Description (podcaster-provided):
In this show we will try to explore deeply philosophical questions & the work of important philosophers. The aim is to have a philosophical dialogue with experts in their fields.
Themes and summary (AI-generated based on podcaster-provided show and episode descriptions):
➤ Expert interviews on philosophy • Kant scholarship • Chomsky, generative linguistics, mind/cognition • ethics, natural law, rule of law • social ontology, identity, open society • climate crisis, comparative East–West thought • philosophy of food, taste, eating, recipes • animal morality, evolution, human nature • corporate governance, sustainability
This podcast centers on in-depth, interview-based philosophical dialogue with scholars from philosophy and adjacent disciplines. Across its episodes, it tends to take major questions—about mind, language, morality, law, politics, science, and everyday life—and explore them through close engagement with influential thinkers and recent academic work, often using a guest’s book or article as an organizing anchor for the discussion.
A prominent thread is the philosophy of language and mind, especially through sustained attention to Noam Chomsky’s intellectual legacy. Conversations examine generative linguistics and its philosophical foundations, debates about rationalism and empiricism, theories of meaning and semantics, the nature and evolution of language, and links to cognitive science and neuroscience. These discussions also branch into broader issues raised by Chomsky’s work, including conceptions of human nature, moral cognition, and the relationship between scientific inquiry and common sense.
Another recurring focus is Immanuel Kant, treated both historically and as a living source for contemporary debates. Topics include Kant’s views on the mind, sensibility and perception, reason and autonomy, religion and rational faith, anthropology and education, and how Kantian ideas have shaped later analytic philosophy. The podcast also connects Kant to applied domains, such as business ethics and questions about authority and political legitimacy.
The show regularly turns to social and political philosophy as well, including themes in social ontology and collective ethics, liberalism and the “open society,” identity and social cohesion, and legal philosophy. Jurisprudential discussions address foundational questions about the nature of law, objectivity and the rule of law, natural law theory, and arguments about law’s internal morality.
Several episodes broaden philosophy’s scope to practical and interdisciplinary areas. Environmental thought and climate ethics appear through comparative approaches that draw on Eastern and Western traditions. Food and eating are treated as philosophically rich phenomena, spanning aesthetics and taste, multisensory perception, the ontology of recipes, ethical dimensions of food systems, and local food movements. The podcast also includes perspectives from biology and primatology on animal behavior, empathy, and the evolutionary roots of morality.
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Episodes:
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The Open Society in the Age of Identity - Frank Hindriks
2025-Dec-09
86 minutes
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Re-Conceptualizing the Corporation: A New Approach
2025-Mar-05
106 minutes
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The Climate Crisis, Eastern-Western Philosophies, and The "China Question" | Graham Parkes | EP. 1
2022-Jul-20
99 minutes
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Moral Behavior in Animals, Evolution, & Human Nature | Frans de Waal | EP. 1 MMM
2022-Jan-03
95 minutes
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Taste as Experience: The Philosophy and Aesthetics of Food | Nicola Perullo | EP. 8 Food Series
2021-Dec-12
99 minutes
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Local Food Movements: An Evaluation | Ian Werkheiser | EP. 7 Food Series
2021-Nov-27
114 minutes
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Thinking Through Food: A Philosophical Introduction | Alexandra Plakias | EP. 6 Food Series
2021-Oct-20
76 minutes
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A Philosophy of Recipes | Food Ontology | Andrea Borghini | EP. 5 Food Series
2021-Sep-27
112 minutes
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Understanding Noam Chomsky #15: Language and Emotion: Perfect Imperfections? (with Norbert Corver)
2021-Sep-21
95 minutes
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Food & The Good Life | Nietzsche & Interpretation | Robert T. Valgenti | EP. 4 Food Series
2021-Sep-01
129 minutes
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Gastrophysics: The New Science of Eating | Charles Spence | EP 3. Food Series
2021-Aug-29
148 minutes
