Wed, 16 December 2015
In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast Katrin Flikschuh addresses the question 'What sort of philosophy is going on in Africa?'
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Category:general -- posted at: 8:29am GMT |
Sun, 29 November 2015
Some eminent physicists, including Stephen Hawking, have been sceptical of the value of philosophy to physics. Carlo Rovelli, a theoretical physicist with a strong interest in philosophy, disagrees. Here he discusses the relationship between philosophy and physics with Nigel Warburton.
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Category:general -- posted at: 7:19pm GMT |
Tue, 17 November 2015
What sort of conclusions can we legitimately draw from the experiments that support evidence-based medicine? John Worrall questions some of the received opinion on this topic in this interview with David Edmonds for Philosophy Bites.
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Category:general -- posted at: 4:20pm GMT |
Sat, 31 October 2015
We take for granted the fact that we can combine concepts to give new thoughts, and understand the thoughts too. How do we do that? Joshua D. Greene discusses this question in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast.
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Category:general -- posted at: 6:21pm GMT |
Tue, 13 October 2015
What is the nature of the self? What is reality? How should we live? These are fundamental philosophical questions. Graham Priest discusses how such questions have been discussed in the Buddhist tradition for this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast.
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Category:general -- posted at: 6:50pm GMT |
Sun, 27 September 2015
To what degree is reality something created by us? Jesse Prinz explores this fascinating question in conversation with Nigel Warburton.
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Category:general -- posted at: 10:32pm GMT |
Sun, 13 September 2015
How can you tell science from non-science? Karl Popper argued that the falsifiability of a hypothesis is the mark of science. Massimo Pigliucci is not so sure about that.
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Category:general -- posted at: 6:00am GMT |
Tue, 1 September 2015
What is a duty and what sort of obligation does it put us on? David Owens explores the nature of duty in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast. If you enjoy Philosophy Bites, please consider supporting us via Patreon. |
Wed, 19 August 2015
We are a highly social species: we need human contact. But do we have a right to it? In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast Kimberley Brownlee suggests that this is an ingredient in a minimally decent human life...
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Category:general -- posted at: 4:10pm GMT |
Sat, 1 August 2015
The philosopher Peter Singer is famous for his attack on speciesism, the alleged prejudice that many exhibit in favour of human interests when compared with the interests of other animals. Here Shelly Kagan outlines Singer's position and takes issue with it. In the process he makes some interesting points about prejudices in general. |
Wed, 22 July 2015
Michel Foucault's work explores a wide range of topics; it includes histories of both punishment and sex. He also wrote more abstractly about philosophical topics. One theme to which he kept returning, whatever the topic, was the nature of our knowledge. Susan James discusses this thread in his work in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast.
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Category:general -- posted at: 7:48pm GMT |
Mon, 6 July 2015
How do you choose which course of action is best? It seems reasonable that if A is better than B, and B is better than C, A must be better than C. But is it? Larry Temkin challenges this idea, known as the axiom of transitivity. |
Sun, 21 June 2015
How should we live? is a basic philosophical question. The Stoics had some answers. But are they relevant today? William B. Irvine thinks so. Listen to his conversation with Nigel Warburton on this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast.
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Category:general -- posted at: 10:24am GMT |
Sat, 6 June 2015
What is power? Steven Lukes argues for a three-dimensional account of this concept in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast. |
Sat, 6 June 2015
The historian and writer Theodore Zeldin gives his personal take on the relation betwen philosophy and history in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast.
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Category:general -- posted at: 1:22pm GMT |
Fri, 22 May 2015
What part do emotions play in our appreciation of art? Jesse Prinz explores the sense of wonder at artworks in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast. |
Sun, 10 May 2015
What is a conspiracy? Why do conspiracies - real or imagined - matter to philsophy? Cassim Quaassam explores these questions in conversation with Nigel Warburton
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Category:general -- posted at: 11:50pm GMT |
Tue, 28 April 2015
Are all truths relative? That's an attractive idea for many people. Tim Williamson, Wykeham Professor of Logic at Oxford University discusses why and attempts to immunise us against sloppy thinking in this area.
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Category:general -- posted at: 9:32am GMT |
Wed, 15 April 2015
How does your view of the self affect your attitude to your own death? Shaun Nichols discusses this question in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast. |
Sun, 29 March 2015
Warning: this episode on the philosophy of swearing includes swearing. Rebecca Roache discusses swearing and whether there are good arguments for refraining from it. |
Thu, 19 March 2015
We're all irrational some of the time, probably more of the time than we are ready to acknowledge. Lisa Bortolotti discusses the nature of irrationality with Nigel Warburton in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast. |
Sun, 1 March 2015
There are many ways to deceive with words, some of which don't involve lying. In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast Jonathan Webber considers whether it matters or not if you lie.
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Category:general -- posted at: 8:44pm GMT |
Mon, 16 February 2015
Albert Camus described suicide as the 'one really serious philosophical problem'. In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast Simon Critchley discusses suicide with Nigel Warburton. |
Tue, 3 February 2015
Many philosophers argue in favour of the welfare of animals because of their capacity for feeling pain. Harvard philosopher Christine Korsgaard is unusual in using Kantian arguments to defend the status of animals as ends in themselves. She discusses her approach with Nigel Warburton in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast.
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Category:general -- posted at: 12:30pm GMT |
Sun, 18 January 2015
What are the aims of education? Meira Levinson discusses this important question with Nigel Warburton in this episode of the Philosoph Bites podcast.
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Category:general -- posted at: 7:51pm GMT |
Sun, 4 January 2015
What is forgiveness? Whom does it benefit? Is it ever obligatory? Lucy Allais discusses these questions in conversation with Nigel Warburton in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast. |