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 Dec 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 Dec 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 Dec 200815min
Don Cupitt on Non-Realism about God
Don Cupitt, a controversial theologian and philosopher, whose BBC television series and book The Sea of Faith was extremely influential, giving birth to a theological movement, believes that most reli...
30 Nov 200815min
Wendy Brown on Tolerance
Tolerance is usually thought of as the great virtue of democratic societies. Wendy Brown of UC Berkeley asks some sceptical questions about the concept of tolerance and how it can be used to express p...
23 Nov 200814min
Anne Phillips on Political Representation
Political representation in a democracy doesn't necessarily reflect the variety of people within a society. Most noticeably, there is a much lower percentage of women acting as representatives than th...
16 Nov 200818min
