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Doing Philosophy is a podcast for original philosophy. Its episodes are philosophical essays, but then in the medium of sound. They contain interviews with leading names in the field, such as Huw Price, Crispin Wright, and Sanford Goldberg. Doing Philosophy is created and hosted by Tom Kaspers, who recently obtained his Ph.D. in philosophy at the University of St Andrews. If you like this format, and you want your own work to be featured on this podcast, please do get in touch. For more information, go to https://tomkaspers.com or send an email to [email protected].Themes and summary (AI-generated based on podcaster-provided show and episode descriptions):
➤ Philosophy essays and interviews • truth theories: correspondence, pragmatism, deflationism, pluralism • epistemic rationality: personal vs shared inquiry • testimony and peer disagreement • philosophical progress and methodologyThis podcast presents original philosophy in an essay-like audio format that often blends careful argumentation with interviews of prominent contemporary philosophers. Across the episodes, the focus is on foundational issues in epistemology and the philosophy of language, especially questions about truth and about what makes inquiry rational.
A major theme is theorizing truth: how the correspondence theory relates to pragmatist approaches, what role the concept of truth plays in our practices, and whether truth might be “plural” in the sense that different domains (for example, science, ethics, or taste) could involve different truth-properties or standards. The discussions compare and attempt to reconcile positions such as correspondence, deflationism, pragmatism, and alethic pluralism, with attention to how these views have developed in recent decades.
Another central thread concerns the nature of rationality and inquiry. The podcast distinguishes between “shared” inquiry, which aims at an interpersonal structure grounded in publicly shareable evidence (paradigmatically science), and “personal” inquiry, which includes individual “nodes” such as aesthetic sensibilities or fundamental moral commitments. This framework is then applied to philosophy itself, portraying philosophical theorizing as a personal activity of bringing one’s commitments and theoretical considerations into reflective equilibrium. That picture is used to illuminate how philosophers can regard their views as rational despite persistent peer disagreement, and how a notion of philosophical progress might be possible even without convergence of opinion.
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4. The Personal Nature of Philosophy with Sanford Goldberg and Crispin Wright 2024-Mar-07 48 minutes |
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3. Rationality, Personal and Shared with Sanford Goldberg 2024-Mar-06 36 minutes |
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2. Truth, Part Two. The Plurality of Truth with Crispin Wright 2024-Feb-22 46 minutes |
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1. Truth, Part One. Pragmatism and Correspondence with Huw Price 2024-Feb-22 44 minutes |