Agnes Callard on Lessons from Socrates
Does Socrates still have something to teach us? Agnes Callard thinks he has. Here she discusses the great Athenian and his continuing relevance with David Edmonds.
15 Apr 202522min
Emily Herring on Henri Bergson
Henri Bergson was once one of the most living famous philosophers. Now he is less well known. Emily Herring, his biographer, discusses this and some of his key ideas in this episode of the Philosophy ...
12 Mars 202518min
Lyndsey Stonebridge on the Life and Mind of Hannah Arendt
For this episode in the Bio Bites strand of the Philosphy Bites podcast Nigel Warburton interviews Lyndsey Stonebridge, author of a recent book about Hannah Arendt, We Are Free To Change the World, ab...
29 Jan 202522min
Ofra Magidor on Epistemicism and Moral Vagueness
Sometimes, there is vagueness about whether it is morally permissible (or even in some situations required) to perform a certain act—moral vagueness. What is the source of moral vagueness? Ofra Magid...
9 Jan 202529min
Robert Williams on Decision Making Under Indeterminacy
How can we make decisions under conditions of indeterminacy? Robert Williams discusses this challenging issue with Nigel Warburton. This episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast has been made in assoc...
9 Jan 202516min
Peter Godfrey Smith on Understanding Minds
Peter Godfrey Smith is famous for his work on understanding the minds of other animals, particularly octopuses. In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast he discusses animal minds with Nigel War...
1 Jan 202518min
Richard Bourke on Hegel's Philosophy of History
Hegel is a notoriously difficult philosopher to understand. Here Richard Bourke gives a clear route through his key ideas about history and how it unfolds in conversation with Nigel Warburton.
2 Dec 202419min
Jonathan Birch on the Edge of Sentience
Recent zoological research has shown us that a wide range of animals are likely to have sentience. We don't know for sure. There is sufficient evidence to think that it is likely that, for example, lo...
21 Okt 202428min
