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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):
➤ Original philosophy essays and interviews • Truth theories: correspondence, pragmatism, deflationism, pluralism • Epistemic rationality: personal vs shared inquiry • Testimony, peer disagreement, philosophical progress • Methodology of doing philosophyThis podcast presents original philosophy in an essay-like audio format that mixes extended argumentation with interviews featuring prominent contemporary philosophers. Across the episodes, the host develops connected lines of inquiry in epistemology and the philosophy of language, often using conversations with guests as a way to test, refine, and contrast theoretical positions.
A major theme is truth: what truth is for, whether it should be understood in terms of correspondence to facts, and how pragmatist approaches challenge correspondence-based accounts. The podcast also explores truth pluralism and what it would mean for “truth” to function differently across domains, situating pluralism alongside other major options in the literature such as deflationism and correspondence theories, and examining methodological differences between these approaches.
Another recurring focus is the nature of rationality and inquiry. The episodes draw a distinction between “personal” inquiry—where rational belief is structured around an individual’s evaluative starting points such as aesthetic sensibilities or fundamental moral commitments—and “shared” inquiry—where the aim is an interpersonal structure grounded in publicly shareable evidence. This distinction is used to illuminate how testimony and peer disagreement work in different kinds of investigation.
Building on that framework, the podcast argues for a conception of philosophy itself as a personal mode of inquiry, shaped by intellectual “tastes,” and considers how this conception bears on persistent disagreement among philosophers and on what philosophical progress could amount to.
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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 |