Robert Williams on Decision Making Under Indeterminacy
How can we make decisions under conditions of indeterminacy? Robert Williams discusses this challenging issue with Nigel Warburton. This episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast has been made in assoc...
9 Tammi 202516min
Peter Godfrey Smith on Understanding Minds
Peter Godfrey Smith is famous for his work on understanding the minds of other animals, particularly octopuses. In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast he discusses animal minds with Nigel War...
1 Tammi 202518min
Richard Bourke on Hegel's Philosophy of History
Hegel is a notoriously difficult philosopher to understand. Here Richard Bourke gives a clear route through his key ideas about history and how it unfolds in conversation with Nigel Warburton.
2 Joulu 202419min
Jonathan Birch on the Edge of Sentience
Recent zoological research has shown us that a wide range of animals are likely to have sentience. We don't know for sure. There is sufficient evidence to think that it is likely that, for example, lo...
21 Loka 202428min
Cheryl Misak on Frank Ramsey's Life and Thought
The Cambridge philosopher Frank Ramsey died aged 26, but in a short brilliant life he made significant contributions to philosphy and economics. Here in the Bio Bites strand of Philosophy Bites David ...
24 Syys 202417min
Elizabeth Harman on Moral Heroes
Moral heroes are usually thought of as people who go beyond what is obligatory. Elizabeth Harman discusses whether sometimes we ought to act as moral heroes. She is in conversation with David Edmonds ...
4 Elo 202414min
Walter Sinnott Armstrong on AI and Morality
Can AI help us make difficult moral decisions? Walter Sinnott Armstrong explores this idea in conversation with David Edmonds in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast.
14 Kesä 202413min
David Edmonds on the Life and Philosophy of Derek Parfit
David Edmonds discusses the life and work of Derek Parfit who died in 2017 in this episode of the Bio Bites strand of Philosophy. David is the author of a recent biography of Parfit.
10 Huhti 202420min
