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This conversation is part of the Immanuel Kant Series | 'Dare to know!' Philosophy Podcast. Today we are joined by Alix Cohen. Alix Cohen works at the University of Edinburgh where her current roles include Head of Philosophy. She is the author of Kant and the Human Sciences: Biology, Anthropology and History (2009), the editor of Kant’s Lectures on Anthropology: A Critical Guide (2014), Kant on Emotion and Value (2014), and Associate Editor of the British Journal for the History of Philosophy. In this episode of the Dare to know! Podcast we discuss Kant's views on the human sciences, biology, anthropology, history, emotions & more.
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Before joining the University of Edinburgh as Chancellor’s Fellow in January 2014, Alix Cohen taught at the universities of York and Leeds, having previously held a Junior Research Fellowship at Newnham College, Cambridge. She is the author of Kant and the Human Sciences: Biology, Anthropology and History (Palgrave, 2009) and has published papers on Kant as well as Hume and Rousseau. She is currently editing Kant’s Lectures on Anthropology: A Critical Guide (CUP, 2014) and Kant on Emotion and Value (Palgrave, 2014). Alix is also Associate Editor of the British Journal for the History of Philosophy and the Oxford Bibliography Online (OUP), and Executive Member of the British Society for the History of Philosophy and the UK Kant Society. This podcast is an audio recording of Dr Cohen's talk - 'Kant on the Ethics of Belief' - at the Aristotelian Society on 2 June 2014. The recording was produced by Backdoor Broadcasting Company in conjunction with the Institute of Philosophy, University of London.