) |
| 67. | HAP 41 - Should I Stay or Should I Go? - The Colonization Controversy Questions of political autonomy and group identity in the emigration movement led by Paul Cuffe, Daniel Coker, John Russwurm and others. (@HistPhilosophy, 22 minutes, 2019-Dec-08) |
| 68. | 67 - Rini on Deepfakes and the Epistemic Backstop In this episode I talk to Dr Regina Rini. Dr Rini currently teaches in the Philosophy Department at York University, Toronto where she holds the Canada Research Chair in Philosophy of Moral and Social Cognition. She has a PhD from NYU and before coming to York in 2017 was an Assistant Professor / Faculty Fellow at the NYU Center for Bioethics, a postdoctoral research fellow in philosophy at Oxford... (@JohnDanaher, 2019-Dec-17) |
| 69. | Episode #137 ... John Rawls - A Theory of Justice Today we discuss the work of John Rawls. (@iamstephenwest, 29 minutes, 2019-Dec-30) |
| 70. | Episode 72, Plato’s Crito: Socrates in Prison (Part I - The Dialogue) Have you ever considered the invisible power of the law? How a contract is signed without ever putting pen to paper? Do not underestimate the importance of that which cannot be seen or grasped, since you unknowingly benefit from its presence and would suffer greatly in its absence. Therefore, if the law has kept you safe for all your best years, should you look to criticise it the moment it accuse... (@ThePanpsycast, 45 minutes, 2019-Dec-29) |
| 71. | THE OVERLAPPING CONSENSUS with Kevin Vallier Can politics move beyond a state of institutionalized aggression? Should liberalism be justified by appeals to a conception of the good or by public reason? (@PolPhilPod, 94 minutes, 2019-Dec-28) |
| 72. | 434: Cognitive Bias More at www.philosophytalk.org/shows/cognitive-bias. Aristotle thought that rationality was the faculty that distinguished humans from other animals. However, psychological research shows that our judgments are plagued by systematic, irrational, unconscious errors known as ‘cognitive biases.’ In light of this research, can we really be confident in the superiority of human rationality? How mu... (@philtalkradio, 52 minutes, 2019-Dec-15) |
| 73. | EV - 122 Better know Confucius with Bryan Van Norden My guest this week is Bryan Van Norden (@BryanVanNorden), a prolific author and advocate for developing Western philosophy departments beyond their Eurocentric habits. We talk about the value of non-western philosophy generally and dive into Confucianism in particular.Invocation: ConfuciusEditing by Brian Ziegenhagen, check out his pod: http://youarehere.libsyn.com/s02e02-rex-manning-day?fbclid=Iw... (@ETVPod, 71 minutes, 2019-Dec-27) |
| 74. | Plato, Buddhism and storytelling At a glance, Platonic philosophy and Buddhism might seem to have little in common. But their ideas on moral development and "turning the soul" towards reality have fascinating congruences. (@RadioNational, 28 minutes, 2019-Dec-29) |
| 75. | Theism, Spirituality, Religion, Atheism, and Science — Are You an Anti-Theist? A discussion for understanding theism, spirituality, religion, atheism, and science. A discussion where I then ask myself, am I an anti-theist? Bonus Feed (My thought process and support with duh monies): https://www.patreon.com/thephilosophyguy Podcast: https://thephilosophyguy.fireside.fm/ Youtube: https://bit.ly/2Z0rAjA Social Links: Discord Squad: https://discord.gg/tH5Fydn Twitte... (@philosophyguy2, 32 minutes, 2019-Dec-26) |
| 76. | The End of the West | Linda Yueh, Rana Mitter, David Aaronovitch Once, Britain was the dominant power, then the US. Now, with the largest economy in the world by purchasing power, it seems China's turn has come. Should we accept, even welcome, the passing of the West? Or is there a response that would enable the West to retain significance, if not the dominance it once had? In this episode of Philosophy for our Times, Linda Yueh, Rana Mitter, and David Aaronovi... (@IAI_TV, 42 minutes, 2019-Dec-17) |
| 77. | Episode 179: Talking Shit David and Tamler wrap up the decade with an episode on trash-talking that morphs into a debate over the value of experimental inquiry. Participants in a lab put more effort into a slider task after they’re insulted by a confederate. Do experiments like these tell us anything about trash-talking in general? Can it explain the effect of Mike Tyson telling Lenox Lewis he’d eat his children, or of La... (@verybadwizards, 123 minutes, 2019-Dec-24) |
| 78. | Ep. 232: Simone De Beauvoir's "The Second Sex" (Part One) On Simone De Beauvoir’s The Second Sex (1949): the intro, conclusion, “Woman’s Situation and Character” and parts of “Lived Experience," with guest Jennifer Hansen. According to Beauvoir, Woman is historically conceived of by society (and herself) as "Other," as not a Subject who creates and makes decisions. Her life is pre-determined, revolving around marriage and child-bearing, and is so deforme... (@PartiallyExLife, 57 minutes, 2019-Dec-23) |
| 79. | Holiday Message 2019: On Publishing Books Welcome to the second annual Mindscape Holiday Message! No substantive content or deep ideas, just me talking a bit about the state of the podcast and what’s on my mind. Since the big event for me in 2019 was the publication of Something Deeply Hidden, I thought it would be fun to talk about the process of writing and selling a popular book. Might be of interest to some of you out there!Minds... (@seanmcarroll, 66 minutes, 2019-Dec-22) |
| 80. |  012 – Merry Christmas'Tis the season… for science and reason! Well, that's what the Victorians thought at least. Elena and Ian take a look at how science and Christmas became fashionable pals in the 19th Century. If you liked this episode, subscribing/following means you'll get the next one automatically. We'd love it if you could leave us a review on iTunes too. And if you want to get in touch with us, you can do tha... (@wondercupboard, 23 minutes, 2019-Dec-26) |
| 81. | Pretty Much Pop #24: Christmas Viewing: What's Canon? Join Mark, Erica, and Brian for a special "snake draft," where we take turns picking the holiday films and TV specials that we think are (or should be) part of America's yearly viewing traditions. Compare your intuitions about what is classic or seminal or over-rated with ours! For more, visit prettymuchpop.com. Hear bonus content for this episode at patreon.com/prettymuchpop. This podcast is part... (@PartiallyExLife, 54 minutes, 2019-Dec-21) |
| 82. | False necessities: Is 'taste' enough to morally justify the mass slaughter of animals? Is our culinary enjoyment enough to justify a complicity in cruelty which our fellow citizens find reprehensible? (@RadioNational, 48 minutes, 2019-Dec-25) |
| 83. | 0G86: Blindsight and the Value of Sentience, Part 2 Well, we're really in the philosophical soup of it now. Out here at the edge of the universe, doing B&Es on a Chinese Room filled with scramblers, not knowing if our sentience is the only thing worth saving our a sad joke that should be shuffled offstage in the gentlest way possible. Or maybe it already has been and we're too zombie to even notice. We're into the middle section of Blindsight, whic... (@0gPhilosophy, 52 minutes, 2019-Dec-25) |
| 84. | Adriel M. Trott, "Aristotle on the Matter of Form: A Feminist Metaphysics of Generation" (Edinburgh UP, 2019) In Aristotle on the Matter of Form: A Feminist Metaphysics of Generation (Edinburgh University Press, 2019), Adriel M. Trott argues for understanding the relationship of matter and form in Aristotle’s work on the model of a Möbius strip. With the figure of the Möbius strip, we can identify two planes at any particular point, but, taking in the figure as a whole, we see that those two sides are pro... (@NewBooksPhil, 58 minutes, 2019-Dec-20) |
| 85. | HoP 337 - More Rare Than the Phoenix - Italian Women Humanists Cassandra Fedele, Isotta Nogarola, and Laura Cereta seek fame and glory through eloquence and learning. (@HistPhilosophy, 21 minutes, 2019-Dec-01) |
| 86. | NEM#112: Radney Foster Finds His Voice Radney started as a Nashville songwriter and performed in the 80s with Foster & Lloyd. has released about a dozen albums since '91 that increasingly break away from country music standards into something more personal. We discuss two recordings from For You to See the Stars (2017) that have accompanying short stories (written when he literally lost his voice): "Sycamore Creek" and "Raining on Sund... (@PartiallyExLife, 72 minutes, 2019-Dec-20) |
| 87. | 4/11/2019: Colleen Murphy on Principled Compromises (@Aristotweets, 52 minutes, 2019-Nov-29) |
| 88. | Episode 71, Plato’s Apology: Socrates on Trial (Part II - Further Analysis and Discussion) Gentleman of our most prestigious Court of Athens, may I praise your patience and diligence in the presentation of the prosecution. I, Meletus stand before you unequivocally convinced that the criminal is guilty as charged. The hideous, snub-nosed Socrates is charged with corrupting the young men of Athens with his rhetoric and poisonous oratory skill, an undeniable fact. Socrates also stands befo... (@ThePanpsycast, 37 minutes, 2019-Dec-22) |
| 89. | Free speech crisis on campus? With freedom of speech at Australian universities currently under governmental review, we explore the notion of free speech on campus. Should what gets said at universities - and who gets to say it - be regulated? And is the supposed "free speech crisis" just a front for the culture wars? (@RadioNational, 28 minutes, 2019-Dec-22) |
| 90. | 435: Driverless Cars at the Moral Crossroads More at www.philosophytalk.org/shows/driverless-cars-moral-crossroads. Autonomous vehicles are quickly emerging as the next innovation that will change society in radical ways. Champions of this new technology say that driverless cars, which are programed to obey the law and avoid collisions, will be safer than human controlled vehicles. But how do we program these vehicles to act ethically? ... (@philtalkradio, 12 minutes, 2019-Dec-07) |
| 91. | Who are you the Average of? Understanding our Personal Relationships Today we discuss some insights from Naval Ravikant. As we look to understand who we should surround ourselves with, you’ve probably encountered the phrase: “you’re the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” But what principles should those five people hold? What are you the average of? Let’s try to examine these questions. Bonus Feed (My thought process and support with duh mo... (@philosophyguy2, 15 minutes, 2019-Dec-19) |
| 92. | CRACK COCAINE with David Farber I'm joined by the historian David Farber to discuss the social and political history of the crack epidemic. We discuss the drug's history, the panic surrounding it, the political response to it, and how that informed our current politics. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PoliticalPhilosophyPodcast Buy 'Crack: Rock Cocaine, Street Capitalism, and Decade of Greed': https://www.amazon.com/... (@PolPhilPod, 70 minutes, 2019-Dec-20) |
| 93. | Pretty Much Pop #23: The Singer Not the Song w/ Ken Stringfellow Do you just embrace the pure sound of music or does context matter to you, i.e. the artist's intentions and body of work? Ken Stringfellow (Posies, R.E.M., Big Star) joins Mark, Erica, and Brian to talk about what grabs us about music, it it gets to your ears, singers vs. songwriters, the concept "genius," and how this attitude towards music translates to our intake of other media (e.g. favorite f... (@PartiallyExLife, 46 minutes, 2019-Dec-17) |
| 94. | EV - 121 Better Know an Aristotle with Aristotle My guest this week is Aristotle (from the @AristotlesStgra account on twitter). He preferred to answer questions in the voice of Aristotle himself, which gives us a fun opportunity to get to know more about this hugely important philosopher in a classic dialogue sort of fashion. Hope you enjoy!Invocation: Aaron's voidEditing by Brian Ziegenhagen, check out his pod: http://youarehere.libsyn.com/s02... (@ETVPod, 74 minutes, 2019-Dec-19) |
| 95. | The Dark and the Digital | Nigel Inkster, Ella Whelan, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Janne Teller The anonymity of the internet has enabled an epidemic of abuse. Was Hobbes right after all, and humankind are at core wicked and requiring constraint? In this episode of Philosophy for our Times, former director at MI6 Nigel Inkster, assistant editor at Spiked Ella Whelan, renowned journalist Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, and novelist Janne Teller ask should we abolish online anonymity to create a better... (@IAI_TV, 36 minutes, 2019-Dec-10) |
| 96. | Peter Adamson, "Philosophy in the Islamic World: A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps, Volume 3" (Oxford UP, 2019) It is no easy task to survey and present a comprehensive history of philosophy of an entire intellectual tradition to a broad public audience without compromising on the scholarly rigor demanded by that history’s nuances. In an ambitious endeavor to do precisely that with the Islamic tradition, Peter Adamson masterfully shows how it can be done. His work, Philosophy in the Islamic World: A History... (@NewBooksPhil, 57 minutes, 2019-Dec-16) |
| 97. | Ep. 231: Descartes's "Discourse" on Wisdom and Certainty (Part Two) Continuing on Descartes’s Discourse on Method, looking closely at part 4 (his proto-Meditations) and his "provisional" Stoic ethics. Listen to part one first or get the full, ad-free Citizen Edition. Please support PEL! End song: "My Real Fantasy" By Joe Louis Walker, as interviewed on Nakedly Examined Music #110. Sponsors: Get 20% off at nativedeodorant.com (code PEL), 20% off at hempfusion.com (... (@PartiallyExLife, 71 minutes, 2019-Dec-16) |
| 98. | 77 | Azra Raza on The Way We Should Fight Cancer In the United States, more than one in five deaths is caused by cancer. The medical community has put enormous resources into fighting this disease, yet its causes and best treatments continue to be a puzzle. Azra Raza has been on both sides of the patient’s bed, as she puts it — both as an oncologist and expert in the treatment of Myelodisplastic Syndrome (MDS), and as a wife who lost her hu... (@seanmcarroll, 82 minutes, 2019-Dec-16) |
| 99. | 66 - Wong on Confucianism, Robots and Moral Deskilling In this episode I talk to Dr Pak-Hang Wong. Pak is a philosopher of technology and works on ethical and political issues of emerging technologies. He is currently a research associate at the Universitat Hamburg. He received his PhD in Philosophy from the University of Twente in 2012, and then held academic positions in Oxford and Hong Kong. In 2017, he joined the Research Group for Ethics in Infor... (@JohnDanaher, 2019-Dec-06) |
| 100. | Is literary fiction necessary for the moral life? What does a society lose when it neglects the moral discipline of reading literary fiction? (@RadioNational, 46 minutes, 2019-Dec-18) |
| 101. | 0G85: Blindsight and Philosophical Zombies, Part 1 Okay, well, lets see if I can convey some information to you through this absurd thing we call sentience, using this even more absurd thing called language. I'll never know if any of this is getting through, or even if there is a through to get to. If you're a zombie (and there's no reason to assume you're not) this should still work out just as well as if you're conscious. So you'll respond with ... (@0gPhilosophy, 43 minutes, 2019-Dec-18) |
| 102. | HAP 40 - American Africans - Early Black Institutions in the US Building black institutions in early American history, with Prince Hall and the Masons in Boston, and Richard Allen and the Methodists in Philadelphia. (@HistPhilosophy, 22 minutes, 2019-Nov-24) |
| 103. | 432: Habermas and Democracy More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/habermas-and-democracy. Jürgen Habermas is regarded as one of the last great public intellectuals of Europe and a major contributor to the philosophy of democracy. A member of the Frankfurt School, Habermas argues that humans can have rational communication that will lead to the democratization of society and consensus. But should we be so optimist... (@philtalkradio, 11 minutes, 2019-Dec-01) |
| 104. | Episode 71, Plato’s Apology: Socrates on Trial (Part I - The Dialogue) Gentleman of our most prestigious Court of Athens, may I praise your patience and diligence in the presentation of the prosecution. I, Meletus stand before you unequivocally convinced that the criminal is guilty as charged. The hideous, snub-nosed Socrates is charged with corrupting the young men of Athens with his rhetoric and poisonous oratory skill, an undeniable fact. Socrates also stands befo... (@ThePanpsycast, 58 minutes, 2019-Dec-15) |
| 105. | RUNNING AS A BERNIECRAT with Chris Armitage I'm joined by congressional candidate Chris Armitage. We discuss his run, criminal justice reform, the progressive movement, Bernie's candidacy, the Bernie or bust phenomenon, and optimism for the future. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PoliticalPhilosophyPodcast Armitage for Congress: https://armitageforcongress.com Donate to Chris's campaign: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/arm... (@PolPhilPod, 97 minutes, 2019-Dec-14) |
| 106. | EV - 120 Debating Scientific Racism with Dr. Mansa Keita My guest this week is Dr. Mansa Keita (@rasmansa), a computer science PHD who spends a substantial amount of time engaging on academic twitter on issues like race that we've covered on the show before. We discuss his experiences with these conversations and why race is such a pervasive topic right now.Invocation: Michael Novak, Experience of NothingnessEditing by Brian Ziegenhagen, check out his p... (@ETVPod, 66 minutes, 2019-Dec-13) |
| 107. | The Bonhoeffer moment Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a German pastor and theologian whose involvement in the plot to kill Hitler has given rise to the term "Bonhoeffer moment" - a crisis point where morally repugnant acts might be considered in order to head off greater evil. And these days, it seems everyone is having a Bonhoeffer moment. (@RadioNational, 28 minutes, 2019-Dec-15) |
| 108. | Christopher Peacocke, "The Primacy of Metaphysics" (Oxford UP, 2019) A basic question in mind and metaphysics is the relation between the nature of mental content (or meaning) and the nature of the domains of entities and relations to which those contents refer or which they are about. Does an explanation of this relation require us to give meaning priority, or instead is the metaphysics of the domain always involved in explaining the content? In his new book, The ... (@NewBooksPhil, 64 minutes, 2019-Dec-10) |
| 109. | Human Nature and Politics What political views do we hold because of our perception of human nature? Ideas from Barry Schwartz: https://www.wired.co.uk/article/barry-schwartz Ted Talk (https://www.ted.com/talks/barry_schwartz_the_way_we_think_about_work_is_broken/transcript?language=en) Bonus Feed (My thought process and support with duh monies): https://www.patreon.com/thephilosophyguy Podcast: https://thephiloso... (@philosophyguy2, 17 minutes, 2019-Dec-12) |
| 110. | Pretty Much Pop #22: Untangling Time Travel Time travel rules in The Terminator franchise are notoriously inconsistent. Can we change the future or not? Mark, Erica, and Brian are joined by Ken Gerber to talk through time travel rules and plots, covering the randomness of Dr. Who, being your own grandfather, time travel comedies, time loops, freezing time, historical tourism, and more. For more, visit prettymuchpop.com. Hear bonus content ... (@PartiallyExLife, 46 minutes, 2019-Dec-10) |
| 111. | The Future of Thought | Julian Baggini, Vivienne Shue, Jamie Whyte Few now doubt that China will soon eclipse the US to become the world's largest economy. Is the sun setting on Western ideas as well as Western economies? In this episode of Philosophy for our Time, philosopher Julian Baggini, politician and academic Jamie Whyte, and Professor of Contemporary China Studies at Oxford University, Vivienne Shue, discuss the future of Western and Chinese thought. (@IAI_TV, 35 minutes, 2019-Dec-03) |
| 112. |  Ep88 - School Was Our LifeIn this 88th episode of Philosophy Bakes Bread, “School Was Our Life,” Dr. Jane Roland Martin, author of School Was Our Life (2018), joins Eric Thomas Weber and Anthony Cashio to talk about progressive education. Dr. Jane Roland Martin is professor Emerita of Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts Boston. She has published many books on philosophy, education, and gender and received a Gugge... (@PhilosophyBB, 77 minutes, 2019-Dec-05) |
| 113. | Episode 178: Borges' Obsession-Obsession ("The Zahir") David and Tamler happen across Jorge Luis Borges’ “The Zahir” and now they can’t stop thinking about it. What is the ‘Zahir’ – this object that can take many forms and that consumes the people who find it? What does it represent? Is it the fanaticism of being in love? The ever-present threat (and temptation) of idealism? A subtle critique of Christian theology? Is the Zahir a microcosm of everythi... (@verybadwizards, 101 minutes, 2019-Dec-10) |
| 114. | Ep. 231: Descartes's "Discourse" on Wisdom and Certainty (Part One) On René Descartes’s Discourse on Method (1637), an overview of his work that distills his method, outlines his famous Meditations, presents a provisional (Stoic) ethics, and considers whether he wants to be a public intellectual. This is all meant as a preface to scientific publications on geometry, optics, and meteors. Don't wait for part two; get the unbroken, ad-free Citizen Edition now. Please... (@PartiallyExLife, 45 minutes, 2019-Dec-09) |
| 115. | 76 | Ned Hall on Possible Worlds and the Laws of Nature It’s too easy to take laws of nature for granted. Sure, gravity is pulling us toward Earth today; but how do we know it won’t be pushing us away tomorrow? We extrapolate from past experience to future expectation, but what allows us to do that? “Humeans” (after David Hume, not a misspelling of “human”) think that what exists is just what actually happens in the universe, and the laws are simply co... (@seanmcarroll, 86 minutes, 2019-Dec-09) |
| 116. | HoP 336 - We Built This City - Christine de Pizan Christine de Pizan's political philosophy, epistemology, and the refutation of misogyny in her "City of Ladies". (@HistPhilosophy, 21 minutes, 2019-Nov-17) |
| 117. | 2019 — the year where nothing really mattered? What stands out to you about 2019? This week, for the last show of 2019, Waleed and Scott discuss the year that was, what it all meant, and what it means for the future of our common life. (@RadioNational, 41 minutes, 2019-Dec-11) |
| 118. | 0G84: A Subway named Mobius and Emergent Properties Well, the level of meta connections involved in these show notes has gotten so interconnected it has formed a singularity of infinite metaness. If you're reading this you're sadly trapped in the meta and will not be able to escape until things get a bit more straightforward around here. We read A Subway named Mobius and Jeremiah Traeger joined us to discuss emergent properties and how absurd they ... (@0gPhilosophy, 42 minutes, 2019-Dec-11) |
| 119. | (sub)Text: A Discussion of Todd Phillips' Film "Joker" Wes Alwan and William Sharp (psychoanalyst and professor at Northeastern) discuss the film at the Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis. Why has this film done so well? It offers no spectacle, and good doesn't triumph. It is psychologically true and expertly performed. The audience can enjoy tragedy and identify deeply with a social outcast and villain. The film successfully exploits the relat... (@PartiallyExLife, 74 minutes, 2019-Dec-06) |
| 120. | Julia Maskivker, "The Duty to Vote" (Oxford UP, 2019) When asked what democracy is, many of us instantly think of elections, and thus voting. Although we tend to see voting as central to democracy, we also think that voting is optional – a commendable activity that a citizen might choose to do, but one that can be omitted blamelessly. What’s more, political theorists and philosophers tend to regard voting as irrational, reckless, or worse. Some have ... (@NewBooksPhil, 65 minutes, 2019-Dec-05) |
| 121. | James Wilson Are thought experiments the best way of doing practical ethics? Not according to James Wilson. He thinks we need the rich detail of real cases or complex imaginary cases not a simplified version of reality to make sense of the moral problems we face. We are grateful for support for this episode from the Marc Sanders Foundation and from our supporters on Patreon. (@philosophybites, 20 minutes, 2019-Sep-21) |
| 122. | 431: Nonhuman Rights More at www.philosophytalk.org/shows/nonhuman-rights. Human rights—like freedom from discrimination and slavery— are fundamental rights and freedoms that every person enjoys simply because they're human. But what about other animals, like monkeys, elephants, and dolphins? Should they enjoy similar fundamental rights? If we can extend the legal notion of personhood to inanimate, abstract objec... (@philtalkradio, 12 minutes, 2019-Nov-24) |
| 123. | Episode 70, Plato's Euthyphro: Socrates Accused (Part II - Further Analysis and Discussion) Did you hear the news of Socrates? He’s finally to answer for his sophistry! At last, the great lampooning, moral gadfly is to stand before the Court of Athens and answer for his crimes. To think, one could have the audacity to trade in talentless talk and lies, to lead our youth astray, and deny our gods, only to play the fool once more, and plead ignorance when his number is called. Oh, magnific... (@ThePanpsycast, 45 minutes, 2019-Dec-08) |
| 124. | CAMPUS POLITICS With Stanley Fish Should academia be political? Does social-justice have a place on Campus? Does anti-foundationalism imply a particular view of these culture war issues? Stanley Fish and I discuss. (@PolPhilPod, 72 minutes, 2019-Dec-07) |
| 125. |  Hornless Cattle - is Gene Editing the Best Solution?In this talk, Prof. Peter Sandøe argues that, from an ethical viewpoint, gene editing is the best solution to produce hornless cattle. There are, however, regulatory hurdles. Presented at the workshop 'Gene Editing and Animal Welfare, 19 Nov. 2019, Oxford - organised by the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, funded by the Society for Applied Philosophy. (@ethicsinthenews, 32 minutes, 2019-Dec-02) |
| 126. | Happy? What is happiness, and why are we incapable of getting a fix on it? Is the happiness industry really in the business of making us unhappy? And can philosophy help? (@RadioNational, 28 minutes, 2019-Dec-08) |
| 127. | Robbie Kubala (UC Santa Cruz): “Practice-Based Accounts of Aesthetic Normativity” Robbie Kubala (UC Santa Cruz) presents “Practice-Based Accounts of Aesthetic Normativity” at Senate House in London (06/12/2019, 16-18:00) for the London Aesthetics Forum. Please do not cite or reproduce without permission. (@aestheticsforum, 2019-Dec-07) |
| 128. | Alberto Cairo, "How Charts Lie: Getting Smarter about Visual Information" (Norton, 2019) We’ve all heard that a picture is worth a thousand words, but what if we don’t understand what we’re looking at? Social media has made charts, infographics, and diagrams ubiquitous―and easier to share than ever. We associate charts with science and reason; the flashy visuals are both appealing and persuasive. Pie charts, maps, bar and line graphs, and scatter plots (to name a few) can better infor... (@NewBooksPhil, 58 minutes, 2019-Dec-03) |
| 129. | Is Your Reality Highly Subjective? And the important lesson we can learn from this understanding. Bonus Feed (My thought process and support with duh monies): https://www.patreon.com/thephilosophyguy Podcast: https://thephilosophyguy.fireside.fm/ Youtube: https://bit.ly/2Z0rAjA Social Links: Discord Squad: https://discord.gg/tH5Fydn Twitter: https://twitter.com/brendenweber_ Email List: https://bit.ly/2rKz8Zn Faceb... (@philosophyguy2, 16 minutes, 2019-Dec-05) |
| 130. | Pretty Much Pop #21: Role-Playing Video Games What constitutes a video RPG? Is there any actual role-playing involved? Our editor Tyler Hislop rejoins Mark, Erica, and Brian to discuss those video games that are supposed to make you feel like your choices matter, with comparisons to MMO RPGs, table-top role-playing, and more. For more, visit prettymuchpop.com. Hear bonus content for this episode at patreon.com/prettymuchpop. This podcast is p... (@PartiallyExLife, 51 minutes, 2019-Dec-03) |
| 131. | In Search of Freedom | Julian Baggini, Paul Broks, Hilary Lawson, Hannah Dawson Constrained by our genes, manipulated by technology and the cultural zeitgeist, there seems little space left for individual freedom. Should we conclude that the very idea of freedom was a mistake? Or is this a madness that threatens our personal lives and the culture on which the West was built? In this episode of Philosophy for our Times, Julian Baggini, Paul Broks, Hilary Lawson ... (@IAI_TV, 35 minutes, 2019-Nov-26) |
| 132. | EV - 119 Discordianism with Brian Henriksen My guest this week is my longtime friend Brian Henriksen, who joins me to discuss our shared love of Discordianism, the most important of all parody religions. The convo is a bit chaotic as befits the material.Principia Discordia: https://www.principiadiscordia.com/book/1.phpInvocation: Apocrypha Discordia pg.9Editing by Brian Ziegenhagen, check out his pod: http://youarehere.libsyn.com/s02e02-rex... (@ETVPod, 63 minutes, 2019-Dec-05) |
| 133. | Sartre: On Living in Bad Faith And the power of living in good faith. Let's analyze Jean-Paul Sartre. Bonus Feed (My thought process and support with duh monies): https://www.patreon.com/thephilosophyguy Podcast: https://thephilosophyguy.fireside.fm/ Youtube: https://bit.ly/2Z0rAjA Social Links: Discord Squad: https://discord.gg/tH5Fydn Twitter: https://twitter.com/brendenweber_ Email List: https://bit.ly/2rKz8Zn... (@philosophyguy2, 25 minutes, 2019-Dec-04) |
| 134. | Ep. 230: Bruno Latour on Science, Culture, and Modernity (Part Two) Continuing on Latour's We Have Never Been Modern (1993) with guest Lynda Olman. Latour rejects the idea of objective truth totally apart from perceivers, so is he an idealist? We lay out the "Constitution" of modernity that keeps science and politics separate, how it makes it difficult for us to address issues like climate change, and what Latour thinks should replace it. Start with part 1 or get ... (@PartiallyExLife, 61 minutes, 2019-Dec-02) |
| 135. | 75 | Max Tegmark on Reality, Simulation, and the Multiverse We've talked a lot recently about the Many Worlds of quantum mechanics. That’s one kind of multiverse that physicists often contemplate. There is also the cosmological multiverse, which we talked about with Brian Greene. Today’s guest, Max Tegmark, has thought a great deal about both of those ideas, as well as a more ambitious and speculative one: the Mathematical Multiverse, in which we imagine t... (@seanmcarroll, 72 minutes, 2019-Dec-02) |
| 136. | 65 - Vold on How We Can Extend Our Minds With AI In this episode I talk to Dr Karina Vold. Karina is a philosopher of mind, cognition, and artificial intelligence. She works on the ethical and societal impacts of emerging technologies and their effects on human cognition. Dr Vold is currently a postdoctoral Research Associate at the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence, a Research Fellow at the Faculty of Philosophy, and a Digital Ch... (@JohnDanaher, 2019-Nov-22) |
| 137. | Episode 121: Aaron Ben Ze'ev discusses the arc of love In this episode, Matt Teichman and Julia Liu talk to Aaron Ben Ze'ev (University of Haifa) about lifelong romantic love. What is love? Is it just a private feeling that each individual person experiences, or is it something that crucially involves multiple people? Our guest argues that although it is primarily a feeling, it is also something that emerges out of the interaction between two people. (@ElucidationsPod, 42 minutes, 2019-Dec-05) |
| 138. | HAP 39 - Doris Garraway on the Haitian Revolution An interview with Doris Garraway on the background, intellectual basis, and legacy of the Haitian Revolution. (@HistPhilosophy, 32 minutes, 2019-Nov-10) |
| 139. |  Do the Clothes Maketh the Human?Shahidha Bari/ Yashka Jessica Moore/ Heather Widdows Listen here or on YouTube Does fashion allow us to express our individuality or is it a case of the Emperor’s new clothing? Can we judge a book by... Podcasts from the Forum for Philosophy. Science, politics and culture from a philosophical perspective. (@forumphilosophy, 2019-Nov-20) |
| 140. | The dangers of 'clipification' The media has always been in the business of isolating and mass circulating 'newsworthy' pieces or slivers of reality. But we are living in an age of 'clipification', where reality itself is broken up into highlights tailor-made to be shared and viewed again and again. What does democracy look like in an age of 'clipification'? (@RadioNational, 51 minutes, 2019-Dec-04) |
| 141. | 0G83: The Society and The State of Nature and Game Theory ::blows the conch shell of fan service:: In the spirt of social cohesion, we provide you with a triple dose of fan service. We present The Society, a much requested A- tweets in a bottle series, and we explain how it perfectly encapsulates the war of bro against bro that would arise in the absence of the social contract. To sweeten the deal, we even throw in some prisoners dilemmas and stag hunts ... (@0gPhilosophy, 47 minutes, 2019-Dec-04) |
| 142. | 492: Sanctuary Cities More at www.philosophytalk.org/shows/sanctuary-cities. In the U.S. there are over 500 sanctuary cities—municipalities that limit their cooperation with the federal government’s immigration law enforcement. Although opponents portray sanctuary cities as besieged by crime, empirical data does not bear out such claims. But what actually justifies sanctuary policies in the first place? Do appeals... (@philtalkradio, 11 minutes, 2019-Nov-18) |
| 143. | Episode 70, Plato's Euthyphro: Socrates Accused (Part I - The Dialogue) Did you hear the news of Socrates? He’s finally to answer for his sophistry! At last, the great lampooning, moral gadfly is to stand before the Court of Athens and answer for his crimes. To think, one could have the audacity to trade in talentless talk and lies, to lead our youth astray, and deny our gods, only to play the fool once more, and plead ignorance when his number is called. Oh, magnific... (@ThePanpsycast, 57 minutes, 2019-Dec-01) |
| 144. |  Keith Frankish Exposes the Illusion of Consciousness‘Qualia’, the subjective qualities of experience, are the bedrock of some theories of consciousness - but they are a fiction according to my guest in this episode. With great charm and passion, Keith Frankish makes the case for ‘illusionism’. 0:54 We kick off chatting about Keith’s humorous definition of a philosopher as ‘an expert in everything and nothing.’ That leads us to Wilfrid Sellar’s famo... (@NSthepodcast, 73 minutes, 2019-Dec-01) |
| 145. | Philosophy in the wake of Empire part 5: Tracks of thought As a young girl, Aileen Moreton-Robinson learned to track in the bush, and this was the beginning of her philosophical education, as she learned how all things are connected. Today she sees Western thought as disconnected, disjointed, and badly in need of a relational approach that might get us talking properly about race and power. (@RadioNational, 28 minutes, 2019-Dec-01) |
| 146. | 011 – Vaccines and Power Vaccines are great, but not everyone agrees. Elena and Ian take a jab at finding out why and when we began our preoccupation with inoculation. If you liked this episode, subscribing/following means you'll get the next one automatically. We'd love it if you could leave us a review on iTunes too. And if you want to get in touch with us, you can do that at wondercupboard.com. (@wondercupboard, 51 minutes, 2019-Dec-01) |
| 147. | Tribal Identity and Tribal Conflict | David Blunkett, Dawn Butler, Phillip Blond Identity politics has become ever more influential. Does our desire to belong to one tribe or another make conflict with others inevitable? Could we do away with tribal allegiances and see ourselves as part of the same human family? Or are group identities based on class, race, sexuality or nationality the only effective vehicles for political change? In this episode of Philosophy for our Times, ... (@IAI_TV, 44 minutes, 2019-Nov-19) |
| 148. | FREE SPEECH With Stanley Fish Is free speech a coherent idea? is there a neutral standard to decide if something is hate speech? How should we conceptualize liberalism, and how should we argue for it in the age of Trump? Support the podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PoliticalPhilosophyPodcast Buy The First https://www.amazon.com/First-Speech-Campus-Religious-Post-Truth/dp/1982115246 (@PolPhilPod, 73 minutes, 2019-Nov-29) |
| 149. | EV - 118 Community Parkour with Kel Glaister My guest this week is Kel Glaister, an instructor with Melbourne in Motion. We discuss her use of parkour and other exercise activities as a way to build inclusive communities and manage challenges like depression.Melbourne in Motion: https://www.melbinmotion.com/Invocation: Justin K. McFarlane BeauEditing by Brian Ziegenhagen, check out his pod: http://youarehere.libsyn.com/s02e02-rex-manning-day... (@ETVPod, 55 minutes, 2019-Nov-28) |
| 150. |  Rationally Speaking #244 - Stephanie Lepp and Buster Benson on "Seeing other perspectives, with compassion"This episode features a pair of interviews. First, Stephanie Lepp discusses what she's learned from interviewing people who had a serious change of heart. Second, Buster Benson shares his tips for coming away from a disagreement feeling more alive. (@Rspodcast, 42 minutes, 2019-Nov-30) |
| 151. | Escaping Skinner's Box: AI and the New Era of Techno-Superstition [The following is the text of a talk I delivered at the World Summit AI on the 10th October 2019. The talk is essentially a nugget taken from my new book Automation and Utopia. It's not an excerpt per se, but does look at one of the key arguments I make in the book. You can listen to the talk using the plugin above or download it here.]The science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke once formulated th... (@JohnDanaher, 2019-Nov-16) |
| 152. | Episode 177: Pure Linguistic Chauvinism Tamler learns something new about menstruation. David weighs in on the democratic debates and the impeachment hearings. Then we map the various social and political factions onto the factions in our respective fields. Who are establishment neoliberals of philosophy, and who are the white feminists? What about the IDWs of psychology – and the Chads and Stacys? Finally we get serious and break dow... (@verybadwizards, 125 minutes, 2019-Nov-26) |
| 153. | Ep. 230: Bruno Latour on Science, Culture, and Modernity (Part One) On Latour's We Have Never Been Modern (1993) with guest Lynda Olman. What's the "modern" ideology of science, and is there something we should critique about it? Latour wants us to think about science not abstractly through the eternal truths it supposedly discovers, but through the concrete practices of scientists. He investigates the Modern Constitution by which science and politics are kept con... (@PartiallyExLife, 49 minutes, 2019-Nov-25) |
| 154. | 74 | Stephen Greenblatt on Stories, History, and Cultural Poetics An infinite number of things happen; we bring structure and meaning to the world by making art and telling stories about it. Every work of literature created by human beings comes out of an historical and cultural context, and drawing connections between art and its context can be illuminating for both. Today’s guest, Stephen Greenblatt, is one of the world’s most celebrated literary scholars, fam... (@seanmcarroll, 66 minutes, 2019-Nov-25) |
| 155. | 21/10/2019 – Glen Pettigrove on Ambition, Love, and Happiness (@Aristotweets, 58 minutes, 2019-Nov-03) |
| 156. | HoP 335 - Sabrina Ebbersmeyer on Emotions in Renaissance Philosophy An interview with Sabrina Ebbersmeyer about the relation of emotion to reason and the body, and panpsychism, in the Renaissance. (@HistPhilosophy, 29 minutes, 2019-Nov-03) |
| 157. | What’s wrong with swearing? These days, mass culture, movies, commercial television, music, novels are awash with language that once would have been deemed beyond the pale. Does it still make sense to speak of 'obscene language'? What makes words 'obscene'? Can obscene language be used in such a way that removes the taint from what they refer to? (@RadioNational, 46 minutes, 2019-Nov-27) |
| 158. | 0G82: Dr. Who's Girl in the Fireplace and the AI Alignment Problem My usual urge to be snarky here is tempered by concern that we're already about to get teabagged into some hot water for our treatment of the good Dr. Who. Please forgive us our Yankness, and maybe consider a more moderate position for your media output, somewhere between 6 episodes a show and 6,000. Feels like there's room for some middle ground there. Oh right, enough meta banter, we watched Dr.... (@0gPhilosophy, 49 minutes, 2019-Nov-27) |
| 159. | Anatomy of a Language Richard Hudson/ Guy Longworth/ Hazel Pearson Listen here or on YouTube The importance of grammar is apparent when learning a new language, but there’s much more to grammar than meets the eye. As the... Podcasts from the Forum for Philosophy. Science, politics and culture from a philosophical perspective. (@forumphilosophy, 2019-Nov-12) |
| 160. | 430: Should Beliefs Aim at Truth? More at www.philosophytalk.org/shows/should-beliefs-aim-truth. If beliefs can be described as having a goal or purpose, then surely that is something like aiming at the truth. Yet we all hold many false beliefs too. Do these false beliefs fail to meet their goal? Or are there some things we believe simply because they make us feel good? Could the goal of beliefs sometimes be to provide comfor... (@philtalkradio, 10 minutes, 2019-Nov-10) |
| 161. | Episode 69, ‘Galileo's Error’ with Philip Goff (Part II - Further Analysis and Discussion) Galileo Galilei is widely considered to be the father of modern science and one of the greatest philosophers to have lived. Galileo played a pivotal role in the developments of the scientific revolution, overturning key tenants of Aristotelian physics and most significantly, advocating mathematics as the language of science. For Galileo, the physics of the past was plagued with unhelpful sensory q... (@ThePanpsycast, 56 minutes, 2019-Nov-24) |
| 162. | The Rise and Fall of Sex | Daphna Joel, Barry Barnes, Stuart Ritchie Although most of us are critical of gender stereotypes, few deny the existence of two discrete biological sexes. Yet biology itself shows dozens of combinations of human sex chromosomes. Could biological sex itself then be an illusion, constructed from human categories? Or is this a futile attempt to deny the reality of two biological sexes? In this episode of Philosophy for our Times, Head of Psy... (@IAI_TV, 36 minutes, 2019-Nov-12) |
| 163. | Philosophy in the wake of Empire part 4: Africa Africa has a history of rich and ancient philosophical traditions. Those traditions were rendered invisible by European colonisers, who sought to overlay Africa's past with the values of the Enlightenment. Today, African philosophy is being uncovered and introduced to the West - but is the West listening? (@RadioNational, 28 minutes, 2019-Nov-24) |
| 164. |  Out of the Vat #4 – Brian GlenneyBrian Glenney specialises in the philosophy of perception, with a specific interest in Molyneux's Question. In this episode we talk to Brian about perception, illusion and (literally) seeing the... Philosophers’ work and philosophers’ lives, both inside and outside of philosophy. Brought to you by the Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, the Centre for Philosophy of Natural ... (@LSEPhilosophy, 33 minutes, 2019-Nov-12) |
| 165. |  E40: Maniraptoran Gravy -The Dinosaur EpisodeTastes like chicken! What does? Dinosaurs… Happy Harrahdays, -Dawdlers (@dawdlerspodcast, 63 minutes, 2019-Nov-24) |
| 166. | Pretty Much Pop #20: Improv Comedy w/ Tim Sniffen What role does improv comedy play in popular culture? It's deployed by certain film directors (e.g. Christopher Guest), in some of the TV work of Larry David, Robin Williams, et al. But only a rare show like "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" makes it obvious. Is this art form doomed to live on the fringes of entertainment? Mark, Erica, and Brian are joined by Tim Sniffen to discuss different types of imp... (@PartiallyExLife, 52 minutes, 2019-Nov-19) |
| 167. | A PROGRESSIVE SENATE with Senator Sherrod Brown Has the Senate been a barrier to progressive reform in America? Is it an institution at odds with our current political culture? I discuss this as well as impeachment, partisanship, and post 2020 with the senior senator from Ohio, Sherrod Brown. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PoliticalPhilosophyPodcast Desk 88: https://www.amazon.com/Desk-88-Progressive-Senators-Changed/dp/0374138214 (@PolPhilPod, 39 minutes, 2019-Nov-22) |
| 168. | EV - 117 Letters.Wiki with Clyde Rathbone My guest this week is Clyde Rathbone (@ClydeRathbone), co-founder of the social discourse site letter.wiki, where people can engage each other in constructive dialogue through a long form letter writing format. We discuss the origin of the project and its impact on people's style of engagement.Clyde's Website: Letter.WikiInvocation: Thomas MertonEditing by Brian Ziegenhagen, check out his pod: htt... (@ETVPod, 60 minutes, 2019-Nov-21) |
| 169. | Ep. 229: Descartes's Rules for Thinking (Part Three) Concluding René Descartes's Rules for Direction of the Mind (1628). We finish rule 12 through the end, talking about simples, the faculties of intuition and judgment, perception and imagination, necessary vs. contingent truths, and how to do Cartesian science, including what constitutes a "perfectly understood problem." Start with part one, or get the full, ad-free Citizen Edition. Please support ... (@PartiallyExLife, 58 minutes, 2019-Nov-18) |
| 170. | 73 | Grimes (c) on Music, Creativity, and Digital Personae Changing technologies have always affected how we produce and enjoy art, and music might be the most obvious example. Radio and recordings made it easy for professional music to be widely disseminated, but created a barrier to its creation. Nowadays computers are helping to reverse that trend, allowing casual users to create slick songs of their own. Not everyone is equally good at it, however; Gr... (@seanmcarroll, 78 minutes, 2019-Nov-18) |
| 171. | HAP 38 - My Haitian Pen - Baron de Vastey The Baron de Vastey unveils the horror of colonialism as a system and defends the monarchy of King Christophe in the tense early years of Haiti’s independence. (@HistPhilosophy, 24 minutes, 2019-Oct-27) |
| 172. | The Problems with Ideology With the help of ideas from Jiddu Krishnamurti and Hannah Arendt, let's examine the problems with ideology. And let's consider rethinking those things we so passionately thought we knew. Bonus Feed (My thought process and support with duh monies): https://www.patreon.com/thephilosophyguy Podcast: https://thephilosophyguy.fireside.fm/ Youtube: https://bit.ly/2Z0rAjA Social Links: Discord... (@philosophyguy2, 20 minutes, 2019-Nov-18) |
| 173. | 491: Hobbes and the Ideal Citizen More at www.philosophytalk.org/shows/hobbes-and-ideal-citizen. Seventeenth century philosopher Thomas Hobbes believed that without government to control our worst impulses, life would be 'solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.' Consequently, he thought that absolute monarchy is the best form of government. So is Hobbes’ ideal citizen simply someone who is willing to submit to absolute aut... (@philtalkradio, 11 minutes, 2019-Nov-04) |
| 174. | False necessities: Is economic growth a moral good? Is economic growth a virtuous circle or a Faustian treadmill that benefits some and immiserates others (human and not)? (@RadioNational, 48 minutes, 2019-Nov-20) |
| 175. | 0G81: HBO's Watchmen and Reparations An excerpt from Rorschach's rebooted journal: Viewers are afraid of HBO, for it has seen their true faces. The shows are extended gutters and the gutters are full of blood and boobies and when the drains finally scab over, all the bingers will drown. The accumulated filth of high budget, high concept sex and murder will foam up about their waists, and all the millennials and the boomers who's log ... (@0gPhilosophy, 50 minutes, 2019-Nov-20) |
| 176. | Blockchain, consent and prosent for medical research Respecting patients' autonomy is increasingly important in the digital age, yet researchers have raised concerns over the barriers of access to medical data useful for data-driven medical research. Respecting patients and their autonomy, a primary obligation of medical professionals, is increasingly important in the digital age. Yet biomedical and bioethical researchers have raised concerns over ... (@ethicsinthenews, 31 minutes, 2019-Nov-13) |
| 177. |  Carolyn Dicey Jennings Live!Join me for a discussion with Carolyn Dicey Jennings, an associate professor of philosophy and cognitive science at UC Merced, as we discuss themes from her upcoming book The Attending Mind. Carolyn’s website The Attending Mind (@onemorebrown, 2019-Nov-16) |
| 178. | Aristotle Now Joachim Aufderheide / Sophie Grace Chappell / Sophia Connell Listen here or on YouTube Aristotle is one of the most famous and influential philosophers. His work on logic, metaphysics, politics, and... Podcasts from the Forum for Philosophy. Science, politics and culture from a philosophical perspective. (@forumphilosophy, 2019-Nov-04) |
| 179. | The Problems with Christianity The aspects of Christianity I could never overcome. Bonus Feed (My thought process and support with duh monies): https://www.patreon.com/thephilosophyguy Podcast: https://thephilosophyguy.fireside.fm/ Youtube: https://bit.ly/2Z0rAjA Social Links: Discord Squad: https://discord.gg/tH5Fydn Twitter: https://twitter.com/brendenweber_ Email List: https://bit.ly/2rKz8Zn Facebook: https:... (@philosophyguy2, 20 minutes, 2019-Nov-16) |
| 180. | Pretty Much Pop #19: Race and the Target Audience w/ Rodney Ramsey Are YOU the target audience of what you watch? While shows used to be aimed at a white majority or "niche group," now much media aims itself seemingly at everyone. Rodney Comedian/actor/writer/producer Rodney joins Mark, Erica, and Brian to discuss the experience of watching outside your demographic, whether identifying with characters requires physical commonalities, "black voice," and the evolvi... (@PartiallyExLife, 49 minutes, 2019-Nov-13) |
| 181. | Philip Goff Live! Join me for another discussion with Philip Goff, a consciousness researcher at Durham University. This time we discuss themes from his new book Galileo’s Error Galileo’s Error on Amazon Philip’s website Philip’s blog (@onemorebrown, 2019-Nov-14) |
| 182. | Episode 69, ‘Galileo's Error’ with Philip Goff (Part I - Foundations for a New Science of Consciousness) Galileo Galilei is widely considered to be the father of modern science and one of the greatest philosophers to have lived. Galileo played a pivotal role in the developments of the scientific revolution, overturning key tenants of Aristotelian physics and most significantly, advocating mathematics as the language of science. For Galileo, the physics of the past was plagued with unhelpful sensory q... (@ThePanpsycast, 58 minutes, 2019-Nov-17) |
| 183. | The Mystery of Life | Nick Lane, Monica Grady, Ralph Cordey As we explore the planets of the solar system and look out at those beyond, researchers hope they will find evidence of life. But would it be like life on earth? Or is the wish to find other life forms a science fiction fantasy that serves Hollywood well but has little to do with reality? In this episode of Philosophy for our Times, Biochemist and author of The Vital Question Nick Lane, Head of F... (@IAI_TV, 45 minutes, 2019-Nov-05) |
| 184. | Philosophy in the wake of Empire pt. 3: Missionary feminism Feminist arguments in the West have been used to advance imperialist projects that inflict suffering on women in Iraq and Afghanistan. And the Western feminist focus on individual rights can be disastrous when played out in non-Western contexts. Is it time to rethink “missionary feminism”? (@RadioNational, 28 minutes, 2019-Nov-17) |
| 185. | (Contemplating) Truth The path to truth finds us traveling down a road of knowledge, an experience that is thrilling and pleasant. Let's give it a go. Bonus Feed (My thought process and support with duh monies): https://www.patreon.com/thephilosophyguy Podcast: https://thephilosophyguy.fireside.fm/ Youtube: https://bit.ly/2Z0rAjA Social Links: Discord Squad: https://discord.gg/tH5Fydn Twitter: https://twit... (@philosophyguy2, 19 minutes, 2019-Nov-14) |
| 186. | IMMIGRATION & SELF-DETERMINATION with David Miller Do we have special obligations towards fellow citizens? Is self-determination valuable? Can national identity be threatened by large scale immigration? I'm joined by David Miller to discuss these, and other, issues. (@PolPhilPod, 80 minutes, 2019-Nov-15) |
| 187. | EV - 116 Zhuangzi and Scientific Realism with Aaron Novick My guest this week is Aaron Novick (@AmneMachin), assistant professor of philosophy at Purdue University. We combine together two often requested topics that might not seem related at first glance. We look first at the work of Zhuangzi, a 4th century Chinese philosopher, and then consider how it informs our modern discussion of the nature of science.Aaron's Website: https://www.aaronnovick.com/Inv... (@ETVPod, 69 minutes, 2019-Nov-14) |
| 188. | Robert Talisse, "Overdoing Democracy: Why We Must Put Politics in Its Place" (Oxford UP, 2019) In the United States in particular, there is almost no social space today, whether that’s Thanksgiving dinner or going shopping, that has not become saturated with political meaning. In Overdoing Democracy: Why We Must Put Politics in Its Place (Oxford University Press, 2019), Robert Talisse argues that contrary to what many democratic theorists have argued, democracy is something we can do too mu... (@NewBooksPhil, 71 minutes, 2019-Nov-11) |
| 189. | Episode 176: Split-Brains and the (Dis)Unity of Consciousness David and Tamler discuss famous 'split brain' experiments pioneered by Roger Sperry and Michael Gazzaniga. What happens when you cut off the main line of communication between the left and right hemispheres of our brain? Why under certain conditions do the the left and right brains seem like they have different abilities and desires? What does this tell us about the ‘self’? Do we have two consciou... (@verybadwizards, 108 minutes, 2019-Nov-12) |
| 190. | Ep. 229: Descartes's Rules for Thinking (Part Two) Continuing on René Descartes's Rules for Direction of the Mind (1628), covering rules 7 through the first part of the lengthy rule 12. We try to figure out what he means by "enumeration;" the faculties of imagination, sense and memory; the virtues of perspicacity and sagacity; his psychology of the senses, the "common sense" where all sense data comes together, and the understanding; how Descartes... (@PartiallyExLife, 53 minutes, 2019-Nov-11) |
| 191. | E39: We Don't Need No Stinking Badges - Whitehead on Laws of Nature Metaphysical outlaws? Does our universe operate according to some set or other of fixed, eternal rules? Enforced by whom/what? Could these "laws" themselves "evolve"? This week the Dawdlers consider some lawlike generalizations from Alfred North Whitehead's book Adventures of Ideas where he presents a quadruple of suggestions for how "laws" might function metaphysically, and how various influe... (@dawdlerspodcast, 64 minutes, 2019-Nov-16) |
| 192. | HoP 334 - Chance Encounters - Reviving Hellenistic philosophy The rediscovery of Epicurus, Lucretius, and Sextus Empiricus spreads challenging ideas about chance, atomism, and skepticism. (@HistPhilosophy, 22 minutes, 2019-Oct-20) |
