1 - Haim Gaifman: Vagueness & the Sorites Paradox

1 - Haim Gaifman: Vagueness & the Sorites Paradox

Haim Gaifman is a philosopher and mathematician. He teaches at Columbia University in New York City. Robinson and Haim talk about vagueness, a branch of philosophy that deals with borderline phenomena like heaps and baldness. (Note that this interview was conducted in May of 2022, before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, which is used as an example in the discussion.)


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124 - Jay McClelland: Deep Learning, Neural Networks, and Artificial Intelligence

124 - Jay McClelland: Deep Learning, Neural Networks, and Artificial Intelligence

Jay McClelland is Lucie Stern Professor in the Department of Psychology at Stanford University, where he is also Director of the Center for Mind, Brain, Computation and Technology. Along with other to...

6 Aug 20231h 47min

123 - Paul Boghossian: The Sokal Hoax, The A Priori, and Moral Facts

123 - Paul Boghossian: The Sokal Hoax, The A Priori, and Moral Facts

Paul Boghossian is Silver Professor of Philosophy at New York University, where he is also Chair of the Philosophy Department. Paul has worked in a wide variety of areas within philosophy, including e...

4 Aug 20231h 19min

122 - David Pizarro: Moral Psychology, Praise & Blame, Disgust & Politics

122 - David Pizarro: Moral Psychology, Praise & Blame, Disgust & Politics

David Pizarro is Professor of Psychology at Cornell University. While he teaches and publicly discusses a wide variety of material in the discipline, his primary research interest is in moral judgment...

2 Aug 20231h 49min

121 - Julian Barbour: Thermodynamics, Boltzmann Brains, and a New Theory of Time

121 - Julian Barbour: Thermodynamics, Boltzmann Brains, and a New Theory of Time

Julian Barbour is a physicist working in the foundations of physics and quantum gravity, with a special interest in time and the history of science. In this episode, Julian and Robinson discuss thermo...

30 Jul 20231h 57min

120 - Simon Blackburn: Vanity, Narcissism, Lust, and Pride

120 - Simon Blackburn: Vanity, Narcissism, Lust, and Pride

Simon Blackburn was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge and Edna J. Koury Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. This is Simon’s sec...

28 Jul 20231h 3min

119 - Mark Solms: Neuropsychoanalysis and the Source of Consciousness

119 - Mark Solms: Neuropsychoanalysis and the Source of Consciousness

Mark Solms is professor of Neuropsychology at the Neuroscience Institute at the University of Cape Town. He is also a psychoanalyst, and while Mark’s early research focused on the brain mechanisms of ...

26 Jul 20231h 32min

118 - Slavoj Žižek & Sean Carroll: Quantum Physics, the Multiverse, and Time Travel

118 - Slavoj Žižek & Sean Carroll: Quantum Physics, the Multiverse, and Time Travel

Slavoj Žižek is international director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities at the University of London, visiting professor at New York University, and a senior researcher at the University of...

23 Jul 20231h 48min

117 - Anna Lembke: Dopamine, Drug Addiction, and Recovery

117 - Anna Lembke: Dopamine, Drug Addiction, and Recovery

Dr. Anna Lembke received her undergraduate degree in Humanities from Yale University and and her medical degree from Stanford University. She is currently Professor and Medical Director of Addiction M...

21 Jul 20231h 28min

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