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The Hierarchy of the Senses | Philosophy of Taste | Carolyn Korsmeyer | EP. 2 Food Series
2021-Jul-31
91 minutes
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On Food and Being Human | How Are We to Eat? | Lisa Heldke | EP. 1 Food Series
2021-Jul-18
79 minutes
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Understanding Noam Chomsky #14: Nim Chimpsky & Human Language Acquisition (with Laura-Ann Petitto)
2021-Jul-01
113 minutes
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Understanding Noam Chomsky #13: Intentionality, Ontology, & The Galilean Method (with Georges Rey)
2021-Jun-02
109 minutes
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Understanding Noam Chomsky #12: What Kind of Creatures Are We? (with Carol Rovane & Akeel Bilgrami)
2021-Apr-24
64 minutes
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Understanding Noam Chomsky #11: Language and Evolution (with Robert C. Berwick)
2021-Apr-18
92 minutes
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Understanding Noam Chomsky #10: Chomsky, France, & Human Nature (with Jean Bricmont)
2021-Mar-30
69 minutes
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Understanding Noam Chomsky #9: Philosophy of Generative Linguistics (with Peter Ludlow)
2021-Mar-07
113 minutes
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Understanding Noam Chomsky #8: Manufacturing Consent (with Anthony DiMaggio)
2021-Feb-17
85 minutes
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Kant on the Human Sciences, Biology, & Emotions (with Alix Cohen) | Immanuel Kant Philosophy #9
2020-Nov-24
52 minutes
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Kant and the Philosophy of Mind (with Anil Gomes) | Immanuel Kant Philosophy #8
2020-Oct-11
61 minutes
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Understanding Noam Chomsky #7: Semantics, Meaning, & Innate Ideas (with Paul Pietroski)
2020-Sep-15
58 minutes
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Noam Chomsky: Science, Philosophy, Morality, & Anarchism (INTERVIEW)
2020-Aug-27
63 minutes
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Introduction to Natural Law Theory (with Brian Bix) | Philosophy of Law #4
2020-Aug-20
48 minutes
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Understanding Noam Chomsky #6: Rationalism vs. Empiricism (with Norbert Hornstein)
2020-Aug-13
95 minutes
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Lon Fuller & The Morality of Law (with Colleen Murphy) | Philosophy of Law #3
2020-Aug-04
79 minutes
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Kant and the Foundations of Analytic Philosophy (with Robert Hanna) | Immanuel Kant Philosophy #7
2020-Jul-27
118 minutes
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Objectivity and the Rule of Law (with Matthew H. Kramer) | Philosophy of Law #2
2020-Jul-18
59 minutes
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Philosophy of Law (with Andrei Marmor) | Philosophy of Law #1
2020-Jul-12
77 minutes
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Understanding Noam Chomsky #5: Science, Common Sense, & Constructivism (with James McGilvray)
2020-Jul-08
97 minutes
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Kant on Religion & Rational Faith (with Lawrence Pasternack) | Immanuel Kant Philosophy #6
2020-Jul-04
88 minutes
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Understanding Noam Chomsky #4: The Neuroscience of Language (with David Poeppel)
2020-Jul-01
82 minutes
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Business Ethics: A Kantian Perspective (with Norman Bowie) | Immanuel Kant Philosophy #5
2020-Jul-01
45 minutes
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Understanding Noam Chomsky #3: Moral Cognition & Moral Competence (with John Mikhail)
2020-Jun-30
70 minutes
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Understanding Noam Chomsky #2: Naturalism, Mental Representation, & Computation (with Frances Egan)
2020-Jun-30
58 minutes
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Understanding Noam Chomsky #1: Philosophy, Science, Language, & Cognition (with John Collins)
2020-Jun-30
131 minutes
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Kant on Reason, Authority, & Autonomy (with Onora O'Neill) | Immanuel Kant Philosophy #4
2020-Jun-30
45 minutes
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Kant on Anthropology, Human Nature, & Education (with Robert Louden) | Immanuel Kant Philosophy #3
2020-Jun-30
60 minutes
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Robert Hanna: Kant's 'Sensibility First' approach & Affect of Reason (#2) | Philosophy Podcast
2020-Jun-30
55 minutes
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Robert Hanna: Interpreting Immanuel Kant & The Three Faces of Kant (#1) | Philosophy Podcast
2020-Apr-19
50 minutes
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