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Robert B. Talisse on Pragmatism Updated: 2010-02-07 19:05:00 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Thomas Pogge on Global Justice and Health Updated: 2010-01-23 17:04:00 Description: 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 af...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tzvetan Todorov on the Englightenment Today Updated: 2010-01-10 18:28:00 Description: Tzvetan Todorov defends Englightenment values as important for us today in this episode of the philosophy podcast Philosophy Bites....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Don Cupitt on Jesus as Philosopher Updated: 2009-12-24 10:10:00 Description: 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 inte...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A.C. Grayling on Bertrand Russell on Descriptions Updated: 2009-12-20 08:12:00 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A.C. Grayling on Bertrand Russell on Descriptions Updated: 2009-12-20 08:12:00 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Catalin Avramescu on the Idea of Cannibalism Updated: 2009-12-06 12:36:00 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Jeff McMahan on Killing in War Updated: 2009-11-21 23:18:00 Description: Jeff McMahan of Rutgers University discusses the morality of killing in war with Nigel Warburton in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Richard Bradley on Understanding Decisions Updated: 2009-11-08 12:31:00 Description: 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. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tony Coady on Dirty Hands in Politics Updated: 2009-10-25 22:24:00 Description: 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. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD John Campbell on Berkeley's Puzzle Updated: 2009-10-11 18:17:00 Description: John Campbell explores Bishop Berkeley's puzzle about what our experience is of in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Brian Leiter on Nietzsche Myths Updated: 2009-09-25 10:35:00 Description: 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 episo...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD John Armstrong on What You Can Do With Philosophy Updated: 2009-09-13 16:19:00 Description: 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...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Walter Sinnott-Armstrong on Morality Without God Updated: 2009-08-28 09:55:00 Description: Walter Sinnott-Armstrong argues that God isn't necessary for morality in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sabine Doring on Emotion Updated: 2009-08-14 08:00:00 Description: What is an emotion? How do emotions differ from moods? What part should the emotions play in our lives and in our understanding of what it is to be human? Sabine DÃring addresses these questions in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Marilyn McCord Adams on Evil Updated: 2009-07-12 10:53:00 Description: The Problem of Evil is usually presented as a problem for believers. In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast Marilyn McCord Adams suggests that it is a problem for optimistic non-believers. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Ben Rogers on Pascal's Pensées Updated: 2009-07-29 23:37:00 Description: Blaise Pascal's PensÃes is the subject of this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast. Few philosophers know the PensÃes well, apart from the passage in which Pascal set forth his famous 'wager' - the idea that agnostics should gamble on God...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Luciano Floridi on the Fourth Revolution Updated: 2009-06-28 22:51:00 Description: New technology is changing our relationship to reality and in the process what we are, argues Luciano Floridi, in this episode of the philosophy podcast Philosophy Bites. This is the fourth revolution....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Paul Snowdon on Persons and Animals Updated: 2009-06-14 18:13:00 Description: What is a person and what makes me the same person over time despite change? John Locke emphasized that continuity of memory makes us the same person over time. In contrast Paul Snowdon argues that we should see persons as animals....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Michael Sandel on What Shouldn't Be Sold Updated: 2009-05-28 22:58:00 Description: Michael Sandel. 2009 Reith Lecturer, discusses the moral limits of markets. You can follow Nigel Warburton discussing Sandel's first Reith lecture on Twitter on www.twitter.com/philosophybites from 10.15 p.m UK time on the 13th June as this lec...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Allen Buchanan on Enhancement Updated: 2009-05-16 07:58:00 Description: Philosophy Bites looks at ethical questions raised by enhancement. Technological developments have opened up many new opportunities for intervening in biological processes to improve ourselves. Allen Buchanan of Duke University discusses some of thes...