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A Right to Health?

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2022


David Edmonds, Maria Carla Galavotti, and Cheryl Misak discuss the life and work of Moritz Schlick, the informal leader of the Vienna Circle murdered in 1936

Moritz Schlick | The Philosophers

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2021


David Edmonds, Maria Carla Galavotti, and Cheryl Misak discuss the life and work of Moritz Schlick, the informal leader of the Vienna Circle murdered in 1936

Food

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2021


C Thi Nguyen, Or Rosenboim, and Ahmed Sinno explore the complex history, philosophy, and politics of food

Silence

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2021


Monica Vieira, Rachel Muers, and Naomi Waltham-Smith offer perspectives on silence from philosophy, religion, and political thought

Grief

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2021


Michael Cholbi, Will Daddario, and Priya Jay explore the nature of grief and grieving

Simone de Beauvoir | The Philosophers

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2021


Kathryn Belle, Skye Cleary, and Kate Kirkpatrick on the life, legacy, and literature of Simone de Beauvoir

Modern Conversations

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2021


Alexandra Georgakopoulou, Daniel Miller, and Rebecca Roache on what philosophy, linguistics, and anthropology tell us about how we communicate today

Outer Space

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2021


Klara Anna Capova, Neil McDonnell, and Kelly Smith discuss the philosophy, ethics, and anthropology of space travel

Fake It Till You Make It

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2021


What's Wrong with Rights?

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2021


Adam Etinson, Yoriko Otomo, and Lyndsey Stonebridge discuss the advantages and limitations of the human rights model

Susan Stebbing | The Philosophers

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2021


David Edmonds, Maria Carla Galavotti, and Cheryl Misak discuss the life and work of Moritz Schlick, the informal leader of the Vienna Circle murdered in 1936

Addiction

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2021


Molly Mathieson, Alexander Mazonowicz, and Hanna Pickard explore the relationship between addiction, recovery, identity, and philosophy

You Would Say That

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2021


Clare Moriarty on philosophical mud-slinging and ad hominem arguments

Out of the Vat: Lucy Campbell

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2021


In this episode, we talk to Lucy about self-knowledge, sheepdogs, and pinhole photography…

The Modern Mind

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2021


Adrian Alsmith, Tim Lewens, and Lauren Slater trace the development of our modern ideas about the mind

The Philosopher Queens

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2021


Anita L Allen, Rebecca Buxton, and Désirée Lim discuss The Philosopher Queens and the history of women in philosophy

Fantasy

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2021


Maria Balaska, Jason Mohaghegh, and Adam Roberts draw on philosophy, psychoanalysis, and art to re-assess fantasy

Who’s a Good Boy?

Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2021


In this episode, Kristin Andrews, Sarah Brosnan, and Susana Monsó explore whether non-human animals can be moral

The Importance of Not Being Earnest

Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2021


In this episode, Robert Newman, Kieran Setiya and Zoe Walker explore what's philosophically interesting about comedy

The Human Paradox

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2021


In this episode, Fiona Hughes and Adrian Moore discuss Alan Montefiore’s latest book, Philosophy and the Human Paradox

A Theory of Everything?

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2021


In this episode, Philip Ball, Vanessa Seifert, and Jessica Wilson assess the prospects for a general theory of everything

Histories of Thinking | Logic

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2021


Sara Uckelman, Justin Vlasits and Audrey Yap on the history of logic, from Aristotle and medieval thought to its role in the so-called culture wars

Histories of Thinking | Philosophy

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2021


Julia Ng, Jonathan Rée, and Justin E H Smith explore more and less familiar histories of philosophy

Not Suitable for Work

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2021


Ödül Bozkurt, Brian O’Connor, and Judy Wajcman ask whether we work too much, and if it's making us bad citizens and unhappy humans

Resilience

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2021


David Bather Woods, Serene Khader, Mark Neocleous and David Westley trace the philosophical traditions of resilience and explore its modern forms.

The Philosophers’ Book Club: Leo Tolstoy’s The Death of Ivan Ilyich

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2021


The Philosophers’ Book Club is joined by Thomas Karshan and Olga Sobolev to discuss Tolstoy's The Death of Ivan Ilyich.

Spaced Out

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2021


COVID-19 has transformed our cities and our homes. Katie Beswick, Julia King, and Antoine Picon discuss planning for future public and private spaces.

On the Road

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2021


What’s the value of travel? Why is it politicized? Colin Clark, Nick Hayes and Emily Thomas on the future of travel in the twenty-first century.

Misinformation

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2021


Quassim Cassam, Lisa Bortolotti, and Cailin O’Connor consider the world's misinformation problem, its causes, and some potential solutions.

Putting Practice into Theory

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2021


More than simply an idea, but not a material object either, Steven French asks what kind of thing a scientific theory is

Talking about Not Talking (Carefully) about Science

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2020


The Philosophers’ Book Club: Iris Murdoch’s Under the Net

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2020


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