| 193. | 72 | César Hidalgo on Information in Societies, Economies, and the Universe Maxwell's Demon is a famous thought experiment in which a mischievous imp uses knowledge of the velocities of gas molecules in a box to decrease the entropy of the gas, which could then be used to do useful work such as pushing a piston. This is a classic example of converting information (what the gas molecules are doing) into work. But of course that kind of phenomenon is much more widespread --... (@seanmcarroll, 77 minutes, 2019-Nov-11) |
| 194. | The Occult Lauren Kassell / Richard Pettigrew / Nisha Ramayya Listen here or on YouTube For Halloween this year, we delved into the mystic… Philosophy often presents itself as founded on logic and... Podcasts from the Forum for Philosophy. Science, politics and culture from a philosophical perspective. (@forumphilosophy, 2019-Oct-30) |
| 195. | Sonia Sedivy (Toronto): “The Puzzle of Make-Believe about Pictures: Can One Imagine a Perception to be Different?” Sonia Sedivy (Toronto) presents “The Puzzle of Make-Believe about Pictures: Can One Imagine a Perception to be Different?” at Senate House in London (13/11/2019, 16-18:00) for the London Aesthetics Forum. Please do not cite or reproduce without permission. (@aestheticsforum, 2019-Nov-13) |
| 196. | Joker An analysis of the new Joker film. What does it say about what leads one to violent acts? Bonus Feed (My thought process and support with duh monies): https://www.patreon.com/thephilosophyguy Podcast: https://thephilosophyguy.fireside.fm/ Youtube: https://bit.ly/2Z0rAjA Social Links: Discord Squad: https://discord.gg/tH5Fydn Twitter: https://twitter.com/brendenweber_ Email List: htt... (@philosophyguy2, 13 minutes, 2019-Nov-11) |
| 197. | 429: The Limits of Medical Consent More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/limits-medical-consent. In our healthcare system, parents normally make medical decisions for their kids because, we think, children are not competent to make such decisions for themselves. Similarly, we permit doctors to violate or defer consent for mentally incompetent adults. But where do we draw the line for what constitutes ‘incompetence’? Sho... (@philtalkradio, 11 minutes, 2019-Oct-28) |
| 198. | Does "calling-out" do more harm than good? What is it about "calling-out" someone online or "cancelling" someone guilty of an egregious wrong, that is problematic? Does moral seriousness, in a time of incommensurable disagreement, necessarily need to take the form of moral purity? (@RadioNational, 54 minutes, 2019-Nov-13) |
| 199. | Pretty Much Pop #18: Stephen King's Media Empire Is the most popular writer of our time actually a good writer? Or maybe he used to be good? While you've been thinking about those questions, King already wrote another book, so ha! Mark, Erica, and Brian share their experiences with and opinions about King's oeuvre and the films and shows that have come out of it. For more, visit prettymuchpop.com. Hear bonus content for this episode at patreon.c... (@PartiallyExLife, 54 minutes, 2019-Nov-08) |
| 200. | NEM#109: Producer Guy Sigsworth (Seal, Björk, etc.) Goes Solo Guy has been a highly sought-after British producer/keyboardist since the early '90s and is just now releasing his debut album, STET. We discuss "Mono No Aware" and "Dorian" from that album and "Unravel" from Björk's Homogenic (1997). End song: "Let's Go" by Frou Frou from Details (2002). Intro: "Crazy," co-written with Seal from his debut album (1991). Hear more Nakedly Examined Music. Like our F... (@PartiallyExLife, 77 minutes, 2019-Nov-08) |
| 201. | 0G80: Primer and the Ethics of Time Travel Here's what's going to happen, I'm going to do a matrix like voiceover and you're going to listen, and when that's over, you're going to have even less of a clue what's going on. It all started with a box... We're doing primer! Y'all asked, and we finally looped enough times to find the timeline where we deliver! You get to hear Thomas explain the 60% of the plot he was able to follow and then we ... (@0gPhilosophy, 49 minutes, 2019-Nov-13) |
| 202. | Rationally Speaking #243 - Bryan Caplan on "The Case for Open Borders" Economist Bryan Caplan makes a compelling case for open borders in his new graphic nonfiction book, "Open Borders: The Science and Ethics of Immigration," illustrated by cartoonist Zach Weinersmith. (@Rspodcast, 49 minutes, 2019-Nov-12) |
| 203. | 7/10/2019 – 112th PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: Helen Steward on Free Will and External Reality: Two Scepticisms Compared (@Aristotweets, 59 minutes, 2019-Oct-15) |
| 204. | Assessing the Moral Status of Robots: A Shorter Defence of Ethical Behaviourism [This is the text of a lecture that I delivered at Tilburg University on the 24th of September 2019. It was delivered as part of the 25th Anniversary celebrations for TILT (Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology and Society). My friend and colleague Sven Nyholm was the discussant for the evening. The lecture is based on my longer academic article ‘Welcoming Robots into the Moral Circle: A Defence o... (@JohnDanaher, 2019-Oct-27) |
| 205. | Genetic Selection and Enhancement Professor Julian Savulescu and Dr Katrien Devolder discuss the use of genetic testing to select which children to bring into the world. Should we use genetic testing to choose which children to bring into the world, and if so, how should we choose? Is it acceptable to choose a deaf child? Should we choose our children on the basis of non-disease traits such as intelligence or fitness, if we can? D... (@ethicsinthenews, 56 minutes, 2019-Nov-04) |
| 206. | Episode 68, The Olly Thorn Interview (Part II - Further Analysis and Discussion) Oliver Thorn is an actor and educator, best known as the creator and host of the popular YouTube channel Philosophy Tube. Boasting around half a million subscribers, Olly’s channel is notorious for its well-researched content and colourful presentation. With over six years of videos under his belt, it is fair to say that Olly is going over and above in his goal of giving away his philosophy degree... (@ThePanpsycast, 42 minutes, 2019-Nov-10) |
| 207. | A Mad World | Richard Bentall, Ann John, Lucy Johnstone An ever growing number of people are being treated for mental illness. Some blame the modern world, yet critics warn that psychiatrists and big pharma have an interest in describing normal human behaviour as an illness or disorder. Might we do better to give up the notion that mental distress implies illness? In this episode of Philosophy for our Times, author of Madness Explained Richard Bentall... (@IAI_TV, 39 minutes, 2019-Oct-29) |
| 208. | INEQUALITY Q&A I take on a range of audience questions and comments from my economic inequality episode: Diminishing marginal returns, poverty vs inequality, long run growth, and the morality of capitalism. (@PolPhilPod, 75 minutes, 2019-Nov-09) |
| 209. | Episode 120: Robin Dembroff on going beyond the gender binary Ever wonder what 'gender non-binary' means? Don't worry--Robin Dembroff (Yale University) is here to walk us through the relevant terminology, along with the everyday moral issues that are tied up with the gender concepts we use. (@ElucidationsPod, 33 minutes, 2019-Nov-10) |
| 210. | Philosophy in the wake of Empire pt. 2: Migrants and other Others As refugees from the former colonies make their way to Europe, notions of “European life” and “European values” are facing unprecedented challenges. As postcolonial subjects, how should these migrants be received and understood? (@RadioNational, 28 minutes, 2019-Nov-10) |
| 211. | EV - 115 Automation and Utopia with John Danaher My guest this week isJohn Danaher, author of Automation and Utopia: Human Flourishing in a World Without Work. We go long to do a deep dive into every word in that title, and a few other topics as well. I really enjoyed John's book and highly recommend it to folks interested in the map of possible futures.Automation and Utopia: https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674984240Invocation: ... (@ETVPod, 85 minutes, 2019-Nov-07) |
| 212. | HAP 37 - Liberty, Equality, Humanity - The Haitian Revolution In an age of revolutions and revolutionary ideas, the Haitian Revolution of 1791-1804 stands out as the most radical of them all. (@HistPhilosophy, 23 minutes, 2019-Oct-13) |
| 213. | Ep. 229: Descartes's Rules for Thinking (Part One) On René Descartes's Rules for Direction of the Mind (1628). Is there a careful way to approach problems that will ensure that you'll always be right? What if you just never assert anything you can't be sure of? This is Descartes's strategy, modeled on mathematics. We likewise carefully move step-by-step through this text. This is part 1 of 3; get the whole discussion now via the Citizen Edition no... (@PartiallyExLife, 50 minutes, 2019-Nov-04) |
| 214. | 71 | Philip Goff on Consciousness Everywhere The human brain contains roughly 85 billion neurons, wired together in an extraordinarily complex network of interconnected parts. It’s hardly surprising that we don’t understand the mind and how it works. But do we know enough about our experience of consciousness to suggest that consciousness cannot arise from nothing more than the physical interactions of bits of matter? Panpsychism is the idea... (@seanmcarroll, 95 minutes, 2019-Nov-04) |
| 215. | The Ethical Human Zanna Clay/ Philip Pettit/ Simone Schnall Listen here or on YouTube Where do our ideas of right and wrong come from? Can the evolutionary processes that produced human beings explain the moral... Podcasts from the Forum for Philosophy. Science, politics and culture from a philosophical perspective. (@forumphilosophy, 2019-Oct-24) |
| 216. | Kathryn Conrad on University Press Publishing As you may know, university presses publish a lot of good books. In fact, they publish thousands of them every year. They are different from most trade books in that most of them are what you might called "fundamental research." Their authors--dedicated researchers one and all--provide the scholarly stuff upon which many non-fiction trade books are based. So when you are reading, say, a popular hi... (@NewBooksPhil, 40 minutes, 2019-Nov-03) |
| 217. | 490: Conscious Machiness More at www.philosophytalk.org/shows/conscious-machines. Computers have already surpassed us in their ability to perform certain cognitive tasks. Perhaps it won’t be long till every household has a super intelligent robot who can outperform us in almost every domain. While future AI might be excellent at appearing conscious, could AI ever actually become conscious? Would forcing conscious rob... (@philtalkradio, 10 minutes, 2019-Oct-21) |
| 218. | Elijah Millgram, "John Stuart Mill and the Meaning of Life" (Oxford UP, 2019) According to an intuitive view, lives are meaningful when they manifest a directedness or instantiate a project such that the disparate events and endeavors “add up to” a life. John Stuart Mill’s life certainly was devoted to a project in that sense. Yet Mill’s life was in many respects unsatisfying – riven with anxiety and trauma. What does Mill’s life teach us about meaningful lives? In Joh... (@NewBooksPhil, 69 minutes, 2019-Nov-01) |
| 219. |  Sam Harris RespondsLong ago, Zach published a critique of Sam Harris (https://thevimblog.com/2018/09/21/wake-up-sam-harris/) that accused Sam of a point of hypocrisy with respect to his treatment of Islam and race. Shockingly, Sam released a recent podcast in which he responds to arguments quite similar to Zach’s. So in a certain sense, Sam has responded to Zach. This episode outlines the disagreement and expl... (@thevimblog, 75 minutes, 2019-Nov-03) |
| 220. | What happened when the Berlin Wall came down? The fall of the Berlin Wall thirty years ago is celebrated across the Western world as a world-historical moment: the triumph of freedom over tyranny, of democracy over communism. But is this justified? And why the fascination in the West? Professor of International Relations Sarah Percy joins Waleed and Scott to discuss what the 'fall' of the Berlin Wall revealed, and concealed. (@RadioNational, 46 minutes, 2019-Nov-06) |
| 221. | 0G79: The Ones Who Stay and Fight and The Paradox of Tolerance Now imagine an even greater and glorious afrofuturist podcast, where everyone gets equitable access to boxes. What price would you be willing to pay for that podcast?! Could you truly enjoy such a podcast knowing that those who challenge the podcast are summarily executed? What if we call their objections a disease that must be cut out at the root? Better or worse? This week we're doing the N.K. J... (@0gPhilosophy, 39 minutes, 2019-Nov-06) |
| 222. | The New Moralism | Matthew Taylor, Rebecca Roache, Hilary Lawson Many would argue that for at least a century we have been moving away from the moral certainties of traditional Christianity. Yet now a new form of moral certainty is reappearing, with much of our culture seemingly gripped by a focus on virtue and a tightly policed sense of right and wrong. Should we welcome this return to virtue and embrace a new moralism that will purge society of its newly foun... (@IAI_TV, 39 minutes, 2019-Oct-22) |
| 223. | Episode 68, The Olly Thorn Interview (Part I - Behind Philosophy Tube) Oliver Thorn is an actor and educator, best known as the creator and host of the popular YouTube channel Philosophy Tube. Boasting around half a million subscribers, Olly’s channel is notorious for its well-researched content and colourful presentation. With over six years of videos under his belt, it is fair to say that Olly is going over and above in his goal of giving away his philosophy degree... (@ThePanpsycast, 38 minutes, 2019-Nov-03) |
| 224. | Pretty Much Pop #17: Comedy as Philosophy w/ Daniel Lobell Are stand-up comedians the Modern Day Philosophers? This is the premise of Daniel's podcast, but really, only some comedians express original claims; many just tell jokes. Are those exceptional comics philosophizing? Does telling the whole, tragic truth rule out being funny? Daniel, Mark, Erica, and Brian consider Carlin, Gadsby, Chappelle, and others. For more, visit prettymuchpop.com. Hear bonus... (@PartiallyExLife, 46 minutes, 2019-Oct-29) |
| 225. | HoP 333 - Difficult to Be Good - Humanist Ethics Humanists from Bruni and Valla to Pontano and Castiglione ask whether ancient ethical teachings can still help us learn how to live. (@HistPhilosophy, 22 minutes, 2019-Oct-06) |
| 226. | Philosophy in the wake of Empire pt. 1: The white way to think The West has a history of colonisation and empire-building. How has this shaped the discipline of philosophy? This week – first in a five-part series – we look at racism and the unfortunate legacy of Immanuel Kant, who believed the non-white races were incapable of philosophical reflection. (@RadioNational, 28 minutes, 2019-Nov-03) |
| 227. | A (Brief) History of Western Philosophy So this is a completely revamped, redone, and improved version of my history of Western philosophy episode. Enjoy! Bonus Feed (My thought process and support with duh monies): https://www.patreon.com/thephilosophyguy Podcast: https://thephilosophyguy.fireside.fm/ Youtube: https://bit.ly/2Z0rAjA Social Links: Discord Squad: https://discord.gg/tH5Fydn Twitter: https://twitter.com/brende... (@philosophyguy2, 32 minutes, 2019-Oct-31) |
| 228. | EV - 114 Neuro-Yogacara with Bryce Huebner My guest this week is Bryce Huebner (@distributedcog), a Provost's Distinguished Associate Professor in Philosophy at Georgetown University. We discuss the distributed nature of cognition from both an analytic and Yogacara buddhist perspective, plus we talk meditation and metal!Bryce's personal page: https://brycehuebner.weebly.com/Yogacara: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YogacharaInvocation: Rache... (@ETVPod, 61 minutes, 2019-Oct-31) |
| 229. | Episode 175: At Least We Didn’t Talk About Zombies (Nagel’s “What is it Like to be a Bat?”) We try (with varying success) to wrap our heads around Thomas Nagel’s classic article “What is it Like to be a Bat?" Does science have the tools to give us a theory of consciousness or is that project doomed from the outset? Why do reductionist or functionalist explanations seem so unsatisfying? Is the problem that consciousness is subjective, or is it something about the nature of conscious exper... (@verybadwizards, 103 minutes, 2019-Oct-29) |
| 230. | Ep. 228: Social Construction of Race (Appiah, Mills) (Part Two) Continuing on Kwame Anthony Appiah's "Race, Culture, Identity: Misunderstood Connections" (1994), Charles Mills's "But What Are You Really?, The Metaphysics of Race" (1998), and Neven Sesardic's "Race: A Social Destruction of a Biological Concept" (2010) with guest Coleman Hughes. Racial classifications vary geographically, therefore race is socially constructed. Given this, can we retain the posi... (@PartiallyExLife, 48 minutes, 2019-Oct-28) |
| 231. | 70 | Katie Mack on How the Universe Will End Cosmologists are always talking excitedly about the Big Bang and all the cool stuff that happened in the 14 billion years between then and now. But what about the future? We don't know for sure, but we know enough about the laws of physics to sketch out several plausible scenarios for what the future of our universe will hold. Katie Mack is a cosmologist who is writing a book about the end of the ... (@seanmcarroll, 83 minutes, 2019-Oct-28) |
| 232. | Episode #136 ... Hannah Arendt - The Banality of Evil Today we discuss the work of Hannah Arendt. (@iamstephenwest, 29 minutes, 2019-Oct-31) |
| 233. | A Right to a Home? Cara Nine / Yousif M. Qasmiyeh / Beth Watts Listen here or on YouTube ‘Home’ means more than a roof over our heads. It can be crucial to our sense of ourselves and our well-being. So what might it... Podcasts from the Forum for Philosophy. Science, politics and culture from a philosophical perspective. (@forumphilosophy, 2019-Oct-15) |
| 234. | 427: The Space-Time Continuum More at https://philosophytalk.org/shows/space-time-continuum. Strange things are said about time: that it's illusory, that it has no direction. But what about space, or the space-time continuum? What exactly is space-time? Are space and time fundamental features of the world? How do Einstein’s special and general theories of relativity change our understanding of space-time? Is there a disti... (@philtalkradio, 51 minutes, 2019-Oct-13) |
| 235. | What moral obligations does feminism impose on men? Feminism is undeniably one of the most significant political movements of the last century. So what does feminism demand of men? Meagan Tyler joins Scott and Waleed to discuss whether men can be "feminists"? (@RadioNational, 45 minutes, 2019-Oct-30) |
| 236. | 0G78: Omelas and Distributive Justice Imagine a great and glorious golden podcast, filled with as many or as few boxes as your heart could desire. What price would you be willing to pay for that podcast? I don't mean on patreon, I'm talking cost in human suffering. Could you truly enjoy such a podcast knowing that it relied on the constant pain of one poor co-host at the hands of the other cohost? Would you continue to partake of the ... (@0gPhilosophy, 43 minutes, 2019-Oct-30) |
| 237. | Rationally Speaking #242 - Keith Frankish on "Why consciousness is an illusion" Philosopher of mind Keith Frankish is one of the leading proponents of "illusionism," the theory that argues that your subjective experience -- i.e., the "what it is like" to be you -- is a trick of the mind. (@Rspodcast, 43 minutes, 2019-Oct-29) |
| 238. | J. Neuhaus, "Geeky Pedagogy: A Guide for Intellectuals, Introverts, and Nerds Who Want to Be Effective Teachers" (West Virginia UP, 2019) The things that make people academics -- as deep fascination with some arcane subject, often bordering on obsession, and a comfort with the solitude that developing expertise requires -- do not necessarily make us good teachers. Jessamyn Neuhaus’s Geeky Pedagogy: A Guide for Intellectuals, Introverts, and Nerds Who Want to Be Effective Teachers (West Virginia University Press, 2019) helps us to id... (@NewBooksPhil, 33 minutes, 2019-Oct-24) |
| 239. | Margot Strohminger (Oxford): “Supposition, Imagination and Offline Belief” Margot Strohminger (Oxford) presents “Supposition, Imagination and Offline Belief” at Senate House in London (23/10/2019, 16-18:00) for the London Aesthetics Forum. Please do not cite or reproduce without permission. (@aestheticsforum, 2019-Oct-28) |
| 240. | Into the Unknown | Martin Rees, Tony Milligan, Elizabeth Seward Fifty years ago we landed on the moon, and imagined that in 2001 we would be travelling vast distances through space. But the fantasy died, and we went nowhere. Now a new age of space exploration is underway - this one driven by companies, billionaires, and new players like China and India. Is it an essential trait of being human to reach out into the unknown? In this episode of Philosophy for our... (@IAI_TV, 35 minutes, 2019-Oct-15) |
| 241. | E38: Cognitive Combinatorialism - What Makes Humans Special? What makes humans special? Is it language? Culture? Throwing? Semiotics? Impossible burgers? Ryan thinks it’s the extent to which we combine ("meat", cheese, bun - see!?). In this episode we Dawdlers discuss this in this “short long” and will perhaps revisit it again sometime. Join hands and feel our infinite combinatorial power, people! -The Dawdlers ~~~ 00:01:13 – Ryan’s deep passions ... (@dawdlerspodcast, 55 minutes, 2019-Oct-28) |
| 242. | HAP 36 - Sons of Africa - Quobna Ottobah Cugoano and Olaudah Equiano Quobna Ottobah Cugoano and Olaudah Equiano advance the goals of the abolitionist movement through a groundbreaking political treatise and an influential autobiography. (@HistPhilosophy, 30 minutes, 2019-Sep-29) |
| 243. | Episode 67, Flowers for Algernon (Part V - Further Analysis and Discussion) Report: March 2nd After the successes we have had with Algernon, and with much deliberation, I have officially chosen our first research subject. Charlie Gordon, 32, was recommended to us by Alice Kinian from the Beekman School for Retarded Adults and she has assured us of his desire to increase his intellect. I have scheduled for Charlie to come to the lab over the next few days where Burt S... (@ThePanpsycast, 32 minutes, 2019-Oct-27) |
| 244. | Joseph LeDoux on the 4 Billion Year Journey to Our Conscious Selves Joseph LeDoux is a celebrated neuroscientist whose latest book is a work of quite staggering ambition - it traces the ‘Four Billion Year Story of How We Got Conscious Brains’. He reveals the profound similarities between us and bacteria, as well as offering a brilliant, overarching account of what makes us unique in the animal kingdom; how we developed the capacity for emotion and self-consciousne... (@NSthepodcast, 62 minutes, 2019-Oct-27) |
| 245. | Pretty Much Pop #16: 25 Years After FRIENDS Mark, Erica, and Brian examine the conventions, techniques, and staying power of the beloved '90s sitcom. Are we supposed to identify with, or idolize, or merely like these people? What makes the formula work, did it sustain itself over its 10-year run, was it successfully replicated, and what parts haven't aged well? For more, visit prettymuchpop.com. Hear bonus content for this episode at patreo... (@PartiallyExLife, 43 minutes, 2019-Oct-22) |
| 246. | Reparation When individuals and communities today still suffer the consequences of past wrongs — slavery, dispossession, invasion, the theft of land and resources — what exactly is owed to them, and who should pay? (@RadioNational, 28 minutes, 2019-Oct-27) |
| 247. | EV - 113 Expressivist Kantianism with Florence Bacus My guest this week is Florence Bacus (@morallawwithin), a grad student in the Tufts terminal masters program and an impressive consumer of great philosophical works. We discuss some of her recent work on epistemology as well as a deep dive into Kantian ethics and expressivist metaethics, with the tantalizing idea that maybe they're compatible in some way.Florence's Curious Cat page: https://curiou... (@ETVPod, 60 minutes, 2019-Oct-24) |
| 248. | BREXIT, CONGRESS, & CULTURE I develop an original account how how different political cultures, & different ways of conceptualizing politics, have developed in the US and UK. How they have recently become inversions of each other. And argue that the current chaos is the shape fo things to come. (@PolPhilPod, 101 minutes, 2019-Oct-25) |
| 249. | Dilek Huseyinzadegan, "Kant’s Nonideal Theory of Politics" (Northwestern UP, 2019) In Kant’s Nonideal Theory of Politics (Northwestern University Press, 2019), Dilek Huseyinzadegan analyzes Kant’s political writings by attending to the role of history, anthropology, and geography in his thought. She shows that Kant employs teleology as a means to orient us within the chaotic contingency of experience in order to plan and navigate a path to just political orders from our current ... (@NewBooksPhil, 57 minutes, 2019-Oct-21) |
| 250. | Ep. 228: Social Construction of Race (Appiah, Mills) (Part One) On Kwame Anthony Appiah's "Race, Culture, Identity: Misunderstood Connections" (1994), Charles Mills's "But What Are You Really?, The Metaphysics of Race" (1998), and Neven Sesardic's "Race: A Social Destruction of a Biological Concept" (2010). With guest Coleman Hughes. Don't wait for part two; get your full, ad-free Citizen Edition now. Please support PEL! Sponsors: NativeDeodorant.com (code PE... (@PartiallyExLife, 43 minutes, 2019-Oct-21) |
| 251. | 69 | Cory Doctorow on Technology, Monopoly, and the Future of the Internet (@seanmcarroll, 78 minutes, 2019-Oct-21) |
| 252. | Philosophy as Therapy? Beverley Clack / Molly Macdonald / John Skorupski Listen here or on YouTube There is a rich tradition of claiming therapeutic powers for philosophy, but if philosophy is the love of wisdom, is... Podcasts from the Forum for Philosophy. Science, politics and culture from a philosophical perspective. (@forumphilosophy, 2019-Oct-09) |
| 253. | 489: The Allure of Authoritarianism More at www.philosophytalk.org/shows/allure-authoritarianism. In George Orwell’s 1984, the party’s “final, most essential command” was “to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears.” Authoritarian regimes call on us to accept as fact whatever they tell us; or worse, as Hannah Arendt says, they get us to a point where we no longer know—or care about—the difference between fiction and reality. ... (@philtalkradio, 11 minutes, 2019-Oct-07) |
| 254. |  2019 Uehiro Lectures (1/3): What Has Gone Wrong? Populist politics and the mobilization of fear and resentmentLies, propaganda, and fake news have hijacked political discourse, distracting the electorate from engaging with the global problems we face. These Uehiro Lectures suggest a pathway for democratic institutions to devise solutions to the problems we face. I diagnose the deterioration of public discourse regarding basic facts to the rise of populist politics, which is powered by the activation of id... (@ethicsinthenews, 55 minutes, 2019-Oct-17) |
| 255. | 2019 Uehiro Lectures (2/3): Improving Political Discourse (1): Re-learning how to talk about facts across group identities Lies, propaganda, and fake news have hijacked political discourse, distracting the electorate from engaging with the global problems we face. These Uehiro Lectures suggest a pathway for democratic institutions to devise solutions to the problems we face t I argue that citizen science and local deliberation within internally diverse micro-publics offer models of how political discourse can be re-or... (@ethicsinthenews, 64 minutes, 2019-Oct-17) |
| 256. | 2019 Uehiro Lectures (3/3): Improving Political Discourse (2): Communicating moral concern beyond blaming and shaming Lies, propaganda, and fake news have hijacked political discourse, distracting the electorate from engaging with the global problems we face. These Uehiro Lectures suggest a pathway for democratic institutions to devise solutions to the problems we face t People often resist facts because accepting facts exposes them to shame and blame. Yet, when the point of raising facts is to orient others to ... (@ethicsinthenews, 59 minutes, 2019-Oct-17) |
| 257. | Can there be a Left-wing Authoritarianism? Justin and Zach reunite to consider the question of whether there an be a left-wing authoritarianism. In the previous episode, they discussed what it means to have an authoritarian personality, to be someone inclined to support authoritarian candidates. And it is a fact of the research that authoritarians are sorting themselves into the Republican party. But must that be the case? Justin and Zach ... (@thevimblog, 79 minutes, 2019-Oct-20) |
| 258. | Does democracy have a problem with conspiracies? If conspiracism is the consequence of particular conceptions of truth, knowledge, agency, power in democratic politics, is it a problem that can be solved? Professor Sophia Rosenfeld joins us to discuss whether conspiracism become an inescapable, all-pervasive feature of modern life. (@RadioNational, 42 minutes, 2019-Oct-23) |
| 259. | 0G77: DS9 Heart of Stone and Deontology Hey friends, show notes guy here. This one's a feels show so I'm gonna play it straight. Aron Eisenberg, the actor who played Nog on DS9, passed away recently. He was a beloved member of the Star Trek community and we wanted to do a tribute episode to pay our respects. So, we brought on the perfect person to guide us through, Callie Wright. Besides being an amazing podcaster, Callie is very active... (@0gPhilosophy, 45 minutes, 2019-Oct-23) |
| 260. | E37: The Memory of an Old Idea No One Ever Had - Derrida's Hauntology To be or not to be, that’s the question, isn’t it? In this episode, we Dawdlers discuss Jacques Derrida’s idea “Hauntology.” Not an easy philosopher to understand, we do our best to work out what spooks a Frenchman. In the end, this was but a first foray into the thoughts of an intellect that dealt in as much enigma as he did in misunderstanding. Happy Halloween you cavity-riddled chompers! ... (@dawdlerspodcast, 69 minutes, 2019-Oct-23) |
| 261. | Modern Crises and Ancient Gods | David King, Sister Jayanti, Natalie Bennett For much of human history, nature was our god. Yet now science and technology, which once we used to tame nature, are increasingly seen as plundering the planet and wrecking the climate. Were the ancients right, and nature the source of all things and that which we should guard most closely? Or should we instead renew our belief in progress and human ingenuity to solve our current problems? In th... (@IAI_TV, 46 minutes, 2019-Oct-08) |
| 262. | HoP 332 - Jill Kraye on Humanism Jill Kraye returns to the podcast to discuss the nature of humanism, its relation to scholasticism, and its legacy. (@HistPhilosophy, 38 minutes, 2019-Sep-22) |
| 263. | Episode 67, Flowers for Algernon (Part IV - The Meaning) Report: March 2nd After the successes we have had with Algernon, and with much deliberation, I have officially chosen our first research subject. Charlie Gordon, 32, was recommended to us by Alice Kinian from the Beekman School for Retarded Adults and she has assured us of his desire to increase his intellect. I have scheduled for Charlie to come to the lab over the next few days where Burt S... (@ThePanpsycast, 41 minutes, 2019-Oct-20) |
| 264. | Bernardo Kastrup Live! Join me for a discussion with Bernardo Kastrup, an independent philosopher who holds a Ph.D. in philosophy (ontology, philosophy of mind) and another Ph.D. in computer engineering (reconfigurable computing, artificial intelligence), as we discuss his argument against physicalism and his version of Objective Idealism. Bernardo’s website Windt & Metzinger paper on metacognition in dreaming... (@onemorebrown, 2019-Oct-16) |
| 265. | The problem with humanism How well does humanism's account of itself hold up in philosophical terms? (@RadioNational, 28 minutes, 2019-Oct-20) |
| 266. | EV - 112 Leftist Martial Arts with Sam Yang My guest this week is Sam Yang (@StuffFromSam), cohost of the Southpaw podcast and a strong advocate for more leftist philosophy in the world of marital arts. We grapple with the challenges in that Joe Rogan dominated community. Sam does a great job pinning down some tricky points.Southpaw Podcast: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/must-triumph/southpaw-2Invocation: Jean-Luc Godard (suggested by th... (@ETVPod, 61 minutes, 2019-Oct-17) |
| 267. | Ep. 227: What Is Social Construction? (Hacking, Berger) (Part Two) Continuing Ian Hacking’s The Social Construction of What (1999) and Peter Berger's “Religion and World Construction" (1967). We break down Hacking's typology of construction arguments: Are they exploring where our ideas came from or trying to change things? Are they trying to state facts about nature vs. nurture or essentially political solicitations for us to reconceptualize in healthier ways? Pl... (@PartiallyExLife, 66 minutes, 2019-Oct-14) |
| 268. | Episode 174: More Chiang for Your Buck ("Anxiety is the Dizziness of Freedom" Pt. 2) Is character destiny, or can fluky decisions or tiny shifts in weather patterns fundamentally change who we are? Does the existence or non-existence of alternate universes have any bearing on freedom and responsibility? David and Tamler conclude their discussion of Ted Chiang’s “Anxiety is the Dizziness of Freedom” along with another very short piece by Chiang called “What’s Expected of Us” that w... (@verybadwizards, 106 minutes, 2019-Oct-15) |
| 269. | Kate Kirkpatrick on the life and work of Simone de Beauvoir In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast, Kate Kirkpatrick, author of a new biography of Beauvoir, Becoming Beauvoir, discusses the relationship between the life and work of Simone de Beauvoir. Beauvoir is often portrayed as applying Jean-Paul Sartre's existentialism to the condition of women. Is this a fair assessment? We are grateful for support from the Marc Sanders Foundation. (@philosophybites, 17 minutes, 2019-Jul-08) |
| 270. | 68 | Melanie Mitchell on Artificial Intelligence and the Challenge of Common Sense Artificial intelligence is better than humans at playing chess or go, but still has trouble holding a conversation or driving a car. A simple way to think about the discrepancy is through the lens of “common sense” — there are features of the world, from the fact that tables are solid to the prediction that a tree won’t walk across the street, that humans take for granted but that machines have di... (@seanmcarroll, 82 minutes, 2019-Oct-14) |
| 271. | ECONOMIC EQUALITY Is the current distribution of ecumenic resources in the US morally defensible? How should a mature moral or political theory think about this? I give my personal views. (@PolPhilPod, 71 minutes, 2019-Oct-17) |
| 272. | 488: Explanation at Its Best More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/explanation-its-best. In both everyday life and science, we often feel the pull of simpler, more elegant, or more beautiful explanations. For example, you notice the street is wet and infer the best explanation is that it rained earlier. But are we justified in assuming these tidy explanations are most likely to be true? What makes an explanation “... (@philtalkradio, 11 minutes, 2019-Sep-30) |
| 273. | Imagination and the Importance of Creative Madness Today, I discuss the importance of imagination and creative thinking! And maybe, more importantly, its relation to thinking about philosophy, ideas, the world, and yourselves. Bonus Feed (My thought process and support with duh monies): https://www.patreon.com/thephilosophyguy Podcast: https://thephilosophyguy.fireside.fm/ Youtube: https://bit.ly/2Z0rAjA Social Links: Discord Squad: htt... (@philosophyguy2, 27 minutes, 2019-Oct-15) |
| 274. | Multiculturalism and Animal Ethics David Grumett / Angie Pepper / Varun Uberoi Listen here or on YouTube The welfare and flourishing of animals is now enshrined in national and international law. But what should we do when cultural or... Podcasts from the Forum for Philosophy. Science, politics and culture from a philosophical perspective. (@forumphilosophy, 2019-Oct-01) |
| 275. | Political Disagreement Why do we disagree about political facts not just opinions? (@DavidEdmonds100, 2019-Oct-05) |
| 276. | NEM#107: Barry Andrews (Shriekback): Objectifications of Groove Barry started in '77 playing keys with XTC and after two albums started his own band Shriekback in '81, with whom he's had 14 releases plus some solo albums. He's known for inventive soundscapes placed over solid grooves and philosophical lyrics delivered in a low chant. We discuss three Shriekback tunes: "Such, Such Are the Joys" from Why Anything? Why This? (2018), "Amaryllis in the Sprawl" from... (@PartiallyExLife, 75 minutes, 2019-Oct-11) |
| 277. | Susan Schneider Live! Join me for a discussion with Susan Schneider, NASA-Baruch Blumberg Chair, Library of Congress and NASA, Distinguished Scholar Chair, Library of Congress (2019), Director, AI, Mind and Society (“AIMS”) Group, The University of Connecticut, and Associate Professor of Philosophy and Cognitive Science, University of Connecticut, as we discuss her new book Artificial You -AI and the Future... (@onemorebrown, 2019-Oct-12) |
| 278. | Was betrayal inevitable? What obligations does the United States have to the Kurds, and indeed, to the region as a whole? Professor Nader Hashemi from the Center for Middle East Studies at the University of Denver joins us to discuss the past, present and future of the Syrian conflict. (@RadioNational, 47 minutes, 2019-Oct-16) |
| 279. | 0G76: The Golden Man and The Ubermensch And lo, Philip K Dick descended from the mountaintop, perspiring heavily, to convey to the world that there were super hot wicked smart mutant Ubermensches coming for their wimmins, and only by acting like total nazis can humans avoid being holocausted by the mutant nazis Ubermensches. If you're not impressed by a half hour podcast that makes the previous sentence comprehensible, I got nothing. Bi... (@0gPhilosophy, 42 minutes, 2019-Oct-16) |
| 280. | Justin Garson, "What Biological Functions are and Why They Matter" (Cambridge UP, 2019) Why do zebras have stripes? One way to answer that question is ask what function stripes play in the lives of zebras – for example, to deter disease-carrying flies from biting them. This notion of a function plays a central role in biology: biologists frequently refer to the functions of many traits of evolved organisms. But not everything a trait causes is its function – the stripes might disorie... (@NewBooksPhil, 69 minutes, 2019-Oct-10) |
| 281. | Episode 119: Stephanie Kapusta discusses misgendering In this episode, our guest argues that in addition to ordinary individual cases of misgendering, in which one person gets another person's gender wrong when they address them, there's a broader sense of the term. In the broader sense, a philosophical account of what gender is can also misgender people. How? The idea is that in signing yourself up for an incorrect philosophical account of gender, y... (@ElucidationsPod, 45 minutes, 2019-Oct-15) |
| 282. | Rationally Speaking #241 - Thibault Le Texier on "Debunking the Stanford Prison Experiment" On this episode, Thibault Le Texier and Julia discuss his findings on the Stanford Prison Experiment, how the experimenters got away with such a significant misrepresentation for so long, and what this whole affair says about the field of psychology. (@Rspodcast, 55 minutes, 2019-Oct-15) |
| 283. | HAP 35 - Letters from the Heart - Ignatius Sancho and Benjamin Banneker Ignatius Sancho and Benjamin Banneker make their mark on the history of Africana thought through letters that reflect on the power of sentiment. (@HistPhilosophy, 29 minutes, 2019-Sep-15) |
| 284. | Masters of the Universe | Natalie Kofler, Steve Fuller, Angela Saini Ever since the discovery of DNA, we have fanstasised about creating new species of animals, or even 'improved' humans. But it is only in the last few years that a new gene editing technology, CRISPR, has made this a reality. Many claim it is already unstoppable, that we will always demand solutions to diseases if they are possible. Is CRISPR the key to improving health and defeating ageing? In thi... (@IAI_TV, 36 minutes, 2019-Oct-01) |
| 285. | From Eugenics to Human Gene Editing: Engineering Life in China in a Global Context In November 2018, a Chinese scientist announced the birth of the world’s first gene-edited babies and sparked outrage across the world. Professor Nie considers how China's complex socio-ethical approach paved the way for this controversial experiment. Among numerous ethical issues, editing heritable germline genomes of otherwise healthy embryos for natural resistance to HIV constitutes an effort o... (@ethicsinthenews, 47 minutes, 2019-Oct-07) |
| 286. | EV - 111 Plato v Aristotle v Nagel with Fabien-Denis Cayer My guest this week is Fabien-Denis Cayer (@OldAristocles), a PHD student at the University of Ottawa and a writer at buriedincontemplation.com. He joins me to dive deeper into our discussions on Plato, Aristotle, and Nagel. All favorites!Fabien's work: https://buriedincontemplation.com/Invocation: The Changing RoomEditing by Brian Ziegenhagen, check out his pod: http://youarehere.libsyn.com/s02e02... (@ETVPod, 62 minutes, 2019-Oct-11) |
| 287. | Episode 67, Flowers for Algernon (Part III - The Story: The Fall of Charlie Gordon) Report: March 2nd After the successes we have had with Algernon, and with much deliberation, I have officially chosen our first research subject. Charlie Gordon, 32, was recommended to us by Alice Kinian from the Beekman School for Retarded Adults and she has assured us of his desire to increase his intellect. I have scheduled for Charlie to come to the lab over the next few days where Burt S... (@ThePanpsycast, 32 minutes, 2019-Oct-13) |
| 288. | Pretty Much Pop #14: UFOs on TV with Investigative Journalist Paul Beban TV news reporter Paul Beban (ABC, Al Jazeera, Yahoo, and now featured on the Discovery Network's Contact) joins Mark, Erica, and Brian to discuss the appeal of UFO narratives. Do you have to believe to be entertained? What's the connection to humor, religion, and anti-government venom? For more, visit prettymuchpop.com. Hear bonus content for this episode at patreon.com/prettymuchpop. This podcast... (@PartiallyExLife, 39 minutes, 2019-Oct-08) |
| 289. | Axel Cleermans Live! Join me for a discussion with Axel Cleermans, a professor of cognitive psychology, as we discuss his radical plasticity theory of consciousness Axel’s website (@onemorebrown, 2019-Oct-09) |
| 290. | Matthias Michel Live! Join me for a discussion with Matthias Michel, currently a postdoctoral associate at New York University, as we discuss the history of consciousness science, phenomenological overflow, optimism v. pessimism about the detection of consciousness, the relation of attention and consciousness, underdetermination of theory by evidence, the role of prefrontal cortex in consciousness, the reputation of &#... (@onemorebrown, 2019-Oct-09) |
| 291. | Joshua Tan Live! Join me for a discussion with Joshua Tan, an astronomer at LaGuardia and based at the Museum of Natural History, as we discuss life in the universe, quantum mechanics, and consciousness (@onemorebrown, 2019-Oct-09) |
| 292. | Stephen Fleming Live! Join me for a discussion with Steve Fleming, a cognitive neuroscientist and psychologist at the University College London, as we discuss science communication, different notions of metacognition, metacognition in animals and humans, levels of consciousness, the status of cognitive neuroscience, the use of reports in consciousness science, Steve’s model of awareness as inference in a … ... (@onemorebrown, 2019-Oct-09) |
| 293. | Keith Frankish and Philip Goff Live! Join me for a discussion with Keith Frankish and Philip Goff as we discuss all things Illusionism (@onemorebrown, 2019-Oct-09) |
| 294. | Feminism, ecology, motherhood The climate debate isn't just about science; it's also about gender and power. Ecofeminism takes this seriously - but does it also perpetuate negative stereotypes about women's supposedly "natural" connection to the earth and to nurturing? (@RadioNational, 28 minutes, 2019-Oct-13) |
| 295. | E36: The Man on the Street - A Definition of 'Definition' In this episode Harland engages in some more of that pesky normative semantics and proposes a new definition of the word 'definition' (n): a paraphrastic replacement function. Huh? Well then he defines all those words too! The primary intent is to provide a pragmatically, anthropologically useful interpretation of current usage while not relying on a putatively unsupportable definition that i... (@dawdlerspodcast, 56 minutes, 2019-Oct-13) |
| 296. | 010 – Do We Live in a Simulation? Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? A veritable landslide of such questions await you in this episode, which Elena and Ian wish to clarify is surprisingly, and almost entirely, Matrix-free™. If you liked this episode, subscribing/following means you'll get the next one automatically. We'd love it if you could leave us a review on iTunes too. And if you want to get in touch with us, you ca... (@wondercupboard, 60 minutes, 2019-Oct-13) |
| 297. | Ep. 227: What Is Social Construction? (Hacking, Berger) (Part One) On Ian Hacking’s The Social Construction of What (1999) and Peter Berger's “Religion and World Construction" (1967). Guest Coleman Hughes from Dilemma joins us to survey the types of social construction arguments: the "culture wars" (e.g. race, gender) and the "science wars" (scientific findings are not read off the world but emerge from history). Something can be constructed, yet still be an obje... (@PartiallyExLife, 46 minutes, 2019-Oct-07) |
| 298. | 67 | Kate Jeffery on Entropy, Complexity, and Evolution Our observable universe started out in a highly non-generic state, one of very low entropy, and disorderliness has been growing ever since. How, then, can we account for the appearance of complex systems such as organisms and biospheres? The answer is that very low-entropy states typically appear simple, and high-entropy states also appear simple, and complexity can emerge along the road in betwee... (@seanmcarroll, 73 minutes, 2019-Oct-07) |
| 299. | Ruth Millikan Live! Join me for a discussion with Ruth Millikan, a self-professed retired philosopher who is still writing (in addition she has won the Schock Prize, The Jean Nicod prize, the Rescher prize, and has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences), as we discuss her theory of perception as interpretation of signs, Swamp … Continue reading Ruth Millikan Live! (@onemorebrown, 2019-Oct-08) |
| 300. | Knowing What We Know (And What We Don't) More at https://philosophytalk.org/shows/knowing-what-we-know. It seems like we know many facts about ourselves and the world around us, even if there vastly many others we know that we don’t know. But how do we know if what we believe to be true is really knowledge? Can our beliefs be both justified and true, yet still not count as genuine knowledge? If so, then how much confidence should we... (@philtalkradio, 51 minutes, 2019-Sep-23) |
| 301. |  Rousseau on EducationMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas of Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) on the education of children, as set out in his novel or treatise Emile, published in 1762. He held that children are born with natural goodness, which he sought to protect as they developed, allowing each to form their own conclusions from experience, avoiding the domineering influence of others. In particular, he wa... (@BBCInOurTime, 52 minutes, 2019-Oct-10) |
| 302. | AUDIENCE QUESTIONS I field listener questions including: language, ideology, booking guests, volunteering, and am I an anti-white racist? (@PolPhilPod, 99 minutes, 2019-Oct-09) |
| 303. | Are You an Authoritarian? Justin and Zach discuss what it means to have an authoritarian personality. The topic is not strong men who lead governments but the sort of people who are inclined to support them. How do political scientists detect authoritarian personalities? Why have authoritarians sorted themselves into the Republican party? Listen to find out! Stay tuned for an upcoming episode about whether there can ... (@thevimblog, 69 minutes, 2019-Oct-07) |
| 304. | Keith Frankish Live! Join me for a discussion with Keith Frankish, an Honorary Reader at the University of Sheffield, UK, a Visiting Research Fellow with The Open University, UK (where I was formerly a Senior Lecturer), and an Adjunct Professor with the Brain and Mind Programme at the University of Crete, as we discuss dual process theory, the nature of … Continue reading Keith Frankish Live! (@onemorebrown, 2019-Oct-06) |
| 305. | The Spiritual Brain What is spirituality? What is religiousness? And what is their purpose? I thought of a better way to explain this, that I figured out at the end of the episode, where it's explained. So hang in! Bonus Feed (My thought process and support with duh monies): https://www.patreon.com/thephilosophyguy Podcast: https://thephilosophyguy.fireside.fm/ Youtube: https://bit.ly/2Z0rAjA Social Links: ... (@philosophyguy2, 24 minutes, 2019-Oct-07) |
| 306. | R. Scott Bakker Live! Join me for a discussion with R. Scott Bakker, an author and independent philosopher, as we discuss concepts of consciousness, his Blind Brain theory of consciousness, eliminativism and illusionism, folk psychology, the intentional stance, Transhumanism, neural enhancement, Fermi’s Paradox, Greg Carrusso’s Public Health Model of criminal justice, and the semantic apocalypse. Scott̵... (@onemorebrown, 2019-Oct-05) |
| 307. | Michael Silberstein Live! Join me for a discussion with Michael Silberstein, a professor at Elizabethtown College, as we discuss relativity theory, quantum mechanics, the relational block world, ontological structural realism, the ‘science first’ approach to ontology, string theory, the principle of sufficient reason, the multiverse, dark matter, subjectivity, the neutrality of Neutral Monism, panpsychism, Russ... (@onemorebrown, 2019-Oct-05) |
| 308. | HoP 331 - Literary Criticism - Lorenzo Valla Lorenzo Valla launches a furious attack on scholastic philosophy, favoring the resources of classical Latin. (@HistPhilosophy, 21 minutes, 2019-Sep-08) |
| 309. | Is optimism dangerous for democratic politics? Modern democratic politics have taken what could be called an 'optimistic turn': a kind of hyperbolic cheeriness in the face of a purported threat; an assurance that the future will be bright, and that only the man at the helm can deliver it. So there’s no need to be anxious. Political philosopher Romand Coles joins Waleed and Scott to discuss why this optimism is the antithesis of genuine democra... (@RadioNational, 45 minutes, 2019-Oct-09) |
| 310. | 0G75: Repo Men and Organ Markets REEEEEEPPPPPOOOOO MEEEENNNNN!!! Sorry, still got those killer tunes stuck in my head from our NASA9 coverage of Repo! The Genetic Opera. Highly recommend for the original improvised music by Thomas. For this week we have the non-musical version, Repo Men starring Jude Law and Forest Whittaker. It's a much more banal kind of bad, but it's a great basis for discussing the ethics of buying and sellin... (@0gPhilosophy, 43 minutes, 2019-Oct-09) |
| 311. | Ep86 - French Toast Episode In this 86th episode of Philosophy Bakes Bread, called “French Toast Episode,” Eric Thomas Weber and Anthony Cashio return to some tasty bread morsels from past episodes, voicemails, and recordings, moistening them with some egg, sugar, and cinnamon for a tasty treat. In the first segment, we revisit a number of voicemails that we hadn’t had a chance to respond to in past episodes. Then, in segme... (@PhilosophyBB, 76 minutes, 2019-Sep-27) |
| 312. | The Right To Offend | David Aaronovitch, Joanna Williams, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown Should we seek to eradicate offence? Last year Ireland voted to get rid of its blasphemy laws, and most applauded the new right to offend the Catholic Church. Yet to avoid giving offence, student campuses are introducing no-platforming and safe spaces. Should we seek to eradicate offence to create a more tolerant and equal society? In this episode of Philosophy for our Times, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown,... (@IAI_TV, 37 minutes, 2019-Sep-24) |
| 313. | Romina Padró Live! Do you ever get tired of talking explicitly about consciousness? Join me for a discussion with Romina Padró, director of the Kripke Center at the Graduate Center of CUNY, as we discuss the epistemology of logic and the adoption problem -the question of whether we are able to consciously adopt an ‘alternative’ system of logic. … Continue reading Romina Padró Live! (@onemorebrown, 2019-Oct-04) |
| 314. | Monica Gagliano Live! Join me for a discussion with Monica Gagliano, a Research Associate Professor in Evolutionary Ecology, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia, Research Affiliate at the Sydney Environment Institute, University of Sydney & Senior Research Fellow at the Biological Intelligence (BI) Lab, University of Sydney, as we discuss her work on plant cognition, plant intellig... (@onemorebrown, 2019-Oct-04) |
| 315. | Michael Rodriguez Live! Join me for a discussion with Michael Rodriguez, an artist at Laguardia Community College, as we discuss all things art. *note* the audio for this one was recorded on my desktop microphone and so is not the greatest, sorry! -but the video has lots of art in it :)* Michael’s website (@onemorebrown, 2019-Oct-04) |
| 316. | Episode 135 ... Leo Strauss - Ancients vs. Moderns Today we talk about the work of Leo Strauss. (@iamstephenwest, 26 minutes, 2019-Oct-08) |
| 317. | Miguel Ángel Sebastián Live! Join me for a discussion with Miguel Sebastian, a philosopher working as Associate Research Fellow at the Instituto de Investigaciones Filosóficas at the UNAM, as we discuss first-person representations, unconscious perception, taxonomizing representational theories of consciousness, the phenomenology of the self, regress problems for higher-order theories, teleosemantics, zombies, 2D semantics, p... (@onemorebrown, 2019-Oct-03) |
| 318. | Axel Seemann, "The Shared World: Perceptual Knowledge, Demonstrative Communication, and Social Space" (MIT Press, 2019) Much of what we are able to accomplish in our day-to-day lives depends on the ability to act and think in concert with others. Often this involves not only the capacity to perceive together the surrounding world—we must also know that we perceive together. In other words, there must be perceptual common knowledge. Philosophical questions mount quickly: How is this kind of knowledge possible? H... (@NewBooksPhil, 64 minutes, 2019-Oct-01) |
| 319. | Episode 67, Flowers for Algernon (Part II - The Story: The Rise of Charlie Gordon) Report: March 2nd After the successes we have had with Algernon, and with much deliberation, I have officially chosen our first research subject. Charlie Gordon, 32, was recommended to us by Alice Kinian from the Beekman School for Retarded Adults and she has assured us of his desire to increase his intellect. I have scheduled for Charlie to come to the lab over the next few days where Burt S... (@ThePanpsycast, 39 minutes, 2019-Oct-06) |
| 320. | #64 - Munthe on the Precautionary Principle and Existential Risk In this episode I talk to Christian Munthe. Christian is a Professor of Practical Philosophy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. He conducts research and expert consultation on ethics, value and policy issues arising in the intersection of health, science & technology, the environment and society. He is probably best-known for his work on the precautionary principle and its uses in ethica... (@JohnDanaher, 2019-Sep-19) |
| 321. | Is Morality Objective? This is essentially a post-debate solo discussion about morality. Is morality objective or subjective? I wanted to explain my points more here. However, I'm still not completely happy with how I presented it, so I'm open to your thoughts. I wanted to post it anyway because I think it has some value. As always thanks for listening. Debate link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g84YgziY91w&t=1319s... (@philosophyguy2, 29 minutes, 2019-Oct-03) |