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Walter Sinnott-Armstrong on Moral Psychology Updated: 2009-05-02 13:29:00 Description: Moral psychology is the empirical study of how people make moral judgements. In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast Walter Sinnott-Armstrong discusses the relevance of psychological research to moral philosophy....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Thomas Hurka on Pleasure Updated: 2009-04-18 10:55:00 Description: Pleasure is something we all want. But is it, and should it be the only thing that we want? Is pleasure all the same kind of thing? Philosopher Thomas Hurka explores the concept of pleasure in conversation with Nigel Warburton in this episode of the ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Terence Irwin on Aristotle's Ethics Updated: 2009-04-04 20:11:00 Description: This episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast focuses on Aristotle's Ethics. In conversation with Nigel Warburton, Terence Irwin of Oxford University explains the key features of this influential work....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Raymond Tallis on Assisted Dying Updated: 2009-03-21 20:08:00 Description: Assisted dying, providing a patient with the means to kill themselves, is a highly controversial issue. For this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast Raymond Tallis, who is both an eminent gerontologist and philosopher, discusses this topic and so...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Julian Savulescu on the 'Yuk' Factor Updated: 2009-03-08 08:56:00 Description: Should we base our morality on our emotional reactions of disgust? We all have a sense of 'yuk' at some activities or situations. Julian Savulescu of Oxford University discusses the relevance of revulsion to our moral judgements in this episode of th...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sebastian Gardner on Sartre on Bad Faith Updated: 2009-02-20 08:34:00 Description: Jean-Paul Sartre's notion of Bad Faith lies at the core of his existentialist classic Being and Nothingness. In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast Sebastian Gardner explains what Sartre meant by Bad Faith....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Keith Ward on Idealism in Eastern and Western Philosophy Updated: 2009-02-06 16:46:00 Description: Questions about the nature of reality are at the heart of all philosophy in both Western and Eastern traditions. Keith Ward gives an overview of the idealist tradition in some Indian philosophy and draws parallels between this tradition and some West...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD David Papineau on Scientific Realism Updated: 2009-01-22 15:40:00 Description: Scientists talk about sub-atomic particles which are invisible to the eye. Do such particles really exist? Or are they simply convenient fictions that, for the moment at least, explain the observable phenomena? David Papineau discusses and defends sc...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Kate Soper on Alternative Hedonism Updated: 2009-01-11 23:29:00 Description: Kate Soper believes that we need to rethink how we live in the light of impending environmental catastrophe. She maintains that alternative ways of living can be more enjoyable than consumerism. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Chandran Kukathas on Genocide Updated: 2008-12-29 17:57:00 Description: Genocide is, at first glance, a straightforward term. We understand what it is and why it is such an evil. But, as Chandran Kukathas of the London School of Economics argues in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast, perhaps the received ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD M.M. McCabe on the Paradox of Inquiry Updated: 2008-12-14 20:17:00 Description: How do we learn anything? This isn't a puzzle until you start thinking hard about it. In his dialogue The Meno, Plato presented an apparent paradox about inquiry. M.M. McCabe discusses this paradox and its continuing relevance....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Wendy Brown on Tolerance Updated: 2008-11-23 18:16:00 Description: Tolerance is usually thought of as the great virtue of democratic societies. Wendy Brown of UC Berkeley asks some sceptical questions about the concept of tolerance and how it can be used to express power relationships in this interview for Philosoph...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Don Cupitt on Non-Realism about God Updated: 2008-11-30 17:09:00 Description: Don Cupitt, a controversial theologian and philosopher, whose BBC television series and book The Sea of Faith was extremely influential, giving birth to a theological movement, believes that most religion is too anthropomorphic. In this interview for...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Raymond Tallis on Parmenides Updated: 2008-12-07 18:08:00 Description: Parmenides was one of the most important pre-Socratic philosophers. Raymond Tallis discusses his ideas and influence in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Anne Phillips on Political Representation Updated: 2008-11-16 22:42:00 Description: Political representation in a democracy doesn't necessarily reflect the variety of people within a society. Most noticeably, there is a much lower percentage of women acting as representatives than there is in the wider population. Does this matter? ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Anthony Grayling on Bombing Civilians in Wartime Updated: 2008-11-09 23:23:00 Description: Anthony Grayling argues that bombing civilians in Dresden and other German cities in the Second World War was morally wrong....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Christopher Shields on Personal Identity Updated: 2008-11-03 06:48:00 Description: What makes anyone the same person over time? In this interview for Philosophy Bites Christopher Shields addresses this question of personal identity, one which, as he points out, has perplexed philosophers since antiquity....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Alexander Nehamas on Friendship Updated: 2008-10-26 22:24:00 Description: Alexander Nehamas explores the value of friendship in this interview with Nigel Warburton for the Philosophy Bites podcast....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Roger Crisp on Virtue Updated: 2008-10-12 20:30:00 Description: Roger Crisp discusses the nature of virtue in this interview with Nigel Warburton for the Philosophy Bites podcast....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Raymond Geuss on Real Politics Updated: 2008-10-19 21:12:00 Description: Raymond Geuss wants political philosophers to focus on real politics rather than abstract notions. In this interview with Nigel Warburton for Philosophy Bites he explains why he believes philosophers such as Robert Nozick and John Rawls were fundamen...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Peter Millican on Hume's Significance Updated: 2008-04-13 16:20:00 Description: David Hume is probably the greatest English-speaking philosopher to date. In this interview for Philosophy Bites. Peter Millican, a Hume specialist, explains why his philosophy was so important....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD John Dunn on Locke on Toleration Updated: 2008-06-15 23:17:00 Description: John Locke, writing in the Seventeenth Century, argued for religious toleration, though stopped short of toleration of atheists. In this episode of the podcast Philosophy Bites, Nigel Warburton interviews Locke expert John Dunn on this topic....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robert Rowland Smith on Derrida on Forgiveness Updated: 2008-06-22 21:37:00 Description: Jacques Derrida, father of deconstructionism, divided philosophers. For some he was a genius; for others a charlatan. In this episode of the Philosophy Bites Robert Rowland Smith defends Derrida's views about the concept of forgiveness....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD John Broome on Weighing Lives Updated: 2008-06-29 22:10:00 Description: How do we weigh lives one against another? Governments frequently have to make life and death decisions that take in to account such issues as the quality of life compared to the length of a life. In this episode of Philosophy Bites John Broome prese...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Melissa Lane on Rousseau on Civilization Updated: 2008-07-06 21:34:00 Description: Civilization is for most people synonymous with progress. Not for the eighteenth century thinker Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Rousseau believed that civilization corrupts us in certain ways. Melissa Lane explains Rousseau's views on progress in this episod...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Matthew Kramer on Legal Rights Updated: 2008-07-13 22:17:00 Description: What precisely is a legal right? Matthew Kramer discusses this question with Nigel Warburton in this episode of Philosophy Bites....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Peter Adamson on Plotinus on Evil Updated: 2008-07-20 21:18:00 Description: Plotinus, who lived in the 3rd Century A.D., was the founder of neo-platonism. In this episode of Philosophy Bites Peter Adamson explains what Plotinus had to say about evil. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Quentin Skinner on Machiavelli's The Prince Updated: 2008-07-27 22:00:00 Description: Niccolo Machiavelli's The Prince is one of the most notorious works of political philosophy ever written. Quentin Skinner sets it in its historical context and explains its key themes in this episode of Philosophy Bites....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Alex Neill - the Paradox of Tragedy Updated: 2008-08-03 18:47:00 Description: How can we enjoy watching tragedy when it is a genre that deals with suffering and pain? In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast Alex Neill explains what the paradox of tragedy is, and shows how he thinks it can be dissolved. He also re...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Clare Carlisle on Kierkegaard's Fear and Trembling Updated: 2008-08-10 16:48:00 Description: Soren Kierkegaard's Fear and Trembling retells and interprets the story of Abraham and Isaac. In Kierkegaard's hands the story becomes a model for the human predicament. In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast Clare Carlisle provides an inter...