Julian Savulescu on the 'Yuk' Factor
Should we base our morality on our emotional reactions of disgust? We all have a sense of 'yuk' at some activities or situations. Julian Savulescu of Oxford University discusses the relevance of revul...
8 Mar 200913min
Sebastian Gardner on Sartre on Bad Faith
Jean-Paul Sartre's notion of Bad Faith lies at the core of his existentialist classic Being and Nothingness. In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast Sebastian Gardner explains what Sartre mean...
20 Feb 200915min
Keith Ward on Idealism in Eastern and Western Philosophy
Questions about the nature of reality are at the heart of all philosophy in both Western and Eastern traditions. Keith Ward gives an overview of the idealist tradition in some Indian philosophy and dr...
6 Feb 200916min
David Papineau on Scientific Realism
Scientists talk about sub-atomic particles which are invisible to the eye. Do such particles really exist? Or are they simply convenient fictions that, for the moment at least, explain the observable ...
22 Jan 200918min
Kate Soper on Alternative Hedonism
Kate Soper believes that we need to rethink how we live in the light of impending environmental catastrophe. She maintains that alternative ways of living can be more enjoyable than consumerism.
11 Jan 200915min
Chandran Kukathas on Genocide
Genocide is, at first glance, a straightforward term. We understand what it is and why it is such an evil. But, as Chandran Kukathas of the London School of Economics argues in this episode of the Ph...
29 Des 200815min
M.M. McCabe on the Paradox of Inquiry
How do we learn anything? This isn't a puzzle until you start thinking hard about it. In his dialogue The Meno, Plato presented an apparent paradox about inquiry. M.M. McCabe discusses this paradox an...
14 Des 200816min
Raymond Tallis on Parmenides
Parmenides was one of the most important pre-Socratic philosophers. Raymond Tallis discusses his ideas and influence in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast.
7 Des 200815min