| 322. | EV - 110 Community Atheism with Stephanie Zvan My guest this week is Stephanie Zvan, cohost of the Minnesota Atheists’ radio show and podcast, a regular contributor at The Orbit, and a board member of Secular Woman and Minnesota Atheists. She graciously cheers me up about the direction of the atheist movement.The Orbit: https://the-orbit.net/Invocation: The Book of GenesisEditing by Brian Ziegenhagen, check out his pod: http://youarehere.libsy... (@ETVPod, 63 minutes, 2019-Oct-03) |
| 323. | Genetically obsolete The prospect of human genetic enhancement raises moral concerns. Will a genetically enhanced human in 2060 will be rendered “obsolete” by technological advances that come along in 2070? What happens when we blur the distinction between person and product? (@RadioNational, 28 minutes, 2019-Oct-06) |
| 324. | Shorts - E23: Discordianism Fnord. This week the Dawdler's dip a toe into the wild and wacky world of parody religion and spread a few memes and participate in their small way to the Pan-Pontification Project. Duck! Here comes a golden apple, thrown into our little party. Let's not fight over it, k? ~The Dawds The Principia Discordia Online: https://principiadiscordia.com/book/1.php (@dawdlerspodcast, 29 minutes, 2019-Oct-06) |
| 325. | Ep. 226: Francis Bacon Invents Science (Part Two) Continuing on Sir Francis Bacon's New Organon (1620). We cover more of Bacon's "idols" and how Bacon divides religion from science (and what this means politically). We then move on to book 2, including Bacon's novel update of the term "form," and take a look at Bacon's method of doing science by filling out tables before actually doing experiments. Start with part one or get the full, unbroken Ci... (@PartiallyExLife, 64 minutes, 2019-Sep-30) |
| 326. | Episode 173: Talking to Your (Alternate) Self [Ted Chiang's "Anxiety is the Dizziness of Freedom"] David and Tamler dive back into the Ted Chiang well and explore the fascinating world described in "Anxiety is the Dizziness of Freedom." What if you could interact with alternate versions of yourself - versions that made different choices, had different jobs, or different partners? Would you get jealous of your other selves if they were more successful? Would you want them to be unhappy so you co... (@verybadwizards, 100 minutes, 2019-Oct-01) |
| 327. | 425: Queerness Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Transsexual… it is safe to say that new ideas of gender and sexuality have broken into mainstream consciousness within the past few decades. What underlies each of these identities, however, is the notion of Queerness. But what defines what it means to be queer? Is it as much a political identity as it is a sexual or gender identity? How does ‘queerness’ subver... (@philtalkradio, 10 minutes, 2019-Sep-16) |
| 328. | 66 | Will Wilkinson on Partisan Polarization and the Urban/Rural Divide The idea of “red states” and “blue states” burst on the scene during the 2000 U.S. Presidential elections, and has a been a staple of political commentary ever since. But it’s become increasingly clear, and increasingly the case, that the real division isn’t between different sets of states, but between densely- and sparsely-populated areas. Cities are blue (liberal), suburbs and the countryside a... (@seanmcarroll, 113 minutes, 2019-Sep-30) |
| 329. | Javier Gomez-Lavin Live! Join me for a discussion with Javier Gomez-Lavin, a Provost Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, working in the Department of Philosophy with Lisa Miracchi and the MIRA group, as we discuss consciousness and working memory. Javier’s website: https://jgomezlavin.com (@onemorebrown, 2019-Oct-01) |
| 330. | Robert Hopkins (NYU): “Artistic Style as the Expression of Artistic Ideals” Robert Hopkins (NYU) presents “Artistic Style as the Expression of Artistic Ideals” at Senate House in London (02/10/2019, 16-18:00) for the London Aesthetics Forum. Please do not cite or reproduce without permission. (@aestheticsforum, 2019-Oct-04) |
| 331. | POPPER VS ADORNO 2 Positivism and Pluralism What is ‘Positivism’ and why was it so important so Adorno to label Popper as one? Popper’s response, and what can we learn from this failure to communicate? (@PolPhilPod, 94 minutes, 2019-Oct-02) |
| 332. | Wayne Wu Live! Join me for a discussion with Wayne Wu, an associate professor in, and associate director of, The Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition, Carnegie Mellon University, as we discuss attention, action, consciousness, phenomenal overflow, and introspection. Wayne’s webpage: https://philpeople.org/profiles/wayne-wu Boxtel, Tsuchiya, Koch Opposing effects of consciousness and attention: http://w... (@onemorebrown, 2019-Sep-29) |
| 333. | HAP 34 - New England Patriot - Lemuel Haynes Preacher and Revolutionary War soldier Lemuel Haynes argues that the principles of the American Revolution demand the abolition of slavery. (@HistPhilosophy, 27 minutes, 2019-Sep-01) |
| 334. | Jumana Yahya Live! Join me for a discussion with Jumana Yahya, a PhD Candidate at the University of Osnabruck in the Institute of Cognitive Science, and a LaGuardia Alumnus, as we discuss situated cognition, self-control, emotion, motivation, addiction, and free will. (@onemorebrown, 2019-Sep-28) |
| 335. | Should Donald Trump be impeached? (take two) Is the damage that Trump is inflicting on US political culture and the office of the executive so egregious that legislative sanction is more important than electoral advantage? We explore the normative and pragmatic considerations of impeaching this president, with Professor Joshua Cohen. (@RadioNational, 52 minutes, 2019-Oct-02) |
| 336. | 0G74: Cloud Dragon Skies and Geoengineering Those who can't accept the state of reality are doomed to dissatisfaction. Those who can accept the state of reality are doomed to things being as they are. We're reading N.K. Jemisin's short story Cloud Dragon Skies, which I highly recommend you read carefully before the episode and then reread after the episode because we have a very interesting difference of experiences on how we read it that w... (@0gPhilosophy, 45 minutes, 2019-Oct-02) |
| 337. | The Prejudice of Facts | Barry Barnes, Joanna Kavenna, John Ellis In a world obsessed with Trump, alternative facts have not had a great press. But it is a century and more since Nietzsche claimed 'there are no facts, only interpretations' - and fifty years since Thomas Kuhn argued that facts were theory dependent. Is an insistence on 'the facts' the dogmatic prejudice of believers in their particular truth? In this episode of Philosophy for our Times, Barry Ba... (@IAI_TV, 38 minutes, 2019-Sep-17) |
| 338. | Pretty Much Pop #12: Once Upon a Tarantino Film Wes Alwan joins Mark, Erica, and Brian to discuss Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood in the context of Tarantino's other films. We consider T's strange sense of pacing, his comic violence, his historical revisionism, and casting choices. Is this a brilliant film or a fundamentally misguided idea badly in need of an editor? For more, visit prettymuchpop.com. Hear bonus content for... (@PartiallyExLife, 47 minutes, 2019-Sep-24) |
| 339. | Episode 67, Flowers for Algernon (Part I - Daniel Keyes: Life and Context) Report: March 2nd After the successes we have had with Algernon, and with much deliberation, I have officially chosen our first research subject. Charlie Gordon, 32, was recommended to us by Alice Kinian from the Beekman School for Retarded Adults and she has assured us of his desire to increase his intellect. I have scheduled for Charlie to come to the lab over the next few days where Burt S... (@ThePanpsycast, 59 minutes, 2019-Sep-29) |
| 340. | EV - 109 Human Biodiversity with Kevin Bird My guest this week is Kevin Bird (@itsbirdemic), a PhD student in evolutionary systems biology. Kevin helps guide me through the level of hell that is learning about the Human Biodiversity "Movement". Careful what you say about this one on twitter. They're listening.Kevin's Website: https://kevinabird.github.io/Invocation: Lovecraft's "Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family"Editing... (@ETVPod, 65 minutes, 2019-Sep-26) |
| 341. | 487: Changing Minds on Climate Change More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/changing-minds-climate-change. There is consensus among scientists that global warming is real and that it’s caused by human activity. Despite the overwhelming evidence and the urgency to act, there are still many who are skeptical of or flat-out deny climate change. Are these climate deniers simply impervious to scientific evidence? Or have ... (@philtalkradio, 11 minutes, 2019-Sep-09) |
| 342. | Richard Rorty and transcendence A professional academic philosopher, the American neo-pragmatist Richard Rorty was also a provocative critic of his own discipline. He had little time for what he saw as the pretensions of analytic philosophers and their ambitions to transcendence. But his work is tangled up in its own ambitions and fascinating contradictions. (@RadioNational, 28 minutes, 2019-Sep-29) |
| 343. | Ep. 226: Francis Bacon Invents Science (Part One) On Sir Francis Bacon's New Organon (1620). Bacon claims to have developed a new toolset that will open up nature to inquiry in a way that wasn't possible for ancient and modern natural philosophy. Mark, Wes, and Dylan consider how much what Bacon describes resembles modern scientific method, talk through Bacon's "four idols" that interfere with impartial inquiry, and consider how Bacon's method fi... (@PartiallyExLife, 44 minutes, 2019-Sep-23) |
| 344. | Shorts - E22: Self-Evidence Do we need to explain to you what breathing is? It's obvious. The evidence is in the doing. Or is it? In this Short, we discuss Harland's disdain for the phrase and its strange loopiness. Song: Can't Get Used To Losing You Artist: Andy Williams (@dawdlerspodcast, 17 minutes, 2019-Sep-29) |
| 345. | 65 | Michael Mann on Why Our Climate Is Changing and How We Know We had our fun last week, exploring how progress in renewable energy and electric vehicles may help us combat encroaching climate change. This week we’re being a bit more hard-nosed, taking a look at what’s currently happening to our climate. Michael Mann is one of the world’s leading climate scientists, and also a dedicated advocate for improved public understanding of the issues. It was his rese... (@seanmcarroll, 77 minutes, 2019-Sep-23) |
| 346. | Jorge Morales Live! Join me for a discussion with Jorge Morales, a philosopher and cognitive scientist currently at Johns Hopkins university, as we discuss mental strength -the felt intensity of our phenomenology-, pain asymbolia, dental fear, introspection, signal detection theory, attention, and the neural correlates of consciousness. Jorge’s website (@onemorebrown, 2019-Sep-24) |
| 347. | The Illusions Around Death So today, I’m going to discuss death and humans comprehension of it, using ideas by Ernest Becker, the cultural anthropologist, philosopher, and psychologist. The Denial of Death by Ernest Becker: https://amzn.to/2lIFDfF Bonus Feed (My thought process and support with duh monies): https://www.patreon.com/thephilosophyguy Podcast: https://thephilosophyguy.fireside.fm/ Youtube: https://bit.... (@philosophyguy2, 22 minutes, 2019-Sep-25) |
| 348. | POPPER VS ADORNO (1) Context & History I revisit an acrimonious exchange between two very different public intellectuals. The first part sets the stage with the intellectual history. (@PolPhilPod, 61 minutes, 2019-Sep-25) |
| 349. | Malcolm Keating, "Language, Meaning, and Use in Indian Philosophy" (Bloomsbury, 2019) Philosophy of Language was a central concern in classical Indian Philosophy. Philosophers in the tradition discussed testimony, pragmatics, and the religious implications of language, among other topics. In his new book, Language, Meaning, and Use in Indian Philosophy: An Introduction to Mukula's 'Fundamentals of the Communicative Function'(Bloomsbury Academic, 2019), Malcolm Keating looks at th... (@NewBooksPhil, 69 minutes, 2019-Sep-20) |
| 350. | Should You Get Married? Kevin, Sarah, Gabe, Zach, and Yohana discuss the philosophy of marriage. What does marriage mean? What political implications does it have? If marriage as an institution is unjust, is there something wrong with participating in it? These are issues that touch our lives. Let us know what you think. The open relationships episodes: https://thevimblog.com/2018/09/18/rejecting-monogamy-embr... (@thevimblog, 83 minutes, 2019-Sep-22) |
| 351. | The Reality Illusion | Donald Hoffman, Maria Baghramian, Hilary Lawson Seeing is believing, yet cognitive scientists seem to have uncovered these views as incorrect. Evolution led us to perceive what is best for survival and it turns out this has little to do with what we call 'reality'. Is reality then a creative construct that helps us to live but doesn't reflect the world? In this episode of Philosophy for our Times, cognitive psychologist and author Donald Hoffma... (@IAI_TV, 46 minutes, 2019-Sep-10) |
| 352. | Free riding: Why act, when acting is likely to make no difference? Are there reasons to act in a particular way, to willingly make some sacrifice, do something which may be good, and which we may even be committed to, when our actions (or lack of action) are likely to be of no consequence? Is size detrimental to democratic community? Professor Roger Crisp joins us to discuss whether the free rider problem highlights the limitation of moral philosophy. (@RadioNational, 45 minutes, 2019-Sep-25) |
| 353. | 0G73: Snowpiercer and Social Contract Theory, Part 2 We live in a train. A train called society. The train is the leviathan, the great beast that keeps us alive by keeping us in chains. Within the train there are many narratives. They may all be lies. The question is, do we keep the train as is, do we try to change it, or do we blow it to bits? This is the history of Western Social Contract Theory, on a train. Social Contract Theory: https://www.ie... (@0gPhilosophy, 40 minutes, 2019-Sep-25) |
| 354. | Episode 66, Niccolò Machiavelli (Part IV - Further Analysis and Discussion) No book can teach you how to tame the raging river of fortune, for it has many plans contrary to ambitious minds. Yet to submit powerlessly to fate with lamentation, as if God has not instilled you with freedom of the will, is a sign of disrespect and the ultimate folly of our kind. For the river splits into many paths and those that appear to drag us towards the abyss, may, in the end, lead us to... (@ThePanpsycast, 60 minutes, 2019-Sep-22) |
| 355. | Kathleen Stock on What is a Woman? 'What is a woman?' has become a contentious question with practical implications. The philosopher Kathleen Stock gives an account of the category 'woman' and how we should think about it. She gives a different answer to this question which Amia Srinivassan addressed in a previous Philosophy Bites interview on this topic. (@philosophybites, 30 minutes, 2019-May-21) |
| 356. | Carlos Montemayor Live! Join me for a discussion with Carlos Montemayor, a philosopher at San Francisco State University whose research focuses on the intersection between philosophy of mind, epistemology and cognitive science, as we discuss consciousness, memory, the experience of time passing, attention, and artificial consciousness. Carlos’ website Christopher Mole’s review of Carlos’ book On the Evo... (@onemorebrown, 2019-Sep-18) |
| 357. | EV - 108 Logical Positivism with Dr. Liam Bright My guest this week is Dr. Liam Bright, Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the London School of Economics and a thought leader on philosophy twitter (@Lastpositivist). Liam joins me for an informal installment in our "better know a philosopher series" where he puts in a heroic effort to rehabilitate my dim view of the Logical Positivists.Liam's Page: https://www.liamkofibright.c... (@ETVPod, 61 minutes, 2019-Sep-19) |
| 358. | Ep. 225: Simone Weil on War and Oppression (Part Two) Continuing on Simone Weil's essays "The Iliad, or the Poem of Force" (1939) and "Analysis of Oppression" (1934) with guest Corey Mohler. We talk about the self-contradictions of power, why oppression and war are so intractable, and her positive solution (what there is of it here). Weil cuts through our left-right political dichotomy in a way that might interest you. Plus, why the Iliad is so great... (@PartiallyExLife, 62 minutes, 2019-Sep-16) |
| 359. | Classical ethics, modern problem Plato and Aristotle were acute observers and analysts of the world around them, but they never had to deal with climate change. Trust, virtue and reason seem to be in short supply today. Can the ancients show us how to recover these essential aspects of social harmony? (@RadioNational, 28 minutes, 2019-Sep-22) |
| 360. | Episode 172: Are You Free (to like the Chappelle special)? David and Tamler start out with a discussion of the new Chappelle special and the negative reaction from many critics. Is Chappelle trolling his audience? Has he lost touch with the powerless people he used to champion? Or have critics missed his larger point, and failed to approach the new special as an art form? Then they address the latest development in the literature around Benjamin Libet's f... (@verybadwizards, 101 minutes, 2019-Sep-17) |
| 361. | E35: An Irenic Kind of Fellow - A Discussion on Illusionism with Keith Frankish A first for the Dawdlers, they speak to a third person. No longer are they experiencing what it’s like to be a duo. Keith Frankish is here to tell them their duality is but a mere illusion and he is the proof! Something like that. Enjoy their conversation with Dr. Frankish as Harland and Keith plumb the depths of their degrees of eliminitivism on consciousness. Song: Ritual of a Take Artist:... (@dawdlerspodcast, 91 minutes, 2019-Sep-22) |
| 362. | 64 | Ramez Naam on Renewable Energy and an Optimistic Future The Earth is heating up, and it’s our fault. But human beings are not always complete idiots (occasional contrary evidence notwithstanding), and sometimes we can even be downright clever. Dare we imagine that we can bring our self-inflicted climate catastrophe under control, through a combination of technological advances and political willpower? Ramez Naam is optimistic, at least about the techno... (@seanmcarroll, 77 minutes, 2019-Sep-16) |
| 363. | 483: Summer Reading (and Misreading) More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/summer-reading-and-misreading. What should you be reading this summer—and how should you be reading it? We’re often told that fiction offers us entertainment, moral examples, and lessons about life. But are we getting too quick to dismiss complicated fiction—the kind that doesn’t have straightforward heroes and happy endings? Josh and Ken talk to w... (@philtalkradio, 15 minutes, 2019-Sep-01) |
| 364. | Who Created God? — A Response to Capturing Christianity In today's episode, I address Capturing Christianity's (Cameron Bertuzzi) video about, who created God? I contemplate the question, who created the universe? And maybe a better question, does the universe even need a cause? Addressing some points made by the cosmological argument. Maybe something always existed. Check out the end of the podcast where I put forward a more abstract explanation... (@philosophyguy2, 32 minutes, 2019-Sep-18) |
| 365. | Evolution After Darwin | Massimo Pigliucci, Zanna Clay, Tim Lewens The brutal mechanism of natural selection gave rise to all life on our planet. Or so the Darwinian story goes. But from mice to great whales, it now appears that animals inherit socially acquired characteristics. Is the theory of natural selection a Victorian relic, about to be replaced by a new science of cultural evolution? In this episode of Philosophy for our Times, philosopher of science Mas... (@IAI_TV, 41 minutes, 2019-Sep-03) |
| 366. | Out of the Vat #3 – Katherine Furman Katherine Furman is a Philosopher of Public Policy at University College Cork – soon to move to the University of Liverpool. In this episode Katherine talks about AIDS denialism, expertise and... Philosophers’ work and philosophers’ lives, both inside and outside of philosophy. Brought to you by the Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, the Centre for Philosophy of Natural an... (@LSEPhilosophy, 18 minutes, 2019-Sep-03) |
| 367. | MILL VS RAWLS Should we justify liberalism from appeals to political precepts or normative understandings of human nature? I consider two ways of thinking about liberalism's philosophical foundations. (@PolPhilPod, 87 minutes, 2019-Sep-16) |
| 368. | National security or xenophobic conspiracy? Is the Australian media’s coverage of China having the effect of both alienating Chinese Australians and promoting a kind of countervailing pro-China nationalism? Professor Wanning Sun joins us to discuss why it is that China has acquired the status in the national imagination of not just a geopolitical threat, but a source of almost existential anxiety. (@RadioNational, 46 minutes, 2019-Sep-18) |
| 369. | 0G72: Snowpiercer and Environmental Injustice, Part 1 All aboard the endless train of symbolism. We'll be passing through, but not making stops in: locomotive dad jokes, environmental injustice, Plato's Republic, Social Contact Theory, revolutionary change, and various flavors or dooooom! If you can't follow the train of thought, it's cause the podcast is a closed system and we can only be as coherent as the sci-fi vehicle that we're currently hurtli... (@0gPhilosophy, 40 minutes, 2019-Sep-18) |
| 370. | Masafumi Oizumi and Hakwan Lau Live! Join me for a discussion with Masafumi Oizumi, a theoretical neuroscientist at the University of Tokyo, and Hakwan Lau, a cognitive neuroscientist at UCLA, as we discuss the Integrated Information Theory, Global Workspace Theory, and Higher-Order theories of consciousness Oizumi on Twitter: @oizumim Hakwan on Twitter: @hakwanlau Oizumi’s website IIT 3.0 Hakwan’s website (@onemorebrown, 2019-Sep-13) |
| 371. | Rationally Speaking #240 - David Manheim on "Goodhart's Law and why metrics fail" In this episode, decision theorist David Manheim explains the dynamics behind Goodhart's Law ("When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to become a good measure") and some potential solutions to it. (@Rspodcast, 59 minutes, 2019-Sep-17) |
| 372. | Chiara Russo Krauss, "Wundt, Avenarius and Scientific Psychology: A Debate at the Turn of the Twentieth Century" (Palgrave MacMillan, 2019) At the start of the 19th century, the field we now call psychology was still the branch of philosophy that studied the soul. How did psychology come to define itself as a separate area of inquiry, and how did it come to be a science? In Wundt, Avenarius and Scientific Psychology: A Debate at the Turn of the Twentieth Century (Palgrave MacMillan 2019), Chiara Russo Krauss considers the conceptual f... (@NewBooksPhil, 66 minutes, 2019-Sep-10) |
| 373. | #63 - Reagle on the Ethics of Life Hacking In this episode I talk to Joseph Reagle. Joseph is an Associate Professor of Communication Studies at Northeastern University and a former fellow (in 1998 and 2010) and faculty associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard. He is the author of several books and papers about digital media and the social implications of digital technology. Our conversation focuses on his ... (@JohnDanaher, 2019-Aug-28) |
| 374. | 424: Freedom of Speech on Campus More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/freedom-speech-campus. In the last few years, conservatives and liberals alike have accused activists on college campuses of silencing contrary opinions. Many have argued—quite vociferously—that activists’ unwillingness to hear from people with opposing opinions endangers freedom of speech in higher education. But is there really an Orwellian threa... (@philtalkradio, 11 minutes, 2019-Aug-26) |
| 375. | Pretty Much Pop #10: The Handmaid's Tale Mark, Erica, and Brian take on both Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel plus the TV series, getting into the transition from page to screen, taking the work as political speech vs. art, Atwood's phenomenology and neologisms (prayvaganza!), plus the roles of race and (lack of) comic relief in the story. For more, visit prettymuchpop.com. Hear bonus content for this episode at patreon.com/prettymuchpop. Th... (@PartiallyExLife, 47 minutes, 2019-Sep-10) |
| 376. | Episode 66, Niccolò Machiavelli (Part III - Machiavellianism Today) No book can teach you how to tame the raging river of fortune, for it has many plans contrary to ambitious minds. Yet to submit powerlessly to fate with lamentation, as if God has not instilled you with freedom of the will, is a sign of disrespect and the ultimate folly of our kind. For the river splits into many paths and those that appear to drag us towards the abyss, may, in the end, lead us to... (@ThePanpsycast, 48 minutes, 2019-Sep-15) |
| 377. | Patricia Churchland on How We Evolved A Conscience Patricia Churchland is the queen of neurophilosophy. She’s on fine form in this interview - charming, funny and occasionally savage as we range over her views on the nature of philosophy, the neuroscience and evolution of morality, and consider what’s wrong with the two major ethical traditions in western thought: utilitarianism and Kantianism. 1.43 - Is philosophy just a kind of science in its i... (@NSthepodcast, 61 minutes, 2019-Sep-15) |
| 378. | EV - 107 Gender Wars in the Void with Dr. Rachel McKinney This week I'm joined by Dr. Rachel McKinney, Program Director for Politics, Philosophy & Economics atSuffolk University and Assistant Professor in Philosophy at Suffolk University. Dr. Mckinney studies the relationship between language, knowledge, and power. She also deals with the realities of communication every day debating the issue of trans rights and the science of gender on twitter. We ... (@ETVPod, 62 minutes, 2019-Sep-12) |
| 379. | Ep. 225: Simone Weil on War and Oppression (Part One) On Simone Weil's essays "The Iliad, or the Poem of Force" (1939) and "Analysis of Oppression" (1934). How do circumstances oppress and dehumanize us? Weil describes the mechanisms that keep people at war and maintain oppression even through revolutions as inherent to the logic of power. With guest Corey Mohler. Don't wait for part two; get the full, ad-free Citizen Edition now. Please support PEL!... (@PartiallyExLife, 48 minutes, 2019-Sep-09) |
| 380. | Philosophy on the couch Sigmund Freud had mixed feelings about philosophy – he thought that philosophers and people experiencing psychosis had a lot in common. So how has contemporary philosophy come to owe such a huge debt to the father of psychoanalysis? (@RadioNational, 28 minutes, 2019-Sep-15) |
| 381. | 63 | Solo -- Finding Gravity Within Quantum Mechanics I suspect most loyal Mindscape listeners have been exposed to the fact that I’ve written a new book, Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime. As I release this episode on Monday 9 September 2019, the book will officially be released tomorrow, in print, e-book, and audio versions. To get in the mood, we’ve had several podcast episodes on quantum mechani... (@seanmcarroll, 110 minutes, 2019-Sep-09) |
| 382. | Why Politicians' Lies are Especially Bad A special re-release of an early Vim podcast episode that was initially in two parts but has here been fused into one. No need to break the flow! Justin, Dylan, Justin Clardy, and Zach unite to discuss politicians' lies and what makes them so bad. Dylan has some insights about it. The discussion happens to be just as relevant as it was when it was first released. Simply update some of t... (@thevimblog, 90 minutes, 2019-Sep-10) |
| 383. | Bonus Episode: In Conversation with Saul Kripke and Timothy Williamson In this episode of Philosophy for our Times, Saul Kripke and Timothy Williamson discuss why language has come to dominate their field, why logic matters, and what the future for the Anglo-American tradition looks like. (@IAI_TV, 23 minutes, 2019-Aug-29) |
| 384. | Dick Passingham Live! Join me for a discussion with Dick Passignham, a “retired professor of Cognitive Neuroscience”, as we discuss brain imaging, the replication crisis in psychology, the function of the prefrontal cortex, and, of course, consciousness. Notes and links Passingham on Twitter: @dick_retired Books by Passingham Review of The Phenomenon of Man DeepMind paper (@onemorebrown, 2019-Sep-09) |
| 385. | (Contemplating) The Self Trying provide some insight to consider into your own life, your own perception of yourself, your values, and why you do the things you do....and why I do the things I do. Thanks for listening, hit that subscribe button and leave a review! Bonus Feed (My thought process, philosophy thoughts, and support with duh monies): https://www.patreon.com/thephilosophyguy Podcast: https://thephilosoph... (@philosophyguy2, 15 minutes, 2019-Sep-10) |
| 386. | STATECRAFT with Cecile Fabre (2) How do we enforce rights under uncertainty? Does America's long history of human rights violations prevent it from acting as a force for good today? (@PolPhilPod, 49 minutes, 2019-Sep-11) |
| 387. | Hakwan Lau Live! Join me for a discussion with Hakwan Lau, a cognitive neuroscientist at UCLA, as we discuss the Integrated Information Theory of consciousness and differences between the ASSC and Tucson conferences Hakwan’s lab at UCLA Hakwan’s blog Hakwan on guitar (@onemorebrown, 2019-Sep-08) |
| 388. | Episode 118: Tyler Cowen discusses Stubborn Attachments In this episode, Tyler Cowen lays out an interesting normative ethical theory according to which we should be utilitarians, but with a twist: we should be utilitarians who care just as much about the humans of the future as we care about people now. Re-emphasizing our commitment to future people, he argues, has the effect of allowing us to embrace utilitarianism wholeheartedly without having to fe... (@ElucidationsPod, 53 minutes, 2019-Sep-12) |
| 389. | The Necessity of Morality | Justin Smith, Jason Alexander McKenzie, Barry C. Smith Many philosophers have concluded that morality is a subjective human invention. Should we then simply encourage and argue for acts we support and do without morality altogether? Or is the authority of morality the tenuous thread that holds society together? In this episode of Philosophy for our Times, Justin Smith, Jason Alexander McKenzie and Barry C. Smith question the necessity of morality. (@IAI_TV, 43 minutes, 2019-Aug-27) |
| 390. | Has virtue become irrelevant to democratic politics? If liberal democracies are now ailing, maybe even failing, what might a recovery of a politics of virtue look like? We explore the politicisation of morality with guest, Adrian Pabst. (@RadioNational, 47 minutes, 2019-Sep-11) |
| 391. | 0G71: Willy Wonka and The Meritocracy Factory Oopma loompa do-ba-dee-do We’ve got another topic for you. Oompa loompa do-ba-dee-de If you’ve got merit you’ll listen to me. What you get when you reward the best? Virtue for some and vice for the rest. Aiming for merit with your social policy Careful you don’t land on an oligarchy. Oompa loompa do-ba-dee-da Abandon meritocracy and you will go far. You will live like egalitarian too, Like the oom... (@0gPhilosophy, 42 minutes, 2019-Sep-11) |
| 392. | Aaron's Sydney Skeptics Moral Luck Talk Hey friends, here's the audio from my talk in Sydney at Skeptics in the Pub. We've got video but it needs a bit of editing together so in the meantime hope you enjoy. Thanks again to Sydney skeptics in the pub for having me, and if anyone else is interested in a skeptics themed ethics talk send me a message through a social media!Editing by Brian Ziegenhagen, check out his pod: http://youarehere.l... (@ETVPod, 57 minutes, 2019-Sep-07) |
| 393. | 423: Philosophy Behind Bars More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/philosophy-behind-bars. In 1994, Congress eliminated federal funding for college education in prisons. It was, they argued, unjust for prisoners to be eligible for Pell grants when ordinary citizens could not afford higher education. However, research suggests that education in prisons has positive consequences, such as lower recidivism rates and a... (@philtalkradio, 11 minutes, 2019-Aug-19) |
| 394. | Amy Olberding, "The Wrong of Rudeness: Learning Modern Civility from Ancient Chinese Philosophy" (Oxford UP, 2019) Amy Olberding’s The Wrong of Rudeness: Learning Modern Civility from Ancient Chinese Philosophy (Oxford UP, 2019) is a joy to read, both entertaining and rich in ideas. The Wrong of Rudeness asks a key question for our times how do we interact with each other, especially in politically contentious situations? Olberding addresses this and related issues by bringing our moderns challenges into dialo... (@NewBooksPhil, 56 minutes, 2019-Sep-03) |
| 395. | Pretty Much Pop #9: Cartoons with Dee Bradley Baker (Clone Wars, American Dad) Are cartoons an inherently juvenile art form? A guilty pleasure when viewed by adults? Dee, whose voice can be heard in substantial portion of today's cartoons (especially animal/monster noises like Boots in the new big-screen adaptation of Dora the Explorer or Momo and Appa in The Last Airbender), defends cartoons as providing primal delights of humor, justice, and narrative meaning. For more, vi... (@PartiallyExLife, 55 minutes, 2019-Sep-03) |
| 396. | Episode 66, Niccolò Machiavelli (Part II - The Prince) No book can teach you how to tame the raging river of fortune, for it has many plans contrary to ambitious minds. Yet to submit powerlessly to fate with lamentation, as if God has not instilled you with freedom of the will, is a sign of disrespect and the ultimate folly of our kind. For the river splits into many paths and those that appear to drag us towards the abyss, may, in the end, lead us to... (@ThePanpsycast, 67 minutes, 2019-Sep-08) |
| 397. | Patricia Marino, "Philosophy of Sex and Love" (Routledge, 2019) For those who think that philosophy must speak to everyday experience and ordinary life, it would seem that philosophical questions occasioned by love and sex should take center stage. Moral, epistemic, metaphysical, and political issues surrounding sex and love pervade our culture. Where would pop music, television, and fine art be without the dilemmas at the intersection of love and sex? And ... (@NewBooksPhil, 63 minutes, 2019-Sep-02) |
| 398. | Ep. 224: Kierkegaard Critiques The Present Age (Part Two) Continuing on "The Present Age" (1846), plus Hubert Dreyfus’s "Nihilism on the Information Highway: Anonymity vs. Commitment in the Present Age" (2004) with guest John Ganz. Does K's critique actually apply to our present age? We address K's view of humor, romance, authenticity, actual community vs. "the public," the leveling that occurs without anyone specific actually doing it, and the virtue of... (@PartiallyExLife, 66 minutes, 2019-Sep-02) |
| 399. | EV - 106 Taxiderming the Void with Brant MacDuff This week I'm joined by Brant MacDuff, taxidermist and conservation activist. I had a great time chatting with Brant at NECSS and was happy to have him on the show to discuss how an art about death can inspire concern for life.Brant's website: https://www.immortalanimals.com/aboutInvocation: Will Price (feel better!)Editing by Brian Ziegenhagen, check out his pod: http://youarehere.libsyn.com/s02e... (@ETVPod, 66 minutes, 2019-Sep-05) |
| 400. | 62 | Michele Gelfand on Tight and Loose Societies and People Physicists study systems that are sufficiently simple that it’s possible to find deep unifying principles applicable to all situations. In psychology or sociology that’s a lot harder. But as I say at the end of this episode, Mindscape is a safe space for grand theories of everything. Psychologist Michele Gelfand claims that there’s a single dimension that captures a lot about how cultures differ: ... (@seanmcarroll, 72 minutes, 2019-Sep-02) |
| 401. | Gloomy Sunday Our reactions to suicide often depend on the era in which it takes place: when practised by ancient philosophers, it has a noble lustre. When practised by modern celebrities, it’s an emblem of the emptiness of fame and fortune. And now, the advent of voluntary euthanasia is changing our perceptions once again. (@RadioNational, 28 minutes, 2019-Sep-08) |
| 402. | A Leader Returns In this unusual episode, Justin, the long lost founder of the Vim Podcast, makes his triumphant return. Dylan and Zach join him to discuss the circumstances of his mysterious absence, why he has returned, and the profundities of the philosophy of returning to things. The moral is that you should keep an eye out for upcoming episodes in which Justin leads us through some vital political scien... (@thevimblog, 35 minutes, 2019-Sep-02) |
| 403. | What's It All For? | Helen Lederer, Julian Baggini, Susan Neiman, Janne Teller We admire achievers, from James Watt to Mandela, Marie Curie to Emmeline Pankhurst. Yet many spend their lives waiting for weekends and holidays. And does not play, both as sex, drugs and rock and roll, and as creative and physical endeavour provide us with the most memorable events in life? In this episode of Philosophy for our Times, Helen Lederer, Julian Baggini and Susan Neiman debate what i... (@IAI_TV, 35 minutes, 2019-Aug-20) |
| 404. | Where's the threat to democracy: Boris Johnson or the British Parliament? In some ways the peculiarities of the Brexit debacle are just the latest manifestation of a much older political tension between democracy and representation. Tim Lynch joins us to discuss whether democracy is about more than 'representation'. (@RadioNational, 50 minutes, 2019-Sep-04) |
| 405. | Listener Qs 10 It's the 10th iteration of our Listener Thank You Q and As. Thank you all for supporting the show and if you like what you're hearing and have questions you want answered, you know what to do for next time. Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https:... (@0gPhilosophy, 41 minutes, 2019-Sep-04) |
| 406. | Rationally Speaking #239 - Saloni Dattani on "The debate over whether male and female brains are different" Several recent books have argued there's no difference between male and female brains. Saloni Dattani, a PhD in psychiatric genetics, discusses some of the problems with the argument, and what we really know so far about gender and the brain. (@Rspodcast, 48 minutes, 2019-Sep-03) |
| 407. | 486: Reading the Troubled Past More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/reading-troubled-past. Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe lambasted Joseph Conrad’s novel Heart of Darkness as a deeply racist work that should be removed from the Western canon. Defenders of Conrad say the novel is simply an expression of its time and not an endorsement of the racist attitudes it represents. So how do we judge the moral legitimacy of o... (@philtalkradio, 10 minutes, 2019-Aug-12) |
| 408. | HoP 330 - Republic of Letters - Italian Humanism Coluccio Salutati and Leonardo Bruni combine eloquence with philosophy, taking as their model the refined language and republican ideals found in Cicero. (@HistPhilosophy, 20 minutes, 2019-Jul-28) |
| 409. | PROPERTY RIGHTS, SANCTIONS, & AID with Cécile Fabre Cécile Fabre returns to the podcast to discuss her latest book, Economic Statecraft. We discuss rights, property rights, free trade, sanctions, conditional aid, and conditional borrowing. (@PolPhilPod, 71 minutes, 2019-Sep-01) |
| 410. |  Episode 6: Aoife – Icelandic Sagas and moral philosophyI didn't know much about Icelandic Sagas before I heard about Aoife's project, I just knew that they were long and complicated and involved feuds and fate. But Aoife, a philosophy student at Queen's University Belfast, knew a lot more and wanted to try to make sense of all the heavyweight moral decisions and decisive actions that go on in them. Her project is partly an investigation of a moral fra... (@DrJoeMorrison, 62 minutes, 2019-Aug-30) |
| 411. | Pretty Much Pop #8: Spider-Man: Far From Home (and Elsewhere) Mark, Erica, and Brian discuss the function of super-hero films and how this new one fits in. Do we need "realism" in such stories? When does a premise like this get too old to keep recycling? For more, visit prettymuchpop.com. Hear bonus content for this episode, and more episodes in advance, at patreon.com/prettymuchpop. This podcast is part of the Partially Examined Life podcast network and is ... (@PartiallyExLife, 50 minutes, 2019-Aug-27) |
| 412. | Responsibility and Justice Should the lifestyle choices we make affect our right to treatment? (@DavidEdmonds100, 2019-Aug-19) |
| 413. | Episode 66, Niccolò Machiavelli (Part I - Life and Context) No book can teach you how to tame the raging river of fortune, for it has many plans contrary to ambitious minds. Yet to submit powerlessly to fate with lamentation, as if God has not instilled you with freedom of the will, is a sign of disrespect and the ultimate folly of our kind. For the river splits into many paths and those that appear to drag us towards the abyss, may, in the end, lead us to... (@ThePanpsycast, 68 minutes, 2019-Sep-01) |
| 414. | Ep. 2 - Not All Who Ponder Count Costs Welcome to the second episode of Upon Reflection, a podcast about what we think as well as how and why we think it. In this podcast, I'll be reading Paul Conway's and my paper about moral dilemmas entitled, "Not all who ponder count costs: Arithmetic reflection predicts utilitarian tendencies, but logical reflection predicts both deontological and utilitarian... (@byrd_nick, 80 minutes, 2019-Sep-02) |
| 415. | Ep. 224: Kierkegaard Critiques The Present Age (Part One) On Soren Kierkegaard's essay "The Present Age" (1846) and Hubert Dreyfus’s "Nihilism on the Information Highway: Anonymity vs. Commitment in the Present Age" (2004). What's wrong with our society? Kierkegaard saw the advent of the press and gossip culture as engendering a systematic passivity and shallowness in his fellows, and Dreyfus thinks this is an even more apt description of the Internet Ag... (@PartiallyExLife, 49 minutes, 2019-Aug-26) |
| 416. | EV - 105 Public Philosophy in the Void with Greg Sadler This week I'm joined by Greg Sadler (@philosopher70). Greg is a public philosopher and cofounder of ReasonIO. We discuss the shifting trends in public philosophy and how philosophy can help us address important parts of our lived experiences, especially involving anger.ReasonIO: https://reasonio.wordpress.com/Editing by Brian Ziegenhagen, check out his pod: http://youarehere.libsyn.com/s02e02-rex-... (@ETVPod, 68 minutes, 2019-Aug-29) |
| 417. | Episode 171: How Do You Solve a Problem Like Theodicy? (The Book of Job) David and Tamler dive back into the Bible, this time to the perplexing and poetic Book of Job. What does this book have to say about the theodicy, the problem of evil? Why does Job (and his children) have to suffer so much just so God can prove a point to Satan? Are the speeches of Job's friends meant to be convincing? Does Job capitulate in the end? Does God contradict himself in the last chapter... (@verybadwizards, 92 minutes, 2019-Aug-27) |
| 418. | 61 | Quassim Cassam on Intellectual Vices and What to Do About Them All of us have been wrong about things from time to time. But sometimes it was a simple, forgivable mistake, while other times we really should have been correct. Properties that systematically prevent us from being correct, and for which we can legitimately be blamed, are “intellectual vices.” Examples might include closed-mindedness, wishful thinking, overconfidence, selective attention, and so ... (@seanmcarroll, 70 minutes, 2019-Aug-26) |
| 419. | Politics at the extremes Politics has never been a gentle pursuit - but these days the gloves are well and truly off. How did we get here? What are the implications for political philosophy, and for politics in general? As for where we might be headed, there are fascinating – if rather terrifying – clues in the work of French thinker René Girard. (@RadioNational, 28 minutes, 2019-Sep-01) |
| 420. | Episode 117: Brian L. Frye says to plagiarize this podcast In this episode, Brian L. Frye (University of Kentucky) argues that we should think more carefully about our moral reaction to instances of plagiarism. (@ElucidationsPod, 38 minutes, 2019-Aug-30) |
| 421. | The Meaning of the Multiverse | Cumrun Vafa, Mary-Jane Rubenstein, John Ellis Talk of other universes has become fashionable amongst physicists and string theory alike. Should we recognise ours as the only universe and give up on others as fantasy science? Or is slipping through a worm hole into another universe a credible reality rather than a Hollywood fairytale? In this episode of Philosophy for our Times, Cumrun Vafa, Mary-Jane Rubenstein and John Ellis go in search for... (@IAI_TV, 40 minutes, 2019-Aug-13) |
| 422. | HAP 33 - Young, Gifted, and Black - Phillis Wheatley Phillis Wheatley astonishes colonial Americans with her exquisite and precocious poetry and reflects on the liberating power of the imagination. (@HistPhilosophy, 22 minutes, 2019-Jul-21) |
| 423. | 485: The Doomsday Doctrine More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/doomsday-doctrine. The doctrine of mutually assured destruction is supposed to deter both sides in a war from launching the first nuclear strike. However, the strategy of the US, NATO, and other super powers has been to plan the destruction of nearly all life on Earth. If near total annihilation would be monstrous, ethically speaking, then what sho... (@philtalkradio, 10 minutes, 2019-Aug-05) |
| 424. | HUMILIATION in Neo-Republican Ideology I develop an original account of humiliation and argue that including it in the neo-republican ideological project enriches its structure and makes it more intuitive and relevant. (@PolPhilPod, 105 minutes, 2019-Aug-26) |
| 425. | Can climate science be communicated without compromising the science? There is undoubtedly a great need for climate science research to be communicated to the public in a manner that is clear, compelling and that cannot readily be captured, let alone dismissed, by partisan politics. Andrew Pitman joins us to discuss whether climate research can be communicated without pandering to the epistemological and political deficiencies of our time. (@RadioNational, 45 minutes, 2019-Aug-28) |
| 426. | Listener Qs 9 Hi all! We're back with another round of our interdimensionally renown Listener Thank You Q and As. We've got two episodes of great questions and hilariously mispronounced names with a healthy splash of in jokes. So thank you all for supporting the show and if you like what you're hearing and have questions you want answered, you know what to do for next time. Support us at Patreon: https://www.pa... (@0gPhilosophy, 44 minutes, 2019-Aug-28) |
| 427. | John T. Lysaker, "Philosophy, Writing, and the Character of Thought" (U Chicago Press, 2018) What is the relationship between the form of writing and what can be thought? How is a writer’s thinking shaped by form? How is a reader’s? Does this matter for philosophy? In Philosophy, Writing, and the Character of Thought (University of Chicago Press, 2018), John T. Lysaker explores the importance of the praxis of writing for philosophy. Essaying a variety of forms, the book invites the reader... (@NewBooksPhil, 73 minutes, 2019-Aug-20) |
| 428. | Episode 5: Rupert – Ethical Egoism We talk about ethical egoism, which Rupert seems to feel is dismissed a little bit too lightly, and we hear about how he's going to try to defend it. While Rupert’s talking about ethics and about what determines or fixes ethical truths – where they come from – at the same time in the background there are lot of other issues about political philosophy and authority and freedom and the state. I cut ... (@DrJoeMorrison, 25 minutes, 2019-Aug-23) |
| 429. | Pretty Much Pop #7: Native Representation with Jonathan Joss (King of the Hill, Parks & Rec) Jonathan built his career playing 19th century Indians on horseback, was John Redcorn III in King of the Hill, Chief Ken Hotate in Parks and Recreation, was featured in The Magnificent Seven and True Grit, and is currently playing Sitting Bull in Annie Get Your Gun (also featuring Erica) in Sag Harbor. He talks about Hollywood's record portraying indigenous Americans, his own struggles to get nat... (@PartiallyExLife, 41 minutes, 2019-Aug-20) |
| 430. |  Will AI make thinking obsolete?Would you choose an algorithm rather than a human to mark your exam papers? Would you welcome a translation app that replaced foreign language learning? Would you trust a marriage prediction app to choose your life partner? Professor Michael Sandel of Harvard University - Radio 4's 'Public Philosopher' - puts these and other questions to an audience of students at the London School of Economics an... (@BBCRadio4, 42 minutes, 2019-Aug-26) |
| 431. | EV - 104 Deeply Learning the Void with Michael Cogswell I'm joined this week by a friend of a friend of the show. Michael Cogswell is currently studying Deep Learning at Georgia Tech, and he helps me work through some of the important basics of deep learning and what it can mean for life in the void.Deep Learning: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_learningEditing by Brian Ziegenhagen, check out his pod: http://youarehere.libsyn.com/s02e02-rex-manning-... (@ETVPod, 71 minutes, 2019-Aug-23) |
| 432. | Philip Pettit on the Birth of Ethics Where did ethics come from? Philip Pettit tells an 'as if' story about the birth of ethics that is designed to illuminate what ethics is and why it evolved on this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast. We are grateful for support from the Marc Sanders Foundation and from Patreon donors for this episode. (@philosophybites, 21 minutes, 2019-Feb-25) |
| 433. | Christian Miller on the Character Gap Christian Miller believes that there is a character gap, a gap between what we think we are like morally and how we actually behave. In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast he explores the psychology of moral behaviour, and how we can become better people. We are grateful for support from the Marc Sanders Foundation. (@philosophybites, 21 minutes, 2019-Feb-25) |
| 434. | Episode 65, 'The Awe-Some Argument' with Ryan Byerly (Part II - Further Analysis and Discussion) University of Sheffield philosopher, Assistant Professor Ryan Byerly is best known for his work in philosophy of religion, epistemology and virtue theory. Publishing widely in these areas, Ryan is also Reviews Editor for the European Journal for Philosophy of Religion, Treasurer for the British Society for Philosophy of Religion, and a member of Sheffield’s Centre for Engaged Philosophy. Amongst m... (@ThePanpsycast, 35 minutes, 2019-Aug-25) |
| 435. | Religion, Science, Morality, God and the Great Unknown A discussion about the points I made in a recent debate about anti-theism. Tune in! Debate link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTyg-IjuO9Y Thanks for listening, hit that subscribe button and leave a review! Bonus Feed (My thought process, philosophy thoughts, and support with duh monies): https://www.patreon.com/thephilosophyguy Podcast: https://thephilosophyguy.fireside.fm/ Youtube: ... (@philosophyguy2, 35 minutes, 2019-Aug-22) |
| 436. | Ep. 223: Guest Ned Block on Consciousness (Part Two) We talk with Ned about a second Blockheads (2019) article, Michael Tyle's “Homunculi Heads and Silicon Chips: The Importance of History to Phenomenology," which provides a variation off of the David Chalmers fading qualia argument, and then Mark, Seth, Dylan, and Wes continue exploring the details uncovered by our interview after Ned leaves. Listen to part one first, or get the ad-free, unbroken C... (@PartiallyExLife, 56 minutes, 2019-Aug-19) |
| 437. | 60 | Lynne Kelly on Memory Palaces, Ancient and Modern Memory takes different forms. Memories can be encoded in the strength of neural connections in our brains, but there’s a sense in which photographs and written records are memories as well. What did people do before such forms of memory even existed? Lynne Kelly is a science writer and researcher who specializes in forms of memory in the ancient world, as well as a competitive memory expert in her... (@seanmcarroll, 76 minutes, 2019-Aug-19) |
| 438. | Dementia and deception If you’re caring for a person with dementia, what do you do if they demand to see their spouse, who in fact died long ago? If you resort to telling the person that their spouse has just gone to the shops and will be back soon, you’re not alone. “Therapeutic deception” is a time-saver for carers, and it can also be humane, a means of alleviating distress. But like all lying, it’s morally problemati... (@RadioNational, 28 minutes, 2019-Aug-25) |
| 439. | Lost in Language | Saul Kripke, Hilary Lawson, Paul Boghossian, Silvia Jonas Language is widely seen as the critical tool which has set our species apart. We assume that it is successful because our words are able to describe reality. Yet from Wittgenstein to Derrida, no satisfactory theory has been able to support this intuition. Might the problem be not with our theory of language, but with the very idea of reality? In this episode of Philosophy for our Times, Saul Kripk... (@IAI_TV, 42 minutes, 2019-Aug-06) |
| 440. | HoP 329 - Greeks Bearing Gifts - Byzantine Scholars in Italy Bessarion and George Trapenzuntius, rival scholars from the Greek east who helped inspire the Italian Renaissance. (@HistPhilosophy, 19 minutes, 2019-Jul-14) |
| 441. | When Will Machines Deserve Rights? When is a machine deserving of moral consideration? When does it have rights? Zach and Dylan discuss these questions and more in this episode. It mainly focuses on Zach’s article, “Stop Talking about the Moral Status of Machines.” He has an argument that philosophical discussion of these topics is missing the more important issues. For instance, a prejudice (that Zach calls ‘substratism’) might lu... (@thevimblog, 52 minutes, 2019-Aug-18) |
| 442. | 419: The Mystery of the Multiverse More at www.philosophytalk.org/shows/mystery-multiverse. At the foundation of modern theoretical physics lie the equations that define our universe, telling us of its beginnings, evolution, and future. Make even minor adjustments to the fundamental laws of the universe, and life as we know it would not exist. How do we explain this extraordinary fact that our universe is so uniquely fine-tune... (@philtalkradio, 52 minutes, 2019-Jul-29) |
| 443. | Can democracy survive the rise of surveillance capitalism? Advertising has always been about creating desires, not just appealing to an existing demand. And the tension between capitalism and democratic culture is as old as capitalism itself. Soshana Zuboff argues there’s a new form of capitalism with tentacles extending deep into our private lives to influence and modify our behaviour for profit. (@RadioNational, 48 minutes, 2019-Aug-21) |
| 444. | 0G70: The Power and Cyborg Feminism, Part 2 It's post cataclysm now, and we're one of the few "male studies" podcasts remaining in the world. Hannah Marcus (@sligers118 on Twitter) is here to womansplain The Power to us and take credit for our insights. This still feels better than the before time, though. Mass shootings are way down, and having functional paid family leave is pretty great. I'd call it a net win. Cyborg Theory: https://en.w... (@0gPhilosophy, 41 minutes, 2019-Aug-21) |
| 445. | Rationally Speaking #238 - Razib Khan on "Stuff I've Been Wrong About" It's rare for public intellectuals to talk about things they've gotten wrong, but geneticist Razib Khan is an exception. He and Julia discuss a list of 28 things he's changed his mind about in the last decade. (@Rspodcast, 51 minutes, 2019-Aug-20) |