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Aaron Ridley on Nietzsche on Art and Truth Updated: 2008-08-16 22:16:00 Description: Friedrich Nietzsche's ideas about art and truth run through much of his philosophical writing, but are most apparent in his first book, The Birth of Tragedy. In this episode of Philosophy Bites Nigel Warburton interviews Aaron Ridley about this topic...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD M.M. McCabe on Socratic Method Updated: 2008-08-24 15:39:00 Description: Philosophy began in earnest with Socrates. He asked impertinent questions. In this interview with M.M. McCabe, Philosophy Bites explores the nature of Socratic Method and Socrates' claim that the unexamined life is not worth living....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Ray Monk on Philosophy and Biography Updated: 2008-08-31 17:46:00 Description: Ray Monk discusses the relationship between philosophy and biography in this interview with Nigel Warburton for the Philosophy Bites podcast. Can an understanding the life of a philosopher help us understand that philosopher's work? Is there anything...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Barry C. Smith on Neuroscience Updated: 2008-09-07 13:16:00 Description: Philosophers of mind have traditionally introspected sitting alone in their rooms. Now new developments in neuroscience are producing surprising results, some of which are relevant to philosophy. Phenomena such as blind sight and mirror neurones sugg...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Adrian Moore on Kant's Metaphysics Updated: 2008-09-14 18:45:00 Description: Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason is a notoriously difficult work. In this interview for Philosophy Bites A.W. Moore of Oxford University gives a succinct account of this complex and influential attempt to clarify the limits of human understand...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Peter Cave on Paradoxes Updated: 2008-09-21 10:15:00 Description: Philosophers have been fascinated by paradoxes since ancient times. In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast Nigel Warburton interviews Peter Cave about paradoxes and their relevance to philosophy....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Christopher Janaway on Nietzsche on Morality Updated: 2008-09-28 09:05:00 Description: Friedrich Nietzsche's The Genealogy of Morality provides a radical view of the origins of our values. Nigel Warburton interviews Christopher Janaway about this important book in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Anthony Appiah on Experiments in Ethics Updated: 2008-10-05 18:54:00 Description: Anthony Appiah makes the case for the relevance of psychological experiments to our ethical reasoning in this interview for the Philosophy Bites podcast....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Jennifer Hornsby on Human Agency Updated: 2008-06-01 19:28:00 Description: What goes on when someone does something deliberately? Jennifer Hornsby discusses this difficult philosophical question with Nigel Warburton in this episode of Philosophy Bites....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Will Kymlicka on Minority Rights Updated: 2008-06-08 12:52:00 Description: Should minority groups such as recent immigrants or those who have suffered historic injustice be given rights that other citizens don't have? Will Kymlicka believes they should. Listen to his arguments in defence of this position in this episode of ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Mary Warnock on the Right to Have a Baby Updated: 2008-05-22 08:37:00 Description: In this bonus episode produced in association with The Open University, Mary Warnock, a philosopher who also sits in the House of Lords, addresses the question 'Do we have a right to have babies?' A transcript of this episode is available at http://w...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Donna Dickenson on Body Shopping Updated: 2008-05-25 19:36:00 Description: Do you own your body? If not, who does? These are important questions in an age in which there is extensive trade in body parts. Donna Dickenson, author of Body Shopping, discusses this issue with Nigel Warburton in this episode of Philosophy Bites....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tim Scanlon on Free Speech Updated: 2008-05-30 10:23:00 Description: In this bonus episode produced in association with the Open University, Tim Scanlon discusses the limits of free speech with Nigel Warburton. A transcript of this episode is available from www.open2.net/ethicsbites/...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Anthony Kenny on Aquinas' Ethics Updated: 2008-05-18 09:08:00 Description: Thomas Aquinas, the thirteenth century Dominican is the subject of this episode of Philosophy Bites. Anthony Kenny explains the key features of Aquinas' ethics in conversation with Nigel Warburton....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Chandran Kukathas on Hayek's Liberalism Updated: 2008-05-04 16:56:00 Description: Friedrich Hayek was a major figure in Twentieth Century economics and political philosophy, but his ideas are sometimes caricatured, not least because Margaret Thatcher approved of his work. Chandran Kukathas explains the key features of his liberali...