Yascha Mounk on the Identity Trap
Yascha Mounk discusses some of the ways in which focussing on gender, racial, and sexual identities can distort political argument and be counterproductive for oppressed minorities.
10 Apr 202430min
Mark Rowe on J.L.Austin
J.L.Austin was the best known exponent of what came to be known as Ordinary Language Philosophy. He was also a war hero. In this episode of the Bio Bites strand of the Philosophy Bites podcast David E...
14 Mars 202422min
James Klagge on Wittgenstein
In this episode James Klagge discusses the life and times of Ludwig Wittgenstein with David Edmonds. This is part of our mini series on the biographies of philosophers, Bio Bites.
19 Feb 202420min
David Chalmers on Technophiloosphy and the Extended Mind
22 Jan 202418min
Agnes Callard on Sex
What happens when people have sexual desires for one another? Agnes Callard from the University of Chicago discusses sex, eroticism, and much more in conversation with Nigel Warburton. Not surprising...
27 Nov 202317min
Michael Lamb on Augustine on Hope
Augustine is usually described as a pessimist with a bleak view of human evil and corruption. Michael Lamb thinks that is a simplistic reading. Augustine has interesting things to say about hope as a ...
16 Okt 202319min
Seth Lazar on Political Philosophy in the Age of AI
AI has changed our lives already and looks set to have a huge impact. How should we adapt our thinking about political philosophy in the light of this? The philosopher Seth Lazar explores this questio...
27 Sep 202322min
Hannah Dawson on Mary Wollstonecraft
In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast Nigel Warburton interviews Hannah Dawson (editor of The Penguin Book of Feminist Writing) on Mary Wollstonecraft and her book A Vindication of the Right...
27 Sep 202320min
