Sat, 8 May 2010
Is it possible to be both utopian and realistic in political philosophy? In his second interview for the Philosophy Bites podcast Raymond Geuss argues that utopianism and realism need not be incompatible.
Direct download: Raymond_Geuss_on_Realism_in_Political_Philosophy.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 9:02am GMT |
Sun, 25 April 2010
Hegel's philosophy is notoriously difficult to grasp. In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast Robert Stern gives a lucid account of Hegel's notion of dialectic, the fundamental methodology in his philosophy. Philosophy Bites is made in association with the Institute of Philosophy. |
Sat, 10 April 2010
Ned Block talks to Nigel Warburton about some phenomena of consciousness in the latest episode of the podcast Philosophy Bites. Philosophy Bites is made in association with the Institute of Philosophy (www.philosophy.sas.ac.uk).
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Sat, 27 March 2010
How should we live now? This is the basic question that Susan Neiman addresses in conversation with Nigel Warburton for this episode of the podcast Philosophy Bites. Her answer draws on Enlightenment thinking. If you enjoy Philosophy Bites, you might also like Ethics Bites which can be found on iTunesU.
Direct download: Susan_Neiman_on_Morality_in_the_21st_Century.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 8:34am GMT |
Sat, 13 March 2010
Does everyone have a sense of self? What is it? Galen Strawson grapples with these questions in conversation with Nigel Warburton in the latest episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast. |
Sun, 28 February 2010
John Rawls' A Theory of Justice is probably the most important work of political philosophy of the 20th Century. In this Philosophy Bites podcast Jonathan Wolff outlines the key features of that book and explores some of its limitations.
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Category:podcasts -- posted at: 2:58pm GMT |
Mon, 15 February 2010
Jerrold Levinson examines analogies between music an eros in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast. |
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. |
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: 5:04pm GMT |
Sun, 10 January 2010
Tzvetan Todorov defends Englightenment values as important for us today in this episode of the philosophy podcast Philosophy Bites.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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: 12:31pm GMT |
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.
Direct download: Tony_Coady_on_Dirty_Hands_in_Politics.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 10:24pm GMT |
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.
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Fri, 25 September 2009
Friedrich Nietzsche has been seen as the philosopher of the Overman, an anti-semite, and a precursor of postmodernist views about truth. But was he any of these? Brian Leiter explores these questions in conversation with Nigel Warburton in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast.
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Sun, 13 September 2009
What can you do with Philosophy? Not very much, according to some people. John Armstrong disagrees. Find out why in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast
Direct download: John_Armstrong_on_What_You_Can_Do_With_Philosophy_1.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 5:19pm GMT |