Alain de Botton on Philosophy Within and Outside the Academy
Philosophy Bites11 Nov 2007

Alain de Botton on Philosophy Within and Outside the Academy

What is philosophy? Does academic philosophy squeeze the life out of some of the most important questions we can ask? Alain de Botton, author of the bestseller The Consolations of Philosophy, discusses his conception of philosophy and the importance of literary style with Nigel Warburton in this episode of Philosophy Bites.

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Alexander Guerrero on Lottocracy

Alexander Guerrero on Lottocracy

Democracy isn't working so well, so why not use a lottery system to choose representatives instead? Alexander Guerrero discusses his version of this old idea in this episode of the Philosophy Bites po...

24 Mars 15min

Tarun Khaitan on Decolonising Institutions

Tarun Khaitan on Decolonising Institutions

Narendra Modi has spoken of "decolonising" India including its post-colonial constitution Are philosophical criticisms of this constitution well-founded? Tarun Khaitan of the London School of Economic...

26 Feb 21min

Janet Radcliffe Richards on What is Philosophy?

Janet Radcliffe Richards on What is Philosophy?

Philosophers argue endlessly about what philosophy is. Janet Radcliffe Richards suggests that a simple way to approach this question is to examine what we think about inconsistencies.  She uses an exa...

24 Jan 15min

Chike Jeffers on Africana Philosophy

Chike Jeffers on Africana Philosophy

David Edmonds talks to Chike Jeffers of Dalhousie University about Africana Philosophy. This episode was supported by the Ideas Workshop, part of the Open Society Foundations.

1 Jan 15min

Angie Hobbs on Plato on Power

Angie Hobbs on Plato on Power

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Samuel Scheffler on Grief and Time

Samuel Scheffler on Grief and Time

Grief is affected by the passage of time in a way that some attitudes and emotions aren't. Samuel Scheffler explores why this might be so in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast.

21 Nov 202521min

Edouard Machery on Variations in Responses to Thought Experiments

Edouard Machery on Variations in Responses to Thought Experiments

Philosophers who use thought experiments often believe their own intutions in response to them are unviersal. But that's not always so. In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast Edouard Machery ...

2 Nov 202521min

Lewis Gordon on Frantz Fanon

Lewis Gordon on Frantz Fanon

Frantz Fanon, who was born in Martinique, died aged 36. He nevertheless made very significant contributions to the discussion of racism and colonialism, influenced strongly by the existentialist tradi...

17 Okt 202523min

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