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Peter Singer on Human Use of Animals Updated: 2008-05-08 09:48:00 Description: In this bonus episode produced in association with the Open University as part of the Ethics Bites series, Peter Singer, perhaps the world's best known living philosopher, discusses how we treat animals. A transcript of this episode is available fro...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Jonathan Wolff on Marx on Alienation Updated: 2008-05-11 11:07:00 Description: Karl Marx's theory of alienated labour is the topic of this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast. Jonathan Wolff, author of Why Read Marx Today? explains what Marx meant by alienation. He also sheds light on Marx's controversial description of wha...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Michael Sandel on Genetic Enhancement in Sport Updated: 2008-05-14 22:37:00 Description: In this bonus episode of Philosophy Bites made in association with the Open University, Michael Sandel addresses the question of whether we should allow genetic enhancement of athletes. Drawing on themes from his recent book, The Case Against Perfect...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Chandran Kukathas on Hayek's Liberalism Updated: 2008-05-04 16:56:00 Description: Friedrich Hayek was a major figure in Twentieth Century economics and political philosophy, but his ideas are sometimes caricatured, not least because Margaret Thatcher approved of his work. Chandran Kukathas explains the key features of his liberali...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD David Miller on National Responsibility Updated: 2008-04-20 18:24:00 Description: Can a nation be collectively responsible for actions? And how should apologies and reparations be handled when the perpetrators of injustice may be dead? David Miller, author of a recent book on this topic, explores the kinds of responsibility that n...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Richard Reeves on Mill's On Liberty Updated: 2008-04-27 10:29:00 Description: In this episode of Philosophy Bites Richard Reeves, author of a recent biography of John Stuart Mill sheds light on Mill's classic defence of individual freedom, On Liberty....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Raimond Gaita on Torture Updated: 2008-03-30 19:36:00 Description: Is it immoral even to consider the use of torture in some circumstances? If the State is threatened, should we be prepared to shelve human rights for an end we consider worthwhile? Raimond Gaita discusses a range of arguments about torture in this ep...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Janet Radcliffe Richards on Men and Women's Natures Updated: 2008-04-06 17:37:00 Description: Are men and women different by nature? And if so, what follows? Janet Radcliffe Richards, author of The Sceptical Feminist and Human Nature After Darwin, examines questions about human nature, focusing on John Stuart Mill's important book The Subject...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Peter Millican on Hume's Significance Updated: 2008-04-13 16:20:00 Description: David Hume is probably the greatest English-speaking philosopher to date. In this interview for Philosophy Bites. Peter Millican, a Hume specialist, explains why his philosophy was so important....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Derek Matravers on the Definition of Art Updated: 2008-03-22 19:17:00 Description: What is art? Can anything be a work of art? Derek Matravers, author of Art and Emotion, explores these questions in conversation with Nigel Warburton in this episode of Philosophy Bites (www.philosophybites.com)....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Anthony Appiah on Cosmopolitanism Updated: 2008-03-02 21:41:00 Description: Is it possible to be a citizen of the world while maintaining your own distinctive identity? Anthony Appiah defends the ethical position he dubs cosmopolitanism (which for him is universalism combined with a recognition and celebration of diversity) ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Thomas Pink on Free Will Updated: 2008-03-09 11:19:00 Description: We often blame people for what they do or fail to do. But that implies that they were free to choose whether or not to act in the way they did. At the same time science seems to reveal prior causes of all our actions. There seems little or no room fo...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Melissa Lane on Plato and Totalitarianism Updated: 2008-03-16 12:54:00 Description: Was Plato's ideal state a totalitarian one? Karl Popper, thought so, and made his case in The Open Society and Its Enemies. Melissa Lane, author of Plato's Progeny, reassesses Popper's critique of Plato in this episode of Philosophy Bites. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A.C. Grayling on Descartes' Cogito Updated: 2008-02-23 13:57:00 Description: A.C. Grayling, author of a recent biography of Renà Descartes, explores Descartes' Cogito argument, the pivotal argument of the Meditations, in conversation with Nigel Warburton in this episode of Philosophy Bites. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Hugh Mellor on Time Updated: 2008-02-15 11:32:00 Description: Events happen in time. And time is essentially tensed: there is past, present, future. D.H. Mellor, author of Real Time (and Real Time 2) suggests otherwise. In this podcast for Philosophy Bites he explains why time isn't tensed....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Richard Tuck on Free Riding Updated: 2008-02-10 14:19:00 Description: If what I do has only a negligible impact on events, why should I bother doing it at all? Why not 'free ride' on other people's contributions? Richard Tuck explores these questions in this episode of Philosophy Bites....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Stephen Mulhall on Film as Philosophy Updated: 2008-02-03 10:42:00 Description: Most philosophers who consider the movies focus on the nature of the cinematic medium. Stephen Mulhall argues for a different approach. He thinks that a film such as Bladerunner can actually be philosophy....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD John Cottingham on The Meaning of Life Updated: 2007-06-12 15:19:00 Description: What is the meaning of life? This is a basic question for all of us. There is also the possibility that life has no meaning whatsoever. In this interview John Cottingham explains his vision of the kinds of meaning that we can find in our lives....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Richard Norman on Humanism Updated: 2008-01-27 11:25:00 Description: How can non-believers make sense of the world? How can there be morality without God? In this episode of Philosophy Bites philosopher Richard Norman explains how it is possible to lead a good life without religion....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Richard Bourke on Edmund Burke on Politics Updated: 2008-01-20 17:32:00 Description: The eighteenth century thinker and politician Edmund Burke was one of the founders of modern conservativism. In his Reflections on the Revolution in France he attacked the revolution. For this episode of Philosophy Bites Richard Bourke of Queen Mary,...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Angie Hobbs on Plato on War Updated: 2008-01-13 10:49:00 Description: What causes human agression? For Plato's Socrates it comes from innate tendencies nurtured in the wrong way. And that's where war comes from. Angie Hobbs gives a fascinating introduction to this aspect of Plato's Republic in this episode of Philosoph...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Mark Vernon on Friendship Updated: 2007-12-30 19:40:00 Description: What is friendship? Is it a suitable subject for Philosophy? Mark Vernon, author of The Philosophy of Friendship, explores these questions in conversation with Nigel Warburton in this episode of Philosophy Bites....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Barry Smith on Wittgenstein's Conception of Philosophy Updated: 2008-01-06 21:13:00 Description: Ludwig Wittgenstein was one of the great figures of Twentieth Century Philosophy. Part of his originality lay in his view of what Philosophy was and how it ought to be done. For this episode of Philosophy Bites Barry Smith of Birkbeck College London ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Mark Vernon on Friendship Updated: 2007-12-30 19:40:00 Description: What is friendship? Is it a suitable subject for Philosophy? Mark Vernon, author of The Philosophy of Friendship, explores these questions in conversation with Nigel Warburton in this episode of Philosophy Bites....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD G.A. Cohen on Inequality of Wealth Updated: 2007-12-23 11:30:00 Description: Can differences in income be morally justified? Should we expect rich people to give their money to the poor? G.A. Cohen, author of a book with the provocative title If You're An Egalitarian, How Come You're So Rich? addresses these questions in this...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Barry Stroud on Scepticism Updated: 2007-12-16 20:39:00 Description: Can I trust my senses? Can I tell that I'm not now dreaming? Some philosophical sceptics have maintained that we can't know anything for certain. Barry Stroud discusses the challenge posed by such sceptics in this episode of Philosophy Bites....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Julian Baggini on Thought Experiments Updated: 2007-12-09 12:33:00 Description: Philosophers often use elaborate thought experiments in their writing. Are these anything more than rhetorical flourishes? Or do they reveal important aspects of the questions under discussion. Julian Baggini, editor of The Philosophers' Magazine and...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Susan James on Spinoza on the Passions Updated: 2007-12-02 17:12:00 Description: What are the passions and what role do they play in human life? These fundamental questions fascinated Baruch de Spinoza who in his book Ethics gave a highly original account of what it is to be human. In this episode of Philosophy Bites, Susan James...