| 446. | TIME, POLITICS, & CITIZENSHIP With Elizabeth Cohen Time. Founding moments. legitimacy. Commensuration. Liberal Democracy. The State. Immigration. Criminal Justice. (@PolPhilPod, 101 minutes, 2019-Aug-18) |
| 447. | Episode 4: Aine – Pyrrhonic Scepticism This is a conversation with a final-year student in Philosophy. Aine graduated from Queen's University Belfast in the summer of 2019, and like many students she used her final year of studies to work on an extended independent research project. Dissertation students write about a philosophical topic of their own devising, working alongside individual members of faculty who help to steer their pro... (@DrJoeMorrison, 22 minutes, 2019-Aug-16) |
| 448. | Pretty Much Pop #6: Adults Playing Video Games Ian Maio (who's worked in e-sports marketing) joins Erica, Brian and Mark to talk about why adults play video games, types of gamers, gaming disorders, gamer shaming, inclusivity, and more. For more, visit prettymuchpop.com. Hear bonus content for this episode, and more episodes in advance, at patreon.com/prettymuchpop. This podcast is part of the Partially Examined Life podcast network and is cur... (@PartiallyExLife, 58 minutes, 2019-Aug-13) |
| 449. | EV - 103 The Panpsychic Void with Hunter Ash I'm joined this week by Hunter Ash, longtime friend of the show and my go to source for a variety of sciency philosophy questions. He came to me with a really interesting argument to follow up on the brief discussion of panpsychism back in our Frankish episodes. I definitely recommend giving those a re-listen alongside this episode.Invocation: In the Metaphysicians office by Daniel CappellPanpsych... (@ETVPod, 57 minutes, 2019-Aug-16) |
| 450. | Doctors and their conscience! Should a doctor say NO on conscience? (@DavidEdmonds100, 2019-Aug-04) |
| 451. | Ep. 223: Guest Ned Block on Consciousness (Part One) The climax and denouement of our summer philosophy of mind series: Ned Block visits to fill in the gaps about functionalism and attributing consciousness to machines and discuss essays from Blockheads (2019), focusing here on Brian McLaughlin’s “Could an Android be Sentient?” Don't wait for part 2! Get the ad-free, unbroken Citizen Edition now. Please support PEL! Please go check out Modern Day Ph... (@PartiallyExLife, 52 minutes, 2019-Aug-12) |
| 452. | Episode 65, 'The Awe-Some Argument' with Ryan Byerly (Part I - Pantheism) University of Sheffield philosopher, Assistant Professor Ryan Byerly is best known for his work in philosophy of religion, epistemology and virtue theory. Publishing widely in these areas, Ryan is also Reviews Editor for the European Journal for Philosophy of Religion, Treasurer for the British Society for Philosophy of Religion, and a member of Sheffield’s Centre for Engaged Philosophy. Amongst m... (@ThePanpsycast, 31 minutes, 2019-Aug-18) |
| 453. | 12 Essential Truths I've Learned About Life Instead of reviewing Jordan Peterson's 12 rules for life....I give you my 12 rules. Thanks for listening, hit that subscribe button and leave a review! Bonus Feed (My thought process, philosophy thoughts, and support with duh monies): https://www.patreon.com/thephilosophyguy Podcast: https://thephilosophyguy.fireside.fm/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvqYKgKlEBRf4658pc8NeTw ... (@philosophyguy2, 16 minutes, 2019-Aug-15) |
| 454. | Ep. 1 - What We Can Infer About Implicit Bias Welcome to the first episode of Upon Reflection, a podcast about what we think as well as how and why we think it. In this podcast, I'll be reading my paper entitled, "What We Can (And Can't) Infer About Implicit Bias From Debiasing Experiments". I argue that implicit bias is not entirely unconscious or involuntary, but it probably is associative. As with all of my papers, t... (@byrd_nick, 53 minutes, 2019-Aug-19) |
| 455. | Episode 170: Social Psychology Gets an Asch-Kicking Is social psychology just a kid dressing up in grown-up science clothes? Are the methods in social psychology--hypothesis-driven experiments and model-building--appropriate for the state of the field? Or do these methods lead to a narrowing of vision, stifled creativity, and a lack of informed curiosity about the social world> David and Tamler discuss the strong methodological critique of psycholo... (@verybadwizards, 110 minutes, 2019-Aug-13) |
| 456. | 59 | Adam Becker on the Curious History of Quantum Mechanics There are many mysteries surrounding quantum mechanics. To me, the biggest mysteries are why physicists haven’t yet agreed on a complete understanding of the theory, and even more why they mostly seem content not to try. This puzzling attitude has historical roots that go back to the Bohr-Einstein debates. Adam Becker, in his book What Is Real?, looks at this history, and discusses how physic... (@seanmcarroll, 100 minutes, 2019-Aug-12) |
| 457. | Why the Humanities? In an era of university funding cuts, economic rationalism and the creeping perception that human progress comes to us principally via science and technology, who needs the Humanities? (@RadioNational, 28 minutes, 2019-Aug-18) |
| 458. | The Problem with Love | Mark Salter, Helen-Ann Hartley, Phillip Blond 'Love conquers all' is a motto central to our culture and its Christian heritage. Yet Buddhists think love an obstacle to enlightenment. Nietzsche went further and called love barbaric ‘for it is practised at the expense of all others’. Is love for all an illusion? In this episode of Philosophy for our Times, consultant psychiatrist Mark Salter, Anglican Bishop Helen-Ann Hartley and Political Phi... (@IAI_TV, 37 minutes, 2019-Jul-30) |
| 459. | HAP 32 - Talking Book - Early Africana Writing in English 18th century black authors touch on philosophical themes in autobiographical narratives, poetry, and other literary genres. (@HistPhilosophy, 25 minutes, 2019-Jul-07) |
| 460. | Samir Okasha, "Agents and Goals in Evolution" (Oxford UP, 2018) Evolutionary biologists standardly treat organisms as agents: they have goals and purposes and preferences, and their behaviors and adaptive traits contribute to the achievement of their goals. This explanatory practice brings evolutionary biology into conceptual contact with rational choice theory, which provides models of how people make decisions and act on them. In Agents and Goals in Evolutio... (@NewBooksPhil, 60 minutes, 2019-Aug-09) |
| 461. | 416: Magical Thinking More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/magical-thinking. Have you ever avoided stepping on a crack, just in case you might break your mother’s back? Every day, people make decisions and act based on completely unfounded ideas and superstitions – even when they acknowledge that there is no evidence to support their reasoning. Why do we so often engage in this kind of magical thinking? Wh... (@philtalkradio, 10 minutes, 2019-Jul-22) |
| 462. | What does it mean to be 'good'? Is 'goodness’ still a term that we should be using? Is there a difference between the 'good' and the 'virtuous' character? What is the relationship between action and intention, between the inner and outer life? (@RadioNational, 44 minutes, 2019-Aug-14) |
| 463. | 0G69: The Power and Cyborg Theory, Part 1 Finally! We've been waiting so long for this, I almost thought we'd never get here. And by here I mean the collapse of the patriarchy. If only pod notes made it so. No, this week and next we're cover Naomi Alderman's The Power. To keep us from mansplaining our way through a feminist classic, we're joined by our future gender overlord, Hannah Marcus (@sligers118 on Twitter), a MA student in cultura... (@0gPhilosophy, 39 minutes, 2019-Aug-14) |
| 464. | BERNIE, HILLARY, & TRUMP With Angie Maxwell The historical and ideological factors behind Trump's meteoric rise in 2016, divisions on the left, & I go on a rant. (@PolPhilPod, 86 minutes, 2019-Aug-11) |
| 465. | Episode 3: Nancy Jecker – the chronically ill, the newly deceased Prof. Nancy Jecker came to Queen's University Belfast to speak at this philosophy conference (https://philevents.org/event/show/64710) on the ethics of chronic illness, and I used that opportunity to ask her about her philosophical interests and work. We talked about life and death – in particular, lives lived with chronic illneses, and the ways that a person's story doesn't end just at the mome... (@DrJoeMorrison, 29 minutes, 2019-Aug-09) |
| 466. | Pretty Much Pop #5: True Crime with Lucy Lawless Lucy Lawless (Xena the Warrior Princess, currently starring in My Life Is Murder) joins Mark, Erica, and Brian to think about the true crime genre, of both the documentary and dramatized variety. What's the appeal? Why do women in particular gravitate to it? For more, visit prettymuchpop.com. Hear bonus content for this episode, and more episodes in advance, at patreon.com/prettymuchpop. This podc... (@PartiallyExLife, 53 minutes, 2019-Aug-06) |
| 467. | Ep. 222: Debating Functionalism (Block, Chalmers) (Part Two) Continuing on Ned Block's "Troubles with Functionalism" (1978) and David Chalmers's "Absent Qualia, Fading Qualia, Dancing Qualia" (1995). What would it be like to be halfway between person and machine? If you think the machine can't have consciousness, then Chalmers thinks that there's no sensible way to describe such an experience, ergo the machine (if functionally equivalent to the person) must... (@PartiallyExLife, 56 minutes, 2019-Aug-05) |
| 468. | Buddhism: Living Life with Compassion An introduction to understanding Buddhism. This area of thought has seen a cultural trend, so this marks the first episode in various other coming related episodes. Contemplating whether or not the iconic film, Gladiator is Stoic? Thanks for listening, hit that subscribe button and leave a review! Bonus Feed (My thought process and support with duh monies): https://www.patreon.com/thephilos... (@philosophyguy2, 16 minutes, 2019-Aug-08) |
| 469. | Episode 64, 'The Given - Experience and its Content' with Michelle Montague (Part II - Further Analysis and Discussion) Michelle Montague is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin. As well as publishing extensively in phenomenology and philosophy of mind, Michelle is also the author of Non-Propositional Intentionality, Cognitive Phenomenology, and our focus for this episode, her 2016 book, The Given: Experience and its Content. This episode is all about what some philosophers have ca... (@ThePanpsycast, 31 minutes, 2019-Aug-11) |
| 470. | 58 | Seth MacFarlane on Using Science Fiction to Explore Humanity Fiction shines a light on the human condition by putting people into imaginary situations and envisioning what might happen. Science fiction expands this technique by considering situations in the future, with advanced technology, or with utterly different social contexts. Seth MacFarlane’s show The Orville is good old-fashioned space opera, but it’s also a laboratory for explo... (@seanmcarroll, 72 minutes, 2019-Aug-05) |
| 471. | EV - 102 Social Progress in the Void with Bo Winegard pt.2 Part two of my debate with Bo Winegard, Assistant Professor at Marietta College, cohost of the psyphilopod podcast, and frequent contributor to Quillette. We've engaged in several disagreements on twitter and thought it could be valuable to debate some of these issues on the show. We focused our debate on the question "should society attempt to promote social progress by changing human nature".Inv... (@ETVPod, 79 minutes, 2019-Aug-08) |
| 472. | HoP 328 - Old News - Introduction to the Italian Renaissance A first look at the themes and figures of philosophy in the Italian Renaissance. (@HistPhilosophy, 20 minutes, 2019-Jun-30) |
| 473. | Are You An Illusion? | Julian Baggini, Joanna Kavenna, Jan Westerhoff, Silvia Jonas The self is an illusion, our passions a by-product of the brain. Or so neuroscientists and philosophers would have us believe. Is dismissing the self a mistake driven by the desire to uphold a purely material universe? In this episode of Philosophy for our Times, author of A Field Guide to Reality Joanna Kavenna, Oxford University metaphysician Jan Westerhoff, philosopher Silvia Jonas and autho... (@IAI_TV, 44 minutes, 2019-Jul-23) |
| 474. | The (other) melancholy Dane Shakespeare’s Hamlet is perhaps the most famous Danish depressive, but Soren Kierkegaard gives him a run for his money. He wrote uncompromisingly difficult philosophical works, so it’s not surprising that he’s an outsize but rather remote figure in the popular cultural imagination. This week’s guest wants to change all that – she’s written a biography of Kierkegaard that brings the man and the wor... (@RadioNational, 28 minutes, 2019-Aug-11) |
| 475. | 484: Is Postmodernism Really to Blame for Post-Truth? More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/postmodernism-really-blame. Postmodernism is often characterized by its rejection of concepts championed by the Enlightenment, like meaning, truth, reason, and knowledge. Some philosophers blame postmodernism for making cynicism about truth and facts now respectable in political debate. So is postmodernism responsible for “fake news” and “alternati... (@philtalkradio, 9 minutes, 2019-Jul-15) |
| 476. | Gladiator: Is it Stoic? Contemplating whether or not the iconic film, Gladiator is Stoic? Thanks for listening, hit that subscribe button and leave a review! Bonus Feed (My thought process and support with duh monies): https://www.patreon.com/thephilosophyguy Podcast: https://thephilosophyguy.fireside.fm/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvqYKgKlEBRf4658pc8NeTw Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/the-p... (@philosophyguy2, 14 minutes, 2019-Aug-05) |
| 477. | Quassim Cassam, "Vices of the Mind: From the Intellectual to the Political" (Oxford UP, 2019) Sometimes people are blameworthy or otherwise not admirable because of what they believe. And sometimes they are blameworthy or otherwise not admirable because of how they believe – broadly, their ways of thinking, inquiring, handling evidence, and managing information. We sometimes criticize others for being careless, dogmatic, gullible, and so on. These evaluations often have the form of apprais... (@NewBooksPhil, 71 minutes, 2019-Aug-01) |
| 478. | The 50th Episode Extravaganza!!! Zach and Dylan get reflective and autobiographical in this special episode. They discuss whether the Vim podcast is too dense or too difficult for non-philosopher listeners. Then they turn to talk about how they got into philosophy and give some recommendations for how you can get into philosophy too. They end with some thoughts about the choice to pursue philosophy as a career. 8:00 - intro... (@thevimblog, 78 minutes, 2019-Aug-04) |
| 479. | Episode #134 ... Consequences of Reason Today we talk about the growing dissatisfaction with Enlightenment Reason during the early 20th century. (@iamstephenwest, 26 minutes, 2019-Aug-07) |
| 480. | Facebook’s cryptocurrency — not such a bad idea after all? The introduction of the Libra would undoubtedly increase Facebook’s power and would certainly disrupt our existing financial systems. But if it diminishes Facebook’s untrammelled sway over news distribution, political communication and the ‘information economy’, is this a price we should be willing to pay? (@RadioNational, 42 minutes, 2019-Aug-07) |
| 481. | 0G68: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Grief I'm getting a very Groundhog day "already written these show notes" vibe. I guess they didn't go well last time or something, so hopefully this time around will be better. We're joined by an amazing guest, the award eligible Tom from Cog Dis, to discuss Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, a movie we all really enjoyed and had largely forgotten. There's a lot to cover so we space it over two epi... (@0gPhilosophy, 40 minutes, 2019-Aug-07) |
| 482. | Rationally Speaking #237 - Andy Przybylski on "Is screen time bad for you?" It's common wisdom that spending a lot of time on your smartphone, or checking social media like Facebook and Twitter, takes a psychological toll. But is there any research to back that up? Julia discusses the evidence with professor Andy Przybylski. (@Rspodcast, 53 minutes, 2019-Aug-06) |
| 483. | Pretty Much Pop #4: "Chernobyl" and the Art of Suffering Mark, Erica, and Brian consider the HBO mini-series, plus "based on a true story" and why do we enjoy witnessing suffering? For more, visit prettymuchpop.com. Hear bonus content for this episode, and more episodes in advance, at patreon.com/prettymuchpop. This podcast is part of the Partially Examined Life podcast network and is curated by openculture.com. (@PartiallyExLife, 45 minutes, 2019-Jul-30) |
| 484. | Episode 2: Jonathan Webber – Freedom and Morality This is part two of the interview with Jonathan Webber about his book 'Rethinking Existentialism', and in this one we talk about existentialist ideas around freedom and ethical action, which is why I'm calling it I'm calling it 'Freedom and Morality'. I asked him some questions about how he knew that he had a big enough idea to start thinking about the topic as a 'book' project rather than a seri... (@DrJoeMorrison, 40 minutes, 2019-Aug-02) |
| 485. | THE SOUTHERN STRATEGY with Angie Maxwell How did appeals to racism, sexism, and religion shape American party politics and conservative ideology? (@PolPhilPod, 72 minutes, 2019-Aug-04) |
| 486. | Responsibility and effort What is the link between responsibility and effort? (@DavidEdmonds100, 2019-Jul-21) |
| 487. | HAP 31 - Justin Smith on Amo and Race in Early Modern Philosophy Justin E.H. Smith joins us to discuss Anton Wilhelm Amo against the background of ideas about race in early modern philosophy, including Leibniz. (@HistPhilosophy, 40 minutes, 2019-Jun-23) |
| 488. | Episode 116: Tommy Curry discusses black male studies In this episode, Tommy Curry argues that if we really want to understand gender-based oppression, we have to look at how black men have been targeted for it. (@ElucidationsPod, 59 minutes, 2019-Aug-05) |
| 489. | Ep. 222: Debating Functionalism (Block, Chalmers) (Part One) On Ned Block's "Troubles with Functionalism" (1978) and David Chalmers's "Absent Qualia, Fading Qualia, Dancing Qualia" (1995). If mental states are functional states, there couldn't be zombies. Yet Block claims that there could be zombies: for example, a functional duplicate of you whose components are actually citizens of China obeying algorithmic rules. Even if the resulting system acts like yo... (@PartiallyExLife, 53 minutes, 2019-Jul-29) |
| 490. | 57 | Astra Taylor on the Promise and Challenge of Democracy “Democracy may not exist, but we’ll miss it when it’s gone” — or so suggests the title of Astra Taylor’s new book. We all know how democracy falls short, in practice, of its lofty ideals; but we can also appreciate how democratic values are crucial in the fight for a more just society. In this conversation, we dig into the nature of democracy, from its origins to the present day. We talk about who... (@seanmcarroll, 84 minutes, 2019-Jul-29) |
| 491. | Episode 169: A Bug's Life (Kafka's "The Metamorphosis") David and Tamler try to control their emotions (with varying success) as they go deep into Franz Kafka's masterful novella "The Metamorphosis." What kind of a story is this? A Marxist or religious allegory? A work of weird fiction? A family drama? A dark comedy? Why does a story about a man who turns into a giant insect get under our skins so much? Plus a study that links insomnia to our fear ... (@verybadwizards, 110 minutes, 2019-Jul-30) |
| 492. | Episode 64, 'The Given - Experience and its Content' with Michelle Montague (Part I - The Given) Michelle Montague is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin. As well as publishing extensively in phenomenology and philosophy of mind, Michelle is also the author of Non-Propositional Intentionality, Cognitive Phenomenology, and our focus for this episode, her 2016 book, The Given: Experience and its Content. This episode is all about what some philosophers have ca... (@ThePanpsycast, 41 minutes, 2019-Aug-04) |
| 493. | EV - 101 Social Progress in the Void with Bo Winegard pt.1 My guest this week is Bo Winegard, Assistant Professor at Marietta College, cohost of the psyphilopod podcast, and frequent contributor to Quillette. We've engaged in several disagreements on twitter and thought it could be valuable to debate some of these issues on the show. We focused our debate on the question "should society attempt to promote social progress by changing human nature". The arg... (@ETVPod, 66 minutes, 2019-Aug-01) |
| 494. | The End Of All Things | John Dupré, Subir Sarkar, Nancy Cartwright We tend to think of physical, material things as the ultimate stuff of the universe. Yet contemporary physics has largely abandoned physical things in favour of energy and fields. Should we give up on our conviction that physical stuff is the bedrock of the world, or is such talk ivory tower nonsense? In this episode of Philosophy for our Times, John Dupré, Subir Sarkar, and Nancy Cartwright deba... (@IAI_TV, 46 minutes, 2019-Jul-16) |
| 495. | A Meaning of Life A journey into meaning. Thanks for listening, hit that subscribe button and leave a review! Bonus Feed (My thought process and support with duh monies): https://www.patreon.com/thephilosophyguy Podcast: https://thephilosophyguy.fireside.fm/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvqYKgKlEBRf4658pc8NeTw Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/the-philosophy-guy-store Amazon Banner: htt... (@philosophyguy2, 18 minutes, 2019-Jul-31) |
| 496. | Remembering Agnes Heller Hungarian philosopher Agnes Heller was a Holocaust survivor, a dissident under Hungary’s communist regime, and one of the great modern political thinkers. She was also a wonderfully engaging speaker, and this week we hear her in conversation from 2013, as well as the reflections of a close friend and colleague. (@RadioNational, 28 minutes, 2019-Aug-04) |
| 497. | E34: More Vice Than Virtue – Nelson Goodman’s Fake News Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose… Been a bit, but the Dawdlers are back. And, yes, things change but we’re still the same ol’ Dawdlers. Yer welcome. This week enjoy our exploration of some mind bending philosophical musings from philosopher Nelson Goodman. Ryan thinks a scientific orientation can help. Harland thinks philosophy can find more problems for him. Nelson thinks these are ju... (@dawdlerspodcast, 101 minutes, 2019-Aug-04) |
| 498. | DIVERSIFYING THE CANNON With Elizabeth Anderson DIVERSIFYING THE CANNON With Elizabeth Anderson by Toby Buckle (@PolPhilPod, 54 minutes, 2019-Aug-01) |
| 499. | HoP 327 - Michele Trizio on Byzantine and Latin Medieval Philosophy The series on Byzantium concludes as Michele Trizio discusses the mutual influence of Byzantium and Latin Christendom. (@HistPhilosophy, 24 minutes, 2019-Jun-16) |
| 500. | 0G67: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Grief I'm getting a very Groundhog day "already written these show notes" vibe. I guess they didn't go well last time or something, so hopefully this time around will be better. We're joined by an amazing guest, the award eligible Tom from Cog Dis, to discuss Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, a movie we all really enjoyed and had largely forgotten. There's a lot to cover so we space it over two epi... (@0gPhilosophy, 38 minutes, 2019-Jul-31) |
| 501. | Pretty Much Pop #3: CONFORM w/ Yakov Smirnoff Is media trying to brainwash us into being ALL THE SAME? Are the excesses of the mob scaring us into conformity? Mark, Erica, and Brian muse on cultural homogenization and are joined by comedian Dr. Yakov Smirnoff to talk about growing up in a repressive society and the shadow of political correctness over comedy. For more about this podcast, see prettymuchpop.com. Hear bonus content for this epis... (@PartiallyExLife, 74 minutes, 2019-Jul-23) |
| 502. | What is Philosophy? Getting back to some basics. Discord: https://discord.gg/tH5Fydn Main Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvqYKgKlEBRf4658pc8NeTw Thanks for listening, please subscribe, rate, and review! Support the Podcast and Gain Full Access: https://www.patreon.com/thephilosophyguy Podcast Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE96WnY7pzGmbIJ42SCJEQ Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/t... (@philosophyguy2, 5 minutes, 2019-Jul-26) |
| 503. | Ep. 221: Functionalist Theories of Mind (Putnam, Armstrong) (Part Two) Continuing on functionalism with David M. Armstrong’s "The Causal Theory of the Mind" (1981). Your four hosts start afresh the day after Part One on Putnam to discuss this version of functionalism that is supposed to clear the way for the scientific identification of mental states with brain states. Mental states are defined by their causal relations with other states and with behavior, and the c... (@PartiallyExLife, 72 minutes, 2019-Jul-22) |
| 504. | 56 | Kate Adamala on Creating Synthetic Life Scientists can’t quite agree on how to define “life,” but that hasn’t stopped them from studying it, looking for it elsewhere, or even trying to create it. Kate Adamala is one of a number of scientists engaged in the ambitious project of trying to create living cells, or something approximating them, starting from entirely non-living ingredients. Impressive progress has already been made. Designin... (@seanmcarroll, 72 minutes, 2019-Jul-22) |
| 505. | The Fascination With Evil | Terry Eagleton, Susan Neiman, Stephen de Wijze We may condemn tyrants and abhor serial killers, but we are obsessed with evil and violence. Are we fascinated by evil, violent characters because they make life more exciting? Or because they express our real nature? Should we look to end this morbid obsession, or accept it as a feature of humanity? In this episode of Philosophy for our Times, cultural critic Terry Eagleton, author of Evil in Mod... (@IAI_TV, 36 minutes, 2019-Jul-09) |
| 506. | EV - 100 Getting Leitered in the Void with Nathan Oseroff-Spicer We made it! We achieved a major arbitrary numeric goal! So glad to be celebrating with my guest this week, fellow philosophy twitter fiend Nathan Oseroff- Spicer, who joins me to discuss the darker sides of philosophy twitter before succumbing to our realism lightening round. Definitely follow him if you're not already: @nathanoseroffInvocation: The Power by Naomi AldermanIf you enjoy the show and... (@ETVPod, 56 minutes, 2019-Jul-25) |
| 507. | Episode 63, 'Pantheism and Panentheism' with Andrei Buckareff (Part II - Further Analysis and Discussion) Andrei Buckareff is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Co-Director of the Cognitive Science Program at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York, and Associate Editor of the journal Science, Religion, and Culture. Andrei’s work focuses on a range of fascinating topics, from metaphysics, philosophy of mind, epistemology and the philosophy of action, to philosophy of religion, the afterlife, panth... (@ThePanpsycast, 45 minutes, 2019-Jul-28) |
| 508. | #62 - Häggström on AI Motivations and Risk Denialism In this episode I talk to Olle Häggström. Olle is a professor of mathematical statistics at Chalmers University of Technology and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (KVA) and of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA). Olle’s main research is in probability theory and statistical mechanics, but in recent years he has broadened his research interests to focus applied ... (@JohnDanaher, 2019-Jul-03) |
| 509. | 422: Reparations More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/reparations. The United States brutally enslaved African Americans for its first hundred or so years of existence. For the next hundred years, black Americans were lynched, deprived of basic rights, and widely discriminated against. Now, while there are still certainly racial injustices to deal with, how are we to respond to the racial injustices o... (@philtalkradio, 11 minutes, 2019-Jun-30) |
| 510. | Rock star philosopher, and rocks Early 20th century French thinker Henri Bergson was a celebrity. Today he’s a more obscure figure, but we're asking if his ideas should be restored to the intellectual map of the 20th century. Also: a philosopher-geologist on rocks, science and climate change. (@RadioNational, 28 minutes, 2019-Jul-28) |
| 511. | Why the Trolley Problem is a Brilliant Question A response to StoryBrain's video claiming the Trolley problem is a bad question. I discuss why the trolley problem is a brilliant exercise of thinking.... Discord: https://discord.gg/tH5Fydn Main Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvqYKgKlEBRf4658pc8NeTw Thanks for listening, please subscribe, rate, and review! Support the Podcast and Gain Full Access: https://www.patreon.com/thephi... (@philosophyguy2, 18 minutes, 2019-Jul-22) |
| 512. | HAP 30 - Dualist Personality - Anton Wilhelm Amo Anton Wilhelm Amo, brought to Germany from his native Ghana, defends a rigorous dualism of mind and body. Was this philosophy connected to his African origins? (@HistPhilosophy, 27 minutes, 2019-Jun-09) |
| 513. | Arendt on the Banality of Evil Finally! 2 years later, we deliver on the promise to record another Arendt episode. Gabe, Kevin, Zach, and Yohana discuss the concept of the banality of evil, the subject of Hannah Arendt’s 1963 book Eichmann in Jerusalem. They start with some background information on Arendt and Eichmann and then explore some implications and possible interpretations of the banality of evil. - Does ev... (@thevimblog, 65 minutes, 2019-Jul-21) |
| 514. | 3/6/2019: Kathleen Stock asks What is Sexual Orientation? (@Aristotweets, 49 minutes, 2019-Jun-07) |
| 515. | Responsibility and Addiction Are addicts responsible for harming their health? (@DavidEdmonds100, 2019-Jul-07) |
| 516. | 0G66: Striking Vipers and Multifaceted Virtual Identities Sooooo, we introduced someone new into the podcast this week and things got...weird...We're joined by Heath of the PiaT crowd to discuss episode one of Black Mirror's new season. The BM episode is called Striking Vipers, but it really should have been called Mauling Bears. Lotta ursine erotica is what I'm saying. We also squeeze in a little bit of philosophy on the multifaceted nature of identity ... (@0gPhilosophy, 38 minutes, 2019-Jul-24) |
| 517. | Rationally Speaking #236 - Alex Tabarrok on "Why are the Prices So D*mn High?" In this episode, economist Alex Tabarrok discusses his latest book, co-authored with Eric Heller, "Why are the Prices So D*mn High?," which blames rising costs on a phenomenon called the Baumol Effect. (@Rspodcast, 52 minutes, 2019-Jul-23) |
| 518. | The Right Way to Think | Paul Boghossian, Mary Jane Rubenstein, Alister McGrath Reason was traditionally seen as the Enlightenment’s great legacy and the origin of our success. Yet reason is increasingly derided as just the rhetorical bluster of the educated elite, typically powerful and male. Is rationality just the prejudiced claim of those who are sure they are right? In this episode of Philosophy for our Times, Professor of Religion at Wesleyan Mary-Jane Rubenstein, Silve... (@IAI_TV, 39 minutes, 2019-Jul-02) |
| 519. | Ep. 221: Functionalist Theories of Mind (Putnam, Armstrong) (Part One) On Hilary Putnam's "The Nature of Mental States" (1973). What is the mind? Functionalist theories identify the mental with not with the brain exactly, but with something the brain does. So some other creature without a brain (maybe a computer) might be able to do that same thing if it could duplicate the structure of what our brains do. Is this a satisfying account of the mind? Don't wait for part... (@PartiallyExLife, 54 minutes, 2019-Jul-15) |
| 520. | 482: J.S. Mill and the Good Life More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/mill-and-good-life. John Stuart Mill was one of the most important British philosophers of the 19th century. As a liberal, he thought that individuals are generally the best judges of their own welfare. But Mill was also a utilitarian who thought that there were objectively lower and higher pleasures and that the good life was one which maximized h... (@philtalkradio, 12 minutes, 2019-Jun-24) |
| 521. | 55 | A Conversation with Rob Reid on Quantum Mechanics and Many Worlds As you may have heard, I have a new book coming out in September, Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime. To celebrate, we're going to have more than the usual number of podcasts about quantum mechanics over the next couple of months. Today is an experimental flipped podcast, in which I'm being interviewed by Rob Reid. Rob is the host of the After On podcast, of whi... (@seanmcarroll, 86 minutes, 2019-Jul-15) |
| 522. | Episode 168: The Big Lebowski vs Pulp Fiction (Pt. 2) It's Part 2 of the Lebowski vs. Pulp Fiction showdown. This time we focus on the Dude, Walter, Donny, and most importantly Jesus Quintana. (Nobody fucks with the Jesus). What's the ethos of this stoner masterpiece? Is it a nihilstic movie? A deconstruction of masculinity? A cannabis infused Daoist parable? And is it fair to compare these two classics from the 90s? Fair? Who's the fucking nihilist ... (@verybadwizards, 93 minutes, 2019-Jul-16) |
| 523. | EV - 99 Dying in the Void with Dave Warnock Death is a reoccurring topic on this show, but this week still feels a little different. I'm joined by Dave Warnock, who is currently engaged in a project called Dying Out Loud. Dave is living with a terminal diagnosis, and he's spending some of his remaining time generously communicating with others about the process of dying. Usually the title of this show is content warning enough, but in this ... (@ETVPod, 57 minutes, 2019-Jul-18) |
| 524. | Episode 63, 'Pantheism and Panentheism' with Andrei Buckareff (Part I - The Divine Mind) Andrei Buckareff is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Co-Director of the Cognitive Science Program at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York, and Associate Editor of the journal Science, Religion, and Culture. Andrei’s work focuses on a range of fascinating topics, from metaphysics, philosophy of mind, epistemology and the philosophy of action, to philosophy of religion, the afterlife, panth... (@ThePanpsycast, 52 minutes, 2019-Jul-21) |
| 525. | CORPORATE GOVERNMENT With Elizabeth Anderson Is corporate power of form of government? How does it affect our lives and freedom? Professor Elizabeth Anderson joins the podcast discuss. (@PolPhilPod, 48 minutes, 2019-Jul-19) |
| 526. | HoP 326 - Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - the Later Orthodox Tradition When the Byzantine empire ended in 1453, philosophy in Greek did not end with it. In this episode we bring the story up to the 20th century. (@HistPhilosophy, 26 minutes, 2019-Jun-02) |
| 527. | Women and the Dhamma Buddhist teaching is radically egalitarian, and yet the need for a Buddhist feminism is pressing. Is gender irrelevant to Buddhist teaching? And for women who have been denied agency or a sense of identity, how reasonable is the doctrine of non-self? (@RadioNational, 29 minutes, 2019-Jul-21) |
| 528. | Stoicism: Escaping Mental Enslavement So today’s episode we will dive back into some Stoicism and connecting it with the mental thinking blocks we face. Discord: https://discord.gg/tH5Fydn Podcast Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE9_6WnY7pzGmbIJ42SCJEQ Thanks for listening, please subscribe, rate, and review! Support the Podcast and Gain Full Access: https://www.patreon.com/thephilosophyguy Main Youtube: https://w... (@philosophyguy2, 13 minutes, 2019-Jul-16) |
| 529. | Susanna Schellenberg, "The Unity of Perception: Content, Consciousness, and Evidence" (Oxford UP, 2018) How does perception result in thoughts about items in the world (such as dogs or flowers) and in conscious states of many kinds (such as experiences of seeing red)? How does perception provide evidence for our beliefs (such as the belief that there is a red rose in front of you)? In The Unity of Perception: Content, Consciousness, and Evidence (Oxford University Press, 2018), Susanna Schellenber... (@NewBooksPhil, 68 minutes, 2019-Jul-10) |
| 530. | 28/5/2019: Thomas Sattig on the Flow of Time in Experience (@Aristotweets, 43 minutes, 2019-May-28) |
| 531. | Pretty Much Pop #1: Pop Culture vs. High Culture What is pop culture? Does it make sense to distinguish it from high culture, or can something be both? Welcome to this new pop culture podcast hosted by Mark Linsenmayer, Erica Spyres, and Brian Hirt. This episode also features Tyler Hislop, our editor. For more, see prettymuchpop.com. Get involved from the start at patreon.com/prettymuchpop. We'll solicit your input for our episodes, release them... (@PartiallyExLife, 44 minutes, 2019-Jul-09) |
| 532. | #61 - Yampolskiy on Machine Consciousness and AI Welfare In this episode I talk to Roman Yampolskiy. Roman is a Tenured Associate Professor in the department of Computer Engineering and Computer Science at the Speed School of Engineering, University of Louisville. He is the founding and current director of the Cyber Security Lab and an author of many books and papers on AI security and ethics, including Artificial Superintelligence: a Futuristic Approac... (@JohnDanaher, 2019-Jun-20) |
| 533. | The Prejudice of Philosophy | Chakravarthi Ram Prasad, Nivi Manchanda, Timothy Williamson Many see the search for universal truths about the world as the noble aim of philosophy. Yet our universities largely dismiss non-Western philosophy, and critics argue that British students are taught a narrow analytic approach. Are great ideas independent of time, place and tradition? Do African conceptions of the self or Chinese Mohist logic offer equally valid insights? In this episode of Philo... (@IAI_TV, 40 minutes, 2019-Jun-25) |
| 534. | 421: The Value of a College Education More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/value-college-education. With 43.3 million Americans burdened with a total of $1.3 trillion in student loan debt, high school students thinking about attending college are faced with a daunting decision. Should they risk joining the ranks of the indebted in order to get a college degree? The answer depends on the value of a college education. Are c... (@philtalkradio, 11 minutes, 2019-Jun-17) |
| 535. | Episode 1: Jonathan Webber – projects and choices It's the first episode! And that means all the work that's been building for over year gets unleashed RIGHT HERE and it's pretty exciting and terrifying at the same time. So where better to start than with a conversation with a lovely friendly philosopher, discussing his fascination with soul-searching French philosophy? Jonathan Webber is a professor of philosophy at the University of Cardiff. ... (@DrJoeMorrison, 38 minutes, 2019-Jul-12) |
| 536. | Can Hong Kong’s democratic protests succeed? Was the extradition bill the 'last straw' around which a torrent of popular discontent in Hong Kong has gathered? Political scientist Ngok Ma discusses whether these protests are aimed at a complete redrawing of the city's relationship to greater China. (@RadioNational, 40 minutes, 2019-Jul-17) |
| 537. | 0G65: The Evitable Conflict and The Zeroth Law I built a superintelligent robot to write these show notes, and it just kept repeating the word "meta" over and over and over again. Not sure if it's a feature or a bug. While we sort it out, enjoy our episode on Asimov's The Evitable conflict, where he first describes The Zeroth Law of robotics. We explain the law, the problems it faces, and how they connect to issues like virtue theory and quest... (@0gPhilosophy, 39 minutes, 2019-Jul-17) |
| 538. | Out of the Vat #2 – Richard Ashcroft Richard Ashcroft is Professor of Bioethics and Deputy Head of the Department of Law at Queen Mary University of London. In this episode, Richard discusses his recent work on utopias, his love of... Philosophers’ work and philosophers’ lives, both inside and outside of philosophy. Brought to you by the Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, the Centre for Philosophy of Natural ... (@LSEPhilosophy, 32 minutes, 2019-Jun-25) |
| 539. | SPACE & POLITICS With Ryan D Enos Social geography. Space. Politics. Immigration. Race. Segregation. Racism. Trump. 2020. Ideology. Integration. (@PolPhilPod, 83 minutes, 2019-Jul-14) |
| 540. | HAP 29 - Out of Africa - Slavery and the Diaspora An introduction to Africana philosophical thought as it emerged from the modern experience of slavery and colonization by Europeans. (@HistPhilosophy, 28 minutes, 2019-May-26) |
| 541. | 54 | Indre Viskontas on Music and the Brain It doesn’t mean much to say music affects your brain — everything that happens to you affects your brain. But music affects your brain in certain specific ways, from changing our mood to helping us learn. As both a neuroscientist and an opera singer, Indre Viskontas is the ideal person to talk about the relationship between music and the brain. Her new book, How Music Can Make You Better, digs int... (@seanmcarroll, 75 minutes, 2019-Jul-08) |
| 542. | EV - 98 The Shunyata of the Void with SomeStingray We love talking emptiness of the self here in the void, and so I got the perfect not self to join me and discuss lots of fun topics in the world of Indian Philosophy. @SomeStingray is a must follow on philosophy twitter and we have a great time here, especially during the real/not real lightening round. Philosophy twitter will want to take careful notes in that section so you can troll the fish la... (@ETVPod, 61 minutes, 2019-Jul-11) |
| 543. | Episode 62, Epictetus: A Guide to Stoicism (Part V. Further Analysis and Discussion) Imagine you are in an open field which stretches in every direction, further than your eyes can see. Since there is nothing of interest in your immediate surroundings, you set your sights on the horizon. You begin to walk with purpose; long strides eventually break into a run until you are sprinting as fast as you can. After a while, you begin to slow down. Not just because of a lack of breath, bu... (@ThePanpsycast, 58 minutes, 2019-Jul-14) |
| 544. | Bonus - The world in a different light: Iris Murdoch’s philosophical vision In a century that produced a dizzying array of philosophers and philosophical approaches, few philosophers were as distinctive, and stood out quite so conspicuously, as Iris Murdoch (1919-1999). (@RadioNational, 30 minutes, 2019-Jul-15) |
| 545. | Public Leaders: The Power Structure of Echo Chambers Bringing in Michel Foucault's idea of power to examine how talking heads and rising talking heads fall into being on top of these echo chambers. Looking at how their knowledge leads to power and then blocks them off to alternative knowledge! Tune in! Discord: https://discord.gg/tH5Fydn Podcast Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE9_6WnY7pzGmbIJ42SCJEQ Thanks for listening, please sub... (@philosophyguy2, 20 minutes, 2019-Jul-10) |
| 546. | The world in a different light: Iris Murdoch’s philosophical vision In a century that produced a dizzying array of philosophers and philosophical approaches, few philosophers were as distinctive, and stood out quite so conspicuously, as Iris Murdoch (1919-1999). (@RadioNational, 28 minutes, 2019-Jul-14) |
| 547. | Ep. 220: 10-Year Retrospective of The Partially Examined Life Mark, Seth, Dylan, and Wes reflect on the changing state of podcasting and public philosophy over the last decade, how our goals and interests have changed since we started we started. Why don't colleges pay their faculty to educate the public through regular, broadcasted conversations like ours? If you think we're snarky, take a look at actual philosophy faculty! Should we continue to do more lit... (@PartiallyExLife, 73 minutes, 2019-Jul-05) |
| 548. | The Free Speech Episode Dylan, Gabe, Lisa, and Kevin unite to discuss free speech, deplatforming, and rights. What should we make of conservative complaints that their free speech is being trampled on by protestors? Is deplatforming a harm? Do social media companies have an obligation to respect a freedom of speech? It is a tricky tangle of issues. This episode focuses on an article by Gabe called, “Sadly, There Can... (@thevimblog, 56 minutes, 2019-Jul-08) |
| 549. | Paternalism and public health challenges to patient autonomy Should patient autonomy always be respected? (@DavidEdmonds100, 2019-Jun-24) |
| 550. | POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE FREEDOM POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE FREEDOM by Toby Buckle (@PolPhilPod, 73 minutes, 2019-Jul-10) |
| 551. | 13/5/2019: Christian List on What’s Wrong with the Consequence Argument: A Compatibilist Libertarian Response (@Aristotweets, 66 minutes, 2019-May-19) |
| 552. | HoP 325 - Platonic Love - Gemistos Plethon Was Gemistos Plethon, the last great thinker of the Byzantine tradition, a secret pagan or just a Christian with an unusual enthusiasm for Platonism? (@HistPhilosophy, 23 minutes, 2019-May-19) |
| 553. | 481: The Limits of Tolerance More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/limits-tolerance. In order to reach compromise, people try to be tolerant of others with different beliefs. Despite its value, there are numerous factors that may hinder our exercise of tolerance. As the schisms between our beliefs grow larger, what happens when our moral and political ideals put us deeply at odds with your fellow citizens? Do we b... (@philtalkradio, 11 minutes, 2019-Jun-10) |
| 554. | The Illusion of Now | Julian Barbour, Tim Maudlin, Emily Thomas Past and future are worlds we can never inhabit. We live of necessity in the present. But physicists and philosophers with very different outlooks, from Einstein to Derrida, claim that the present is an illusion. Are we deluded by experience into imagining the present is real? In this episode of Philosophy for our Times, Philosopher of science Tim Maudlin joins author of The End of Time Julian Bar... (@IAI_TV, 42 minutes, 2019-Jun-18) |
| 555. | Christian List, "Why Free Will is Real" (Harvard UP, 2019) Given our modern scientific view of the world, how is freedom of the will possible? That is the classical problem of free will. Strategies for addressing this problem include the flat denial of free will, as well as various attempts to render free will consistent with a physically deterministic world. Among these latter, there’s a tendency to redefine free will in a way that dissolves the appar... (@NewBooksPhil, 66 minutes, 2019-Jul-01) |
| 556. | Episode 167: The Big Lebowski vs Pulp Fiction (Pt. 1) There are only two kinds of people in the world, Pulp Fiction people and Big Lebowski people. Now Pulp Fiction people can like Big Lebowski and vice versa, but nobody likes them both equally. Somewhere you have to make a choice. And that choice tells you who you are. In the first episode of this two-parter, David and Tamler make that choice – and then go deep into the themes, performances, and p... (@verybadwizards, 68 minutes, 2019-Jul-03) |
| 557. | Voice, Treaty, Truth: What would it mean to truly listen to the First Nations' call for justice? The invitation of the Uluru Statement from the Heart is to set off on a journey of mutual attentiveness, of truth-telling and peace-making, without a clear sense of the shared destination. Marcia Langton joins us to discuss whether Australia’s political settlement accommodate such a strenuous moral task. (@RadioNational, 47 minutes, 2019-Jul-10) |
| 558. | 0G64: I Am Mother and Care Ethics And now another installment in the deeply caring relationship that is our show. Can caring be shared through podwaves? I like to think so. Feel the care just flow out over you. Try not to think about how this relationship also feels like creepy paternalistic programming. This is all totally normal. This week we're covering I Am Mother, a new piece of sci fi horror by Netflix. There's a lot of good... (@0gPhilosophy, 37 minutes, 2019-Jul-10) |
| 559. | Ep. 219: The Harder Problem of Consciousness (Block & Papineau) On Ned Block's "The Harder Problem of Consciousness" (2002) and David Papineau's "Could There Be a Science of Consciousness?" (2003). What would give us sufficient reason to believe that a non-human was conscious? Block thinks this is a harder problem that we might suspect. We can't know for sure exactly what consciousness in us is, so we can't know for sure what such a being might require (a brai... (@PartiallyExLife, 85 minutes, 2019-Jul-01) |
| 560. | 53 | Solo -- On Morality and Rationality What does it mean to be a good person? To act ethically and morally in the world? In the old days we might appeal to the instructions we get from God, but a modern naturalist has to look elsewhere. Today I do a rare solo podcast, where I talk both about my personal views on morality, a variety of “constructivism” according to which human beings construct their ethical stances starting from basic i... (@seanmcarroll, 125 minutes, 2019-Jul-01) |
| 561. | EV - 97 Dominating the Void with Toby Buckle This week I'm joined by Toby Buckle of the Political philosophy podcast to discuss a particularly depressing theory of politics from his Machiavelli series centered around the desires to dominate/humiliate and the desires to avoid domination/humiliation. It feels very relevant to our current voidy moment.Invocation: Void Goddess Marianne Williamson's actual tweets.Political Philosophy Podcast: htt... (@ETVPod, 63 minutes, 2019-Jul-04) |
| 562. | Episode 62, Epictetus: A Guide to Stoicism (Part IV. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) Imagine you are in an open field which stretches in every direction, further than your eyes can see. Since there is nothing of interest in your immediate surroundings, you set your sights on the horizon. You begin to walk with purpose; long strides eventually break into a run until you are sprinting as fast as you can. After a while, you begin to slow down. Not just because of a lack of breath, bu... (@ThePanpsycast, 38 minutes, 2019-Jul-07) |
| 563. | Video Games: Becoming Human How do video games help us become more human? Discord: https://discord.gg/tH5Fydn Thanks for listening, please subscribe, rate, and review! Support the Podcast and Gain Full Access: https://www.patreon.com/thephilosophyguy Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvqYKgKlEBRf4658pc8NeTw Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/the-philosophy-guy-store Twitter: https://twitter.com/brendenw... (@philosophyguy2, 18 minutes, 2019-Jul-03) |
| 564. | HAP 28 - Chike Jeffers on Precolonial African Philosophy Co-host Chike Jeffers and Peter chat about the themes and questions raised by the podcast so far. (@HistPhilosophy, 44 minutes, 2019-May-12) |
| 565. |  Episode 67 - Thomas PradeuOn Episode 67, Nick chats with Dr. Thomas Pradeu, CNRS Senior investigator (DR2), and Head of the group “Conceptual and theoretical analysis of immune activation and biological boundaries at the University of Bordeaux, about Philosophy in biology—an innovative way to combine the contributions of philosophy of biology, experimental biology, and medical biology—and how this approach enriches the con... (@SciPhiPod, 2019-Jul-01) |
| 566. | Shorts - E21: Personal Accountability “To remain the same in function, animals must change their form.” - Stephen Jay Gould, 1979 Gould wrote the quote above a couple times in different articles. Ryan likes it because he thinks it can apply to systems in general. Thus, to remain the same in function, systems should change their structure provided there are changes in their throughput. In organisms this happens with changes in scal... (@dawdlerspodcast, 30 minutes, 2019-Jul-07) |
| 567. | 418: Matter and Energy: The Dark Side More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/matter-and-energy-dark-side. All the matter we have ever observed accounts for less than 5% of the universe. The rest? Dark energy and dark matter: mysterious entities that we only know about from their interactions with other matter. We infer their existence to satisfy our laws—but are we justified in making conclusions about what we cannot direct... (@philtalkradio, 51 minutes, 2019-Jun-03) |
| 568. | Is Oppression The Key To Creativity? | Lowkey, Joanna Kavenna, Andrew Motion Freedom is often seen as the vital oxygen of creativity. Yet Shakespeare worked within a framework of censorship, Don Quixote was written from prison and Leonardo argued that at 'lives on constraint and dies of freedom'. Can oppression help produce masterpieces or do the free always write the greatest poetry? In this episode of Philosophy for our Times, former Poet Laureate Andrew Motion, Novelist... (@IAI_TV, 38 minutes, 2019-Jun-11) |
| 569. | 29/4/2019: Cheshire Calhoun on Responsibilities and Taking On Responsibility (@Aristotweets, 54 minutes, 2019-May-07) |
| 570. | Ep. 218: The Hard Problem of Consciousness (Chalmers et al) (Part Two) Continuing on "Consciousness and Its Place in Nature" by David Chalmers (2003). We finish Chalmers's account of the types of physicialism, then move on to dualism (including epiphenomenalism), and finally dally with panpsychism, the specialty of our guest, Gregory Miller from the Panpsycast. Listen to part 1 first or listen to the unbroken, ad-free Citizen Edition. Please support PEL! End song: "G... (@PartiallyExLife, 53 minutes, 2019-Jun-24) |
| 571. | Freedom of Political Communication, Propaganda and the Role of Epistemic Institutions in Cyberspace Professor Seumas Miller defines fake news, hate speech and propaganda, discusses the relationship between social media and political propaganda. In this article I provide definitions of fake news, hate speech and propaganda, respectively. These phenomenon are corruptive of the epistemic (i.e. knowledge-aiming) norms, e.g. to tell the truth. I also elaborate the right to freedom of communication an... (@ethicsinthenews, 53 minutes, 2019-Jun-20) |
| 572. | Molyneux’s Problem Marjolein Degenaar/ Barry Ginley/ Brian Glenney Listen to the recording here or on YouTube William Molyneux posed the following question: Consider a person who has been born blind and who has learnt... Podcasts from the Forum for Philosophy. Science, politics and culture from a philosophical perspective. (@forumphilosophy, 2019-Jun-03) |
| 573. | THE SURVIVAL OF EUROPEAN LIBERALISM With Ian Dunt Brexit. Liberalism. J S Mill. Free speech. Living truths. Liberal democracy. Europe. Tony Blair. Journalism. Consent of the governed. Far right parties. Anti-liberalism. The future of Europe. (@PolPhilPod, 72 minutes, 2019-Jun-30) |
| 574. | How do you solve a problem like Israel Folau? Is the controversy surrounding Israel Folau just one more example of the tension between incommensurable rights claims: freedom of expression; freedom of religion; freedom from discrimination on the basis of religion or sexuality? Or has Folau simply exposed the limits of political project of liberal tolerance? Constitutional legal theorist and philosopher Patrick Emerton joins Waleed and Scott to... (@RadioNational, 43 minutes, 2019-Jul-03) |
| 575. | 0G63: Fury Road and Ecofeminism Witness our attempt to gain entry into a post gendered Valhalla! Led by the feminist valkyrie Jamie M. Lombardi (@euthyphro), Professor of philosophy at Bergen Community College, we EXPLODE the feminist symbolism and environmental messaging of Mad Max: Fury Road! ::fire guitar solo:: Seriously, this episode has everything. Top 10 action movie, progressive messaging, a guest who steals the show, an... (@0gPhilosophy, 42 minutes, 2019-Jul-03) |
| 576. | 52 | Frank Lantz on the Logic and Emotion of Games Games play an important, and arguably increasing, role in human life. We play games on our computers and our phones, watch other people compete in games, and occasionally break out the cards or the Monopoly set. What is the origin of this human impulse, and what makes for a great game? Frank Lantz is both a working game designer and an academic who thinks about the nature of games and gaming. We d... (@seanmcarroll, 65 minutes, 2019-Jun-24) |
