Simon Blackburn on Plato's Cave

Simon Blackburn on Plato's Cave

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.

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Cheryl Misak on Frank Ramsey's Life and Thought

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 Sep 202417min

Elizabeth Harman on Moral Heroes

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 Aug 202414min

Walter Sinnott Armstrong on AI and Morality

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 Jun 202413min

David Edmonds on the Life and Philosophy of Derek Parfit

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 Apr 202420min

Yascha Mounk on the Identity Trap

Yascha Mounk on the Identity Trap

Yascha Mounk discusses some of the ways in which focussing on gender, racial, and sexual identities can distort political argument and be counterproductive for oppressed minorities.

10 Apr 202430min

Mark Rowe on J.L.Austin

Mark Rowe on J.L.Austin

J.L.Austin was the best known exponent of what came to be known as Ordinary Language Philosophy. He was also a war hero. In this episode of the Bio Bites strand of the Philosophy Bites podcast David E...

14 Mar 202422min

James Klagge on Wittgenstein

James Klagge on Wittgenstein

In this episode James Klagge discusses the life and times of Ludwig Wittgenstein with David Edmonds. This is part of our mini series on the biographies of philosophers, Bio Bites.

19 Feb 202420min

David Chalmers on Technophiloosphy and the Extended Mind

David Chalmers on Technophiloosphy and the Extended Mind

22 Jan 202418min

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