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Henry Hardy on Isaiah Berlin's Pluralism Updated: 2007-11-25 18:48:00 Description: Is there a common currency in which we can compare the various ways in which people choose to live? Isaiah Berlin thought not. He argued that fundamental values may be incommensurable. In this episode of Philosophy Bites Henry Hardy in conversation w...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Myles Burnyeat on Aristotle on Happiness Updated: 2007-11-18 17:01:00 Description: What is happiness? Is it a matter of blissful mental states subjectively experienced, or is it, as Aristotle believed, more about a successful life? In this latest episode of Philosophy Bites Myles Burnyeat in conversation with Nigel Warburton gives ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Alain de Botton on Philosophy Within and Outside the Academy Updated: 2007-11-11 20:43:00 Description: What is philosophy? Does academic philosophy squeeze the life out of some of the most important questions we can ask? Alain de Botton, author of the bestseller The Consolations of Philosophy, discusses his conception of philosophy and the importance ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Angie Hobbs on Plato on Erotic Love Updated: 2007-11-04 11:01:00 Description: Plato's Symposium is the most famous philosophical discussion of love, its joys, risks and pleasures. In this episode of Philosophy Bites Angie Hobbs gives a lively account of what Plato thought about erotic love. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Stewart Sutherland on Hume on Design Updated: 2007-10-28 13:08:00 Description: Is there evidence of intelligent design in the Universe? In the Eighteenth Century David Hume presented a series of powerful arguments against the Argument from Design. In this interview for Philosophy Bites Stewart Sutherland outlines these argument...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Onora O'Neill on Medical Consent Updated: 2007-10-21 21:21:00 Description: What do we mean by 'consent' in a medical context? Is it reasonable to ask for informed consent before performing medical procedures? Is consent even the most important issue. Onora O'Neill challenges some widely-held assumptions in this area in this...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Brad Hooker on Consequentialism Updated: 2007-09-03 18:50:00 Description: What makes an action a good one? According to consequentialists this question is decided by the action's actual or likely consequences. In this episode of Philosophy Bites the moral philosopher Brad Hooker explains what consequentialism is and defend...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Peter Adamson on Avicenna Updated: 2007-09-10 09:36:00 Description: In this week's episode of Philosophy Bites Nigel Warburton interviews Peter Adamson about Avicenna (born in 973) whom he describes as the greatest philosopher in the history of Islamic thought. The discussion focusses on Avicenna's argument for God's...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Mary Warnock on Sartre's Existentialism Updated: 2007-09-17 14:08:00 Description: What is existentialism? Is it still relevant to us? Sartre believed that we are free to choose what we make of our lives. Was he right? In this interview for Philosophy Bites Mary Warnock gives her views on Jean-Paul Sartre's existentialism....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Jonathan Ree on Philosophy as an Art Updated: 2007-09-23 15:57:00 Description: Some people see Philosophy as close to science. In this episode of the podcast Philosophy Bites Jonathan RÃe explores the idea that Philosophy is an art....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tim Crane on Mind and Body Updated: 2007-09-30 20:35:00 Description: What is the mind and how does it relate to our bodies? How can something physical think? These are fundamental questions in the philosophy of mind. Tim Crane addresses these difficult issues in this interview for Philosophy Bites....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Anthony Kenny on his New History of Philosophy Updated: 2007-10-08 08:53:00 Description: Anthony Kenny has recently published a major new four-volume history of philosophy. Nigel Warburton interviews him about this project for this latest episode of Philosophy Bites....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Quentin Skinner on Hobbes on the State Updated: 2007-10-15 05:06:00 Description: What is the state? How do individuals combine to lend legitimate authority to those who act on the state's behalf? These are fundamental questions in political philosophy that Thomas Hobbes addressed in the seventeenth century. In this interview Quen...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Simon Blackburn on Moral Relativism Updated: 2007-08-27 11:42:00 Description: Are moral choices simply relative, a matter of culture or taste? Are genuine moral disagreements possible? Should we just tolerate different ways that people choose to live? Nigel Warburton interviews Simon Blackburn on these important question...