| 577. | HoP 324 - United We Fall - Latin Philosophy in Byzantium Thomas Aquinas finds avid readers among Byzantines at the twilight of empire, and is used by both sides of the Hesychast controversy. (@HistPhilosophy, 20 minutes, 2019-May-05) |
| 578. |  YOLO ApologeticsDrake coined “YOLO,” short for “you only live once” in 2011, and then later apologized for all the douchiness it subsequently engendered. But the spirit is ancient, and cross-cultural, speaking deeply to the kind of decision-making that is supposed to make for the good life. It seems to be saying that risk and spontaneity should be valued above prudence and planning. Is that true? This week we ... (@HiPhiNation, 44 minutes, 2019-Jun-22) |
| 579. | Epicureanism and the Problem of Premature Death (Audio Essay) This audio essay looks at the Epicurean philosophy of death, focusing specifically on how they addressed the problem of premature death. The Epicureans believe that premature death is not a tragedy, provided it occurs after a person has attained the right state of pleasure. If you enjoy listening to these audio essays, and the other podcast episodes, you might consider rating and/or reviewing them... (@JohnDanaher, 2019-Jun-02) |
| 580. | One Minute in Haditha: Neuroscience, Emotion and Military Ethics In this special lecture, Professor Mitt Regan discusses the latest research in moral perception and judgment, and the potential implications of this research for ethics education in general and military ethics training in particular. In November 2005, an improvised explosive device destroyed a vehicle in a US Marine Corps convoy, killing one man and seriously injuring another. Less than a minute ... (@ethicsinthenews, 43 minutes, 2019-Jun-19) |
| 581. | Philosophy and Death In today’s episode, we will dive into the relationship between philosophy and death have. And maybe see how philosophy really comes about from our fear of death. Also, a tangent on religions relation to death. Discord: https://discord.gg/tH5Fydn Thanks for listening, please subscribe, rate, and review! Support the Podcast and Gain Full Access: https://www.patreon.com/thephilosophyguy Yout... (@philosophyguy2, 15 minutes, 2019-Jun-27) |
| 582. | Episode 115: Katherine Ritchie discusses social groups In this episode, Katherine Ritchie (CUNY Graduate Center, City College) lays out what it means to belong to a social group, and what kind of thing a social group is. (@ElucidationsPod, 40 minutes, 2019-Jul-01) |
| 583. | EV - 96 Giving the Void an Argument with Ben Burgis This week I'm joined by the verbose socialist Ben Burgis to discuss his book Give them an Argument: Logic for the Left. We talk best practices, the limits of discourse, and why we wish it were true that leftist teachers were actually rising up and seizing the means of education.Give the Right an Argument: https://www.amazon.com/Give-Them-Argument-Logic-Left-ebook/dp/B07RD8MZ4L/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2K0B... (@ETVPod, 63 minutes, 2019-Jun-27) |
| 584. | Episode 62, Epictetus: A Guide to Stoicism (Part III. Modern Stoicism) Imagine you are in an open field which stretches in every direction, further than your eyes can see. Since there is nothing of interest in your immediate surroundings, you set your sights on the horizon. You begin to walk with purpose; long strides eventually break into a run until you are sprinting as fast as you can. After a while, you begin to slow down. Not just because of a lack of breath, bu... (@ThePanpsycast, 51 minutes, 2019-Jun-30) |
| 585. | Episode #133 ... Carl Schmitt on Liberalism pt. 2 Today we continue our discussion of the work of Carl Schmitt. Support the show on Patreon! www.philosophizethis.org for additional content. Thank you for wanting to know more today than you did yesterday. :) (@iamstephenwest, 22 minutes, 2019-Jul-01) |
| 586. | Episode #132 ... Carl Schmitt on Liberalism pt. 1 Today we begin our discussion on the work of Carl Schmitt. Support the show on Patreon! www.philosophizethis.org for additional content. Thank you for wanting to know more today than you did yesterday. :) (@iamstephenwest, 24 minutes, 2019-Jul-01) |
| 587. | Eating Responsibly Should obese people be held responsible for being overweight? (@DavidEdmonds100, 2019-Jun-10) |
| 588. | Blinded by Ideology So today, we will get slightly political. Not biased political but more so an observation. Let me know what you think! Discord: https://discord.gg/tH5Fydn Thanks for listening, please subscribe, rate, and review! Support the Podcast and Gain Full Access: https://www.patreon.com/thephilosophyguy Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvqYKgKlEBRf4658pc8NeTw Merch: https://teespring.co... (@philosophyguy2, 19 minutes, 2019-Jun-25) |
| 589. | 417: John Dewey and the Ideal of Democracy More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/john-dewey. John Dewey is regarded by some as the American philosopher. In the first half of the 20th century, he stood as the most prominent public intellectual whose influence reached into intellectual movements in China, Japan, and India. Although we hear less of Dewey nowadays, his pragmatic political philosophy has influenced the likes of Rich... (@philtalkradio, 11 minutes, 2019-May-27) |
| 590. | Camisha Russell, "The Assisted Reproduction of Race" (Indiana UP, 2018) Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ARTs) such as in vitro fertilization and surrogacy have been critically examined within philosophy, particularly by feminists and bioethicists, but the role of race—both in how the technologies are used and in the effects that they are having—has received less attention. In The Assisted Reproduction of Race (Indiana University Press, 2018), Camisha Russell unde... (@NewBooksPhil, 79 minutes, 2019-Jun-20) |
| 591. | Witnessing and translating What happens when we take philosophy into the field? This week we’re talking archaeology, with focus on feminism, tensions between indigenous and Western scientific knowledge, and the principles of reconciliation. (@RadioNational, 28 minutes, 2019-Jun-30) |
| 592. | Shorts - E20: The Monty Hall Problem In this Short the Dawdlers play a game. Everyone loses. The end. (@dawdlerspodcast, 29 minutes, 2019-Jun-30) |
| 593. | The Dark Side of the Universe | Erik Verlinde, Catherine Heymans, Sabine Hossenfelder According to current theories, Dark Energy and Dark Matter make up 95% of all the stuff in the universe. Yet we still have no direct evidence for them. Might we need to rethink our account of the universe entirely? In this episode of Philosophy for our Times, String theorist Erik Verlinde, astrophysicist Catherine Heymans and physicist and writer Sabine Hossenfelder propose radical solutions to th... (@IAI_TV, 40 minutes, 2019-Jun-04) |
| 594. | Harry Frankfurt's Bullshit Is Trump a liar? Or is it more accurate to call him a 'bullshitter'? On occasion, people will talk about bullshit as a political phenomenon. And when they do, they will reference a philosopher called Harry Frankfurt. Frankfurt wrote the essay "On Bullshit" in 1986, but it is back in vogue. In this episode, Kevin, Gabe, Dylan, and Zach talk about the essay—what it is about, what it gets wrong... (@thevimblog, 79 minutes, 2019-Jun-23) |
| 595. | Replication Crisis? Alexander Bird/ Laura Fortunato/ Marcus Munafò Listen here or on YouTube The hallmark of good science is often supposed to be experiments that produce the same results when repeated. But over the... Podcasts from the Forum for Philosophy. Science, politics and culture from a philosophical perspective. (@forumphilosophy, 2019-May-28) |
| 596. | HAP 27 - Beyond the Reaction - The Continuing Relevance of Precolonial Traditions As the twentieth century draws to a close, the critique of ethnophilosophy gives way to approaches that continue to privilege the study of precolonial traditions. (@HistPhilosophy, 27 minutes, 2019-Apr-28) |
| 597. | ARE IDEOLOGIES TRUE? Is anyone really 'right' about political values, or does essentail contestability imply a strong relitavism? (@PolPhilPod, 82 minutes, 2019-Jun-24) |
| 598. | Ep. 218: The Hard Problem of Consciousness (Chalmers et al) (Part One) On "Consciousness and Its Place in Nature" by David Chalmers (2003), with special guest Gregory Miller from the Panpsycast Philosophy Podcast. Can we explain human experience using the terms of brain physiology? Chalmers thinks not, and lays out the arguments against this and the range of positions philosophers have taken in response to these objections. Continues on part two, or get the full, ad... (@PartiallyExLife, 57 minutes, 2019-Jun-17) |
| 599. | 51 | Anthony Aguirre on Cosmology, Zen, Entropy, and Information Cosmologists have a standard set of puzzles they think about: the nature of dark matter and dark energy, whether there was a period of inflation, the evolution of structure, and so on. But there are also even deeper questions, having to do with why there is a universe at all, and why the early universe had low entropy, that most working cosmologists don’t address. Today’s guest, Anthony Aguirre, i... (@seanmcarroll, 92 minutes, 2019-Jun-17) |
| 600. | Is democracy an impediment to addressing climate change? Given democracy’s tendency to prioritise the short-term and appeal to voter self-interest, and given its inherent anthropocentrism, does our ecological crisis warrant bypassing democratic procedures. Political philosopher David Schlosberg argues we need more, not less, democracy. (@RadioNational, 42 minutes, 2019-Jun-26) |
| 601. | Rationally Speaking #235 - Tage Rai on "Why people think their violence is morally justified" We typically think of violence as being caused by a lack of control, or by selfish motives. But what if, more often than not, violence is intended to be morally righteous? Author Tage Rai debates this with Julia. (@Rspodcast, 60 minutes, 2019-Jun-25) |
| 602. | 0G62: One Punch Man and Process vs. Product Ugh, woe is me. I used to find passion in the challenge of writing these show notes, but now that I've mastered the art of meta show notes-fu, there's no challenge left. I must seek out a show now with content so boring and straightforward that no amount of meta show notes will make it palatable. This is my hero's journey. Also, we're doing One Punch Man and discussing the tension between wanting ... (@0gPhilosophy, 38 minutes, 2019-Jun-26) |
| 603. |  41: Ethics Education with Thomas Wartenberg and Chris RobichaudWe often take for granted the active process of learning about ethics and morality, so today’s show focuses on the source of ethics education: the educators themselves. We hear from two superstar teachers: Chris Robichaud... The post 41: Ethics Education with Thomas Wartenberg and Chris Robichaud appeared first on Examining Ethics. (@DePauwPrindle, 20 minutes, 2019-Jun-26) |
| 604. | Episode 166: Total Recall (Ted Chiang's "The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling") Memory is highly selective and often inaccurate. But what if we had an easily searchable video record of all our experiences and interactions? How would that affect our relationships? What would it reveal about our characters and our sense of who we are? Is there a kind of truth that can’t be determined by perfect objectivity? David and Tamler dive deep into Ted Chiang’s amazingly rich and poignan... (@verybadwizards, 109 minutes, 2019-Jun-18) |
| 605. | EV - 095 The Void after Transition with Callie Wright This week I'm joined by the wonderful Callie Wright (@calliegetsit), host of the Queersplaining podcast (@queersplaining), where she does in depth reporting on less visible stories within the LGBTQ community. We discuss going beyond the reoccurring narratives about LGBTQ lives, and how that plays out internally and in public forums like sports and politics.Invocation: The Power by Naomi AldermanEd... (@ETVPod, 60 minutes, 2019-Jun-20) |
| 606. | 414: This Is Your Brain on Art More at philosophytalk.org/shows/your-brain-art. Humans actively seek to create and consume art, and the philosophical branch of aesthetics has long investigated its fundamental questions: What is beauty? What is art? What is good taste? Now researchers are applying the tools of neuroscience in an attempt to find answers to these questions. But can the scientific method truly be applied to th... (@philtalkradio, 12 minutes, 2019-May-20) |
| 607. | Episode 62, Epictetus: A Guide to Stoicism (Part II. The Discourses and The Enchiridion) Imagine you are in an open field which stretches in every direction, further than your eyes can see. Since there is nothing of interest in your immediate surroundings, you set your sights on the horizon. You begin to walk with purpose; long strides eventually break into a run until you are sprinting as fast as you can. After a while, you begin to slow down. Not just because of a lack of breath, bu... (@ThePanpsycast, 65 minutes, 2019-Jun-23) |
| 608. | Episode 66 - Caterina Marchionni On Episode 66, Nick chats with Dr. Caterina Marchionni, University Lecturer in Practical Philosophy and member of TINT, Centre for Philosophy of the Social Sciences, at the University of Helsinki, about her work in the philosophy and methodology of economics. (@SciPhiPod, 2019-Jun-18) |
| 609. | The Morality of the Left and Right | Peter Hitchens, Sophie Walker, Chris Bryant The left has traditionally seen itself as progressive, with history and morality on its side. But is history on anyone's side? And as for morality, don't all politicians think they're in the right? Should the left then give up its claim to the moral high ground and argue for policies on pragmatic grounds alone? In this episode of Philosophy for our Times, Peter Hitchens, Sophie Walker and Chris Br... (@IAI_TV, 42 minutes, 2019-May-29) |
| 610. | EV - 094 Echoes in the Void with C. Thi Nguyen This week I'm joined by C. Thi Nguyen (@add_hawk) to discuss echo chambers, how they're more dangerous than mere epistemic bubbles, and how gaming might help!Thi's article on Echo Chambers: https://aeon.co/essays/why-its-as-hard-to-escape-an-echo-chamber-as-it-is-to-flee-a-cultThi's website: https://objectionable.net/Invocation: Peter Chiykowski Shortstory.comPhilosophers in Space: https://0gphilo... (@ETVPod, 63 minutes, 2019-Jun-19) |
| 611. | HoP 323 - Through His Works You Shall Know Him - Palamas and Hesychasm Gregory Palamas and the controversy over his teaching that we can go beyond human reason by grasping God through his activities or “energies”. (@HistPhilosophy, 19 minutes, 2019-Apr-21) |
| 612. | Public health and the open society Karl Popper's idea of "the open society" promoted values of inclusivity, transparency and democratic freedom. Today, some fear that the open society is under threat, with negative consequences for a lot of things we've come to take for granted - including public health. (@RadioNational, 28 minutes, 2019-Jun-23) |
| 613. | E33: Massimo Pigliucci's Hard Problems - Multi-Level Selection & Cultural Evolution Times change and the recent past can sometimes become obsolete as the gaze of the mainstream world focuses on its new moment. But it wasn’t long ago when Richard Dawkins was calling for “militant atheism” and Dubya Bush stood on an aircraft carrier in front of a banner that read “Mission Accomplished”. Heck, there was a time when the 90’s did a collective eye roll at the 80’s. Tigers once roamed I... (@dawdlerspodcast, 79 minutes, 2019-Jun-23) |
| 614. | POSTMODERNISM, 2020, and Other Audience Questions Machiavelli. Power. Stability. Postmodernism. Unions. Meritocracy. Prediction. Polling. Trump. 2020. (@PolPhilPod, 63 minutes, 2019-Jun-19) |
| 615. | #60 - Véliz on How to Improve Online Speech with Pseudonymity In this episode I talk to Carissa Véliz. Carissa is a Research Fellow at the Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics and the Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities at the University of Oxford. She works on digital ethics, practical ethics more generally, political philosophy, and public policy. She is also the Director of the research programme 'Data, Privacy, and the Individual' at the IE's Center ... (@JohnDanaher, 2019-May-20) |
| 616. | Dominic McIver Lopes (University of British Columbia) – Beyond the Pleasure Principle: Autonomy in Kant’s Aesthetics (@aestheticsforum, 2019-Jun-20) |
| 617. | Hanne Appelqvist – Wittgenstein and Musical Formalism: A Case Revisited (@aestheticsforum, 2019-Jun-20) |
| 618. | Nicholas Shea, "Representation in Cognitive Science" (Oxford UP, 2018) In order to explain thought in natural physical systems, mainstream cognitive science posits representations, or internal states that carry information about the world and that are used by the system to guide its behavior. Naturalistic theories of representation provide explanations of what information, or content, these internal states carry, and how they come to have the contents that they do. I... (@NewBooksPhil, 61 minutes, 2019-Jun-10) |
| 619. | HAP 26 - Kai Kresse on the Anthropology of Philosophy An interview with Kai Kresse who discusses his efforts to do "anthropology of philosophy" on the Swahili Coast. (@HistPhilosophy, 31 minutes, 2019-Apr-14) |
| 620. | 50 | Patricia Churchland on Conscience, Morality, and the Brain It’s fun to spend time thinking about how other people should behave, but fortunately we also have an inner voice that keeps offering opinions about how we should behave ourselves: our conscience. Where did that come from? Today’s guest, Patricia Churchland, is a philosopher and neuroscientist, one of the founders of the subfield of “neurophilosophy.” We dig into the neuroscience of it all, especi... (@seanmcarroll, 72 minutes, 2019-Jun-10) |
| 621. | 413: The Big Bang – Before and After More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/big-bang-before-and-after. The Big Bang theory is the prevailing theory about the “birth” of the universe. It posits a singularity, or super high density state from which the entire universe expanded and continues to expand. But what exactly is the Big Bang, and what’s the evidence that it took place? How do we account for the “Big Bang state”? Was... (@philtalkradio, 53 minutes, 2019-May-13) |
| 622. | The Illusionist Pyotr Tchaikovsky composed and conducted his final symphony in 1893. He died 9 days later, after having knowingly drunk an unboiled glass of water during a cholera epidemic. Deep into the symphony, Symphony no. 6, there is a paradoxical passage that, when played, no one will be able to hear. This is because Tchaikovsky scored it to contain a musical illusion. We uncover the mystery of why he put ... (@HiPhiNation, 37 minutes, 2019-Jun-08) |
| 623. | 0G61: The Waldo Moment and Politics as Entertainment After such a meta conversation like this about the intricate relationship of media and information, it's really hard to do a meta writeup without going double meta, so here we are. Some episodes we're very much on the same page, and in many places (partly cause of internet issues) we were not in this episode. And I think that's great! There's a lot of moving parts here and it's hard to slow them a... (@0gPhilosophy, 45 minutes, 2019-Jun-19) |
| 624. | (sub)Text #1: Shakespeare’s “The Tempest”: Poesis as Revenge Forsaken At last, the full, public release of this discussion between Wes Alwan and Bill Youmans covering Shakespeare's 1611 play about revenge, forgiveness, and authorship. Or maybe it's about exploitation, or how we react to changes in status, or perhaps how a liberal education can give you magical powers! Listen and decide for yourself! (@PartiallyExLife, 70 minutes, 2019-Jun-08) |
| 625. | Episode 62, Epictetus: A Guide to Stoicism (Part I. The Context and Life of Epictetus) Imagine you are in an open field which stretches in every direction, further than your eyes can see. Since there is nothing of interest in your immediate surroundings, you set your sights on the horizon. You begin to walk with purpose; long strides eventually break into a run until you are sprinting as fast as you can. After a while, you begin to slow down. Not just because of a lack of breath, bu... (@ThePanpsycast, 55 minutes, 2019-Jun-16) |
| 626. | The Neuroscience of Conciousness | Raymond Tallis, Susana Martinez-Conde, Markus Gabriel Neuroscientists believe that our minds and conciousness are no more than matter and mechanism. But if they are right, is all meaning, purpose and feeling illusory? Or do the secrets of experience lie beyond neuroscience's grasp? In this episode of Philosophy for our Times, Raymond Tallis, Susana Martinez-Conde and Markus Gabriel explore the latest in the neuroscience of conciousness. In asso... (@IAI_TV, 47 minutes, 2019-May-20) |
| 627. | Is the President Above the Law? Is the president above the law? We've all been wondering. Ishan, Dylan, and Zach discuss what a phrase like 'above the law' could mean. This is the final installment in a trilogy on the Mueller Report. Listen to the other episodes here: https://thevimblog.com/2019/04/28/philosophy-and-the-mueller-report/ Reach out to us with your thoughts, critiques, arguments at [email protected] ... (@thevimblog, 45 minutes, 2019-Jun-10) |
| 628. | HoP 322 - Do the Math - Science in the Palaiologan Renaissance Mathematics and the sciences in Byzantium, focusing on scholars of the Palaiologan period like Blemmydes and Metochites. (@HistPhilosophy, 21 minutes, 2019-Apr-07) |
| 629. | Keeping them out Most people agree that nation states don't have any moral right to control the movement of citizens within their borders, or to prevent citizens from travelling beyond those borders. So why should we accept that states have the right to exclude or restrict entry to refugees and immigrants? (@RadioNational, 28 minutes, 2019-Jun-16) |
| 630. | MACHIAVELLI 3 Chaos, Freedom, and Glory MACHIAVELLI 3 Chaos, Freedom, and Glory by Toby Buckle (@PolPhilPod, 82 minutes, 2019-Jun-12) |
| 631. | 480: What Is Religious Belief? More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/what-religious-belief. Many people profess to believe in an all-powerful, all-knowing, benevolent God. Yet psychological data shows that people often think and reason about God in ways contrary to their professed religious beliefs. So, are these so-called religious beliefs genuinely held? Or are “believers” just playing an elaborate game of pretens... (@philtalkradio, 11 minutes, 2019-May-06) |
| 632. | #59 - Torres on Existential Risk, Omnicidal Agents and Superintelligence In this episode I talk to Phil Torres. Phil is an author and researcher who primarily focuses on existential risk. He is currently a visiting researcher at the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk at Cambridge University. He has published widely on emerging technologies, terrorism, and existential risks, with articles appearing in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Futures, Erkenntnis, Met... (@JohnDanaher, 2019-May-09) |
| 633. | Episode 217: Discussing Calderón's "Life Is a Dream" On the 1636 comedy by Pedro Calderón de la Barca, considering destiny (Christian vs. Ancient Greek), skepticism, meta-theater, and the ethic of honor. Listen to our performance first. With guests Bill Youmans and Erica Spyres. End song: "Pulling Apart" by Jonathan Segel. Hear him on Nakedly Examined Music #38. Please fill out our bonus material survey at partiallyexaminedlife.com/bonus. Please sup... (@PartiallyExLife, 109 minutes, 2019-Jun-03) |
| 634. | 18/3/2019: Stephen Mulhall on Heidegger’s Fountain: Ecstasis, Mimesis and Engrossment in the Origin of the Work of Art (@Aristotweets, 61 minutes, 2019-Mar-31) |
| 635. | 49 | Nicholas Christakis on Humanity, Biology, and What Makes Us Good It’s easy to be cynical about humanity’s present state and future prospects. But we have made it this far, and in some ways we’re doing better than we used to be. Today’s guest, Nicholas Christakis, is an interdisciplinary researcher who studies human nature from a variety of perspectives, including biological, historical, and philosophical. His most recent book is Blueprint: The Evolutionary Orig... (@seanmcarroll, 114 minutes, 2019-Jun-03) |
| 636. | HAP 25 - Wise Guys - Sage Philosophy Henry Odera Oruka’s new method for exploring philosophy in Africa, based on interviews with wise individuals. (@HistPhilosophy, 21 minutes, 2019-Mar-31) |
| 637. | Glimpse: Machiavellian Politics (for Partially Examined Life #14) Does politics have to be Machiavellian? Do you have to be ruthless to succeed? Given our treatment of Game of Thrones and Life Is a Dream, and the way in which end-justifying-the-means logic plays endlessly in our real-life political situation, it's time we looked back on our episode 14 on Machiavelli. Mark Linsenmayer reviewed that episode and recorded a little essay about practicing Machiavellia... (@PartiallyExLife, 9 minutes, 2019-Jun-02) |
| 638. | Episode 165: Life With No Head (With Sam Harris) Sam Harris returns to the podcast to talk about meditation and his new Waking Up meditation app. What are the goals of mindfulness practice - stress reduction and greater focus, or something much deeper? Can it cure David's existential dread? Tamler's fear of his daughter going away to college? Can sustained practice erode the illusion of self? Is that even something we'd want to do? What if it di... (@verybadwizards, 136 minutes, 2019-Jun-04) |
| 639. | EV - 93 The Mind's Void with Dr. Keith Frankish pt. 2 Part two of my rousing conversation with Dr. Keith Frankish, where we try to answer the ageless question "Where is my mind? Where is my mind?". Keith is a brilliant proponent of the theory of Illusionism with regard to the existence of phenomenal state. I've read many of his papers and think they're excellent, and while Keith and I come from "different churches" when it comes to philosophy of mind... (@ETVPod, 47 minutes, 2019-Jun-07) |
| 640. | EV - 92 The Mind’s Void with Dr. Keith Frankish pt.1 As far as I can tell, I'm having the phenomenal sensation of joy at finally getting to have this conversation with Dr. Keith Frankish. Keith is a brilliant proponent of the theory of Illusionism with regard to the existence of phenomenal state. I've read many of his papers and think they're excellent, and while Keith and I come from "different churches" when it comes to philosophy of mind, we agre... (@ETVPod, 57 minutes, 2019-Jun-07) |
| 641. | What Is Beauty? From Plato to Kim Kardashian | Bence Nanay, Justine Kolata, Sam Roddick Once beauty was about goodness and truth, now we think it means little more than models, products and outdated art. Have practical concerns and the economy of desire made beauty trivial and expendable? Is there a difference in the feeling of pleasure one gets from looking at a Magritte painting, or at Kim Kardashian's bum? In this episode of Philosophy for our Times, Philosopher Bence Nanay, activ... (@IAI_TV, 42 minutes, 2019-May-14) |
| 642. | A free press, sure, but free from what? And free for what? The media plays a vital role in a representative democracy by acting as a check on political power and powerful interests. But is it enough for the free press to provide scrutiny and surveillance? Peter Greste joins us to discuss the ethics of press freedom. (@RadioNational, 46 minutes, 2019-Jun-12) |
| 643. | 0G60: Voyager and Procreation This week we're bring together a variety of fan favorites: 1. The best Star Trek captain 2. The right to procreate 3. Substrate Chauvanism Hopefully this will be enough fan service to pay off the rage we'll likely incur with next weeks episode. The topic for this week is Voyager season 2, episode 13: Prototype. It's one of many in the constellation of AI reproduction trek episodes and a fun intro ... (@0gPhilosophy, 41 minutes, 2019-Jun-12) |
| 644. | EV91 - The Void after God Like the uncomfortable sensation in a limb you sat on too long, we’re back! So sorry for the hiatus, I promise it won't happen again. This week we're joined by Ryan Bell from the Life after God podcast. Ryan is a former pastor who was effectively excommunicated for his progressive views and now helps individuals as they try to make sense of a life after religion. We discuss the loss of belief in a... (@ETVPod, 62 minutes, 2019-Jun-06) |
| 645. | Mary Kate McGowan, "Just Words: On Speech and Hidden Harm" (Oxford UP, 2019) We’re all familiar with the ways in which speech can cause harm. For example, speech can incite wrongful acts. And I suppose we’re also familiar with contexts in which a person who occupies a position of authority can harm others simply by speaking – as when a boss announced and thereby institutes a discriminatory office policy. In such cases, the announcement is itself a harm in addition to the h... (@NewBooksPhil, 64 minutes, 2019-May-31) |
| 646. | Episode 61, David Pearce on Transhumanism (Part II - Further Analysis and Discussion) Co-founder of Humanity+, formerly known as the World Transhumanist Association, David Pearce is a leading figure of the transhumanist movement. David is perhaps best known for his 1995 manifesto, The Hedonistic Imperative, in which he argues that we can, and will, abolish suffering throughout the living world. Following The Hedonistic Imperative, David has published extensively on topics surroundi... (@ThePanpsycast, 53 minutes, 2019-Jun-09) |
| 647. | HoP 321 - Judith Herrin on Byzantium and Islam Historian Judith Herrin joins us to talk about competition and mutual influence between Islam and Byzantium. (@HistPhilosophy, 33 minutes, 2019-Mar-24) |
| 648. | 479: Is Philanthropy Bad for Democracy? More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/philanthropy-bad-democracy. In a liberal democracy, individuals should have the freedom to give money to charities of their choice. But there’s a difference between charitable giving from ordinary individuals and philanthropic giving from extremely wealthy individuals. Whose interests are served when the wealthy give? Should the state continue to e... (@philtalkradio, 12 minutes, 2019-Apr-29) |
| 649. | Bad Philosophy: Stefan Molyneux Thought about doing a Stefan Molyneux book review but then I thought better of it. Check out why.....he's bad at philosophy(logic and reasoning). Discord: https://discord.gg/tH5Fydn Thanks for listening, please subscribe, rate, and review! Support the Podcast and Gain Full Access: https://www.patreon.com/thephilosophyguy Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvqYKgKlEBRf4658pc8NeTw M... (@philosophyguy2, 9 minutes, 2019-Jun-03) |
| 650. | Drone homicide, jiggling brains and neurobionic revenge porn The march of technology never stops, and sometimes institutions have trouble keeping up with the changes. This week we’re looking at possible future crimes committed via technology that’s already with us: brain-computer interfaces, which enable things to happen in the physical world by means of neural impulses – thoughts and imaginings, rather than movements. (@RadioNational, 28 minutes, 2019-Jun-09) |
| 651. | PEL Audioplayers: "Life Is a Dream" by Pedro Calderón de la Barca Your hosts are joined by real actors to do an unrehearsed read of Calderón's 1636 comedy La Vida Es Sueño, using Stanley Appelbaum's 2002 translation. Ep. 217 will cover the philosophical issues the play raises. Recorded in NYC on 4/7: Talene Monahon (Rosaura), David Epstein (Segismundo), Bill Youmans (Clotaldo), Erica Spyres (Estrella), Chris Martin (Basilio), Mark Linsenmayer (Clarín), Seth Pask... (@PartiallyExLife, 140 minutes, 2019-May-27) |
| 652. | HAP 24 - Professionally Speaking - The Reaction Against Ethnophilosophy Paulin Hountondji and other African philosophers criticize ethnophilosophy and advocate a universalist approach. (@HistPhilosophy, 28 minutes, 2019-Mar-17) |
| 653. | 48 | Marq de Villiers on Hell and Damnation If you’re bad, we are taught, you go to Hell. Who in the world came up with that idea? Some will answer God, but for the purpose of today’s podcast discussion we’ll put that possibility aside and look into the human origins and history of the idea of Hell. Marq de Villiers is a writer and journalist who has authored a series of non-fiction books, many on science and the environment. In Hell & Damn... (@seanmcarroll, 71 minutes, 2019-May-27) |
| 654. | Trump's Foreign Policy | George Galloway, Mark Leonard Many think Donald Trump a buffoon and a threat to world peace. But with IS weakened, and signs of progress in North Korea, perhaps his supporters can point to some initial successes. Could a belligerent approach to foreign policy make for a safer world? In this episode of Philosophy for our Times, George Galloway and Mark Leonard debate the threat of Trump's foreign policy. In association wit... (@IAI_TV, 44 minutes, 2019-May-07) |
| 655. | Uncivil Disobedience In Australia, vegan and animal liberation activism has recently become intense and disruptive, invading farms, restaurants, and city centers. They’re doing everything from rescuing animals to blocking traffic, and occupying steakhouses. Some argue that these new activists are needlessly victimizing innocent farmers, business owners, and consumers. Others argue that the activists are only doing wha... (@HiPhiNation, 49 minutes, 2019-May-25) |
| 656. | MACHIAVELLI 2 Resistance Freedom Freedom. Donald Trump. Radicalism. Quentin Skinner. Republicanism. Riots. Class conflict. Ideology. Social Justice. (@PolPhilPod, 106 minutes, 2019-Jun-03) |
| 657. | Out of the Vat #1 – Steven French Steven French is a Professor of Philosophy of Science at the University of Leeds. In this episode, Steven discusses his current interest in phenomenological approaches to quantum mechanics, and... Philosophers’ work and philosophers’ lives, both inside and outside of philosophy. Brought to you by the Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, the Centre for Philosophy of Natural a... (@LSEPhilosophy, 29 minutes, 2019-May-07) |
| 658. | Is technology killing democracy? What if social media and democratic politics serve radically different goals? Tech investor Raina Kumra joins us to discuss whether social media is undermining the conditions of healthy democratic society. (@RadioNational, 70 minutes, 2019-Jun-05) |
| 659. | 478: Authority and Resistance More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/authority-and-resistance. Authority can refer to people or institutions that have the political power to make decisions, give orders, and enforce rules. It can also refer to a certain kind of expertise or knowledge that we might defer to. Sometimes we respect authority, and sometimes we resist it or even revolt against it. But where exactly does au... (@philtalkradio, 11 minutes, 2019-Apr-22) |
| 660. | HoP 320 - People of the South - Byzantium and Islam Intellectual exchange between Christians and Muslims, and the later flowering of Syriac literature including the philosopher Bar Hebraeus. (@HistPhilosophy, 20 minutes, 2019-Mar-10) |
| 661. | 4/3/2019: Sophia Connell on Care and Parenting in Aristotelian Ethics (@Aristotweets, 49 minutes, 2019-Mar-08) |
| 662. | #58 - Neely on Augmented Reality, Ethics and Property Rights In this episode I talk to Erica Neely. Erica is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Ohio Northern University specializing in philosophy of technology and computer ethics. Her work focuses is on the ethical ramifications of emerging technologies. She has written a number of papers on 3D printing, the ethics of video games, robotics and augmented reality. We chat about the ethics of augmented re... (@JohnDanaher, 2019-Apr-26) |
| 663. | Episode 65 - Remco Heesen On Episode 65, Nick chats with Dr. Remco Heesen, faculty member in philosophy at the University of Western Australia, about his research concerning what happens after scientific evidence is collected, such as the scientist’s choice of when to share her findings, and how peer review may affect what gets reported. (@SciPhiPod, 2019-May-28) |
| 664. | Episode 61, David Pearce on Transhumanism (Part I - Transhumanism) Co-founder of Humanity+, formerly known as the World Transhumanist Association, David Pearce is a leading figure of the transhumanist movement. David is perhaps best known for his 1995 manifesto, The Hedonistic Imperative, in which he argues that we can, and will, abolish suffering throughout the living world. Following The Hedonistic Imperative, David has published extensively on topics surroundi... (@ThePanpsycast, 57 minutes, 2019-Jun-02) |
| 665. | HAP 23 - Nkiru Nzegwu on Gender in African Tradition An interview with Nkiru Nzegwu on matriarchy and gender fluidity in Africa. (@HistPhilosophy, 39 minutes, 2019-Mar-03) |
| 666. | Are We in a Constitutional Crisis? An unofficial sequel to the discussion on the Mueller Report, Dylan, Gabe, Ishan, and Zach reconvene to figure out what a “constitutional crisis” is. Like good philosophers, they distinguish a variety of types. Then they try to determine whether America is actually in one. Don’t miss the concluding segment. The participants play America’s fastest growing game show, “Constitutional Crisis or... (@thevimblog, 62 minutes, 2019-May-26) |
| 667. | Analytic philosophy: the leading brand A quick scan of leading philosophy journals reveals that what passes for "philosophy" is selectively screened, with analytic philosophy clearly the dominant style. We look at the history of this phenomenon, some of the likely consequences, and how might it be addressed. (@RadioNational, 28 minutes, 2019-Jun-02) |
| 668. | MACHIAVELLI History and Ideology Freedom. Radicalism. The Renaissance. Machiavellianism. Republicanism. Ideology. Interpretation. Class Conflict. (@PolPhilPod, 81 minutes, 2019-May-29) |
| 669. | Is Reality Necessary? | Chiara Marletto, Gerard t'Hooft, Christopher Timpson We think that lightning strikes, and waves crash, even if there is no one to see them. Yet according to quantum physics, the observer is critical to reality. Theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg even argued that, in contemporary physics 'objective reality has evaporated'. Is a world independent of the observer an illusion? In this episode of Philosophy for our Times, Nobel prize winning Gerard ... (@IAI_TV, 38 minutes, 2019-Apr-30) |
| 670. | 18/2/2019: Nicholas K. Jones on Propositions and Cognitive Relations (@Aristotweets, 62 minutes, 2019-Feb-24) |
| 671. | Episode 216: Game of Thrones' Fantasy Politics Discussing the TV show (2011-2019) based on the books by George R.R. Martin. What's the role of a mass-consumed fantasy series in today's society? Is it our "fantasy" to have all these horrible things happen to us? Is this an edifying prompt to engage in public moral thinking, or a spectacular distraction of the kind that those Marxist theorists keep warning us about? We get into the function of f... (@PartiallyExLife, 85 minutes, 2019-May-20) |
| 672. | HoP 319 - Georgia on My Mind - Petritsi and the Proclus Revival The Neoplatonist Proclus gets mixed reviews from Christians, as Nicholas of Methone refutes him but the Georgian philosopher Ioane Petritsi helps to revive his thought. (@HistPhilosophy, 19 minutes, 2019-Feb-24) |
| 673. | Understanding Hume on Miracles (Audio Essay) This audio essay is an Easter special. It focuses on David Hume's famous argument about miracles. First written over 250 years, Hume's essay 'Of Miracles' purports to provide an "everlasting check" against all kinds of "superstitious delusion". But is this true? Does Hume give us good reason to reject the testimonial proof provided on behalf of historical miracles? Maybe not, but he certainly prov... (@JohnDanaher, 2019-Apr-20) |
| 674. | 477: Hacking the Brain – Beyond the Five Senses More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/hacking-brain. Humans evolved to have a variety of senses—smell, sight, touch, etc.—that provide information about the world around us. Our brains use this sensory information to construct a particular picture of reality. But what if it were technologically possible to hack our brains and create new senses for humans, such as echolocation or magnet... (@philtalkradio, 10 minutes, 2019-Apr-15) |
| 675. | 47 | Adam Rutherford on Humans, Animals, and Life in General Most people in the modern world — and the vast majority of Mindscape listeners, I would imagine — agree that humans are part of the animal kingdom, and that all living animals evolved from a common ancestor. Nevertheless, there are ways in which we are unique; humans are the only animals that stress out over Game of Thrones (as far as I know). I talk with geneticist and science writer Adam Rutherf... (@seanmcarroll, 98 minutes, 2019-May-20) |
| 676. | HAP 22 - Women Have no Tribe - Gender in African Tradition What archeology and ethnography tell us about the diverse and often ambiguous roles of men and women in traditional African societies. (@HistPhilosophy, 24 minutes, 2019-Feb-17) |
| 677. | 4/2/2019 – Amia Srinivasan on Genealogy (@Aristotweets, 59 minutes, 2019-Feb-11) |
| 678. |  #054 Humility Q&A: Self-Care, Self-Promotion, And The Myth of Being Self-MadeWelcome to the third and final episode on the topic of humility! In this episode you’ll hear the audience Q&A portion of the event with guests A.J. Jacobs and Dr. Serene J Khader. Topics discussed: The relationship between humility and artists, one way to change our approach to self-promotion for our projects, how can we make less harmful choices with our wallets, how we can re-frame the popular n... (@MissMMcCarthy, 22 minutes, 2019-May-28) |
| 679. | HoP 318 - Oliver Primavesi on Greek Manuscripts Peter's Munich colleague Oliver Primavesi tells us how Greek manuscripts are used to establish the text of authors like Aristotle. (@HistPhilosophy, 36 minutes, 2019-Feb-10) |
| 680. | Rationally Speaking #234 - Dylan Matthews on "Global poverty has fallen, but what should we conclude from that?" The global poverty rate has fallen significantly over the last few decades, but there's a heated debate over how to view that fact. Vox journalist Dylan Matthews explains the disagreement. (@Rspodcast, 78 minutes, 2019-May-28) |
| 681. | Needs of the Soul: Home As we wrap up this year’s Ramadan series, we turn to the importance of having a place to be and a people to be among. How does 'love of country' square with our collective failure to address the way we are ravaging our 'common home'? (@RadioNational, 47 minutes, 2019-May-29) |
| 682. | 21/1/2019 – Keith Allen asks Whether We Should Believe Philosophical Claims on Testimony (@Aristotweets, 43 minutes, 2019-Jan-27) |
| 683. | 0G59: Endgame and Moral Saints As luck would have it, Mr. Smith, we're in the one and only timeline where you can make a difference. Snap your fingers and you can make the superhero movies go away forever, but only at the cost of never seeing the space babies ever again. Should you be expected to make that snap? This week we're talking Endgame and another famous concept by Susan Wolf, the issue of "moral saints". This topic rel... (@0gPhilosophy, 40 minutes, 2019-May-29) |
| 684. | 40: Morality Scaled Up with Joshua Greene We often discuss individual morality and ethics on the show–how people should or should not behave on an interpersonal level. But what about groups of people? How should they make sense of their competing value... The post 40: Morality Scaled Up with Joshua Greene appeared first on Examining Ethics. (@DePauwPrindle, 28 minutes, 2019-May-29) |
| 685. | HAP 21 - The Doctor Will See You Now - Divination, Witchcraft, and Knowledge Special forms of knowledge and the explanation of misfortunes in African tradition. (@HistPhilosophy, 22 minutes, 2019-Feb-03) |
| 686. | HoP 317 - Made by Hand - Byzantine Manuscripts Without handwritten copies produced by Byzantine scribes, we would know almost nothing about ancient philosophy. How and why were they made? (@HistPhilosophy, 24 minutes, 2019-Jan-27) |
| 687. | Game of Thrones: Political Violence Hello friends, probably my last Game of Thrones episode for a long time! Anyway, in this one, I do a short review of season 8, mainly because I think you need to know where I stand on it. But, the focus on the episode is how this final season concluded a major political theme of the show: political violence. Game of Thrones forces us to ask the political question, what are you willing to support i... (@philosophyguy2, 18 minutes, 2019-May-21) |
| 688. | Episode 60, Albert Camus’ The Fall (Part IV - Further Analysis and Discussion) Hello good sir! If you do not mind me saying, you look as if you’re in limbo. Lost? It might please you to know that most of the tourists, and the locals for that matter, don’t know where they’re heading in these parts. If I could be so bold as to make an assessment, I would take you for the sophisticated type but with a little bit of an edge? Your smile says it all. Nothing wrong with indulging i... (@ThePanpsycast, 37 minutes, 2019-May-26) |
| 689. | The Lure of Evil | Christopher Hamilton, Patricia MacCormack, John Milbank From Milton's Paradise Lost to bad boys and femmes fatales, we are seduced by the dark and dangerous. Why does the devil have all the best tunes? Have we sanitised the good and made it vacuous? In this episode of Philosophy for our Times, moral philosopher Christopher Hamilton, theologian and Zizek collaborator John Milbank, and Professor of Continental Philosophy Patricia MacCormack look into our... (@IAI_TV, 45 minutes, 2019-Apr-23) |
| 690. | 412: More Than Pun and Games More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/more-pun-and-games. Puns have been called both the highest and lowest form of humor. There is something about them that is at once painful and pleasurable, capable of causing either a cringe or a chuckle. But what exactly is it about word play that we find humorous? Is there something in particular about puns that makes them especially cringe-worth... (@philtalkradio, 11 minutes, 2019-Apr-08) |
| 691. | Mind, matter and motherhood When Nicola Redhouse had each of her two children, she experienced shattering post-natal anxiety that sent her deep into the mystery of the self, and the relationship between mind and body. A long standing participant in psychoanalysis, she found herself up against the practical limits of Freudian theory - but would science provide more useful insight? (@RadioNational, 28 minutes, 2019-May-26) |
| 692. | Shorts - E19: Repeatability in Science Everything is unique, yet almost everything is ignored. Herein may lie the crux of history as we fashion it for our purposes. Repeatability is a most productive bias. (@dawdlerspodcast, 33 minutes, 2019-May-26) |
| 693. | Episode 215: Brave New World: PEL Live 10th Anniversary Show On Aldous Huxley’s 1932 dystopian novel, recorded at Manhattan's Caveat on 4/6/19, with audience participation. If we harness the power of society to employ available technologies to really focus on making people happy, what would the result be? This is Huxley's thought experiment, but is it in all respects a dystopia, and is it a fair test of the ideal of social improvement or merely of a flawed ... (@PartiallyExLife, 98 minutes, 2019-May-13) |
| 694. | For Women Only (pt. 2) In the 40 years since the events at Olivia Records, gender categorization seems to pop up sporadically in the mainstream press, leading to what sociologists Laurel Westbrook and Kristen Schilt call "gender panics," and then they disappear only to emerge again at some other time. An analysis of gender panics show that people fear some gender nonconformists but seem perfectly fine with others. It t... (@HiPhiNation, 48 minutes, 2019-May-11) |
| 695. | 46 | Kate Darling on Our Connections with Robots Most of us have no trouble telling the difference between a robot and a living, feeling organism. Nevertheless, our brains often treat robots as if they were alive. We give them names, imagine that they have emotions and inner mental states, get mad at them when they do the wrong thing or feel bad for them when they seem to be in distress. Kate Darling is a research at the MIT Media Lab who specia... (@seanmcarroll, 67 minutes, 2019-May-13) |
| 696. | #57 - Sorgner on Nietzschean Transhumanism In this episode I talk Stefan Lorenz Sorgner. Stefan teaches philosophy at John Cabot University in Rome. He is director and co-founder of the Beyond Humanism Network, Fellow at the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies (IEET), Research Fellow at the Ewha Institute for the Humanities at Ewha Womans University in Seoul, and Visting Fellow at the Ethics Centre of the Friedrich-Schiller-Univ... (@JohnDanaher, 2019-Apr-10) |
| 697. | Episode 164: Choosing to Believe David and Tamler argue about William James' classic essay "The Will to Believe." What's more important - avoiding falsehood or discovering truth? When (if ever) is it rational to believe anything without enough evidence? What about beliefs that we can't be agnostic about? Are there hypotheses that we have to believe in order for them to come true? Does James successfully demonstrate that faith can... (@verybadwizards, 82 minutes, 2019-May-14) |
| 698. | James Doyle, "No Morality, No Self: Anscombe's Radical Skepticism" (Harvard UP, 2018) This is the centennial year of the birth of G.E.M. Anscombe, one of the major philosophical figures of the 20th century within the analytic tradition. A close associate of Ludwig Wittgenstein, Anscombe contributed fundamental insights in philosophy of mind, action theory, and ethics. In his new book No Morality, No Self: Anscombe's Radical Skepticism (Harvard University Press, 2018), James Doyle c... (@NewBooksPhil, 65 minutes, 2019-May-10) |
| 699. | HOW TO BE HAPPY With Peter Singer Why are so many of us unhappy? Peter Singer, ‘The world’s most influential philosopher’ joins the podcast to discuss the link between doing good and being happy, money and happiness, working for a charity, right-wing self-help guru’s, and his advice for living a happy life. For more on effective giving: https://www.thelifeyoucansave.org (@PolPhilPod, 65 minutes, 2019-May-19) |
| 700. | 409: Radical Democracy More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/radical-democracy. Liberal democracy has its problems, including the fact that in trying to build consensus, it often ends up oppressing minorities or those who dissent. Radical democracy, on the other hand, tries to build consensus around difference, and challenge oppressive power relationships. But what are the risks of radical democracy? Is it r... (@philtalkradio, 11 minutes, 2019-Apr-01) |
| 701. | #053 Losing My Religion With Auguste Comte and AJ Jacobs In this episode you’ll learn what the French philosopher and eccentric, Auguste Comte can teach us about the relationship between faith, humanity, and humility. You’ll also hear what the bestselling author A.J. Jacobs has learned about gratitude and luck via his many personal quests for knowledge and self-improvement. This episode is part two in a three part series on HUMILITY. #thehappierhour Th... (@MissMMcCarthy, 38 minutes, 2019-May-21) |
| 702. | The Cult of Mindfulness | Vishpani Blomfield, Linda Woodhead, Miguel Farias From yoga retreats to mindfulness, meditation is fashionable and now even prescribed by the UK's National Health Service. Yet in some cases it can lead to depression and even psychosis. Is it a mistake to think that self-exploration and being at one with ourselves are necessarily good things? In this episode of Philosophy for our Times, The Buddha Pill author Miguel Farias, Buddhist teacher and br... (@IAI_TV, 33 minutes, 2019-Apr-16) |
| 703. | The Hulk: Should People Be Punished for Crimes They Can’t Remember Committing? Analyzing an article by Professor of Philosophy Helen BeeBee, "Should people be punished for crimes they can't remember committing?" We bring in the help of a murderer with dementia on death row, The Hulk, and an uncontrollable drunk. Tune in! An ask from you the audience...please share with your friends! I don't do an interview podcast so relying on organic growth means partially rely on yo... (@philosophyguy2, 14 minutes, 2019-May-15) |
| 704. | Episode #131 ... Gramsci - Cultural Hegemony Today we discuss the work of Antonio Gramsci. Support the show on Patreon! www.philosophizethis.org for additional content. Thank you for wanting to know more today than you did yesterday. :) (@iamstephenwest, 25 minutes, 2019-May-22) |
| 705. | Needs of the Soul: Hardship Is there a danger in seeing hardship as something that simply needs to be overcome, and which can be overcome given the right technologies or policies, rather than something that is intrinsic to life? (@RadioNational, 41 minutes, 2019-May-22) |
| 706. | Ep85 - God Is a Question In episode 84 of Philosophy Bakes Bread, Eric Thomas Weber and Anthony Cashio interview Dr. William Irwin today about his most recent book, God Is a Question, Not an Answer published in December 2018 with Rowman and Littlefield Publishers. Dr. Irwin is Herve A. LeBlanc Distinguished Service Professor and Chair of Philosophy at King’s College in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He is also the author of ... (@PhilosophyBB, 60 minutes, 2019-Apr-24) |
| 707. | 0G58: Runaround and Three Laws of Robotics Here's my story, it's sad but true, about a bot that I once knew. It took my laws, and then ran around, all the science juice pools in town. This week we're beginning a journey through the robot short stories of Isaac Asimov, beginning with Runaround, the first story where Asimov specifically lays out the three laws of robotics. We discuss the many problems with these laws as well as why they're s... (@0gPhilosophy, 47 minutes, 2019-May-22) |
| 708. | Episode 60, Albert Camus’ The Fall (Part III - The Meaning) Hello good sir! If you do not mind me saying, you look as if you’re in limbo. Lost? It might please you to know that most of the tourists, and the locals for that matter, don’t know where they’re heading in these parts. If I could be so bold as to make an assessment, I would take you for the sophisticated type but with a little bit of an edge? Your smile says it all. Nothing wrong with indulging i... (@ThePanpsycast, 40 minutes, 2019-May-19) |
| 709. | Why Isn't Something "Real" Until it is Online? An epilogue to the episode titled, “Why Isn’t the Internet the ‘Real’ World?” Dylan and Zach consider a phenomena that might be in tension with Zach’s idea that we, in some vague and unarticulated way, take the internet to occupy a lower level of reality. It isn’t the “real world.” The episode is about the sentiment behind the phrase, “pics or it didn’t happen.” What should we make of the idea tha... (@thevimblog, 69 minutes, 2019-May-12) |
| 710. | Religion, War and Terrorism In this New St Cross Special Ethics Seminar, Professor Tony Coady argues that religion does not have an inherent tendency towards violence, including particularly war and terrorism. There is a widespread belief amounting almost to a cultural assumption in many influential circles that assigns to religion and religious difference an inherent tendency to violence. In this talk, Professor Coady hig... (@ethicsinthenews, 44 minutes, 2019-May-01) |
| 711. | Episode 214: More Nietzsche's Zarathustra (Part Two) Concluding Friedrich Nietzsche’s Thus Spoke Zarathustra (1885). What's the wise way to live? We start in earnest into part three, treating the "spirit of gravity" where socially-imposed values cover over your uniqueness, omni-satisfaction vs. being choosy, "Old and New Tablets" where Nietzsche explores various ethical and meta-ethical issues (e.g. is self-overcoming a matter of one-time self-actua... (@PartiallyExLife, 81 minutes, 2019-May-06) |
| 712. | 411: The Mystery of Music More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/mystery-music-0. (@philtalkradio, 11 minutes, 2019-Mar-25) |
| 713. | The blind spot Can science potentially reveal everything, giving us a "God's eye view" of the world? Some hope that the answer is (or will one day be) Yes - other more cautious observers wonder if science can ever overcome its blind spot. (@RadioNational, 28 minutes, 2019-May-19) |
