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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52 - Gabriel Greenberg: Semiotics, Representation, and Cognitive Science & Film

52 - Gabriel Greenberg: Semiotics, Representation, and Cognitive Science & Film

Gabriel Greenberg is a professor of philosophy at the University of California Los Angeles, and currently a visiting professor at Stanford University. He works widely across the philosophy of mind, bu...

17 Feb 20231h 58min

51 - Scott Shapiro: Hackers, Cybersecurity, and Legal Philosophy

51 - Scott Shapiro: Hackers, Cybersecurity, and Legal Philosophy

Scott Shapiro is the Charles F. Southmayd Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy at Yale Law School, where he is also the founding director of the Yale CyberSecurity Lab. Robinson and Scott talk...

13 Feb 20231h 12min

50 - Jonathan Schaffer: Monism, Grounding, and The Fundamental Level of Reality

50 - Jonathan Schaffer: Monism, Grounding, and The Fundamental Level of Reality

Jonathan Schaffer is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Rutgers University. He is an acclaimed metaphysician with a unique mind and approach to philosophy (and who has exquis...

9 Feb 20231h 58min

49 - Stephen Darwall: The History of Modern Ethics

49 - Stephen Darwall: The History of Modern Ethics

Stephen Darwall is Andrew Downey Orrick Professor of Philosophy at Yale University and John Dewey Distinguished University Professor Emeritus at the University of Michigan. He is a world-renowned mora...

6 Feb 20231h 39min

48 - Patricia Churchland: Neurophilosophy, Free Will, & Consciousness

48 - Patricia Churchland: Neurophilosophy, Free Will, & Consciousness

Patricia Churchland is UC President’s Professor of Philosophy Emerita at the University of California, San Diego. She is among the most well-known and impactful figures working in the philosophy of mi...

2 Feb 20231h 24min

47: Achille Varzi: Metaphysics, Ontology, & Nominalism

47: Achille Varzi: Metaphysics, Ontology, & Nominalism

Achille Varzi is the John Dewey Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University and Bruno Kessler Honorary Professor at the University of Trento. He is a world-renowned metaphysicist and logician, and ...

30 Jan 20231h 43min

46 - Tim Maudlin: Laws of Nature, Absolute Space, & Free Will

46 - Tim Maudlin: Laws of Nature, Absolute Space, & Free Will

Tim Maudlin is Professor of Philosophy at NYU. Before that, he did his undergraduate work in philosophy and physics at Yale and received his PHD from Pittsburgh in the History and Philosophy of Scienc...

26 Jan 20231h 59min

45 - Jody Azzouni: Nominalism in the Philosophy of Mathematics

45 - Jody Azzouni: Nominalism in the Philosophy of Mathematics

Jody Azzouni is a professor of philosophy at Tufts University. While Jody is best known for his nominalist stance in the philosophy of mathematics, he is also an author of fiction, non-fiction, and po...

23 Jan 20231h 47min

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