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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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...

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116 - Massimo Pigliucci: Pseudoscience, Conspiracy Theories, and the Public Intellectual

116 - Massimo Pigliucci: Pseudoscience, Conspiracy Theories, and the Public Intellectual

Massimo Pigliucci is K.D. Irani Professor of Philosophy at the City University of New York, where he specializes in both ancient philosophy and the philosophy of science. In addition to a doctorate in...

19 Jul 20231h 6min

115 - Craig Callender & Tim Maudlin: Time Travel, Time’s Arrow, and The Block Universe

115 - Craig Callender & Tim Maudlin: Time Travel, Time’s Arrow, and The Block Universe

Craig Callender is Professor of Philosophy and Co-Director of the Institute for Practical Ethics at UC San Diego. Tim Maudlin is Professor of Philosophy at NYU and Founder and Director of the John Bel...

16 Jul 20232h 5min

114 - Eric Helms: Nutrition, Bodybuilding, & Supplementation for Strength and Aesthetics

114 - Eric Helms: Nutrition, Bodybuilding, & Supplementation for Strength and Aesthetics

Eric Helms is an AUT Research Fellow at the Sports Performance Research Institute New Zealand (Auckland University of Technology) in the Strength & Conditioning and Sports Physiology and Nutrition res...

14 Jul 20231h 58min

113 - David Spiegel: Hypnosis and Mental Illness

113 - David Spiegel: Hypnosis and Mental Illness

David Spiegel is Willson Professor of Medicine and Associate Chair of Psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine. He did his undergraduate work at Yale and received his M.D. from Harvard Med...

11 Jul 20231h 32min

112 - Victor Davis Hanson: Revisionist History and the Dying Citizen

112 - Victor Davis Hanson: Revisionist History and the Dying Citizen

Victor Davis Hanson is a renowned classicist, military historian, and political commentator. He is the Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow in Residence in Classics and Military History at the Hoov...

9 Jul 20231h 1min

111 - Avi Loeb: Alien Life, Extraterrestrial Spacecraft, and Oumuamua

111 - Avi Loeb: Alien Life, Extraterrestrial Spacecraft, and Oumuamua

Avi Loeb is Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science in the Department of Astronomy at Harvard University, and former chair of the department. Before joining Harvard he spent fifteen years working in t...

7 Jul 20231h 50min

110 - Daniel Kahneman: Biases and Flaws in Human Judgment

110 - Daniel Kahneman: Biases and Flaws in Human Judgment

Daniel Kahneman is Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Public Policy at Princeton University. He won the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 2002 for joint work with Amos Tversky in which they reveal...

4 Jul 20231h 6min

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