| 714. | 45 | Leonard Susskind on Quantum Information, Quantum Gravity, and Holography For decades now physicists have been struggling to reconcile two great ideas from a century ago: general relativity and quantum mechanics. We don’t yet know the final answer, but the journey has taken us to some amazing places. A leader in this quest has been Leonard Susskind, who has helped illuminate some of the most mind-blowing ideas in quantum gravity: the holographic principle, the string th... (@seanmcarroll, 74 minutes, 2019-May-06) |
| 715. | Shorts - E18: Depression Life may be meaningless, but is it hopeless? This week the Dawdlers do a little Short on depression. Don't?...enjoy this? (@dawdlerspodcast, 22 minutes, 2019-May-19) |
| 716. | 009 – Lab Coats When did scientists start wearing white coats? Why do doctors wear them too? And are they strictly necessary in toothpaste commercials? Elena and Ian don their most fashionable lab jackets to look at the life and times of science's iconic wardrobe. If you liked this episode, subscribing/following means you'll get the next one automatically. We'd love it if you could leave us a review on iTunes too... (@wondercupboard, 49 minutes, 2019-May-19) |
| 717. | #56 - Turner on Rules for Robots In this episode I talk to Jacob Turner. Jacob is a barrister and author. We chat about his new book, Robot Rules: Regulating Artificial Intelligence (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018), which discusses how to address legal responsibility, rights and ethics for AI.You can download here or listen below. You can also subscribe to the show on iTunes, Stitcher and a variety of other services (the RSS feed is he... (@JohnDanaher, 2019-Mar-30) |
| 718. | The Problem with Materialism | John Ellis, Susan Blackmore, Hilary Lawson The idea that the world is made of physical stuff alone has been central to scientific progress. But our theories do not account for experience or thought. Might materialism be a profound mistake? In this episode of Philosophy for our Times, CERN physicist John Ellis, Consciousness author Susan Blackmore and Closure theorist Hilary Lawson uncover the problem with materialism. In association w... (@IAI_TV, 50 minutes, 2019-Apr-09) |
| 719. | Avengers Endgame: Film Analysis, questions, and outcome implications A little bit less organized in this one friends. Just thought I would get out some thoughts! Anyway, in this episode, I do a quick analysis on Avengers: Endgame and raise some questions I hope the Marvel Universe chooses to get into in their coming films! We will see. Discord: https://discord.gg/tH5Fydn Thanks for listening, please subscribe, rate, and review! Support the Podcast and Gain F... (@philosophyguy2, 15 minutes, 2019-May-10) |
| 720. | POLITICS WITOUT GUARANTEES with Jacob T. Levy In the second part of my conversation with professor Jacob T. Levy we look at the need people have for guarantees in their political and moral systems; guarantees that their will of the world will both be actualized and be morally correct. We ask what the world looks like in the absence of such certainty. (@PolPhilPod, 69 minutes, 2019-May-12) |
| 721. | 407: Philosophy of Sleep More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/philosophy-sleep. "Blessed are the sleepy ones," writes Nietzsche, "for they shall soon drop off." Sleep is an extraordinarily, albeit profoundly odd, phenomenon, yet we seem to accept prolonged nightly blackouts without question. Still, sleep has played a major role in philosophical thought, with the likes of Aristotle, Locke, and Leibniz putting ... (@philtalkradio, 10 minutes, 2019-Mar-18) |
| 722. | Mollie Gerver, "The Ethics and Practice of Refugee Repatriation" (U Edinburgh Press, 2018) Moral and political theorists have paid a healthy amount of attention to states’ rights to determine who may reside within their territory. Accordingly, there’s a large literature on immigration, borders, asylum, and refugees. However, relatively little work has been done on questions concerning how refugees are treated once they have gained access to a new country; and from these questions emer... (@NewBooksPhil, 62 minutes, 2019-May-01) |
| 723. | Episode 64 - Matt Brown On Episode 64, Nick chats with Dr. Matt Brown, Associate Professor of Philosophy and History of Ideas, and Director of the Center for Values in Medicine, Science, and Technology at University of Texas at Dallas, about the ways in which science is a value-laden enterprise, the impact of the value-ladenness of science on our conception of the role of science in policy, and the parallels between scie... (@SciPhiPod, 2019-May-07) |
| 724. | #052 Speaking Up With Audre Lourde and Serene J Khader In this episode you’ll learn what the poet and feminist icon Audre Lorde can teach us about identity and the importance of speaking up for the oppressed. You’ll also hear why philosophy professor Dr. Serene J Khader believes we should rethink the way we empower women, and why humility is not one size fits all. This kicks off a three part series on HUMILITY. #thehappierhour Show notes: TheHappierHo... (@MissMMcCarthy, 47 minutes, 2019-May-14) |
| 725. | Episode 114: Sally Haslanger discusses ideology What is the nature of a person's political outlook? (@ElucidationsPod, 41 minutes, 2019-May-14) |
| 726. | Needs of the Soul: Conversation What is 'good' conversation? What are its preconditions? What is its goal? And why is it so important to the moral life? (@RadioNational, 44 minutes, 2019-May-15) |
| 727. | 0G57: Orphan Black and Human Cloning Well friends, I'm gonna level with you. We've been doing a little bit of mad sciencing on the side, and it appears some of the clones got loose and recorded an episode on Orphan Black and the Ethics of Cloning. It's a bit all over the place from what I'm told, but we thought it best to honor their plucky ingenuity and share the results with you, so that you can decide if the world is a better plac... (@0gPhilosophy, 46 minutes, 2019-May-15) |
| 728. | Rationally Speaking #233 - Clive Thompson on "The culture of coding, and how it’s changing the world" Technology writer Clive Thompson discusses his latest book, "Coders: The Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World." (@Rspodcast, 58 minutes, 2019-May-13) |
| 729. | Episode 60, Albert Camus’ The Fall (Part II - The Plot Continued) Hello good sir! If you do not mind me saying, you look as if you’re in limbo. Lost? It might please you to know that most of the tourists, and the locals for that matter, don’t know where they’re heading in these parts. If I could be so bold as to make an assessment, I would take you for the sophisticated type but with a little bit of an edge? Your smile says it all. Nothing wrong with indulging i... (@ThePanpsycast, 32 minutes, 2019-May-12) |
| 730. | Understanding Free Speech and the Privilege of having an Audience The recent news story about Facebook banning people such as Alex Jones and Laura Loomer had my mind working about a topic I don't like talking about—free speech. As in it's talked about so often that it becomes tiring. So I decided to contradict myself in this one and do it anyway. In this one, I discuss free speech, John Stuart Mill "On Liberty" and understanding the distinction between free spee... (@philosophyguy2, 21 minutes, 2019-May-06) |
| 731. | EV - 090 The Void Report Aaron gives us an update on his court case, we discuss the Muller Report, and then give our take on the people running for the Democratic Presidential bid.Open Invocation:Walt WhitmanMaking The Void Livable:Mortal Kombat 11 (@ETVPod, 64 minutes, 2019-May-06) |
| 732. | Episode 214: More Nietzsche's Zarathustra (Part One) On the remainder of Friedrich Nietzsche’s Thus Spoke Zarathustra (1885). How can we keep our spirits up and avoid nihilism? We consider Nietzsche's "solution" of eternal recurrence, why he uses a poetic, allegoric style, and more. Don't wait for part 2. Get the full, ad-free Citizen Edition now. Please support PEL! Sponsor: Get $10 off a Skylight Frame in time for Mother's Day at skylightframe.com... (@PartiallyExLife, 51 minutes, 2019-Apr-29) |
| 733. | Should We Live Forever? | Patricia MacCormack, Anders Sandberg, Janne Teller From gene therapy and fad diets to cryonically frozen corpses, many still hope to find a way to live forever. But Heidegger famously thought life's transience gave it meaning. So should science one day banish death's shadow? In this episode of Philosophy for our Times, Philosopher and author of 'Post-Human Ethics' Patricia MacCormack, Oxford transhumanist Anders Sandberg and author and novelist Ja... (@IAI_TV, 43 minutes, 2019-Apr-02) |
| 734. | The Optimist's Guide to Schopenhauer's Pessimism (Audio Essay) Schopenhauer was a profoundly pessimistic man. He argued that all life was suffering. Was he right or is there room for optimism? This audio essay tries to answer that question. It is based on an earlier written essay. You can listen below or download here.These audio essays are released as part of the Philosophical Disquisitions podcast. You can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Pl... (@JohnDanaher, 2019-Mar-20) |
| 735. | For Women Only (pt. 1) It is currently very difficult to get your gender legally changed in the U.K, That might change. In recent months, philosophers have been drafted into making complicated and contentious arguments about what it is to be a man, woman, or any other gender in the service of advancing or blocking the movement for trans-rights and recognition. In particular, it has exposed a conflict between trans-right... (@HiPhiNation, 51 minutes, 2019-Apr-27) |
| 736. | 476: Immigration and Multiculturalism More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/immigration-and-multiculturalism. Whether for economic reasons or to flee violence and persecution, immigration rates continue to climb globally. At the same time, opposition to immigration and intolerance of multiculturalism is also growing. Should cultural or ethnic identity ever be a factor in immigration policy? Do immigrants have an obligation... (@philtalkradio, 11 minutes, 2019-Mar-11) |
| 737. | E32: Anatol Rapoport's Man-Made Conflicts - General Systems Theory This week the Dawdler's take a step back from the previous weeks and dig down behind to examine an example of a general conceptual framework for thinking about systems, identity, and conflict - evolution, memes, and perspectivism; while they examine Anatol Rapoport's 1974 book Conflict in Man-Made Environment. (@dawdlerspodcast, 97 minutes, 2019-May-13) |
| 738. | 44 | Antonio Damasio on Feelings, Thoughts, and the Evolution of Humanity When we talk about the mind, we are constantly talking about consciousness and cognition. Antonio Damasio wants us to talk about our feelings. But it’s not in an effort to be more touchy-feely; Damasio, one of the world’s leading neuroscientists, believes that feelings generated by the body are a crucial part of how we achieve and maintain homeostasis, which in turn is a key driver in understandin... (@seanmcarroll, 72 minutes, 2019-Apr-29) |
| 739. | Episode 163: Should I Stay or Should I Go? (Ursula K. Le Guin's "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas") David and Tamler are pulled into Ursula K. Le Guin's "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas." Omelas is a truly happy city, except for one child who lives in abominable misery. Is that too high a moral cost? Why do some people walk away from the city? Why does no one help the child? Why does Le Guin make us create the city with her? Plus, we talk about our listener meetup in Vancouver, and a new edit... (@verybadwizards, 94 minutes, 2019-May-01) |
| 740. | JUSTICE IN A FALLEN WORLD With Jacob T. Levy Can we know the nature of justice before confronting the conditions of injustice? I’m joined by Jacob T Levy to discuss his upcoming work Justice in Babylon, we cover Ideal theory, Rawls, the nature of politics and the nature of the human condition. (@PolPhilPod, 55 minutes, 2019-May-08) |
| 741. | ETV - 089 Better Know Frances Kamm For this installment of Better Know a Philosopher, we're talking about Frances Kamm. Aaron has had to pleasure to work with her recently, so he has first hand knowledge on how awesome she is.Making the Void Livable:https://direkris.itch.io/you-are-jeff-bezos (@ETVPod, 66 minutes, 2019-May-05) |
| 742. | Irrationality In 1944, Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer published their famous claim that "Enlightenment reverts to mythology" - meaning that any rational order sooner or later collapses into irrationality. Seven decades later, it seems they were were right on the money. Is human society fated to be irrational? And why is the alt-right having all the crazy fun these days? (@RadioNational, 28 minutes, 2019-May-12) |
| 743. | Bergson and Time Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the French philosopher Henri Bergson (1859-1941) and his ideas about human experience of time passing and how that differs from a scientific measurement of time, set out in his thesis on 'Time and Free Will' in 1889. He became famous in France and abroad for decades, rivalled only by Einstein and, in the years after the Dreyfus Affair, was the first ever Jewish mem... (@BBCInOurTime, 51 minutes, 2019-May-09) |
| 744. | The End of Humans | Interview with Patricia MacCormack Patricia MacCormack is Professor of Continental Philosophy at Anglia Ruskin University, known for her work on Posthuman ethics. In this exclusive interview, Patricia explains why she thinks the world would be a better place without humans. In association with the New College of the Humanities. bit.ly/2FdPgLD (@IAI_TV, 12 minutes, 2019-Mar-29) |
| 745. | #55 - Baum on the Long-Term Future of Human Civilisation In this episode I talk to Seth Baum. Seth is an interdisciplinary researcher working across a wide range of fields in natural and social science, engineering, philosophy, and policy. His primary research focus is global catastrophic risk. He also works in astrobiology. He is the Co-Founder (with Tony Barrett) and Executive Director of the Global Catastrophic Risk Institute. He is also a Research A... (@JohnDanaher, 2019-Mar-14) |
| 746. | 406: Altered States More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/altered-states. Aldous Huxley explains his conception of the brain as a "reducing valve" of consciousness in his provocative book, The Doors of Perception. His famous experiment with the psychedelic substance mescaline was an attempt to open this valve and expand his capacity for knowledge. However, many drugs and psychedelics today are seen as sim... (@philtalkradio, 11 minutes, 2019-Mar-04) |
| 747. | Ben Shapiro is on the Wrong Side of History - Prager U Response So Ben Shapiro did one of his Prager U video based on his book. The video happens to cover more of the history side of things(which I missed in my review episode), so I thought it would be some fun new content to include. Plus, you receive his actual wording and voice to connect with my responses! As always, thanks for listening. Ben's Prager Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVD0xik-_FM&t... (@philosophyguy2, 25 minutes, 2019-May-01) |
| 748. | The Future of Pornography | Brooke Magnanti, Finn Mackay, Rowan Pelling, Peter Tatchell Many believe that porn's dark fantasies risk corrupting relationships and society. Has this arisen because pornography is largely created by men? Or is porn fundamentally incompatible with intimacy and a problem for all of us until its abolished? In this episode of Philosophy for our Times, feminist thinker Finn Mackay, author of Belle de Jour: Diary of a London Call Girl Brooke Magnanti, human ri... (@IAI_TV, 43 minutes, 2019-Mar-26) |
| 749. | #051 Design Q&A: Designing Our Dreams With Derrida and Kant In this episode you’ll hear the audience Q&A from the live Happier Hour event with Debbie Millman (design expert and host of Design Matters), Dr. Kathleen Wallace (professor of Philosophy at Hofstra University), and host Monica McCarthy. You’ll learn how Immanuel Kant and Jacques Derrida can help us design our personal brand online and in interviews, and how we can better achieve our dreams by des... (@MissMMcCarthy, 18 minutes, 2019-May-07) |
| 750. | Episode 63 - Hannah Rubin On Episode 63, Nick chats with Dr. Hannah Rubin, Assistant Professor at Notre Dame University about her growing research on the evolution of cooperative and altruistic behavior, genetics in evolutionary game theory, experimental economics in philosophy, and her experience serving as Managing Editor for the journal, Philosophy of Science. (@SciPhiPod, 2019-Apr-29) |
| 751. | Philosophy and the Mueller Report The Mueller report—along with Attorney General William’s Barr’s accompanying antics—have come. They have also largely gone from the news cycle. But that is a shame. There is a lot to digest and think about. Like good philosophers, Dylan, Zach, Ishan, and Gabe gather to discuss many of the issues that the massive Mueller Report poses. - What should we take from it? - What is up with Willia... (@thevimblog, 58 minutes, 2019-Apr-29) |
| 752. | Needs of the Soul: Silence During Ramadan, we’re giving concerted attention to what makes for a healthy moral life. In a time characterised by clamour and empty chatter, it’s never been more important — or more difficult — to reclaim the importance of silence. (@RadioNational, 46 minutes, 2019-May-08) |
| 753. | 0G56: Humans and Everyday AI Hello [primary user] and welcome to the show notes for your brand new copy of our episode about Humans, a British show about how awkward it will be when we're all surrounded by vastly superior, extremely polite robits. We hope you will find this show to be...suitable. If you find it sup bar, and can overcome the British urge to never voice that feeling, do let us know. And of course, if you want t... (@0gPhilosophy, 40 minutes, 2019-May-08) |
| 754. | 408: The Philanthropy Trap More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/philanthropy-trap. Many of us generally admire people who donate large sums of money to charity. Yet people donate for all sorts of reasons – some selfless, some not so much. Should we consider philanthropy as mere ego expression for the wealthy, or is it genuinely altruistic behavior? If philanthropists are so concerned with having an impact on so... (@philtalkradio, 10 minutes, 2019-Feb-25) |
| 755. | Glimpse: Nietzsche's Last Man (for Partially Examined Life #213) Is technology making us complacent? Are we in danger of becoming Nietzsche's famed "last men" who are no longer capable of creativity and independent thought? Mark Linsenmayer from the Partially Examined Life philosophy podcast lays out Nietzsche's idea and argues that on the contrary, having our basic needs met by technology can free us up to pursue the creative endeavors that Nietzsche saw as th... (@PartiallyExLife, 8 minutes, 2019-Apr-22) |
| 756. | Episode 213: Nietzsche's Zarathustra (Part Two) Continuing on Friedrich Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra, books 1 and 2 (1883). We talk through Nietzsche's symbolism (tightrope walkers and gravediggers and snakes, oh my!), the path toward the overman, his screed against the state, the Will to Power as the will to overcome oneself by reconciling oneself with the past, and more. Listen to part one first or get the ad-free, unbroken Citizen Edit... (@PartiallyExLife, 75 minutes, 2019-Apr-22) |
| 757. | The Moral Problem of Accelerating Change (Audio Essay) (Subscribe here)This is an experiment. For a number of years, people have been asking me to provide audio versions of the essays that I post on the blog. I've been reluctant to do this up until now, but I have recently become a fan of the audio format and I appreciate its conveniences. Also, I watched an interview with Michael Lewis (the best-selling non-fiction author in the world) just this week... (@JohnDanaher, 2019-Mar-07) |
| 758. | Episode 60, Albert Camus’ The Fall (Part II - The Plot) Hello good sir! If you do not mind me saying, you look as if you’re in limbo. Lost? It might please you to know that most of the tourists, and the locals for that matter, don’t know where they’re heading in these parts. If I could be so bold as to make an assessment, I would take you for the sophisticated type but with a little bit of an edge? Your smile says it all. Nothing wrong with indulging i... (@ThePanpsycast, 49 minutes, 2019-May-05) |
| 759. | The Sex Myth | Interview with Brooke Magnanti Brooke Magnanti is best known by her pen name Belle de Jour, from the blog behind Secret Diary of a Call Girl. In this exclusive interview, Brooke explains how we should free ourselves from the shackles surrounding sex from shame, to guilt and toxic femininity. In association with the New College of the Humanities. bit.ly/2FdPgLD (@IAI_TV, 8 minutes, 2019-Mar-22) |
| 760. | 43 | Matthew Luczy on the Pleasures of Wine Some people never drink wine; for others, it’s an indispensable part of an enjoyable meal. Whatever your personal feelings might be, wine seems to exhibit a degree of complexity and nuance that can be intimidating to the non-expert. Where does that complexity come from, and how can we best approach wine? To answer these questions, we talk to Matthew Luczy, sommelier and wine director at Mélisse, o... (@seanmcarroll, 106 minutes, 2019-Apr-22) |
| 761. | PREVIEW-(sub)Text#6: Melanie Klein's "Notes on Some Schizoid Mechanisms" Wes Alwan is joined by Dr. Glenn Mobray to discuss this classic 1946 psychoanalytic text. This is a preview of a 63-minute discussion. You can listen to the whole thing by becoming a PEL Citizen or $5 Patreon supporter. Visit partiallyexaminedlife.com/support to learn how. Listen to more (sub)Text. (@PartiallyExLife, 10 minutes, 2019-Apr-21) |
| 762. | 475: The 2019 Dionysus Awards More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/2019-dionysus-awards. What movies of the past year challenged our assumptions and made us think about things in new ways? Josh and Ken talk to philosophers, film critics, and listeners as they present their sixth (mostly) annual Dionysus Awards for the most thoughtful films of the past year, including: • Least Superficial Superhero Movie • B... (@philtalkradio, 7 minutes, 2019-Feb-18) |
| 763. | E31: The Helm of the Mutineers - On Sociopolitical Revolutions There’s a poem by Portia Nelson called “There’s a hole in my sidewalk”. In it, she keeps going down the street, falls in the hole in the sidewalk, and struggles to get out. The poem is about repeating patterns that ultimately hurt you. The punchline? Walk down another street. In this episode, we Dawds discuss sociopolitical revolutions and the effectiveness of protests and movements that hope to... (@dawdlerspodcast, 129 minutes, 2019-May-06) |
| 764. | Jill Stauffer, "Ethical Loneliness: The Injustice of Not Being Heard" (Columbia UP, 2015) In Ethical Loneliness: The Injustice of Not Being Heard (Columbia University Press 2015, paperback 2018), Jill Stauffer argues that survivors of unjust treatment and dehumanization can experience further harm when individuals and institutions will not or cannot hear the survivors’ claims about what they suffered and what they are owed for having suffered. She calls this further harm “ethical lonel... (@NewBooksPhil, 62 minutes, 2019-Apr-19) |
| 765. | The New Enlightenment | Julian Baggini, Amie Thomasson, Hilary Lawson 'Dare to know' was the radical rallying cry of the Enlightenment. But since then, philosophers from Nietzsche to Derrida have argued there are limits to knowledge so profound that truth is an impossible goal. Is the enlightenment dream over? In this episode of Philosophy for our Times, A Short History of Truth author, Julian Baggini, post-realist philosopher Hilary Lawson and metaphysician Amie Th... (@IAI_TV, 37 minutes, 2019-Mar-19) |
| 766. | Mugged by reality Reality TV draws increasing concern from observers who fear that cast, producers and audiences alike could be participating in something morally reprehensible - and that serious consequences for society lie ahead. (@RadioNational, 28 minutes, 2019-May-05) |
| 767. | Episode #54 - Sebo on the Moral Problem of Other Minds In this episode I talk to Jeff Sebo. Jeff is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, Affiliated Professor of Bioethics, Medical Ethics, and Philosophy, and Director of the Animal Studies M.A. Program at New York University. Jeff’s research focuses on bioethics, animal ethics, and environmental ethics. He has two co-authored books Chimpanzee Rights and Food, Animals, and the ... (@JohnDanaher, 2019-Feb-28) |
| 768. | 474: What Do We Owe Future Generations? More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/what-do-we-owe-future-generations. We talk about owing future generations a better world. We might also think that we should do things for future generations even if our actions might not benefit present-day people. But is it possible to have obligations to people who are not yet born? Can people who do not exist be said to have rights that we shou... (@philtalkradio, 12 minutes, 2019-Feb-11) |
| 769. | 410: Identity Politics More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/identity-politics-0. The notion of identity has become so hugely important in contemporary political discourse that no conversation on social issues would be complete without it. Identity politics typically focuses on how to empower individuals from marginalized groups so that they can achieve greater equality and representation. But why should any... (@philtalkradio, 12 minutes, 2019-Feb-04) |
| 770. | Ep84 - Feminism and Peace: Jane Addams's Legacy In episode 84 of Philosophy Bakes Bread, Eric Thomas Weber and Anthony Cashio interview Dr. Patricia Shields on “Feminism and Peace: Jane Addams's Legacy.” Dr. Shields is editor of editor of Jane Addams: Progressive Pioneer of Peace, Philosophy, Sociology, Social Work, and Public Administration, published in 2017. She is also Professor of Political Science at Texas State University in San Marcos, ... (@PhilosophyBB, 64 minutes, 2019-Mar-29) |
| 771. | 473: Envy – Vice or Virtue? More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/envy-vice-or-virtue. Bertrand Russell said that envy was one of the most potent causes of unhappiness, and it's well known as one of the seven deadly sins. But is envy always a bad thing? Is it simply a petty emotion we should try to avoid, or could envy help us understand ourselves more? Is envy rooted in unhealthy comparison with others, or does ... (@philtalkradio, 11 minutes, 2019-Jan-28) |
| 772. | Truth in a Post Truth World | Interview with Hilary Lawson Hilary Lawson is a post realist philosopher, known for his theory of Closure. In this exclusive interview, Hilary explains how we should understand truth in a post truth world and why we need Enlightenment thinking now more than ever. In association with the New College of the Humanities bit.ly/2FdPgLD (@IAI_TV, 11 minutes, 2019-Mar-15) |
| 773. | WHAT IS IDEOLOGY? With Matto Mildenberger And Jonathan Leader Maynard What is an ideology? What do intellectuals studying it in opinion polls, contemporary debates, and historical texts understand it to mean? I’m joined by the authors of a recent survey of the study of ideology in different disciplines, Matto Mildenberger and Jonathan Leader Maynard, to help make sense of it all. (@PolPhilPod, 79 minutes, 2019-Apr-28) |
| 774. | Dennis Prager(Prager U) Thinks You Can't Justify Not Murdering Without God I tackle a new podcast episode format in this one, taking on some Prager U content! I guess Dennis Prager thinks you can't justify not murdering without God. In that case, I hope he continues believing in God for our safety. Anyway, I deconstruct his arguments for objective morality based on God. I also address his misunderstanding of the English language. Prager U video: https://www.youtube.co... (@philosophyguy2, 25 minutes, 2019-Apr-24) |
| 775. | Why Isn't the Internet the "Real" World? We often talk about a distinction between the online world and the “real” world? We say text or email conversations aren’t real conversations. We say we want to meet people IRL—’in real life’. What does this distinction mean? And is there such a distinction? In this episode, Dylan and Zach attempt to answer these questions. Zach puts forward two claims: 1. We don’t really know what we me... (@thevimblog, 74 minutes, 2019-Apr-22) |
| 776. | Episode #53 - Christin on How Algorithms Actually Impact Workers In this episode I talk to Angèle Christin. Angèle is an assistant professor in the Department of Communication at Stanford University, where she is also affiliated with the Sociology Department and Program in Science, Technology, and Society. Her research focuses on how algorithms and analytics transform professional values, expertise, and work practices. She is currently working on a book on the ... (@JohnDanaher, 2019-Feb-18) |
| 777. | #050 Moral By Design With Immanuel Kant and Kathleen Wallace Is it possible to design a universal moral code? Is it ever acceptable to lie? Hear what the philosopher Immanuel Kant had to say about ethics and his influence in philosophy today. You’ll hear from Hofstra philosophy professor Kathleen A Wallace about Kant’s Categorical Imperative, and whether or not it can help life suck less. #thehappierhour Show notes: TheHappierHour.org Facebook.com/TheHappie... (@MissMMcCarthy, 35 minutes, 2019-Apr-30) |
| 778. | Why is There Something Rather than Nothing? | Amie Thomasson, George Ellis, Rupert Sheldrake The fundamental problem of philosophy, argued Heidegger, is 'why is there something rather than nothing?' Now, some scientists claim nothing doesn't exist and that even deepest space is full of virtual particles. Have we misunderstood the very idea of nothing? In this episode of Philosophy for our Times, Templeton prize winning cosmologist George Ellis, metaphysician Amie Thomasson and author of T... (@IAI_TV, 32 minutes, 2019-Mar-12) |
| 779. | Rationally Speaking #232 - Tyler Cowen on "Defending big business against its critics" Economist Tyler Cowen discusses his latest book, "Big Business: A love-letter to an American anti-hero." Why has anti-capitalist sentiment increased recently, and to what extent is it justified? (@Rspodcast, 64 minutes, 2019-Apr-30) |
| 780. | Demons of Democracy Preschool kids get their first taste of democratic participation when they vote on their class name, and democratic private schools try to display the value of democracy by making kids vote on everything, even the school budget. Does it work or do kids make terrible decisions? One diagnosis of our modern-day political problems is that too many stupid people are voting for stupid things. There a... (@HiPhiNation, 54 minutes, 2019-Apr-13) |
| 781. | Episode 213: Nietzsche's Zarathustra (Part One) On Friedrich Nietzsche’s Thus Spoke Zarathustra, books 1 and 2 (1883). What is wisdom? In this text whose style parodies the Bible, we get pithy advice and allegorical imagery to guide us away from self-defeating, life-denying attitudes and orient us towards creative self-overcoming (i.e. exertion of the Will to Power). The Last Man who no longer knows how to give birth to a dancing star is a rott... (@PartiallyExLife, 56 minutes, 2019-Apr-15) |
| 782. | Would Donald Trump’s impeachment be devastating to America’s democratic culture? Has the weight of expectation on the findings of the Mueller Report foreclosed serious reflection on whether Trump should be impeached? (@RadioNational, 45 minutes, 2019-May-01) |
| 783. | 0G55: Cube and Kafkaesque "Now I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a pool cleaning robot, or whether I am now a pool cleaning robot, dreaming I am a man." -RoboZhuangzi This week we're discussing the Canadian Classic, Cube! This movie really exemplifies the concept of "kafkaesque", and we're joined by the amazing Cecil of Cognitive dissonance to unpack this tricky concept. We also dive into the idea of so... (@0gPhilosophy, 43 minutes, 2019-May-01) |
| 784. | 42 | Natalya Bailey on Navigating Earth Orbit and Beyond The space age officially began in 1957 with the launch of the Sputnik 1 satellite. But recent years have seen the beginning of a boom in the number of objects orbiting Earth, as satellite tracking and communications have assumed enormous importance in the modern world. This raises obvious concerns for the control and eventual fate of these orbiting artifacts. Natalya Bailey is pioneering a novel a... (@seanmcarroll, 60 minutes, 2019-Apr-15) |
| 785. | Episode 60, Albert Camus’ The Fall (Part I - Introduction) Hello good sir! If you do not mind me saying, you look as if you’re in limbo. Lost? It might please you to know that most of the tourists, and the locals for that matter, don’t know where they’re heading in these parts. If I could be so bold as to make an assessment, I would take you for the sophisticated type but with a little bit of an edge? Your smile says it all. Nothing wrong with indulging i... (@ThePanpsycast, 36 minutes, 2019-Apr-28) |
| 786. | Episode #130 ... Dewey and Lippman on Democracy Today we talk about a famous debate from the early 20th century. (@iamstephenwest, 22 minutes, 2019-Apr-30) |
| 787. | The Secrets of Consciousness | Interview with Rupert Sheldrake Rupert Sheldrake is a renowned author and biologist, known for his research into parapsychology. In this exclusive interview, Rupert shares with us the secrets of consciousness, putting forward a panpsychist view of what it is to be conscious and debunking why materialism has failed. In association with the New College of the Humanities. bit.ly/2FdPgLD (@IAI_TV, 9 minutes, 2019-Mar-08) |
| 788. | Democracy How can we save democracy? (@DavidEdmonds100, 2019-Mar-19) |
| 789. | Episode 162: Parents Just Don't Understand (with Paul Bloom) As parents we like to think we have an impact on our children - their future, their happiness, the kinds of people they turn out to be. But are we deluded? Dave and Tamler are joined by empathy's kryponite, the great Paul Bloom, to talk about Judith Rich Harris's view that parents matter a lot less than you might think (while genes and peer groups matter a lot more than you might think) . Plus... (@verybadwizards, 87 minutes, 2019-Apr-16) |
| 790. | Episode #52 - Devlin on Sex Robots and Moral Panics In this episode I talk to Kate Devlin. Kate is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Digital Humanities at King's College London. Kate's research is in the fields of Human Computer Interaction (HCI) and Artificial Intelligence (AI), investigating how people interact with and react to technology in order to understand how emerging and future technologies will affect us and the society in whi... (@JohnDanaher, 2019-Jan-30) |
| 791. | Leadership in the Age of Trump | Jess Phillips, Jon Barnes, Tania Branigan There are many who see Trump and Putin as a threat to world peace. But are they in power because we believe that strong leaders are good for us? Is it a mistake to imagine that leaders can solve all of our problems? Can we imagine a politics where we voted for policies rather than personalities? In this episode of Philosophy for our Times, outspoken Labour MP Jess Phillips, Guardian journalist and... (@IAI_TV, 43 minutes, 2019-Mar-05) |
| 792. | T. J. Kasperbauer, "Subhuman: The Moral Psychology of Human Attitudes Towards Animals" (Oxford UP, 2018) Non-human animals are companions, research subjects, creatures we fear, creatures we eat. Why do we put other animals in the various categories we do, and treat them in the various good and bad ways that we do? These are questions about human attitudes towards other animals, and the moral implications of those attitudes. In Subhuman: The Moral Psychology of Human Attitudes Towards Animals (Oxford ... (@NewBooksPhil, 63 minutes, 2019-Apr-10) |
| 793. | Glimpse: Sartre on Literature (for Partially Examined Life #212) Should literature be political? Jean-Paul Sartre thought that all literature is political, because of what literature is. That's a very weird-sounding view. Mark Linsenmayer from the Partially Examined Life philosophy podcast tries to make it sound like something you should at least consider. This is but a Glimpse. To hear the full Partial Examination of this book, visit partiallyexaminedlife.co... (@PartiallyExLife, 8 minutes, 2019-Apr-11) |
| 794. | Guilty Resentment, blame and guilt are generally placed on the negative side of the ledger of human emotions. Nobody particularly enjoys the way they feel. But they are morally important all the same, both in the public sphere and in the realm of interpersonal relationships. (@RadioNational, 28 minutes, 2019-Apr-28) |
| 795. | E30: The Imbalance of the Century - Zizek v. Peterson Who's interested in current events!? This week, the Dawdlers talk about the Slavoj Zizek/Jordan B. Peterson "debate": Happiness: Capitalism vs. Marxism. ...and there's not much else to say! So, declaw your lobsters and have a listen! (@dawdlerspodcast, 70 minutes, 2019-Apr-28) |
| 796. | The Digital Revolution | Interview with Jon Barnes Jon Barnes is a guest lecturer at the world's top business schools, innovator and author. In this exclusive interview, Jon shares with us how technology is already being used to shape the way we vote, organise and think about politics. From Democracy Squared to Tech Monopolies, Jon's work has focused on the relationship between technology and democracy and here he shares why he thinks we should be... (@IAI_TV, 11 minutes, 2019-Mar-01) |
| 797. | IDEOLOGY & BREXIT A conversation with Helen Thompson IDEOLOGY & BREXIT A conversation with Helen Thompson by Toby Buckle (@PolPhilPod, 85 minutes, 2019-Apr-21) |
| 798. | Thinking Across the World | Julian Baggini How have ideas across the world shaped the places from which they emerged? In this episode of Philosophy for our Times, author and philosopher Julian Baggini explores global thinking and its varied influence on our cultures, our ideals and how we see ourselves. In association with the New College of the Humanities. bit.ly/2FdPgLD (@IAI_TV, 33 minutes, 2019-Feb-26) |
| 799. | Episode 212: Sartre on Literature (Part Two) Continuing on What is Literature? (1948). Sartre gives a phenomenology of reading and writing that makes reading into a creative act of completing the writer's work, and calls this cooperation ethical: the work is an appeal to the reader's freedom, and also the reader's responsibility to then know what the work reveals. Are you shirking, all you skimmers? Start with part one, or get the unbroken, ... (@PartiallyExLife, 62 minutes, 2019-Apr-08) |
| 800. | Game of Thrones: Death and Morality ohhh trying to feed off some of that Game of Thrones final season hype. I discuss the meaning of death and the use of death in Game of Thrones. Tune in! Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/podcasts Thanks for listening, please subscribe, rate, and review! Support the Podcast and Gain Full Access: https://www.patreon.com/thephilosophyguy Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvqYKgKl... (@philosophyguy2, 17 minutes, 2019-Apr-16) |
| 801. | #049 Designing Your Life With Debbie Millman and Jacques Derrida In this episode you’ll hear how designing our lives can help us be happier. You’ll learn what the award winning design expert and podcast host Debbie Millman has to say about pursuing success and fame, and what the philosopher Jacques Derrida can teach us about meaning and giving voice to the voiceless. #thehappierhour Shownotes: thehappierhour.org Facebook: facebook.com/thehappierhour Instagram: ... (@MissMMcCarthy, 40 minutes, 2019-Apr-23) |
| 802. | 41 | Steven Strogatz on Synchronization, Networks, and the Emergence of Complex Behavior One of the most important insights in the history of science is the fact that complex behavior can arise from the undirected movements of small, simple systems. Despite the fact that we know this, we’re still working to truly understand it — to uncover the mechanisms by which, and conditions under which, complexity can emerge from simplicity. (Coincidentally, a new feature in Quanta on this preci... (@seanmcarroll, 75 minutes, 2019-Apr-08) |
| 803. | Bonus episode: Behind the scenes at our music and philosophy festival HowTheLightGetsIn! In this special bonus episode, we go behind the scenes of HowTheLightGetsIn, the world’s largest music and philosophy festival, to find out the philosophy behind the festival and hear from the producers about what speakers, ideas, music and comedy will be abuzz at HowTheLightGetsIn Hay 2019 from 24-27th May. Tickets here: https://howthelightgetsin.org/hay/ Or check our social media: ... (@IAI_TV, 9 minutes, 2019-Feb-22) |
| 804. | Social media: promoter of democratic participation or purveyor of violence? Can social media platforms be anything other than purveyors of violence in countries with deep and long-standing histories of ethnic-religious tensions? (@RadioNational, 45 minutes, 2019-Apr-24) |
| 805. | 39: The Authentic Encounter with Beth Benedix Beth Benedix is a professor of religious studies, world literature and community engagement and in her book Ghost Writer (A Story about Telling a Story), she explores the ethics of narrative. We covered some of the... The post 39: The Authentic Encounter with Beth Benedix appeared first on Examining Ethics. (@DePauwPrindle, 29 minutes, 2019-Apr-24) |
| 806. | 0G54: The Fifth Element and Manacheanism Well, it looks like we're taking another beloved classic and ruining it with our patented ruining sauce. I'm not sure if that makes us team good or team evil, or maybe it proves that those things make no sense, like this movie. Of course we save most of the darkness for after dark and focus on a debate over the nature of evil between Manachean dualism and St. Augustine's "absence of good" model of... (@0gPhilosophy, 44 minutes, 2019-Apr-24) |
| 807. | Ep83 - Philosophy and Environmental Policy In episode 83 of Philosophy Bakes Bread, Eric Thomas Weber and Anthony Cashio interview Dr. Andrew Light on “Philosophy and Environmental Policy.” Dr. Light is University Professor of Philosophy, Public Policy, and Atmospheric Sciences and Director of the Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy at George Mason University. He is also Distinguished Senior Fellow at the World Resources Institute i... (@PhilosophyBB, 76 minutes, 2019-Mar-12) |
| 808. | What Is Justice? | Sarah Langford Can our legal system ever keep its promise of justice? In this episode of Philosophy for our Times, author of ‘In Your Defence’ Sarah Langford tells her story of a life in the courtroom, and shows us how our attitudes and actions can shape not only the outcome of a case, but the legal system itself. In association with the New College of the Humanities. bit.ly/2FdPgLD (@IAI_TV, 25 minutes, 2019-Feb-19) |
| 809. | Episode 59, God and Suffering: Live in Liverpool Believe it or not, humans have been debating questions concerning God for as long as couples have been discussing what they fancy for dinner. Does God exist? Is God all-power, all-knowing and all-loving? Shall we try that new Mexican restaurant on Bold Street? In this episode, we’re going to be discussing the existence of God in relation to the problem of evil, more specifically, on what has come ... (@ThePanpsycast, 50 minutes, 2019-Apr-21) |
| 810. | The Ethics of Stress, Resilience, and Moral Injury Among Police and Military Personnel Professor Seumas Miller sets out how the use of lethal and coercive forces may erode moral character and cause moral injury. According to leading psychiatrist Jonathan Shay whose patients are US war veterans, “Moral injury is an essential part of any combat trauma that leads to lifelong psychological injury. Veterans can usually recover from horror, fear and grief so long as ”what’s right” has als... (@ethicsinthenews, 56 minutes, 2019-Mar-26) |
| 811. | PHILOSOPHY & HARRY POTTER A Conversation With Brenden Weber I’m joined by Brenden Weber, host of the Philosophy Guy podcast. We chat about the current state of public philosophy from the podcasting community to the intellectual dark web. We then go into depth on his analysis of the moral philosophy of Harry Potter: Is death part of life - and accepting it a part of a moral life – or is it a problem to be solved? You can check out his podcast at: ... (@PolPhilPod, 65 minutes, 2019-Apr-17) |
| 812. | Do we Need Romance to be Happy? | Bella DePaulo, Anders Sandberg, Heidi Rice From medieval legends to Hollywood endings to the horoscope, we are led to believe that lifelong love means happiness. But a recent survey of 814 separate studies showed single people to be happier, more fulfilled and less stressed. Is it time to stop seeing romantic love as all-important? In this episode of Philosophy for our Times, psychologist and author of Singled Out Bella DePaulo, Oxford tra... (@IAI_TV, 34 minutes, 2019-Feb-12) |
| 813. | Michael Hannon, "What is the Point of Knowledge? A Function-First Epistemology" (Oxford UP, 2019) Epistemologists working traditional modes have sought to discover the necessary and sufficient conditions under which one has knowledge. This has led to several tricky philosophical problems. Perhaps most notorious of these are the problems concerning skepticism. It seems that any analysis of knowledge admits of cases where the analysis is satisfied and yet knowledge has not been secured. This... (@NewBooksPhil, 62 minutes, 2019-Apr-01) |
| 814. | Truth, Science and the Universe | Peter Atkins, Sophia Roosth, Tim Lewens Where once we made sense of the world using the idea of God, most of us now believe in a more scientific story, of an unfolding universe and evolution. Yet scientists increasingly see their theories as useful models rather than ultimate accounts. Is science then just another human description limited by language, culture and circumstance? In this episode of Philosophy for our Times, author of Conj... (@IAI_TV, 37 minutes, 2019-Feb-05) |
| 815. | EV - 087 35mm of Void Our guest this week is Brenden Webber of the Philosophy Guy Podcast. We each list our top 3 voidy films and discuss their merits that make them void worthy.Opening Invocation:Kafka's "A Little Fable"Making The Void Livable:The high school that put on a theatrical production of Alien. (@ETVPod, 46 minutes, 2019-Apr-11) |
| 816. | The Morality of the Tribe | David Miller, Natalie Cargill, Peter Tatchell We think everyone should be treated equally. Yet we also think we are right to care most about our family, our friends and our lovers, and 82% of charitable donations in the UK are given to the causes closest to home. Should we just accept that our ethics are in practice tribal? In this episode of Philosophy for our Times, barrister and founder of Effective Giving UK Natalie Cargill, Oxford politi... (@IAI_TV, 40 minutes, 2019-Jan-29) |
| 817. | Name of God (2019) A few days after the New Zealand Mosque massacre, Dr. Thaya Ashman heard about a woman who was too afraid to come out in public in her hijab for fear of being targeted. So Dr. Ashman had an idea to invite every person in New Zealand to wear a headscarf in public. The result was quite different from what happened in America three years ago, when a woman who tried to make a similar gesture of good w... (@HiPhiNation, 54 minutes, 2019-Mar-30) |
| 818. | Episode 212: Sartre on Literature (Part One) On Jean-Paul Sartre's What is Literature (1948), ch. 1 and 2. What's the purpose of literature? Why write prose as opposed to poetry? Sartre argues that while poetry is about the words themselves, prose is about the ideas, so it's necessarily political. A written work is essentially an ethical appeal for a reader to apply his or her own faculties and experiences to complete the work through the ac... (@PartiallyExLife, 53 minutes, 2019-Apr-01) |
| 819. | PREVIEW-(sub)Text#5: Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" Wes Alwan is joined by Monica McCarthy of the Happier Hour podcast to discuss Anton Chekhov's 1898 play about family dysfunction and potentially wasting your life. This is a preview of a 54-minute discussion. You can listen to the whole thing by becoming a PEL Citizen or $5 Patreon supporter. Visit partiallyexaminedlife.com/support to learn how. (@PartiallyExLife, 8 minutes, 2019-Apr-01) |
| 820. | #048 Doubt Q&A: On Skepticism, Cynicism, and Optimism In this episode you’ll hear how a 14th century Franciscan friar can teach us to make better choices, and what cynicism, skepticism, and optimism have in common with science, Socrates, and musical theater. This is the audience Q&A portion of the event on DOUBT featuring philosophy professor Nick Pappas and molecular biologist turned science advocate, Maryam Zaringhalam. #TheHappierHour Shownotes: t... (@MissMMcCarthy, 30 minutes, 2019-Apr-18) |
| 821. | Ep87 - Going to College in the Sixties In this 87th episode of Philosophy Bakes Bread Eric Thomas Weber and Anthony Cashio interview Dr. John Thelin, University Research Professor of Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation at the University of Kentucky and author of Going to College in the Sixties. John is an historian and author of many books, including his widely read and studied A History of American Higher Education. He was honor... (@PhilosophyBB, 64 minutes, 2019-Mar-04) |
| 822. | Episode 62 - Denny Borsboom On Episode 62, Nick chats with Dr. Denny Borsboom, Professor of Psychology and program leader of the Psychological Methods Group at the University of Amsterdam, about how he applies philosophy of science to to his research in psychological methods, conceptual issues in contemporary psychometrics, and his influential work on network approaches to psychopathology. (@SciPhiPod, 2019-Apr-08) |
| 823. | 40 | Adrienne Mayor on Gods and Robots in Ancient Mythology The modern world is full of technology, and also with anxiety about technology. We worry about robot uprisings and artificial intelligence taking over, and we contemplate what it would mean for a computer to be conscious or truly human. It should probably come as no surprise that these ideas aren’t new to modern society — they go way back, at least to the stories and mythologies of ancient Greece.... (@seanmcarroll, 63 minutes, 2019-Apr-01) |
| 824. | Rationally Speaking #231 - Helen Toner on "Misconceptions about China and artificial intelligence" Helen Toner, the director of strategy at Georgetown's Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET), shares her observations from the last few years of talking with AI scientists and policymakers in the US and China. (@Rspodcast, 59 minutes, 2019-Apr-16) |
| 825. | Episode 161: Reach-Around Knowledge and Bottom Performers (The Dunning-Kruger Effect) The less we know, the more we know it. David and Tamler talk about the notorious Dunning-Kruger effect, which makes us overconfident in beliefs on topics we're ignorant about and under-confident when we're experts. Plus, we break down an evolutionary psychology article on why poor men and hungry men prefer women with big breasts. Trust us, it's a really bad study. We're sure about it. (@verybadwizards, 85 minutes, 2019-Apr-02) |
| 826. | Ben Shapiro's "The Right Side of History": Analyzed Sooo I read Ben Shapiro's new book, The Right Side of History, friends! Well, now let me provide my analysis of his philosophical arguments. Tune in! Thanks for listening, please subscribe, rate, and review! Support the Podcast and Gain Full Access: https://www.patreon.com/thephilosophyguy Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvqYKgKlEBRf4658pc8NeTw Merch: https://teespring.com/store... (@philosophyguy2, 26 minutes, 2019-Apr-07) |
| 827. | 0G53: Zima Blue and Projects of Worth Welcome to the beginning of our show's blue period. Until I decide otherwise we'll only be doing sci-fi that's blue themed. Waterworld. The Shape of Water. Mr. MeSeeks. Yellow Submarine. Don't worry, there will be some deeper meaning to it all that you'll probably fail to grasp but will pretend you understand at parties. Okay, enough meta, we're doing the Zima Blue episode from the Netflix series ... (@0gPhilosophy, 38 minutes, 2019-Apr-17) |
| 828. | Episode 58, ‘The Idealism and Pantheism of May Sinclair’ with Emily Thomas (Part II) Emily Thomas is an Assistant Professor in Philosophy at Durham University; whose work focuses primarily on the history of metaphysics and the metaphysics of space and time. Thomas’ work in these areas has had a great impact, most notably, through her 2018 books Absolute Time: Rifts in Early Modern British Metaphysics and Early Modern Women on Metaphysics. In this episode, we’ll be discussing Emily... (@ThePanpsycast, 41 minutes, 2019-Apr-14) |
| 829. | EV - 086 Buckle Up, We're Talking Politics This week we're joined by Toby Buckle of the Political Philosophy Podcast. We discuss the role of language in political debate. Special thanks to Toby for supplying us with his backup audio and special thanks to Brian Ziegenhagen for editing the show.Opening Invocation:Jake the Fake JakePolitical Philosophy Podcast: https://www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/ (@ETVPod, 63 minutes, 2019-Apr-05) |
| 830. | Episode 211: Sartre on Racism and Authenticity (Part Three) Moving finally on to Jean-Paul Sartre's "Black Orpheus" (1948), where he introduces a book of black poetry by praising its revolutionary spirit as embodied in "negritude." Is this a legitimate consciousness-raising exercise or a weird fetishization of blackness? Listen to parts one and two first, or get the ad-free, unbroken Citizen Edition, which will also get you access to (sub)Text#5 on Checkho... (@PartiallyExLife, 69 minutes, 2019-Mar-25) |
| 831. | Shorts - E17: Life is Meaningless Do you laugh in the face of the abyss? Or do you sob uncontrollably? Either way, it doesn't matter you tiny speck of nothing! In this Short, the Dawdlers use Thomas Nagel's 1971 paper "The Absurd" as a guide for a discussion of the meaning of life (or something like that). Enjoy the discussion or cry yourself to sleep while listening. It doesn't matter. Nothing does!! -Ye olde Dawdlers (@dawdlerspodcast, 35 minutes, 2019-Apr-15) |
| 832. | Nutting it out How are your critical thinking skills? Fine, you say. Everybody sees themselves as a competent critical thinker. But when you break critical thinking down to its component skills, it turns out to be more complicated and difficult than you might expect. (@RadioNational, 28 minutes, 2019-Apr-14) |
| 833. | 39 | Malcolm MacIver on Sensing, Consciousness, and Imagination Consciousness has many aspects, from experience to wakefulness to self-awareness. One aspect is imagination: our minds can conjure up multiple hypothetical futures to help us decide which choices we should make. Where did that ability come from? Today’s guest, Malcolm MacIver, pinpoints an important transition in the evolution of consciousness to when fish first climbed on to land, and could sudde... (@seanmcarroll, 80 minutes, 2019-Mar-25) |
| 834. | Jordan Peele's 'Us': Philosophy, Symbolism, and Self-Examination Jordan Peele has done it again in this one. The creator of Get Out has made a great film full of deeper meanings and thoughtful symbolism. I take a look at his recent film 'Us' that has been all the rage. How does the film force us to examine not only ourselves but society itself? Tune in! Thanks for listening, please subscribe, rate, and review! Support the Podcast and Gain Full Access: http... (@philosophyguy2, 14 minutes, 2019-Apr-02) |
| 835. | Futurism, Fascism, & Other Audience Questions. I take questions from Facebook and twitter on Ancient Stoic Philosophers, J S Mill, randomization in democracy, ethical consumerism, futuristic concerns about body modification and if fascism is left wing or right wing. (@PolPhilPod, 51 minutes, 2019-Apr-07) |
| 836. | Ep82 - BC16 - On Addams and Dewey In this 82nd episode of Philosophy Bakes Bread and our 16th “breadcrumb” episode, Eric Thomas Weber and Anthony Cashio invite Dr. Marilyn Fischer back on the show to talk about the relationship between Jane Addams and John Dewey. As a reminder, Marilyn is a Professor Emerita at the University of Dayton where she specializes in political philosophy and American Pragmatism. She focuses especially o... (@PhilosophyBB, 17 minutes, 2019-Feb-09) |