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Jonathan Wolff on Disadvantage Updated: 2007-08-19 22:32:00 Description: What is disadvantage? How can we identify the most disadvantaged in society and what should we or governments do about it? Jonathan Wolff, co-author of a new book on the topic, outlines his answers to these questions in this interview for Philosophy ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Timothy Williamson on Vagueness Updated: 2007-08-13 17:59:00 Description: Philosopher Timothy Williamson explains how we can make sense of such vague concepts as 'heap' or 'red' or 'bald' in the process outlining his own solution to what are usually known as Sorites Paradoxes. Williamson gives a precise account of what 'va...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD David Papineau on Physicalism Updated: 2007-08-07 08:37:00 Description: Are all our thoughts simply physical events in our bodies? Can we give a purely physical account of the conscious human mind? David Papineau believes that we can. In this interview for Philosophy Bites he explains what physicalism is, why he be...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Anthony Grayling on Atheism Updated: 2007-07-30 08:50:00 Description: Is belief in the existence of a God or gods the equivalent of believing that there are fairies at the bottom of the garden? Or can it be defended on the basis of reason or evidence? In this interview for Philosophy Bites Anthony Grayling gives ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Adrian Moore on Infinity Updated: 2007-07-24 11:24:00 Description: Infinity is a difficult concept to grasp and one that introduces several paradoxes. In this interview for Philosophy Bites, Adrian Moore, author of an important book on the subject, gives a clear and stimulating introduction to the philosophy of infi...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Roger Crisp on Utilitarianism Updated: 2007-07-16 13:18:00 Description: How should we live? John Stuart Mill, one of the great thinkers of the nineteenth century thought that we should maximise happiness. Here Roger Crisp, author of an acclaimed book on Mill, explains Mill's utilitarian ethical theory....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Edward Craig - What is Philosophy? Updated: 2007-07-10 17:36:00 Description: Edward Craig, editor of the Routledge Encylopedia of Philosophy and author of Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction gives an interesting angle on the nature of philosophy, how it relates to other kinds of thinking, and what makes good philosophy good...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Anne Phillips on Multiculturalism Updated: 2007-07-03 10:32:00 Description: Should members of a minority group be left to lead their lives as they see fit, even where their values differ from those of the majority? Anne Phillips, author of a recent book on multiculturalism, addresses the difficult question of how people from...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Alain de Botton on The Aesthetics of Architecture Updated: 2007-06-27 08:21:00 Description: How important is beauty in architecture? Is a concern with beauty mere asetheticism? Alain de Botton, author of The Architecture of Happiness, discusses the nature and value of architectural beauty in this episode of Philosophy Bites....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Barry Smith on Wine Updated: 2007-06-21 08:55:00 Description: Is wine tasting a purely subjective matter? Why should we value the experience of drinking wine? Philosopher Barry Smith, editor of a new book on the philosophy of wine, Questions of Taste, explores these and related issues in this interview....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Simon Blackburn on Plato's Cave Updated: 2007-06-02 21:32:00 Description: What is the nature of reality? Is the world as it appears, or is there something timeless behind the world of appearances? Simon Blackburn discusses one of the most famous images in Philosophy: Plato's cave. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Mary Warnock on Philosophy in Public Life Updated: 2007-06-02 22:03:00 Description: What can philosophers contribute to public life? Mary Warnock who sits in the House of Lords and has chaired two important commissions discusses how her training in philosophy prepared her for these roles....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Stephen Law on The Problem of Evil Updated: 2007-06-09 08:57:00 Description: What is evil? Is it consistent with the existence of a benevolent God? In this interview Stephen Law gives an original take on this traditional philosophical problem....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Miranda Fricker on Epistemic Injustice Updated: 2007-06-16 15:46:00 Description: Testimonial injustice occurs when others fail to treat you seriously as a source of knowledge. In this interview Miranda Fricker, author of a recent book on the topic, explains this concept which lies at the intersection between epistemology and poli...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD |
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