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In this series of podcasts Marianne Talbot uses some famous arguments in the history of philosophy to examine philosophy as a discipline. By harnessing participants’ intuitions on both sides of the various arguments she encourages her audience actually to do philosophy. In listening to these podcasts you can yourself learn how to do philosophy, not by listening to someone else do it, but by starting to do it for yourself.Themes and summary (AI-generated based on podcaster-provided show and episode descriptions):
➤ philosophical argument analysis • Descartes cogito • logic and reasoning methods • deontology vs utilitarianism • freedom–equality tensions • Gettier problems • possible worlds and unactualised possibles • objective facts and scientific theory foundations • audience Q&AThis podcast introduces philosophy as an activity—something listeners can practice—by working through well-known arguments and thought experiments from across the field. Guided by Marianne Talbot, it emphasizes identifying, reconstructing, and evaluating arguments, using participants’ intuitions to test premises and conclusions rather than treating philosophy as a set of doctrines to memorize. A recurring focus is the methodology of philosophical reasoning: how claims are supported, what counts as good evidence, and how conceptual analysis can clarify disagreements.
Across the episodes, the podcast surveys several core areas of philosophy. It begins with tools of logic and argument analysis, using a classic Cartesian argument to illustrate how philosophical reasoning is structured and assessed. It then moves into moral and political philosophy, exploring tensions between values such as freedom and equality and comparing prominent ethical frameworks, including deontology and utilitarianism. Epistemology and metaphysics follow, with attention to challenges to traditional definitions of knowledge (including Gettier-style problems) and debates about possibility—such as whether “possible worlds” are real and whether there are genuinely unactualized possibilities. The series also addresses philosophy of science by examining what “objective facts” are supposed to be and what kind of facts can serve as foundations for scientific theories. It concludes with a question-and-answer session that revisits and clarifies themes raised throughout the series.
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Questions and Answers Session 2014-Nov-11 82 minutes |
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The Philosophy of Science 2014-Nov-11 75 minutes |
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Epistemology and Metaphysics 2014-Nov-11 77 minutes |
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Moral and Political Philosophy 2014-Nov-11 90 minutes |
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Logic and Argument: the Methodology of Philosophy 2014-Nov-11 83 minutes |