| 837. | Discussion of Massive Online Peer Review and Open Access Publishing In the information age, knowledge is power. Hence, facilitating the access to knowledge to wider publics empowers citizens and makes societies more democratic. How can publishers and authors contribute to this process? This podcast addresses this issue. We interview Professor Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick, whose book, The Good Drone: How Social Movements Democratize Surveillance (forthcoming with MIT Pr... (@NewBooksPhil, 32 minutes, 2019-Mar-19) |
| 838. | Ep81 - BC15 - Listener Vmail: Addams on Immigrants from Europe versus Africa In this 81st episode of Philosophy Bakes Bread and our 15th “breadcrumb” episode, Eric Thomas Weber and Anthony Cashio invite Dr. Marilyn Fischer back on the show to talk about a great voicemail message that we received from Dr. Vance Ricks of Gilford College, who had called in about Marilyn's first chat with us, in episode 67. As a reminder, Marilyn is a Professor Emerita at the University of Da... (@PhilosophyBB, 25 minutes, 2019-Jan-25) |
| 839. | The Forever War This year will mark the 18th anniversary of the war in Afghanistan, the forever war characterized by regime change, a surge, drawdowns, and then re-engagement across three Presidential administrations. We take a retrospective of the entire war, from the forgotten events of the lead-up to its total financial and moral costs to date. Journalist Douglas Wissing and Professor Neta Crawford of the Cost... (@HiPhiNation, 50 minutes, 2019-Mar-16) |
| 840. | Episode 113: Tom Pashby discusses quantum mechanics In this episode, Tom Pashby explains how quantum physics is different from theories that came before, and runs through some of the ways that philosophers and physicists have tried to make intuitive sense of this challenging framework. (@ElucidationsPod, 36 minutes, 2019-Apr-08) |
| 841. | What are the limits of Australia’s obligations to its citizens? Do modern nation-states have persistent obligations to their citizens, even when those citizens engage in behaviour that seems to deny their membership to that political community? (@RadioNational, 41 minutes, 2019-Apr-10) |
| 842. | Episode 58, ‘The Idealism and Pantheism of May Sinclair’ with Emily Thomas (Part I) Emily Thomas is an Assistant Professor in Philosophy at Durham University; whose work focuses primarily on the history of metaphysics and the metaphysics of space and time. Thomas’ work in these areas has had a great impact, most notably, through her 2018 books Absolute Time: Rifts in Early Modern British Metaphysics and Early Modern Women on Metaphysics. In this episode, we’ll be discussing Emily... (@ThePanpsycast, 46 minutes, 2019-Apr-07) |
| 843. | Episode 211: Sartre on Racism and Authenticity (Part Two) Continuing on Jean-Paul Sartre's Anti-Semite and Jew: An Exploration of the Etiology of Hate (1946). Is there an "authentic" way to respond to persecution? As part of his critique of anti-semitism, Sartre criticized the responses of some Jews to this situation, e.g. denying that the persecution exists, pretending to not be Jewish, or in any way accepting the terms of anti-semitism and setting up o... (@PartiallyExLife, 48 minutes, 2019-Mar-18) |
| 844. | 0G52: Infinity Wars and Overpopulation Lemme just get my witty banter beard on: Hey kids, do you like violence? Want to see Murtle the turtle stick needles in Dr. Strange's eyelids? Sorry, not current enough pop culture reference? How bout this? What's big, purple, has a jewelry fetish, and makes some really sound points about overpopulation? That's right! A Kardashian Oompa loompa. Too many references mashed together? Okay, how bou... (@0gPhilosophy, 42 minutes, 2019-Apr-10) |
| 845. | Is there a Moral Problem with the Gig Economy? Is 'gig work' exploitative and injust? In this New St Cross Special Ethics Seminar, Daniel Halliday examines the common concerns from an ethical perspective. Recent advances in communication economy have created new ways for consumers to access service labour. Those who own the platforms associated with these services typically do not employ their workers, but treat them as freelance or 'gig' wor... (@ethicsinthenews, 41 minutes, 2019-Mar-04) |
| 846. | 38 | Alan Lightman on Transcendence, Science, and a Naturalist’s Sense of Meaning Let’s say, for sake of argument, that you don’t believe in God or the supernatural. Is there still a place for talking about transcendence, the sacred, and meaning in life? Some of the above, but not all? Today’s guest, Alan Lightman, brings a unique perspective to these questions, as someone who has worked within both the sciences and the humanities at the highest level. In his most recent book, ... (@seanmcarroll, 77 minutes, 2019-Mar-18) |
| 847. | LIBERTARIANISM 4 The Nature Of Change In the finale I continue the story of liberalism vs libertarianism into the middle of the twentieth century. We explore the Keynes vs Hayek debate, the formulation of the modern welfare state and the 1945 general election. The finale also covers the different battlegrounds of ideological competition and ends by arguing for a particular understanding of what political change is and how it is poss... (@PolPhilPod, 126 minutes, 2019-Apr-02) |
| 848. | Episode 61 - David Papineau On Episode 61, Nick chats with Dr. David Papineau, Professor of Philosophy of Science at King's College London and the City University of New York Graduate Center, about stories from his early days studying the logic of statistical inference under Ian Hacking, his work on philosophical naturalism, teleosemantics, and consciousness, and how he came to write his most recent book, “Knowing the Score:... (@SciPhiPod, 91 minutes, 2019-Mar-25) |
| 849. | Bad Philosophy: God's Not Dead Ohhh I cover some horrendous argumentation in this one. Does God's Not Dead prove the existence of God? No. The God's Not Dead film pretends to argue for the existence of God honestly...I explain why that is definitely not the case. Let's talk some philosophy, tune in! Thanks for listening, please subscribe, rate, and review! Support the Podcast and Gain Full Access: https://www.patreon.com/t... (@philosophyguy2, 25 minutes, 2019-Mar-26) |
| 850. | Artificial intelligence, real emotions Artificial intelligence is pretty impressive these days. An AI robot can interact with humans in ways that give a strong impression of empathy, intellectual engagement and independent thought. A robot can smile, frown and respond to emotional cues offered by human faces and voices. But can it experience real emotions of its own? (@RadioNational, 28 minutes, 2019-Apr-07) |
| 851. | Episode 160: Everything is Meaningless: The Book of Ecclesiastes David and Tamler dive into the book of Ecclesiastes, an absurdist classic that is somehow also a book of the Bible. Is everything meaningless, vain, and a chasing after the wind? Are humans just the same as animals? Are wise people no better off than fools? Will God judge us after we die, rewarding the good people and punishing the shit-heels? What if there is no afterlife and this is all we get? ... (@verybadwizards, 94 minutes, 2019-Mar-19) |
| 852. | Shorts - E16: The Good Life One way or many ways or any ways... Is there a recipe to live The Good Life? (@dawdlerspodcast, 18 minutes, 2019-Apr-07) |
| 853. | Elizabeth Schechter, "Self-Consciousness and Split Brains: The Mind's I" (Oxford UP, 2018) Human brains have two hemispheres whose major connection is the corpus callosum, which enables information to be shared between the hemispheres. Split-brain subjects are people whose corpus callosum has been surgically cut to alleviate epilepsy. This and other similar operations or conditions yield an odd phenomenon in which the patient appears to be two agents: for example, in controlled experime... (@NewBooksPhil, 66 minutes, 2019-Mar-11) |
| 854. | Constellary Tales #6: Philip K. Dick's "Minority Report" (PEL Crossover Special) PEL's Mark Linsenmayer joins hosts Ken Gerber and Brian Hirt to weigh in on the philosophical implications of precognitive crime fighting in Philip K. Dick's "The Minority Report." Brian quizzes Mark and Ken on PKD movie trivia. Get more Constellary Tales podcasts, and read original sf in the magazine at constellary.com. Listen to PEL #175 on Blade Runner. (@PartiallyExLife, 59 minutes, 2019-Mar-11) |
| 855. | Episode 211: Sartre on Racism and Authenticity (Part One) On Jean-Paul Sartre's Anti-Semite and Jew: An Exploration of the Etiology of Hate (1946) and "Black Orpheus" (1948). How can we best understand the psychology of racism? Sartre condemns anti-Semitism as denying the facts of the human condition: the responsibility for fixing problems and not blaming them on a demonized other. But he also criticizes "the democrat" for a humanism that pretends we're ... (@PartiallyExLife, 59 minutes, 2019-Mar-11) |
| 856. | 37 | Edward Watts on the End of the Roman Republic and Lessons for Democracy When many of us think “Ancient Rome,” we think of the Empire and the Caesars. But the Empire was preceded by the Roman Republic, which flourished for a full five centuries. Why, after such a long and prosperous run, would an essentially democratic form of government change — with a good deal of approval from its citizens — into an autocracy? That’s the question I discuss with today’s guest, histor... (@seanmcarroll, 91 minutes, 2019-Mar-11) |
| 857. | Rationally Speaking #230 - Kelsey Piper on “Big picture journalism: covering the topics that matter in the long run” This episode features journalist Kelsey Piper, blogger and journalist for "Future Perfect," a new site focused on topics that impact the long-term future of the world. (@Rspodcast, 53 minutes, 2019-Apr-02) |
| 858. | We Are Not Good Hmmm, I give off a little bit of my opinion in this one. Just went down the rabbit hole. I'm posting because I want all your thoughts. How good are we? When I hear this question, I want my gut reaction to be yes, of course, we are good! But the thinking side of me starts to take over, ‘but is this the case?’ Thanks for listening, please subscribe, rate, and review! Support the Podcast and G... (@philosophyguy2, 13 minutes, 2019-Mar-21) |
| 859. | Episode 57, ‘Pantheism: Personhood, Consciousness and God’ with Sam Coleman (Part II) Specialising in philosophy of mind, Sam Coleman is a reader in philosophy at the University of Hertfordshire. Coleman’s main work centres around questions concerning consciousness, predominantly, on what has come to be known as ‘the hard problem of consciousness’. To paraphrase Colin McGinn, the problem can be summarised as follows: how does soggy grey matter give rise to vivid technicolour experi... (@ThePanpsycast, 36 minutes, 2019-Mar-31) |
| 860. | 0G51: The Ricklantis Mixup and Artistic Improvement After a trilogy like this, what is left to be said? All the references have been made. All the Chidi'ing about better and worse art. And lets all be honest, after pouring our hearts into these episodes, we all know the buzz will be 95% about what we're doing next week, so go ahead and scroll on down. You've earned it. Tradition and the Individual talent: https://www.bartleby.com/200/sw4.html Supp... (@0gPhilosophy, 46 minutes, 2019-Apr-03) |
| 861. | Episode 60 - James "Jack" Justus On Episode 60, Nick chats with Dr. James “Jack” Justus, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Floria State University, about how his early interest in the outdoors led to his work in the philosophy of conservation ecology, his heroic attempt to integrate decision theory and environmental ethics, and his upcoming book on the philosophy of ecology. (@SciPhiPod, 89 minutes, 2019-Mar-18) |
| 862. | No Offense What if you could sue someone for calling you a racial slur? In the 90s, one country that always looked very similar to America decided to allow it, rolling back the rights to free speech in the interest of protecting victims of hate speech. Is the result a slippery slope to government tyranny, or a more harmonious society? The moral right to hate speech does not run as deep in the U.S. as most pe... (@HiPhiNation, 48 minutes, 2019-Mar-02) |
| 863. | The Salvation Agenda: The Politics of Medical Humanitarianism During Zimbabwe's Cholera Outbreak 2008/09 In this New St Cross Special Ethics Seminar, Simukai Chigudu examines the humanitarian politics of responding to the most catastrophic cholera outbreak in African history. The paper demonstrates how humanitarian relief operations are riven by competing claims to leadership, authority and legitimacy but often converge on the ineluctable logic of saving lives - 'the salvation agenda'. Nevertheless, ... (@ethicsinthenews, 51 minutes, 2019-Feb-12) |
| 864. | Examining Yourself: Is the Self an Illusion? Hello everyone! A big announcement in this one friends. Plus, some audio to let you know what the heck I'm talking about. Yeet, Youtube channel!!!! Please subscribe, give a thumbs up, and watch the video to help support! Link: https://youtu.be/2PLAu5lj2iw (@philosophyguy2, 10 minutes, 2019-Mar-18) |
| 865. | Episode 210: Frantz Fanon's Black Existentialism (Part Two) Continuing on Black Skin White Masks (1952), starting with the influential ch. 4 "The Fact of Blackness." Are the successive coping strategies to racism (including "anti-racist racism" and embrace of negritude) that Fanon describes necessary steps in a dialectic which should be encouraged, or would it be best to learn from his "mistakes" and jump right to the humanistic end-point? With guest Lawre... (@PartiallyExLife, 64 minutes, 2019-Mar-04) |
| 866. | BREXIT, IRELAND, AND THE CONSTITUTION - A Conversation With Cathy Barry What does Brexit mean for peace in Ireland, Parliamentary democracy, and the British constitution? How should we think about the motivations and actions of all involved? Is there any way forward from here? Cathy Barry joins the podcast to help me make sense of it all. Cathy is editor of the Irish philosophy blog www.irishphilosophy.com You can follow her on twitter @cathyby and @irishphiloso... (@PolPhilPod, 115 minutes, 2019-Mar-24) |
| 867. | Guy Axtell, "Problems of Religious Luck: Assessing the Limits of Reasonable Religious Disagreement" (Lexington, 2019) Our lives are shot through with contingency – where, when, and into what circumstances we are born is largely a matter of chance. And yet those features play determining roles in our lives. The languages we speak, the customs we practice, as well as our tastes and ambitions, all seem to depend largely on luck. In many cases, this is also true of our religious convictions. Hence a puzzle: it is com... (@NewBooksPhil, 62 minutes, 2019-Mar-01) |
| 868. | The ecology of torture Who is responsible for acts of torture? Individual perpetrators, certainly. But focusing on the guilt of individuals can lead us to miss the significance of context - social, political, cultural, the "ecology" of complex circumstances within which practices of torture occur. (@RadioNational, 28 minutes, 2019-Mar-31) |
| 869. | 36 | David Albert on Quantum Measurement and the Problems with Many-Worlds Quantum mechanics is our best theory of how reality works at a fundamental level, yet physicists still can’t agree on what the theory actually says. At the heart of the puzzle is the “measurement problem”: what actually happens when we observe a quantum system, and why do we apparently need separate rules when it happens? David Albert is one of the leading figures in the foundations of quantum mec... (@seanmcarroll, 103 minutes, 2019-Mar-04) |
| 870. | EV - 085 This Rand Is My Rand Aaron just couldn't get enough Ayn Rand from episode 83 that we decided to revisit one of her main philosophical principles: Egoism. We attempt to steel bot the idea and then tear it down to pieces.Opening Invocation:Ricklantis MixupMaking The Void Livable:Rock Climbing (@ETVPod, 62 minutes, 2019-Mar-17) |
| 871. | Shorts - E15: Health What's a healthy podcast release schedule? We sure don't know but are trying to figure it out! (@dawdlerspodcast, 21 minutes, 2019-Mar-31) |
| 872. | #047 Weird Science With Karl Popper and Maryam Zaringhalam In this episode you’ll learn the difference between science and pseudoscience and how the philosopher Karl Popper radically changed how we view both. You’ll also hear from molecular biologist turned science advocate, Maryam Zaringhalam, about why diversity is imperative for progress, and how all of us can (and should) ward off science skeptics in order for all of us to be happier. #thehappierhour ... (@MissMMcCarthy, 35 minutes, 2019-Mar-26) |
| 873. | Episode 159: You Have the Right to Go to Prison Poor and black defendants have more legal rights than ever, but that didn't stop mass incarceration. Why is that? We talk about a paper by Paul Butler called "Poor People Lose: Gideon and the Critique of Rights." Plus, we answer the question that’s on everyone’s mind: how to live as an anti-natalist. And Tamler is appalled to discover David's anti-natalist leanings. (@verybadwizards, 76 minutes, 2019-Mar-05) |
| 874. | Episode 210: Frantz Fanon's Black Existentialism (Part One) On Black Skin White Masks (1952). How does growing up in a racist society mess people up? Fanon's "clinical study" includes phenomenology, poetry, and a lot of existentialism, which means that the "let's embrace negritude in the face of bigotry" solution isn't ultimately available to him: We're all radically free, with no race-specific essence, whether positive or negative. With guest Lawrence War... (@PartiallyExLife, 53 minutes, 2019-Feb-25) |
| 875. | Spider-Man: The Growing Pains of Life I talk some Spider-Man in this one friends! More so focussing on the new one, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Anyway, how does this film connect with the audience? It connects with everyone, that's the point. But what does this connection do for our lives? What does it force us to examine? Tune in! Thanks for listening, please subscribe, rate, and review! Support the Podcast and Gain Full A... (@philosophyguy2, 12 minutes, 2019-Mar-13) |
| 876. | Episode 57, ‘Pantheism: Personhood, Consciousness and God’ with Sam Coleman (Part I) Specialising in philosophy of mind, Sam Coleman is a reader in philosophy at the University of Hertfordshire. Coleman’s main work centres around questions concerning consciousness, predominantly, on what has come to be known as ‘the hard problem of consciousness’. To paraphrase Colin McGinn, the problem can be summarised as follows: how does soggy grey matter give rise to vivid technicolour experi... (@ThePanpsycast, 43 minutes, 2019-Mar-24) |
| 877. | Podchaser Interview of Mark Linsenmayer: Partially Examined Life and Nakedly Examined Music Morgan DeLisle, writer for the PodChaser "Behind the Streams Blog," interviewed Mark for a feature of our podcasts. Learn about the origins of PEL and NEM, how we make the shows, and what's coming up. Listen to all of the PEL network podcasts at partiallyexaminedlife.com, or subscribe to them individually on Apple Podcasts or via your preferred player. (@PartiallyExLife, 39 minutes, 2019-Feb-23) |
| 878. | Ethan Mills, "Three Pillars of Skepticism in Classical India: Nagarjuna, Jayarasi, and Sri Harsa" (Lexington Books, 2018) Skepticism has a long history in the Western tradition, from Pyrrhonian Skepticism in the Hellenistic period to more contemporary forms of skepticism most often used as foils to theories of knowledge. The existence of skepticism in Indian Philosophy, however, has long been neglected in favor of dogmatic positions. In Three Pillars of Skepticism in Classical India: Nagarjuna, Jayarasi, and Sri Hars... (@NewBooksPhil, 67 minutes, 2019-Feb-20) |
| 879. | Risky Business How many innocent people should we be allowed to arrest and jail in order to prevent a single dangerous person from being free? The Supreme Court has refused to answer this question, but algorithms have, and many courts across the country are going with the algorithm. At different stages of the criminal justice system, computerized risk-assessment algorithms are slowly replacing bail hearings ... (@HiPhiNation, 49 minutes, 2019-Feb-16) |
| 880. | 35 | Jessica Yellin on The Changing Ways We Get Our News Everything we think about the world outside our immediate senses is shaped by information brought to us by other sources. In the case of what’s currently happening to the human race, we call that information “the news.” There is no such thing as “unfiltered” news — no matter how we get it, someone is deciding what information to convey and how to convey it. And the way that is happening is current... (@seanmcarroll, 69 minutes, 2019-Feb-25) |
| 881. | Why does antisemitism cut across the political spectrum? Why is it that most other forms of racist contempt can find a place in the diseased branches of antisemitism? (@RadioNational, 45 minutes, 2019-Mar-27) |
| 882. | 0G50: The Ricklantis Mixup and Aesthetic Objectivity Now that the exposition zone is done, this seems like a time for a drink and a wild, twisty podcast with elitist overtones. A podcast about art, about objectivity, references, poetry! Podcasts are for philosophizing, and now is the time for Aesthetics! ::cue the creepy Morty music:: Tradition and the Individual talent: https://www.bartleby.com/200/sw4.html Support us at Patreon: https://www.patre... (@0gPhilosophy, 41 minutes, 2019-Mar-27) |
| 883. | Listener Qs 8 We survived another nominal gauntlet! Thanks again to everyone who contributes to the collective in any form. We'll merge into Roko's Basilisk in no time. Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/985828008244018/ Email us... (@0gPhilosophy, 48 minutes, 2019-Mar-27) |
| 884. | 38: A Story about Telling a Story (about Telling a Story) with Beth Benedix Humans are captivated by stories. Stories draw people in–they take raw facts and infuse them with meaning and significance. But is it acceptable to take the facts of someone’s life and turn them into an entertaining... The post 38: A Story about Telling a Story (about Telling a Story) with Beth Benedix appeared first on Examining Ethics. (@DePauwPrindle, 29 minutes, 2019-Mar-27) |
| 885. | Into The Void - A Conversation With ETV's Aaron R (2) Without free will or agency is morality possible? What could we ever really say we know about morality, is such knowledge possible and how would we go about knowing it? I go deep in my second part with Aaron from the Embrace The Void podcast. https://voidpod.com https://www.patreon.com/PoliticalPhilosophyPodcast (@PolPhilPod, 52 minutes, 2019-Mar-17) |
| 886. | Episode 209: Francis Fukuyama on Identity Politics (Part Two: Discussion) Continuing on Identity: The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment (2018). Fukuyama recommends a "creedal national identity" as a solution for tribalism; does this work? Is this "demand for recognition" that he describes foundational for the act of making an ethical claim? For self-consciousness itself? How does ideology prejudice the sort of theorizing that Fukuyama engages in? Listen ... (@PartiallyExLife, 86 minutes, 2019-Feb-18) |
| 887. | EV - 084 Free Will Wheaton Here to have out age old battle of free will with Aaron is none other than Darron (@NecessaryBeing). They get into the weeds discussing free will, determinism, and if it's possible for there to be a spectrum.Opening Invocation:Deacon of Doubt @DeaconDoubt (@ETVPod, 48 minutes, 2019-Mar-09) |
| 888. | Jonathan Birch, "The Philosophy of Social Evolution" (Oxford UP, 2017) It seems to go against evolutionary theory for an individual to give up its own chances at reproducing in order to increase the fitness of others. Yet social behavior is found throughout nature, from bacteria and social insects to wolves, whales, and of course humans. What makes self-sacrifice to any degree even possible, given that self-interested behavior is the default? In The Philosophy of Soc... (@NewBooksPhil, 63 minutes, 2019-Feb-11) |
| 889. | Techne-logy The ancient Greek root of our word "technology" is techne, which means "craftsmanship" or "art". In a world where technology today is thought of in mechanistic terms - consumer items that simply appear in our lives and perform certain functions - is it time we rediscovered the techne behind its development? (@RadioNational, 28 minutes, 2019-Mar-24) |
| 890. | 34 | Paul Bloom on Empathy, Rationality, Morality, and Cruelty Within every person’s mind there is on ongoing battle between reason and emotion. It’s not always a battle, of course; very often the two can work together. But at other times, our emotions push us toward actions that our reason would counsel against. Paul Bloom is a well-known psychologist and author who wrote the provocatively-titled book Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion, and is... (@seanmcarroll, 71 minutes, 2019-Feb-18) |
| 891. | (Bonus) The Battle over CSOCs On this bonus episode, I go into some of the history between the LAPD police commission and the Stop LAPD Spying Coalition, and feature some of the tape from the Central station CSOC protest that didn't make it into the episode, including some creepy stuff that happened toward the end of the protest. I then talk to Sarah Brayne about the possibility of using surveillance technology to monitor the ... (@HiPhiNation, 18 minutes, 2019-Feb-02) |
| 892. | The Precrime Unit Predictive policing technology is spreading across the country, and Los Angeles is the epicenter. A small group of LA activists are in a lopsided campaign against billions of dollars in city, federal, and Silicon Valley money using algorithms to predict where and when the next crime is going to occur, and even who the perpetrators are going to be. Barry embeds with the Stop LAPD Spying coalition f... (@HiPhiNation, 48 minutes, 2019-Jan-31) |
| 893. | Shorts - E14: Fairness This week the Dawdlers talk about Fairness. Medieval fairs, County fairs...everything... (@dawdlerspodcast, 23 minutes, 2019-Mar-24) |
| 894. | Episode 209: Guest Francis Fukuyama on Identity Politics (Part One) Talking to the author about Identity: The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment (2018). What motivates people? Frank points to thymos, the demand for recognition, as at the root of both the "end of history" (i.e., democracy as demand for equal recognition) and our current tribalist stalemates, involving desires to be seen—in virtue of group membership—as superior. Thymos may in fact be... (@PartiallyExLife, 63 minutes, 2019-Feb-11) |
| 895. | Stoic Lessons for a Toxic Political Climate Woooo, I try to get all Stoic in this one friend. I found some interesting quotes that made me think of our terrible current state of political discourse. Listen in for some Stoic lessons to consider before your next political debate with your neighbor. Thanks for listening, please subscribe, rate, and review! Support the Podcast and Gain Full Access: https://www.patreon.com/thephilosophyguy ... (@philosophyguy2, 16 minutes, 2019-Mar-05) |
| 896. | Henry S. Richardson, "Articulating the Moral Community: Toward a Constructive Ethical Pragmatism" (Oxford UP, 2018) Even those among us who think that morality is rooted in timeless normative truths will acknowledge that the overall moral fabric that binds us to one another is subject to various kinds of renovation and expansion. To take a simplistic example, the advent of the Internet has occasioned a host of new moral concepts attuned to the new ways in which people are able to treat each other -- think of ... (@NewBooksPhil, 72 minutes, 2019-Feb-01) |
| 897. | #046 Doubt With Socrates and Nick Pappas In this episode you’ll hear the philosophical history of “doubt” and learn why a healthy dose of skepticism can help us face our fears in work and life today. Philosophy professor Nick Pappas and host Monica McCarthy chat about Socrates’ contributions to the topic of doubt and how we can apply his lessons in order to live more well-examined lives. #TheHappierHour TheHappierHour.org Facebook: @TheH... (@MissMMcCarthy, 39 minutes, 2019-Mar-19) |
| 898. | Rationally Speaking #229 - John Nerst on "Erisology, the study of disagreement" This episode features John Nerst, data scientist and blogger at everythingstudies.com, discussing a potential new field called "erisology," the study of disagreement. (@Rspodcast, 65 minutes, 2019-Mar-19) |
| 899. | 33 | James Ladyman on Reality, Metaphysics, and Complexity Reality is a tricky thing. Is love real? What about the number 5? This is clearly a job for a philosopher, and James Ladyman is one of the world’s acknowledged experts. He and his collaborators have been championing a view known as “structural realism,” in which real things are those that reflect true, useful patterns in the underlying reality. We talk about that, but also about a couple of other ... (@seanmcarroll, 67 minutes, 2019-Feb-11) |
| 900. | Episode 208: Epicurus on Seeking Pleasure (Part Two) More on the ethics-related fragments of Epicurus and accounts by Martha Nussbaum and Tim O'Keefe. What would a purely therapeutic philosophy consist of? Does philosophy as pursuit of pleasure mean that you eschew political action or other substantial goals? Mark, Wes, and Dylan try to figure out which of our desires are vain and whether society is compatible with human happiness. Listen to part on... (@PartiallyExLife, 58 minutes, 2019-Feb-04) |
| 901. | Episode 59 - Branden Fitelson On Episode 59, Nick chats with Dr. Branden Fitelson, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Northeastern University, about his early days working in mathematics and physics as a research scientist at Argonne National Laboratory and a NASA contractor, his highly-social approach to doing and learning philosophy, his work on probability in scientific inference, the story of the Formal Epistemology ... (@SciPhiPod, 55 minutes, 2019-Feb-28) |
| 902. | Episode 56, ‘Utopia for Realists’ with Rutger Bregman (Part II) Rutger Bregman is a historian and author, best known for his bestselling book, Utopia for Realists: and how we can get there. Arguing for new utopian ideas such as a fifteen-hour work week and universal basic income, Utopia for Realists has been translated into over 30 different languages, making headlines and sparking movements across the world. Despite the fact we’ve never had it better, says Br... (@ThePanpsycast, 35 minutes, 2019-Mar-17) |
| 903. | Episode 158: False Dichotomies and Oral Reciprocity David and Tamler talk about the invasion of dual process theories in psychology. Why do we love theories that divide complex phenomena into just two categories? Is there any evidence to back up these theories? Are we distorting our understanding of the mind and morality? And what we can do to get out of this mess? Plus, Liam Neeson, moral pet peeves, and oral ethics. (@verybadwizards, 96 minutes, 2019-Feb-19) |
| 904. | Episode 208: Epicurus on Seeking Pleasure (Part One) On the extant fragments of Epicurus (341–270 BCE) dealing with ethics, including his "Letter to Menoceus," “The Principal Doctrines,” and “The Vatican Collection of Epicurean Sayings.” Plus Tim O’Keefe’s Epicureanism (2010) and Martha Nussabum’s The Therapy of Desire (1994). How are we supposed to act once we understand nature as atoms bouncing and swerving around in the void, temporarily producin... (@PartiallyExLife, 50 minutes, 2019-Jan-28) |
| 905. | EV - 083 Void Shrugged For our next installment of Better Know a Philosopher, we tackle Ayn Rand. We look at her life and work including Atlas Shrugged.Opening Invocation:Charles Bukowski (The Last Night of the Earth Poems)Making the Void Livable:Young people, like the ones who talking with Dianne Feinstein (@ETVPod, 62 minutes, 2019-Mar-03) |
| 906. | What does the Christchurch shooting demand of us? Why has it taken the sound of bullets fired and the sight of blood spilled to get some to see Muslims as fully human, as capable of placing demands on our attention or claims for our respect? (@RadioNational, 46 minutes, 2019-Mar-20) |
| 907. | MORAL LUCK A Conversation With ETV's Aaron Rabinowitz MORAL LUCK A Conversation With ETV's Aaron Rabinowitz by Toby Buckle (@PolPhilPod, 58 minutes, 2019-Mar-10) |
| 908. | 32 | Naomi Oreskes on Climate Change and the Distortion of Scientific Facts Our climate is in the midst of dramatic changes, driven largely by human activity, with potentially enormous consequences for humanity and other species. That’s why science tells us, anyway. But there is an influential contingent, especially in the United States, who deny that reality, and work hard to prevent policy action that might ameliorate it. Where did this resistance come from, and what ma... (@seanmcarroll, 70 minutes, 2019-Feb-04) |
| 909. | 0G49: The Ricklantis Mixup and Aesthetics, Part 1 Aw Jeez, we're grabbing all sorts of third rails on this one. We're doing a multi-parter on an episode of Rick and morty, some might say THE episode of Rick and Morty, and we're talking aesthetics, AND we're going to try to figure out why T.S. Eliot thinks art can't improve and what he means by that and is he right or is he proven wrong by Ricklantis being possibly the best episode of television e... (@0gPhilosophy, 41 minutes, 2019-Mar-20) |
| 910. | Listener Qs 7 No snark or satire or pop culture references here, just a big earnest thank you for supporting us and making all this possible. We've had so much fun and we've just barely scratched the surface. So yeah, thanks! Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): ht... (@0gPhilosophy, 46 minutes, 2019-Mar-20) |
| 911. | 31 | Brian Greene on the Multiverse, Inflation, and the String Theory Landscape String theory was originally proposed as a relatively modest attempt to explain some features of strongly-interacting particles, but before too long developed into an ambitious attempt to unite all the forces of nature into a single theory. The great thing about physics is that your theories don’t always go where you want them to, and string theory has had some twists and turns along the way. One ... (@seanmcarroll, 72 minutes, 2019-Jan-28) |
| 912. | Authenticity Melvyn Bragg and guests dicuss what it means to be oneself, a question explored by philosophers from Aristotle to the present day, including St Augustine, Kierkegaard, Heidegger and Sartre. In Hamlet, Polonius said 'To thine own self be true', but what is the self, and what does it mean to be true to it, and why should you be true? To Polonius, if you are true to yourself, ‘thou canst not be fal... (@BBCInOurTime, 51 minutes, 2019-Mar-14) |
| 913. | EV - 082 Heretic Life in Utah with Uncle Mark Joining us for this episode is Mark from the How To Heretic Podcast. We talk about Mark's experience as a gay man growing up in Utah, the Mormon church, Pride, and many other topics. (@ETVPod, 65 minutes, 2019-Feb-28) |
| 914. | Gina Rippon on the Myth of the Gendered Brain Do men and women have different brains? Jordan Peterson and the Google memo guy are pretty sure they do. Different chromosomes, different hormones = different brains. Right? Professor Gina Rippon disagrees. Biology, she argues, is not destiny and evidence of differences has been drastically overstated. For her efforts she has been called a ‘science denier’ & her ideas dismissed as politically corr... (@NSthepodcast, 67 minutes, 2019-Mar-15) |
| 915. | E29: Hustling Past the Graveyard - Ideation in the New Gilded Age “If you want new ideas, read old books.” -Ivan Pavlov This was the sentiment Ryan witnessed at an evolution conference a few years back. On the one hand, it is a condemnation of the state of originality in science. And, on the other, it is a commendation of its resourcefulness. But why the need for such resourcefulness? What’s the problem? In this episode the Dawdlers talk about the state of i... (@dawdlerspodcast, 111 minutes, 2019-Mar-18) |
| 916. | Are we enlightened? Most of us think of the European Enlightenment as a historical period during which society cast off the shackles of mythic thinking. Today, mythic thinking is alive and well in the era of neo-liberal capitalism - at least that's according to the analysis of critical theory, a mode of philosophy deeply rooted in the dynamics of history. Critical theory comes to us via Max Horkheimer and Theodor Ado... (@RadioNational, 28 minutes, 2019-Mar-17) |
| 917. | Episode #128 ... Gilles Deleuze pt. 4 - Flows Today we continue our discussion on the work of Deleuze. Support the show on Patreon! www.philosophizethis.org for additional content. Thank you for wanting to know more today than you did yesterday. :) (@iamstephenwest, 23 minutes, 2019-Mar-16) |
| 918. | Episode #129 ... Gilles Deleuze pt. 5 - Difference Today we continue our discussion on the work of Deleuze. Support the show on Patreon! www.philosophizethis.org for additional content. Thank you for wanting to know more today than you did yesterday. :) (@iamstephenwest, 22 minutes, 2019-Mar-16) |
| 919. | Episode 157: Notes From Underground (Pt. 2) David and Tamler continue their discussion of Dostoevsky's funny, sad, philosophical novella Notes From Underground. We focus on part 2 this time - three stories from the Underground Man's past - and explore what the stories tell us about his existentialist rants in part 1. Is he consumed with guilt over his treatment of Liza? Is he ashamed of his social awkwardness, low status, and self-destructi... (@verybadwizards, 81 minutes, 2019-Feb-05) |
| 920. |  Episode 044: Laura Pérez on Seeing CorruptionMyisha Cherry chats with philosopher Laura Pérez about visual experiences and social institutions, how is corruption inherent in our visual experiences, corruption and authenticity, and so much more. (@UnMutePodcast, 45 minutes, 2019-Feb-11) |
| 921. | Episode 039: Kris Sealey on Bad Faith Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Kris Sealey about decolonialism, the role of the stereotype, Bad Faith's subversive potential, and so much more. (@UnMutePodcast, 41 minutes, 2019-Feb-11) |
| 922. | Episode 037: Michele Moody-Adams on Monuments & Memorials Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Michele Moody-Adams about monuments and memorials, their similarities and differences, arguments for their destruction, the democratic possibilities of both, and so much more. (@UnMutePodcast, 40 minutes, 2019-Feb-11) |
| 923. | Episode 036: Colleen Murphy on Reconciliation Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Colleen Murphy about reconciliation, its connection with forgiveness, its role in transitional justice, and so much more. (@UnMutePodcast, 38 minutes, 2019-Feb-11) |
| 924. | Episode 038: Carrie Jenkins on Love & Happiness Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Carrie Jenkins about the nature of love and happiness, can you have one without the other, what is love-crafting in private and public, and so much more. (@UnMutePodcast, 34 minutes, 2019-Feb-11) |
| 925. | Episode 043: Serena Parekh on Refugees Myisha Cherry chats with Serena Parekh about refugees and statelessness, the harms of statelessness, our ethical obligations, and so much more. (@UnMutePodcast, 39 minutes, 2019-Feb-11) |
| 926. | Episode 040: Erin Tarver on Sports and Identity Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Erin Tarver about sports fandom, hero worship vs mascotting, the logics of white supremacy and misogyny in sports, and so much more. (@UnMutePodcast, 48 minutes, 2019-Feb-11) |
| 927. | Episode 041: Yolonda Wilson on Health Justice Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Yolonda Wilson about health disparities, factors that contribute to it, race, class, and medical treatment, health justice, and so much more. (@UnMutePodcast, 45 minutes, 2019-Feb-11) |
| 928. | Episode 042: Kathryn Norlock on Complaining & Shaming Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Kathryn Norlock about complaining, its prohibitions, what it does, how to do it well, its connection to shaming, and so much more. (@UnMutePodcast, 36 minutes, 2019-Feb-11) |
| 929. | Episode 035: Kate Manne on HIMpathy Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Kate Manne about over-sympathy for men, its connection to misogyny, why women are prone to it, some strategies to resist it, and so much more. (@UnMutePodcast, 48 minutes, 2019-Feb-11) |
| 930. | Episode 56, ‘Utopia for Realists’ with Rutger Bregman (Part I) Rutger Bregman is a historian and author, best known for his bestselling book, Utopia for Realists: and how we can get there. Arguing for new utopian ideas such as a fifteen-hour work week and universal basic income, Utopia for Realists has been translated into over 30 different languages, making headlines and sparking movements across the world. Despite the fact we’ve never had it better, says Br... (@ThePanpsycast, 51 minutes, 2019-Mar-10) |
| 931. | Nick Riggle (University of San Diego): “Aesthetic Judgments as Invitations” Nick Riggle (University of San Diego) “Aesthetic Judgments as Invitations” 1 March, 16:00-18:00, Room 246, Senate House. (@aestheticsforum, 2019-Mar-07) |
| 932. | Nick Stang (University of Toronto): “Self-Knowledge and Desire in Douglas Sirk’s All That Heaven Allows” Nick Stang (University of Toronto) “Self-Knowledge and Desire in Douglas Sirk’s All That Heaven Allows” 15 February, 16:00-21:00, Birkbeck Cinema, 43 Gordon Square. (@aestheticsforum, 2019-Mar-07) |
| 933. | Jonathan Gilmore (City University of New York): “Material, Medium and Sculptural Imagining” Jonathan Gilmore (City University of New York) “Material, Medium and Sculptural Imagining” 27 February, 16:00-18:00, Room 246, Senate House. (@aestheticsforum, 2019-Mar-07) |
| 934. | JESUS, SEX, AND THE FAMILY A conversation with Dale Martin (2) What was the sexuality of the historical Jesus? Did he have romantic partners? What did Jesus and Paul teach about teach about the desirability or permissibility of sex, what where their views on the family, and how should all of that impact how we live today? (@PolPhilPod, 57 minutes, 2019-Mar-02) |
| 935. | Episode 58 - Deborah Mayo On Episode 58, Nick chats with Deborah Mayo, Professor Emerita in the Department of Philosophy at Virginia Tech, about how she learned to apply statistics to key problems in the philosophy of science, how to think about replication and other pressing statistical issues in the social and biological sciences, and her new book, Statistical Inference as Severe Testing: How to Get Beyond the Stati... (@SciPhiPod, 80 minutes, 2019-Feb-12) |
| 936. | Would it be wrong to 'rape' a sex robot? Does ethics have anything to say to the prospect that some of the sexual fantasies enacted on sex robots will, undoubtedly, include 'rape'? (@RadioNational, 40 minutes, 2019-Mar-13) |
| 937. | 0G48: Groundhog Day and Buddhist Virtue Theory Rise and shine, philosonaughts, and don't forget your space suit, cause it's voidy outside! We're stretching the concept of sci-fi to the brink by doing Groundhog Day and discussing how it's the perfect parable for the Buddhist version of virtue theory that Aaron finds so very tempting. Rise and shine, spacebrains, and don't forget your space vats, cause it's voidy outside! We're pushing the conce... (@0gPhilosophy, 38 minutes, 2019-Mar-13) |
| 938. | The Matrix: The Value of Reality The original Matrix film has become a cultural phenomenon, one that seems only to gain further relevance with age. A film originally released in 1999 was ahead of its time for the questions it raised. The question I want you to consider today: is it so crazy to plug into the Matrix? Thanks for listening, please subscribe, rate, and review! Support the Podcast and Gain Full Access: https://www.... (@philosophyguy2, 15 minutes, 2019-Feb-14) |
| 939. | Episode 112: Myisha Cherry discusses the skill of conversation In this episode, Myisha Cherry argues that having a productive conversation with someone often involves explicitly laying out each person's background experiences and expectations. (@ElucidationsPod, 44 minutes, 2019-Mar-07) |
| 940. | #045 Failure With Jean-Paul Sartre and Olivia Goldhill Kicking off Season 3 of The Happier Hour, is guest Olivia Goldhill, a journalist who specializes in philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience as we explore the topic of FAILURE. You’ll learn what Jean-Paul Sartre and the Existentialists can teach us about failure, and why so much of the current self-help advice gets failure wrong. #TheHappierHour Show notes: TheHappierHour.org Facebook: @TheHappier... (@MissMMcCarthy, 36 minutes, 2019-Mar-07) |
| 941. | EV - 081 23andVoid Today, Aaron and GW discuss relevant topics like the terribleness of Black Face, and why you shouldn't blindly trust 23andMe. We look at not only the privacy issues, but the philosophical issues with a DNA database.Open Invocation:The Ones Who Walk Away From OmelasHero of the Week???:Philosophers in Space / Embrace The Void Facebook group (@ETVPod, 59 minutes, 2019-Feb-15) |
| 942. | Episode 57 - Julia Bursten On Episode 57, Nick chats with Julia Bursten, Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Kentucky, about how her interactions with philosophers, physicists, and chemists led her toward a research career in the philosophy of nanoscience, doing socially-engaged philosophy of science with a regional focus, and her involvement as co-chair in the Philosophy of Science Asso... (@SciPhiPod, 93 minutes, 2019-Feb-01) |
| 943. | Episode 56 - Kevin Zollman On Episode 56, Nick chats with Kevin Zollman, Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Carnegie Mellon University, how his early interests in the mathematics of poker informed his approach to doing philosophy of science, understanding social behavior through game theory and mathematical modeling, and his co-authored book, "The Game Theorist’s Guide to Parenting.” (@SciPhiPod, 70 minutes, 2019-Jan-25) |
| 944. | GENDER IN THE NEW TESAMENT A Conversation With Dale Martin Dale Martin returns to the podcast! We cover Paul’s ideas about resurrection, the gender of the resurrected dead, the gender spectrum in the ancient world, the modern invention of the male/ female dichotomy, and postmodernism. (@PolPhilPod, 65 minutes, 2019-Feb-24) |
| 945. | E28: The Pleistocene - Part II Back with Part II of The Pleistocene, Ryan blathers on as H-dog harnesses a mega-punnage. This is the exciting part so are you not excited!? Anyway, enjoy the data dump. Yer welcome. “The” Dawdler’s 00:04:27 – Housekeeping (Sammy Harris-style) 00:17:06 – The Epistemological State of Human Prehistory 00:30:14 – Hominine Lineages 00:36:21 – Stone Toolmaking 00:47:03 –... (@dawdlerspodcast, 123 minutes, 2019-Mar-10) |
| 946. | Rationally Speaking #228 - William Gunn and Alex Holcombe on "Is Elsevier helping or hurting scientific progress?" William Gunn, director of scholarly communications for Elsevier, and Alex Holcombe, cognitive scientist and open science advocate, discuss the University of California's decision to end their contract with Elsevier, the world's largest scientific publisher. (@Rspodcast, 59 minutes, 2019-Mar-05) |
| 947. | Episode 55, Franz Kafka’s Metamorphosis (Part IV - Further Analysis and Discussion) Published in 1915, Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis is a gruelling and ironic depiction of the pressures imposed by family and profession in the Twentieth Century. The novella centres around travelling salesman Gregor Samsa who, one morning, finds himself transformed into an insect. What follows, depending on the interpretation, is a reflection of how modern life provides a misunderstanding of pred... (@ThePanpsycast, 36 minutes, 2019-Mar-03) |
| 948. | A Simplified History of Western Philosophy This episode is an oversimplified, hopefully, more fun version of the history of Western philosophy. Have I missed things? Yes, many. But this episode is a bite-sized version of the history. Tune in! Thanks for listening, please subscribe, rate, and review! Support the Podcast and Gain Full Access: https://www.patreon.com/thephilosophyguy Twitter: @brendenweber_ Amazon Banner link: https... (@philosophyguy2, 15 minutes, 2019-Feb-04) |
| 949. | EV - 080 How To Not Be Like Spock With Massimo Pigliucci Part 2 And now the continuation of our interview with Massimo.Opening Invocation: Evan Matthews and Ben OldhamHero of the Week: Why we shouldn't use the word Hero. (@ETVPod, 58 minutes, 2019-Feb-07) |
| 950. | EV - 079 How To Be Like Spock with Massimo Pigliucci Part 1 In this installment we bring on a very special guest Massimo Pigliucci to discuss Stoicism. He has a PhD in Evolutionary Biology from the University of Connecticut and a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Tennessee.Opening Invocation:Seneca, On Earthquakes (@ETVPod, 57 minutes, 2019-Feb-02) |
| 951. | ETV - 078 Better Know Judith Jarvis Thomson Time for another installment of our Better Know a Philosopher serise. We dive into Judith Jarvis Thomson, author of the famous Trolly Problem thought experiment and has an interesting thought experiment on abortion.Opening Invocation:Absurdist ExistentialismHero of the Week:Teachers (@ETVPod, 62 minutes, 2019-Jan-27) |
| 952. | Do we have an obligation to pity the guilty? Does the moral life demand of us a fuller range of emotions beyond anger and contempt? (@RadioNational, 51 minutes, 2019-Mar-06) |
| 953. | 0G47: Annihilation and Deep Ecology, Part 2 ::Maynard James Keenan does weird synthesizer stuff in a way that totally works:: Strap in friends, it's time to get weird! We're taking that tasty body horror from part one and we're cranking up the David Lynch. Lean into the confusion and embrace the ambiguity, as a PZ Meyers alien clone walks us through the theory of Deep Ecology, a view that seeks to replace our individual centric models with ... (@0gPhilosophy, 38 minutes, 2019-Mar-06) |
| 954. | LIBERTARIANISM 3 War And The Elite The first world war and economic crisis explode into the world in the 3rd part of our series on the ideologies of libertarianism and progressive liberalism. How do ideologies deal with huge system shocks like these? What is the role of elites in ideological creation and consumption? (@PolPhilPod, 88 minutes, 2019-Feb-17) |
| 955. | Existentialism and crisis Existentialism entered the popular consciousness after World War 2, and for many it still has a mid-century ring to it. But how does it look look today, especially in an age where the unfolding environmental crisis calls for something more than radical humanism? (@RadioNational, 28 minutes, 2019-Mar-03) |
| 956. | Episode 55, Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis (Part III - The Meaning) Published in 1915, Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis is a gruelling and ironic depiction of the pressures imposed by family and profession in the Twentieth Century. The novella centres around travelling salesman Gregor Samsa who, one morning, finds himself transformed into an insect. What follows, depending on the interpretation, is a reflection of how modern life provides a misunderstanding of pred... (@ThePanpsycast, 46 minutes, 2019-Feb-24) |
| 957. | E27: The Pleistocene - Part I Finally!! Ryan gets to talk about the Pleistocene—the epoch in which a new ice age began and we sapiens evolved…into incredible narcissists the likes of which the world has never seen. Two things: In this episode 1) Ryan nerds out while Harland lends intermittent support and 2) this is the first part of a two part series some (specifically Ryan, for fear of being alone in his appreciation of thi... (@dawdlerspodcast, 100 minutes, 2019-Mar-03) |
| 958. | LIBERTARIANISM 2 Evolution And Equilibrium In the second part of my series on the history of libertarianism I look at how the competition between libertarianism and progressive liberalism escalated to competition over scientific metaphors. The origin, and ideological weaponization of, the phrase “survival of the fittest”, and the introduction to the ideological fight of Newtonian mechanics. (@PolPhilPod, 73 minutes, 2019-Feb-09) |
| 959. | False necessities: Is it time to leave two-party politics behind? Should we place a premium on the political virtue of compromise instead of the zero-sum game of the two-party contest? (@RadioNational, 38 minutes, 2019-Feb-27) |
| 960. | 37: Pushing Back on Epistemic Pushback with Alison Bailey If a professor told you about pushback from their students, you might assume that their students are complaining about having too much homework, or that the assigned reading is boring. The philosopher Alison Bailey says that... The post 37: Pushing Back on Epistemic Pushback with Alison Bailey appeared first on Examining Ethics. (@DePauwPrindle, 27 minutes, 2019-Feb-27) |
| 961. | 0G46: Annihilation and Catastrophic Destruction, Part 1 ::Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young casually play in the background:: Oh, hey, didn't see you there. Welcome to part one of Annihilation. There's a supernatural doins a transpiring, but cause this is the south we're going to meander our way into it like an albino croc at feeding time. We're joined by special guest PZ Meyers for this journey into the heart or weirdness. He'll be playing the role of ... (@0gPhilosophy, 37 minutes, 2019-Feb-27) |
| 962. | ESCAPING THE POLITICAL A Conversation With Rupert Read (2) In the second part of my conversation with Rupert Read we cover private language, essential contestability and political ideologies. We also discuss if it is possible to escape political ideologies or the use of power: Can we carve out true friendships separate from the forms of oppression that surround us? (@PolPhilPod, 54 minutes, 2019-Feb-02) |
| 963. | WITTGENSTEIN, LANGUAGE, AND POWER A Conversation With Ruper Read Dr. Rupert Read returns to the podcast to provide an introduction to Wittgenstein’s philosophy of language. We cover Wittgenstein’s life, his approach to philosophy, his value to us, and the metaphors of family resemblances, word games, and money. https://www.patreon.com/PoliticalPhilosophyPodcast (@PolPhilPod, 50 minutes, 2019-Jan-26) |
| 964. | Episode 55, Franz Kafka’s Metamorphosis (Part II - The Plot) Published in 1915, Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis is a gruelling and ironic depiction of the pressures imposed by family and profession in the Twentieth Century. The novella centres around travelling salesman Gregor Samsa who, one morning, finds himself transformed into an insect. What follows, depending on the interpretation, is a reflection of how modern life provides a misunderstanding of pred... (@ThePanpsycast, 49 minutes, 2019-Feb-17) |
| 965. | Louise Hanson (Durham University): “Robust Moral Realism and Robust Aesthetic Realism” The London Aesthetics Forum is an initiative of the Institute of Philosophy. (http://philosophy.sas.ac.uk ) Louise Hanson (Durham University): “Robust Moral Realism and Robust Aesthetic Realism” Please do not cite or reproduce this material without written permission of the author We (@aestheticsforum, 2019-Feb-12) |
| 966. | On the way John Kaag is a philosopher who travelled to the Swiss Alps with the aim of putting into practice some of Nietzsche's recommendations for "becoming who you are". In his memoir Hiking With Nietzsche, what he finds is that following in the footsteps of the great German thinker requires big shoes. (@RadioNational, 31 minutes, 2019-Feb-24) |
| 967. | Shorts - E13: The Future If you've got a 401k you might think you have comfort that awaits you in 20-30 years. You might consider yourself able to live without working, seeing yourself eating simple meals and meeting friends on easy adventures without a thought toward responsibility. Or maybe you have a dentist appointment tomorrow and you hate the dentist because they always make you feel bad about yourself. Or may... (@dawdlerspodcast, 22 minutes, 2019-Feb-25) |
| 968. | Rationally Speaking #227 - Sarah Haider on "Dissent and free speech" This episode features Sarah Haider, the president of Ex-Muslims of North America. Julia and Sarah discuss why it's important to talk about the challenges of leaving Islam, and why that makes people uncomfortable or angry. (@Rspodcast, 58 minutes, 2019-Feb-18) |
