Sun, 7 February 2010 In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast Robert B. Talisse in discussion with Nigel Warburton explains what the philosphical movement of Pragmatism was, and some of the differences between the ideas of its founders Pierce, Dewey and James. Comments[0] |
Sat, 23 January 2010 In this interview for the Philosophy Bites podcast Thomas Pogge, Professor of Philosophy at Yale University, explores the difficult issue of how we can achieve greater justice in the distribution of pharmaceutical products to countries which can't afford to pay the high prices sometimes demanded by manufacturers. Direct download: Thomas_Pogge_on_Global_Justice_and_Health.mp3 Category: podcasts -- posted at: 12:04 PM Comments[0] |
Sun, 10 January 2010 Tzvetan Todorov defends Englightenment values as important for us today in this episode of the philosophy podcast Philosophy Bites. |
Thu, 24 December 2009 Don Cupitt, controversial theologian and philosopher, argues that Jesus is best seen as a moralist and a radical secular humanist in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast. The podcast is introduced by David Edmonds. Nigel Warburton is the interviewer. Comments[0] |
Sun, 20 December 2009 How our words relate to objects is a thorny philosophical conundrum. In this episode of the philosophy podcast Philosophy Bites A.C. Grayling explains Bertrand Russell's Theory of Descriptions, an attempt to elucidate that relationship. Comments[0] |
Sun, 6 December 2009 Catalin Avramescu discusses the fascinating topic of the part played by the idea of cannibalism in the history of philosophy in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast. Comments[0] |
Sat, 21 November 2009 Jeff McMahan of Rutgers University discusses the morality of killing in war with Nigel Warburton in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast. Comments[2] |
Sun, 8 November 2009 What is involved in understanding a decision? Richard Bradley of the LSE addresses this question in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast. As a decision theorist, he views decisions as gambles involving weightings of beliefs and desires. Direct download: Richard_Bradley_on_Understanding_Decisions.mp3 Category: podcasts -- posted at: 7:31 AM Comments[0] |
Sun, 25 October 2009 This episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast focuses on the question of whether politicians need ever act immorally. Tony Coady (aka C.A.J. Coady), author of Messy Morality is in conversation with Nigel Warburton. Comments[0] |
Sun, 11 October 2009 John Campbell explores Bishop Berkeley's puzzle about what our experience is of in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast. Comments[0] |
