Rom Harre on the Linguistic Turn in Philosophy
For this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast Rom Harre discusses and illustrates the so-called Linguistic Turn in Philosophy, the focus on actual uses of language that was advocated by the later W...
10 Nov 201315min
Robert Talisse on the Importance of Arguments in Politics
Why is argument so important in politics? Bob Talisse, co-author of Why We Argue (and how we should), explores this issue in conversation with David Edmonds for this episode of the Philosophy Bites po...
26 Okt 201318min
John Tasioulas on Human Rights
What are human rights? Are they simply legal rights? What is their relation to morality? John Tasioulas discusses the basis of human rights in conversation with Nigel Warburton in this episode of the ...
12 Okt 201321min
Eric Schwitzgebel on the Ethical Behaviour of Ethics Professors
You might expect people who specialize in moral philosophy to behave better than other people. Eric Schwitzgebel has done some empirical investigation of whether this is the case, and it doesn't seem ...
28 Sep 201316min
Alison Gopnik on Hume and Buddhism
Many people have noticed similarities between what David Hume wrote about the self and Buddhist teaching on this subject. In this episode of the Philosophy Bites archive Alison Gopnik discusses the po...
14 Sep 201315min
David Edmonds on Trolley Problems
Is it ever morally acceptable to kill one person to save many? Most people agree that in some extreme circumstances this, though psychologically difficult, can be the right action to take. In this epi...
1 Sep 201317min
Jessica Moss on Weakness of Will
You think you know what's best but don't do it. We've all been there. For Plato and Aristotle this weakness of will presented a philosophical problem. Jessica Moss explains their contrasting approache...
17 Aug 201312min
Michael Martin on Hume on Taste
David Hume's 'Of the Standard of Taste' focuses on judgements about beauty in writing. Can we say with any authority that one writer or work is better than another? Michael Martin gives a clear analys...
3 Aug 201317min