| 969. | Episode 55, Franz Kafka’s Metamorphosis (Part I - The Life of Kafka) Published in 1915, Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis is a gruelling and ironic depiction of the pressures imposed by family and profession in the Twentieth Century. The novella centres around traveling salesman Gregor Samsa who, one morning, finds himself transformed into an insect. What follows, depending on the interpretation, is a reflection of how modern life provides a misunderstanding of predi... (@ThePanpsycast, 37 minutes, 2019-Feb-10) |
| 970. | Aristotle's Biology Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the remarkable achievement of Aristotle (384-322BC) in the realm of biological investigation, for which he has been called the originator of the scientific study of life. Known mainly as a philosopher and the tutor for Alexander the Great, who reportedly sent him animal specimens from his conquests, Aristotle examined a wide range of life forms while by the Sea of M... (@BBCInOurTime, 50 minutes, 2019-Feb-07) |
| 971. | What are the dangers of declaring political 'emergencies'? Does the invocation of a political 'emergency' have corrosive effects on the moral health of a political community? (@RadioNational, 44 minutes, 2019-Feb-20) |
| 972. | 0G45: Star Trek Next Gen 4-22 and Cultural Relativism vs Ethical Pluralism It's tempting to sweep into these show notes like a certain loudmouthed Betazoid and start spreading pate related puns, but it just doesn't feel right. This is a beautiful hour of television and y'all all deserve to go watch it unspoilered. Really the very best that Star Trek has to offer. Cultural Relativism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_relativism Ethical Pluralism: www.ethik.uzh.ch... (@0gPhilosophy, 41 minutes, 2019-Feb-20) |
| 973. | Jules Montague on Dementia, Memory and Identity This episode features a neurologist with some striking tales to tell about who we become when our brains start to break. What happens when memories are gradually destroyed by Alzheimer's, when our personality is drastically transformed by dementia, or when a sudden surge of creativity is unleashed by Parkinson’s medication? Dr Jules Montague’s new book Lost and Found integrates moving stories of h... (@NSthepodcast, 56 minutes, 2019-Feb-12) |
| 974. | Shorts - E12: Scarcity How much do you really want something? Is it worth the price? Who decides you want it anyway? In this Dawdlers Short, we explore our thoughts on scarcity. And to commemorate this topic, it will only be available for 100,000 days so get it while it lasts!! (@dawdlerspodcast, 19 minutes, 2019-Feb-20) |
| 975. | Episode 54, Why Buddhism is True with Robert Wright (Part II) Currently Visiting Professor of Science and Religion at Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York, Robert Wright’s work in journalism, psychology and philosophy has been deeply influential. Robert is the author of many best-selling books including ‘The Moral Animal: Why We Are the Way We Are: The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology’, ‘Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny’, ‘The Evolutio... (@ThePanpsycast, 48 minutes, 2019-Feb-03) |
| 976. | Walter Benjamin: multimedia prototype? As an intellectual oddball in the early 20th century, Walter Benjamin appears to have been a precursor of the cross-disciplinary hybrid thinkers we celebrate today. Was he the first multimedia journalist? (@RadioNational, 31 minutes, 2019-Feb-17) |
| 977. | Episode 54, Why Buddhism is True with Robert Wright (Part I) Currently Visiting Professor of Science and Religion at Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York, Robert Wright’s work in journalism, psychology and philosophy has been deeply influential. Robert is the author of many best-selling books including ‘The Moral Animal: Why We Are the Way We Are: The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology’, ‘Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny’, ‘The Evolutio... (@ThePanpsycast, 49 minutes, 2019-Jan-27) |
| 978. | E26: Hofstadter's Scrumptious Edibles - Analogy as the Core of Cognition Does A = A or not!? Or is it just approximate? Or none of it… We Dawdlers take a dip into the book Surfaces and Essences by Douglas Hofstadter and Emmanuel Sander on the significance of analogy-making in thinking. 00:04:40 – The book itself 00:14:30 – The man himself // Form and content 00:18:06 – The form of the content // The main thesis 00:25:15 – Analogy and category // Category, con... (@dawdlerspodcast, 120 minutes, 2019-Feb-17) |
| 979. | Rationally Speaking #226 - Rob Wiblin on "An updated view of the best ways to help humanity" If you want to do as much good as possible with your career, what problems should you work on, and what jobs should you consider? This episode features Rob Wiblin, director of research for effective altruist organization 80,000 Hours. (@Rspodcast, 53 minutes, 2019-Feb-05) |
| 980. | Episode 111: Greg Kobele discusses mathematical linguistics In this episode, Greg Kobele discusses how abstract mathematics can be useful for arriving at a unified theory of what patterns a person has mastery over when they can speak a language. (@ElucidationsPod, 41 minutes, 2019-Jan-27) |
| 981. | What should politicians do with 'expert advice'? What is the nature and what are the limits of political decision-making? Just how important — how final — is ministerial responsibility? (@RadioNational, 40 minutes, 2019-Feb-13) |
| 982. | OG44: Bandersnatch and the Ethics of Mental Illness Representation, Part 2 Like Netflix, we're going to soak this thing for all its worth. How many hours of your life can we steal making you click through episodes trying to find easter eggs?! Really though, for all the innovations in this episode, it feel painfully underdeveloped in the arguably unethical way it makes use of tropes that are harmful to people with mental illness, and it felt like that deserved a main segm... (@0gPhilosophy, 39 minutes, 2019-Feb-13) |
| 983. | Kevin Mitchell on How The Wiring of Our Brains Shapes Who We Are My guest in this episode is a neurogeneticist who is unafraid to tackle some of the most politically charged questions in science. Dr Kevin Mitchell is an associate professor at the Institute of Neuroscience at Trinity College Dublin. His recent book INNATE sets out to show ‘How The Wiring of Our Brains Shapes Who We Are’, and in it he offers his take on the latest research into the biological un... (@NSthepodcast, 60 minutes, 2019-Jan-29) |
| 984. | 008 – Valentine's Special: Mamie & Kenneth Mamie and Kenneth Clark's work in psychology was instrumental in the fight to ban racial segregation in US schools. For Valentine's Day, Elena and Ian tell the story of one of their favourite scientific couples. If you liked this episode, subscribing/following means you'll get the next one automatically. We'd love it if you could leave us a review on iTunes too. And if you want to get in touch wit... (@wondercupboard, 28 minutes, 2019-Feb-14) |
| 985. | Bonus: What does it mean to age well? What are the ethics and obligations of ageing? (@RadioNational, 55 minutes, 2019-Feb-11) |
| 986. | Shorts - E11: Authority Are you talkin' to me? This week the Dawdlers contemplate asymmetrical power dynamics regarding behavioral modification; from parent/child to peace officer/citizen, how do we feel about and deal with exertions of Authority? (@dawdlerspodcast, 24 minutes, 2019-Feb-13) |
| 987. | Ageing Getting older: comedy or tragedy? Martha Nussbaum and Saul Levmore—co-authors of Aging Thoughtfully: Conversations About Retirement, Romance, Wrinkles and Regret—talk about older bodies, intergenerational resentment, and a certain Shakespearean geriatric. (@RadioNational, 53 minutes, 2019-Feb-10) |
| 988. | Episode #127 ... Gilles Deleuze pt. 3 - Anti-Oedipus Today we continue our discussion on the work of Gilles Deleuze. Support the show on Patreon! www.philosophizethis.org for additional content. Thank you for wanting to know more today than you did yesterday. :) (@iamstephenwest, 30 minutes, 2019-Feb-07) |
| 989. | Shorts - E10: End ofs How 'bout another Short!? This time the Dawdlers go off about "End ofs". You know, the "End of the World" type ideas. Consider us ambivalent. Enjoy for the world will soon be over! (@dawdlerspodcast, 24 minutes, 2019-Feb-10) |
| 990. | What do we owe those in need? What is the nature, and what are the limits, of our responsibility for others? When can we say we've discharged our obligation? (@RadioNational, 45 minutes, 2019-Feb-06) |
| 991. | 0G43: Bandersnatch and Quantum Immortality Welp, for better or worse, you're in the timeline where the will of the collective has pulled the pod suddenly back to Black Mirror. Everyone spent some portion of their holiday deep in some Bandersnatch, and we're here to stack meta analysis on meta analysis till the whole thing becomes a satirical singularity, which I'm now calling a Satirelarity (that's terrible, don't ever use that). If you fe... (@0gPhilosophy, 44 minutes, 2019-Feb-06) |
| 992. | Shorts - E9: Stupidity Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. ~Albert Einstein The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity. ~Voltaire Present audience excepted-- surely --but Carlo Cippola, George Carlin, and Jonathan Swift aren't the only ones who think that there's a bit too much Stupidit... (@dawdlerspodcast, 31 minutes, 2019-Feb-06) |
| 993. | Illegal drug use — does ethics have anything to say? How best to respond to the prevalence, use and associated dangers of illicit drugs presents particular challenges to political decision-making and ethical judgment alike. (@RadioNational, 42 minutes, 2019-Jan-30) |
| 994. | 36: Facing the Synthetic Age with Christopher Preston We’re in an age known as the Anthropocene, an era in which humans have been the dominant force on earth. We’ve impacted the climate, we’ve shaped the land and in recent years, we’ve made changes... The post 36: Facing the Synthetic Age with Christopher Preston appeared first on Examining Ethics. (@DePauwPrindle, 28 minutes, 2019-Jan-30) |
| 995. | 0G42: Today I am Paul and AI Elder Care ::alters chassis into show notes mode:: Hello. In keeping with my programming, I've done my best to anticipate all your needs as a podcast consumer. My empathy net tells me you'll desire a link to our subject: Today I am Paul: http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/shoemaker_08_15/ and to maximize your comfort here is an audio version: http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/audio_08_15/ I've also located a pa... (@0gPhilosophy, 38 minutes, 2019-Jan-30) |
| 996. | Haunting the Margins - E2: Terence McKenna We all dull and enhance our senses in various ways. Some of us, few of us can explore the extremes of sensory manipulation. Even fewer can understand what it means. The Dawdlers return to the theme of Haunting the Margins. This time they take a trip with Terence McKenna, the late hallucinagenic experimentalist of the 20th Century. Uncle Terence had loads of ideas and a remarkably lucid penchant ... (@dawdlerspodcast, 132 minutes, 2019-Feb-03) |
| 997. | Shorts - E8: Artificial Intelligence Are there inherent limits to the behavioral capacities of artifacts? How would that differ from human bodies? Are not both arrangements of universe, of "stuff"? Why would one substrate permit abilities inaccessible to others? In this week's Short the Dawdlers muse about Artificial Intelligence: what are its limits, if any-- and should we fear? (@dawdlerspodcast, 25 minutes, 2019-Jan-30) |
| 998. | 007 – What Are Numbers? What are they though? And where do they come from? Did someone invent them? Elena and Ian attempt to answer countless such questions in an episode critics are already rating Pi out of Planck. If you liked this episode, subscribing/following means you'll get the next one automatically. We'd love it if you could leave us a review on iTunes too. And if you want to get in touch with us, you can do tha... (@wondercupboard, 48 minutes, 2019-Jan-29) |
| 999. | E25: A Fetish of Fallacies - Are All Fallacies Created Equal? “Live” but “not live”, that’s what The Dawdler’s Philosophy Podcast is. “Live” in that it is generally unscripted where we tend to not know exactly what the other host will say. And “not live” in that you can’t listen to it as it is unfolding for the first time. We’re fine with this; obviously, or we would change it. But it does require some preparation in order to pull it off in as constructive a... (@dawdlerspodcast, 82 minutes, 2019-Jan-27) |
But what about "legitimate" news, one might still ask?
... Well, do you want the "liberal truth" or the "conservative truth"?
... Just stick to the facts?
... What if my "facts" differ from yours?
... Listen to science?
But is a world where our truths are tribal sustainable?
... Don't we need a shared framework of thought to prevent fragmentation and confrontation?
... Can we rely on evidence and reason whilst abandoning absolute truth, or do we need reality after all?
Should comedy like that be shunned, boycotted, even banned?
... Can it be enjoyed without danger?
... Or could it even, at its best, be the road to a better society?
Mystery, Knowledge, Reality, and Why Am I Here?
But how often do we pause to think about the place of clothes in our lives?
... Can a philosophy of living be wrapped up in a winter coat?
... Can we see a suit not just as an object, but as an idea?
What is love under patriarchy?
But even people are ultimately physical systems, made of particles and forces that follow the rules of the Core Theory. How do we bridge the gap from one kind of description to another, explaining how someone we know and care about can also be “just” a set of quantum fields obeying impersonal laws?
What happened?
You must be aware of his trial and apology?
... What does this mean?
How did issues of rape and sexual violence emerge as central concerns for second-wave feminists?
Is it subjective?
... Is it objective?
Who killed the samurai and with what?
... What role did his wife play in his death?
... Who’s telling the truth?
What can we learn from the ancient Stoics?
How do we distinguish a “living organism” from an emergent dynamical system like a hurricane, or a resource-consuming chemical reaction like a forest fire, or an information-processing system like a laptop computer?
You must be aware of his trial and apology?
... What does this mean?
How does Moore's style translate to the screen?
... How well did the show handle politics?
... Should there be a second season?
Should democrats be considering potentialy disruptive ideas like court packing, adding states, or abolishing the filibuster?
... Would doing so be justified, and can we win if we dont?
What is virtue ("the political art" according to Protagoras), and can it be taught?
... What are the relations of the various virtues to each other?
... wisdom?
How is spectator sports different from other types of entertainment?
Have you ever considered the invisible power of the law?
... How a contract is signed without ever putting pen to paper?
But what if our physical laws changed?
... Could that even be possible?
What constitutes a "philosophical" conversation?
Are these paradoxes evidence that our theories are wrong and is it essential that they are overcome?
How does one become a Subject and how do women traditionally get shut out of this process?
Have you ever considered the invisible power of the law?
... How a contract is signed without ever putting pen to paper?
Can politics move beyond a state of institutionalized aggression?
... Should liberalism be justified by appeals to a conception of the good or by public reason?
However, psychological research shows that our judgments are plagued by systematic, irrational, unconscious errors known as ‘cognitive biases.’ In light of this research, can we really be confident in the superiority of human rationality?
A discussion where I then ask myself, am I an anti-theist?
Should we accept, even welcome, the passing of the West?
... Or is there a response that would enable the West to retain significance, if not the dominance it once had?
Do experiments like these tell us anything about trash-talking in general?
Is our culinary enjoyment enough to justify a complicity in cruelty which our fellow citizens find reprehensible?
Should what gets said at universities - and who gets to say it - be regulated?
... And is the supposed "free speech crisis" just a front for the culture wars?
But how do we program these vehicles to act ethically?
“you’re the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” But what principles should those five people hold?
... What are you the average of?
the artist's intentions and body of work?
Was Hobbes right after all, and humankind are at core wicked and requiring constraint?
What does a society lose when it neglects the moral discipline of reading literary fiction?
Does an explanation of this relation require us to give meaning priority, or instead is the metaphysics of the domain always involved in explaining the content?
What political views do we hold because of our perception of human nature?
Can we change the future or not?
Is the sun setting on Western ideas as well as Western economies?
What is the ‘Zahir’ – this object that can take many forms and that consumes the people who find it?
... What does it represent?
... Is it the fanaticism of being in love?
... The ever-present threat (and temptation) of idealism?
... A subtle critique of Christian theology?
Sure, gravity is pulling us toward Earth today; but how do we know it won’t be pushing us away tomorrow?
... We extrapolate from past experience to future expectation, but what allows us to do that?
What stands out to you about 2019?
Why has this film done so well?
Are thought experiments the best way of doing practical ethics?
But what about other animals, like monkeys, elephants, and dolphins?
... Should they enjoy similar fundamental rights?
Did you hear the news of Socrates?
Should academia be political?
... Does social-justice have a place on Campus?
... Does anti-foundationalism imply a particular view of these culture war issues?
What is happiness, and why are we incapable of getting a fix on it?
... Is the happiness industry really in the business of making us unhappy?
... And can philosophy help?
We’ve all heard that a picture is worth a thousand words, but what if we don’t understand what we’re looking at?
What constitutes a video RPG?
... Is there any actual role-playing involved?
Should we conclude that the very idea of freedom was a mistake?
... Or is this a madness that threatens our personal lives and the culture on which the West was built?
Latour rejects the idea of objective truth totally apart from perceivers, so is he an idealist?
What is love?
... Is it just a private feeling that each individual person experiences, or is it something that crucially involves multiple people?
Shahidha Bari/ Yashka Jessica Moore/ Heather Widdows Listen here or on YouTube Does fashion allow us to express our individuality or is it a case of the Emperor’s new clothing?
What does democracy look like in an age of 'clipification'?
Although opponents portray sanctuary cities as besieged by crime, empirical data does not bear out such claims. But what actually justifies sanctuary policies in the first place?
Did you hear the news of Socrates?
Does our desire to belong to one tribe or another make conflict with others inevitable?
... Could we do away with tribal allegiances and see ourselves as part of the same human family?
... Or are group identities based on class, race, sexuality or nationality the only effective vehicles for political change?
Is free speech a coherent idea?
... is there a neutral standard to decide if something is hate speech?
... How should we conceptualize liberalism, and how should we argue for it in the age of Trump?
Who are establishment neoliberals of philosophy, and who are the white feminists?
... What about the IDWs of psychology – and the Chads and Stacys?
What's the "modern" ideology of science, and is there something we should critique about it?
Does it still make sense to speak of 'obscene language'?
... What makes words 'obscene'?
... Can obscene language be used in such a way that removes the taint from what they refer to?
Do these false beliefs fail to meet their goal?
... Or are there some things we believe simply because they make us feel good?
Could biological sex itself then be an illusion, constructed from human categories?
... Or is this a futile attempt to deny the reality of two biological sexes?
Today, African philosophy is being uncovered and introduced to the West - but is the West listening?
What does?
What role does improv comedy play in popular culture?
... Is this art form doomed to live on the fringes of entertainment?
Has the Senate been a barrier to progressive reform in America?
... Is it an institution at odds with our current political culture?
Is economic growth a virtuous circle or a Faustian treadmill that benefits some and immiserates others (human and not)?
Are YOU the target audience of what you watch?
But would it be like life on earth?
... Or is the wish to find other life forms a science fiction fantasy that serves Hollywood well but has little to do with reality?
Is it time to rethink “missionary feminism”?
Do we have special obligations towards fellow citizens?
... Is self-determination valuable?
... Can national identity be threatened by large scale immigration?
What happens when you cut off the main line of communication between the left and right hemispheres of our brain?
... Why under certain conditions do the the left and right brains seem like they have different abilities and desires?
... What does this tell us about the ‘self’?
Metaphysical outlaws?
... Does our universe operate according to some set or other of fixed, eternal rules?
... Enforced by whom/what?
... Could these "laws" themselves "evolve"?
What does it say about what leads one to violent acts?
But where do we draw the line for what constitutes ‘incompetence’?
What is it about "calling-out" someone online or "cancelling" someone guilty of an egregious wrong, that is problematic?
... Does moral seriousness, in a time of incommensurable disagreement, necessarily need to take the form of moral purity?
Is the most popular writer of our time actually a good writer?
... Or maybe he used to be good?
Should we use genetic testing to choose which children to bring into the world, and if so, how should we choose?
... Is it acceptable to choose a deaf child?
... Should we choose our children on the basis of non-disease traits such as intelligence or fitness, if we can?
Might we do better to give up the notion that mental distress implies illness?
Ever wonder what 'gender non-binary' means?
As postcolonial subjects, how should these migrants be received and understood?
Is there a careful way to approach problems that will ensure that you'll always be right?
... What if you just never assert anything you can't be sure of?
But do we know enough about our experience of consciousness to suggest that consciousness cannot arise from nothing more than the physical interactions of bits of matter?
Zanna Clay/ Philip Pettit/ Simone Schnall Listen here or on YouTube Where do our ideas of right and wrong come from?
While future AI might be excellent at appearing conscious, could AI ever actually become conscious?
What does Mill’s life teach us about meaningful lives?
But is this justified?
... And why the fascination in the West?
Could you truly enjoy such a podcast knowing that those who challenge the podcast are summarily executed?
... What if we call their objections a disease that must be cut out at the root?
... Better or worse?
Are stand-up comedians the Modern Day Philosophers?
... Are those exceptional comics philosophizing?
... Does telling the whole, tragic truth rule out being funny?
How has this shaped the discipline of philosophy?
Does science have the tools to give us a theory of consciousness or is that project doomed from the outset?
... Why do reductionist or functionalist explanations seem so unsatisfying?
But what about the future?
But what about space, or the space-time continuum?
... What exactly is space-time?
... Are space and time fundamental features of the world?
... How do Einstein’s special and general theories of relativity change our understanding of space-time?
So what does feminism demand of men?
... Meagan Tyler joins Scott and Waleed to discuss whether men can be "feminists"?
What price would you be willing to pay for that podcast?
... Could you truly enjoy such a podcast knowing that it relied on the constant pain of one poor co-host at the hands of the other cohost?
Is it an essential trait of being human to reach out into the unknown?
What makes humans special?
... Is it language?
... Culture?
... Throwing?
... Semiotics?
... Impossible burgers?
Are we supposed to identify with, or idolize, or merely like these people?
... What makes the formula work, did it sustain itself over its 10-year run, was it successfully replicated, and what parts haven't aged well?
When individuals and communities today still suffer the consequences of past wrongs — slavery, dispossession, invasion, the theft of land and resources — what exactly is owed to them, and who should pay?
But must that be the case?
If conspiracism is the consequence of particular conceptions of truth, knowledge, agency, power in democratic politics, is it a problem that can be solved?
To be or not to be, that’s the question, isn’t it?
Were the ancients right, and nature the source of all things and that which we should guard most closely?
... Or should we instead renew our belief in progress and human ingenuity to solve our current problems?
How well does humanism's account of itself hold up in philosophical terms?
Are they exploring where our ideas came from or trying to change things?
... nurture or essentially political solicitations for us to reconceptualize in healthier ways?
Is character destiny, or can fluky decisions or tiny shifts in weather patterns fundamentally change who we are?
... Does the existence or non-existence of alternate universes have any bearing on freedom and responsibility?
Is this a fair assessment?
Is the current distribution of ecumenic resources in the US morally defensible?
... How should a mature moral or political theory think about this?
But are we justified in assuming these tidy explanations are most likely to be true?
Why do we disagree about political facts not just opinions?
"Such, Such Are the Joys" from Why Anything?
... Why This?
What obligations does the United States have to the Kurds, and indeed, to the region as a whole?
Why do zebras have stripes?
How?
Is CRISPR the key to improving health and defeating ageing?
Do you have to believe to be entertained?
... What's the connection to humor, religion, and anti-government venom?
Ecofeminism takes this seriously - but does it also perpetuate negative stereotypes about women's supposedly "natural" connection to the earth and to nurturing?
Huh?
Is this the real life?
... Is this just fantasy?
How, then, can we account for the appearance of complex systems such as organisms and biospheres?
But how do we know if what we believe to be true is really knowledge?
... Can our beliefs be both justified and true, yet still not count as genuine knowledge?
language, ideology, booking guests, volunteering, and am I an anti-white racist?
How do political scientists detect authoritarian personalities?
... Why have authoritarians sorted themselves into the Republican party?
What is spirituality?
... What is religiousness?
... And what is their purpose?
Should we seek to eradicate offence?
... Should we seek to eradicate offence to create a more tolerant and equal society?
Do you ever get tired of talking explicitly about consciousness?
How is this kind of knowledge possible?
Is morality objective or subjective?
Will a genetically enhanced human in 2060 will be rendered “obsolete” by technological advances that come along in 2070?
... What happens when we blur the distinction between person and product?
Let's not fight over it, k?
What if you could interact with alternate versions of yourself - versions that made different choices, had different jobs, or different partners?
... Would you get jealous of your other selves if they were more successful?
But what defines what it means to be queer?
... Is it as much a political identity as it is a sexual or gender identity?
What is ‘Positivism’ and why was it so important so Adorno to label Popper as one?
... Popper’s response, and what can we learn from this failure to communicate?
Is the damage that Trump is inflicting on US political culture and the office of the executive so egregious that legislative sanction is more important than electoral advantage?
Is an insistence on 'the facts' the dogmatic prejudice of believers in their particular truth?
Is this a brilliant film or a fundamentally misguided idea badly in need of an editor?
Are these climate deniers simply impervious to scientific evidence?
Do we need to explain to you what breathing is?
... Or is it?
What does marriage mean?
... What political implications does it have?
... If marriage as an institution is unjust, is there something wrong with participating in it?
Is reality then a creative construct that helps us to live but doesn't reflect the world?
Are there reasons to act in a particular way, to willingly make some sacrifice, do something which may be good, and which we may even be committed to, when our actions (or lack of action) are likely to be of no consequence?
... Is size detrimental to democratic community?
The question is, do we keep the train as is, do we try to change it, or do we blow it to bits?
Can the ancients show us how to recover these essential aspects of social harmony?
Is Chappelle trolling his audience?
... Has he lost touch with the powerless people he used to champion?
... Or have critics missed his larger point, and failed to approach the new special as an art form?
Dare we imagine that we can bring our self-inflicted climate catastrophe under control, through a combination of technological advances and political willpower?
What should you be reading this summer—and how should you be reading it?
... But are we getting too quick to dismiss complicated fiction—the kind that doesn’t have straightforward heroes and happy endings?
In today's episode, I address Capturing Christianity's (Cameron Bertuzzi) video about, who created God?
... I contemplate the question, who created the universe?
... And maybe a better question, does the universe even need a cause?
Is the theory of natural selection a Victorian relic, about to be replaced by a new science of cultural evolution?
Should we justify liberalism from appeals to political precepts or normative understandings of human nature?
Is the Australian media’s coverage of China having the effect of both alienating Chinese Australians and promoting a kind of countervailing pro-China nationalism?
How did psychology come to define itself as a separate area of inquiry, and how did it come to be a science?
How do circumstances oppress and dehumanize us?
So how has contemporary philosophy come to owe such a huge debt to the father of psychoanalysis?
How do we enforce rights under uncertainty?
... Does America's long history of human rights violations prevent it from acting as a force for good today?
Should we then simply encourage and argue for acts we support and do without morality altogether?
... Or is the authority of morality the tenuous thread that holds society together?
If liberal democracies are now ailing, maybe even failing, what might a recovery of a politics of virtue look like?
What you get when you reward the best?
The Wrong of Rudeness asks a key question for our times how do we interact with each other, especially in politically contentious situations?
Are cartoons an inherently juvenile art form?
... A guilty pleasure when viewed by adults?
Where would pop music, television, and fine art be without the dilemmas at the intersection of love and sex?
Does K's critique actually apply to our present age?
And does not play, both as sex, drugs and rock and roll, and as creative and physical endeavour provide us with the most memorable events in life?
Do we need "realism" in such stories?
... When does a premise like this get too old to keep recycling?
Should the lifestyle choices we make affect our right to treatment?
What's wrong with our society?
What does this book have to say about the theodicy, the problem of evil?
... Why does Job (and his children) have to suffer so much just so God can prove a point to Satan?
... Are the speeches of Job's friends meant to be convincing?
... Does Job capitulate in the end?
How did we get here?
... What are the implications for political philosophy, and for politics in general?
Should we recognise ours as the only universe and give up on others as fantasy science?
... Or is slipping through a worm hole into another universe a credible reality rather than a Hollywood fairytale?
What is the relationship between the form of writing and what can be thought?
... How is a writer’s thinking shaped by form?
... How is a reader’s?
... Does this matter for philosophy?
Would you choose an algorithm rather than a human to mark your exam papers?
... Would you welcome a translation app that replaced foreign language learning?
... Would you trust a marriage prediction app to choose your life partner?
Where did ethics come from?
What did people do before such forms of memory even existed?
If you’re caring for a person with dementia, what do you do if they demand to see their spouse, who in fact died long ago?
Might the problem be not with our theory of language, but with the very idea of reality?
When is a machine deserving of moral consideration?
... When does it have rights?
Should a doctor say NO on conscience?
Is social psychology just a kid dressing up in grown-up science clothes?
... Are the methods in social psychology--hypothesis-driven experiments and model-building--appropriate for the state of the field?
In an era of university funding cuts, economic rationalism and the creeping perception that human progress comes to us principally via science and technology, who needs the Humanities?
Is love for all an illusion?
Have you ever avoided stepping on a crack, just in case you might break your mother’s back?
... Why do we so often engage in this kind of magical thinking?
Is 'goodness’ still a term that we should be using?
... Is there a difference between the 'good' and the 'virtuous' character?
... What is the relationship between action and intention, between the inner and outer life?
What's the appeal?
... Why do women in particular gravitate to it?
What would it be like to be halfway between person and machine?
Contemplating whether or not the iconic film, Gladiator is Stoic?
Is dismissing the self a mistake driven by the desire to uphold a purely material universe?
Contemplating whether or not the iconic film, Gladiator is Stoic?
The introduction of the Libra would undoubtedly increase Facebook’s power and would certainly disrupt our existing financial systems. But if it diminishes Facebook’s untrammelled sway over news distribution, political communication and the ‘information economy’, is this a price we should be willing to pay?
But is there any research to back that up?
Mark, Erica, and Brian consider the HBO mini-series, plus "based on a true story" and why do we enjoy witnessing suffering?
How did appeals to racism, sexism, and religion shape American party politics and conservative ideology?
What is the link between responsibility and effort?
What kind of a story is this?
... A Marxist or religious allegory?
... A work of weird fiction?
... A family drama?
... A dark comedy?
... Why does a story about a man who turns into a giant insect get under our skins so much?
Should we give up on our conviction that physical stuff is the bedrock of the world, or is such talk ivory tower nonsense?
Is media trying to brainwash us into being ALL THE SAME?
... Are the excesses of the mob scaring us into conformity?
Are we fascinated by evil, violent characters because they make life more exciting?
... Or because they express our real nature?
... Should we look to end this morbid obsession, or accept it as a feature of humanity?
Was this philosophy connected to his African origins?
Are addicts responsible for harming their health?
Is rationality just the prejudiced claim of those who are sure they are right?
What is the mind?
... Is this a satisfying account of the mind?
What's the ethos of this stoner masterpiece?
... Is it a nihilstic movie?
... A deconstruction of masculinity?
... A cannabis infused Daoist parable?
... And is it fair to compare these two classics from the 90s?
... Fair?
Is corporate power of form of government?
... How does it affect our lives and freedom?
Is gender irrelevant to Buddhist teaching?
... And for women who have been denied agency or a sense of identity, how reasonable is the doctrine of non-self?
How does perception result in thoughts about items in the world (such as dogs or flowers) and in conscious states of many kinds (such as experiences of seeing red)?
... How does perception provide evidence for our beliefs (such as the belief that there is a red rose in front of you)?
What is pop culture?
... Does it make sense to distinguish it from high culture, or can something be both?
Are great ideas independent of time, place and tradition?
... Do African conceptions of the self or Chinese Mohist logic offer equally valid insights?
Should they risk joining the ranks of the indebted in order to get a college degree?
So where better to start than with a conversation with a lovely friendly philosopher, discussing his fascination with soul-searching French philosophy?
Was the extradition bill the 'last straw' around which a torrent of popular discontent in Hong Kong has gathered?
Why don't colleges pay their faculty to educate the public through regular, broadcasted conversations like ours?
What should we make of conservative complaints that their free speech is being trampled on by protestors?
... Is deplatforming a harm?
... Do social media companies have an obligation to respect a freedom of speech?
Should patient autonomy always be respected?
Was Gemistos Plethon, the last great thinker of the Byzantine tradition, a secret pagan or just a Christian with an unusual enthusiasm for Platonism?
As the schisms between our beliefs grow larger, what happens when our moral and political ideals put us deeply at odds with your fellow citizens?
Are we deluded by experience into imagining the present is real?
Given our modern scientific view of the world, how is freedom of the will possible?
Can caring be shared through podwaves?
What would give us sufficient reason to believe that a non-human was conscious?
What does it mean to be a good person?
... To act ethically and morally in the world?
How do video games help us become more human?
The rest?
Can oppression help produce masterpieces or do the free always write the greatest poetry?
freedom of expression; freedom of religion; freedom from discrimination on the basis of religion or sexuality?
... Or has Folau simply exposed the limits of political project of liberal tolerance?
What is the origin of this human impulse, and what makes for a great game?
Is that true?
Should obese people be held responsible for being overweight?
What happens when we take philosophy into the field?
Might we need to rethink our account of the universe entirely?
Is Trump a liar?
... Or is it more accurate to call him a 'bullshitter'?
Is anyone really 'right' about political values, or does essentail contestability imply a strong relitavism?
Can we explain human experience using the terms of brain physiology?
But what if, more often than not, violence is intended to be morally righteous?
But what if we had an easily searchable video record of all our experiences and interactions?
... How would that affect our relationships?
... What would it reveal about our characters and our sense of who we are?
... Is there a kind of truth that can’t be determined by perfect objectivity?
What is beauty?
... What is art?
... What is good taste?
But is history on anyone's side?
... And as for morality, don't all politicians think they're in the right?
... Should the left then give up its claim to the moral high ground and argue for policies on pragmatic grounds alone?
Where did that come from?
But what exactly is the Big Bang, and what’s the evidence that it took place?
... How do we account for the “Big Bang state”?
But if they are right, is all meaning, purpose and feeling illusory?
... Or do the secrets of experience lie beyond neuroscience's grasp?
Is the president above the law?
So why should we accept that states have the right to exclude or restrict entry to refugees and immigrants?
So, are these so-called religious beliefs genuinely held?
Does politics have to be Machiavellian?
... Do you have to be ruthless to succeed?
What are the goals of mindfulness practice - stress reduction and greater focus, or something much deeper?
... Can it cure David's existential dread?
... Tamler's fear of his daughter going away to college?
... Can sustained practice erode the illusion of self?
... Is that even something we'd want to do?
Part two of my rousing conversation with Dr. Keith Frankish, where we try to answer the ageless question "Where is my mind?
Have practical concerns and the economy of desire made beauty trivial and expendable?
... Is there a difference in the feeling of pleasure one gets from looking at a Magritte painting, or at Kim Kardashian's bum?
But is it enough for the free press to provide scrutiny and surveillance?
Whose interests are served when the wealthy give?
Who in the world came up with that idea?
Could a belligerent approach to foreign policy make for a safer world?
What if social media and democratic politics serve radically different goals?
Is a world independent of the observer an illusion?
What's the role of a mass-consumed fantasy series in today's society?
... Is it our "fantasy" to have all these horrible things happen to us?
... Is this an edifying prompt to engage in public moral thinking, or a spectacular distraction of the kind that those Marxist theorists keep warning us about?
But is this true?
... Does Hume give us good reason to reject the testimonial proof provided on behalf of historical miracles?
How does 'love of country' square with our collective failure to address the way we are ravaging our 'common home'?
Should you be expected to make that snap?
But what about groups of people?
How and why were they made?
Lost?
... If I could be so bold as to make an assessment, I would take you for the sophisticated type but with a little bit of an edge?
Why does the devil have all the best tunes?
... Have we sanitised the good and made it vacuous?
But what exactly is it about word play that we find humorous?
A long standing participant in psychoanalysis, she found herself up against the practical limits of Freudian theory - but would science provide more useful insight?
If we harness the power of society to employ available technologies to really focus on making people happy, what would the result be?
What's more important - avoiding falsehood or discovering truth?
... When (if ever) is it rational to believe anything without enough evidence?
... What about beliefs that we can't be agnostic about?
... Are there hypotheses that we have to believe in order for them to come true?
Why are so many of us unhappy?
But what are the risks of radical democracy?
Is it a mistake to think that self-exploration and being at one with ourselves are necessarily good things?
Is there a danger in seeing hardship as something that simply needs to be overcome, and which can be overcome given the right technologies or policies, rather than something that is intrinsic to life?
Lost?
... If I could be so bold as to make an assessment, I would take you for the sophisticated type but with a little bit of an edge?
What's the wise way to live?
Can science potentially reveal everything, giving us a "God's eye view" of the world?
Life may be meaningless, but is it hopeless?
... Don't?...enjoy this?
When did scientists start wearing white coats?
... Why do doctors wear them too?
... And are they strictly necessary in toothpaste commercials?
Might materialism be a profound mistake?
What is the nature of a person's political outlook?
What is 'good' conversation?
... What are its preconditions?
... What is its goal?
... And why is it so important to the moral life?
Lost?
... If I could be so bold as to make an assessment, I would take you for the sophisticated type but with a little bit of an edge?
How can we keep our spirits up and avoid nihilism?
So should science one day banish death's shadow?
Was he right or is there room for optimism?
Should cultural or ethnic identity ever be a factor in immigration policy?
Is that too high a moral cost?
... Why do some people walk away from the city?
... Why does no one help the child?
... Why does Le Guin make us create the city with her?
Can we know the nature of justice before confronting the conditions of injustice?
Is human society fated to be irrational?
... And why is the alt-right having all the crazy fun these days?
Has this arisen because pornography is largely created by men?
... Or is porn fundamentally incompatible with intimacy and a problem for all of us until its abolished?
- What should we take from it?
Should we consider philanthropy as mere ego expression for the wealthy, or is it genuinely altruistic behavior?
Is technology making us complacent?
... Are we in danger of becoming Nietzsche's famed "last men" who are no longer capable of creativity and independent thought?
Lost?
... If I could be so bold as to make an assessment, I would take you for the sophisticated type but with a little bit of an edge?
Where does that complexity come from, and how can we best approach wine?
What movies of the past year challenged our assumptions and made us think about things in new ways?
The punchline?
Is the enlightenment dream over?
But is it possible to have obligations to people who are not yet born?
But is envy always a bad thing?
... Is it simply a petty emotion we should try to avoid, or could envy help us understand ourselves more?
What is an ideology?
... What do intellectuals studying it in opinion polls, contemporary debates, and historical texts understand it to mean?
We often talk about a distinction between the online world and the “real” world?
... What does this distinction mean?
... And is there such a distinction?
Is it possible to design a universal moral code?
... Is it ever acceptable to lie?
Have we misunderstood the very idea of nothing?
Why has anti-capitalist sentiment increased recently, and to what extent is it justified?
Does it work or do kids make terrible decisions?
What is wisdom?
Has the weight of expectation on the findings of the Mueller Report foreclosed serious reflection on whether Trump should be impeached?
Lost?
... If I could be so bold as to make an assessment, I would take you for the sophisticated type but with a little bit of an edge?
How can we save democracy?
But are we deluded?
But are they in power because we believe that strong leaders are good for us?
... Is it a mistake to imagine that leaders can solve all of our problems?
... Can we imagine a politics where we voted for policies rather than personalities?
Why do we put other animals in the various categories we do, and treat them in the various good and bad ways that we do?
Should literature be political?
Who's interested in current events!?
How have ideas across the world shaped the places from which they emerged?
Continuing on What is Literature?
... Are you shirking, all you skimmers?
Can social media platforms be anything other than purveyors of violence in countries with deep and long-standing histories of ethnic-religious tensions?
Can our legal system ever keep its promise of justice?
Does God exist?
... Is God all-power, all-knowing and all-loving?
... Shall we try that new Mexican restaurant on Bold Street?
Is death part of life - and accepting it a part of a moral life – or is it a problem to be solved?
Is it time to stop seeing romantic love as all-important?
Is science then just another human description limited by language, culture and circumstance?
Should we just accept that our ethics are in practice tribal?
What's the purpose of literature?
... Why write prose as opposed to poetry?
Is this a legitimate consciousness-raising exercise or a weird fetishization of blackness?
Do you laugh in the face of the abyss?
... Or do you sob uncontrollably?
How are your critical thinking skills?
Where did that ability come from?
How does the film force us to examine not only ourselves but society itself?
How can publishers and authors contribute to this process?
Do modern nation-states have persistent obligations to their citizens, even when those citizens engage in behaviour that seems to deny their membership to that political community?
Is there an "authentic" way to respond to persecution?
Hey kids, do you like violence?
... Want to see Murtle the turtle stick needles in Dr. Strange's eyelids?
... Sorry, not current enough pop culture reference?
... How bout this?
... What's big, purple, has a jewelry fetish, and makes some really sound points about overpopulation?
... Too many references mashed together?
Is 'gig work' exploitative and injust?
Is there still a place for talking about transcendence, the sacred, and meaning in life?
... Some of the above, but not all?
Does God's Not Dead prove the existence of God?
But can it experience real emotions of its own?
Is everything meaningless, vain, and a chasing after the wind?
... Are humans just the same as animals?
... Are wise people no better off than fools?
... Will God judge us after we die, rewarding the good people and punishing the shit-heels?
... What if there is no afterlife and this is all we get?
How can we best understand the psychology of racism?
Why, after such a long and prosperous run, would an essentially democratic form of government change — with a good deal of approval from its citizens — into an autocracy?
How good are we?
After a trilogy like this, what is left to be said?
What if you could sue someone for calling you a racial slur?
... Is the result a slippery slope to government tyranny, or a more harmonious society?
Are the successive coping strategies to racism (including "anti-racist racism" and embrace of negritude) that Fanon describes necessary steps in a dialectic which should be encouraged, or would it be best to learn from his "mistakes" and jump right to the humanistic end-point?
What does Brexit mean for peace in Ireland, Parliamentary democracy, and the British constitution?
... How should we think about the motivations and actions of all involved?
... Is there any way forward from here?
Who is responsible for acts of torture?
what actually happens when we observe a quantum system, and why do we apparently need separate rules when it happens?
What's a healthy podcast release schedule?
Why is that?
How does growing up in a racist society mess people up?
Anyway, how does this film connect with the audience?
... But what does this connection do for our lives?
... What does it force us to examine?
How many innocent people should we be allowed to arrest and jail in order to prevent a single dangerous person from being free?
Why is it that most other forms of racist contempt can find a place in the diseased branches of antisemitism?
Without free will or agency is morality possible?
... What could we ever really say we know about morality, is such knowledge possible and how would we go about knowing it?
Fukuyama recommends a "creedal national identity" as a solution for tribalism; does this work?
... Is this "demand for recognition" that he describes foundational for the act of making an ethical claim?
... For self-consciousness itself?
... How does ideology prejudice the sort of theorizing that Fukuyama engages in?
What makes self-sacrifice to any degree even possible, given that self-interested behavior is the default?
In a world where technology today is thought of in mechanistic terms - consumer items that simply appear in our lives and perform certain functions - is it time we rediscovered the techne behind its development?
What motivates people?
Is love real?
... What about the number 5?
What would a purely therapeutic philosophy consist of?
... Does philosophy as pursuit of pleasure mean that you eschew political action or other substantial goals?
Why do we love theories that divide complex phenomena into just two categories?
... Is there any evidence to back up these theories?
... Are we distorting our understanding of the mind and morality?
... And what we can do to get out of this mess?
Why has it taken the sound of bullets fired and the sight of blood spilled to get some to see Muslims as fully human, as capable of placing demands on our attention or claims for our respect?
In Hamlet, Polonius said 'To thine own self be true', but what is the self, and what does it mean to be true to it, and why should you be true?
Do men and women have different brains?
... Right?
But why the need for such resourcefulness?
... What’s the problem?
Is he consumed with guilt over his treatment of Liza?
What was the sexuality of the historical Jesus?
... Did he have romantic partners?
... What did Jesus and Paul teach about teach about the desirability or permissibility of sex, what where their views on the family, and how should all of that impact how we live today?
Does ethics have anything to say to the prospect that some of the sexual fantasies enacted on sex robots will, undoubtedly, include 'rape'?
is it so crazy to plug into the Matrix?
This is the exciting part so are you not excited!?
Have I missed things?
Does the moral life demand of us a fuller range of emotions beyond anger and contempt?
How do ideologies deal with huge system shocks like these?
... What is the role of elites in ideological creation and consumption?
But how does it look look today, especially in an age where the unfolding environmental crisis calls for something more than radical humanism?
Should we place a premium on the political virtue of compromise instead of the zero-sum game of the two-party contest?
Can we carve out true friendships separate from the forms of oppression that surround us?
Does the invocation of a political 'emergency' have corrosive effects on the moral health of a political community?
What happens when memories are gradually destroyed by Alzheimer's, when our personality is drastically transformed by dementia, or when a sudden surge of creativity is unleashed by Parkinson’s medication?
How much do you really want something?
... Is it worth the price?
... Who decides you want it anyway?
Was he the first multimedia journalist?
Does A = A or not!?
... Or is it just approximate?
If you want to do as much good as possible with your career, what problems should you work on, and what jobs should you consider?
What is the nature and what are the limits of political decision-making?
... Just how important — how final — is ministerial responsibility?
What are the ethics and obligations of ageing?
Are you talkin' to me?
... This week the Dawdlers contemplate asymmetrical power dynamics regarding behavioral modification; from parent/child to peace officer/citizen, how do we feel about and deal with exertions of Authority?
comedy or tragedy?
How 'bout another Short!?
What is the nature, and what are the limits, of our responsibility for others?
... When can we say we've discharged our obligation?
Are there inherent limits to the behavioral capacities of artifacts?
... How would that differ from human bodies?
... Are not both arrangements of universe, of "stuff"?
... Why would one substrate permit abilities inaccessible to others?
What are they though?
... And where do they come from?
... Did someone invent them?