PREMIUM-Episode 41: Pat Churchland on the Neurobiology of Morality (Plus Hume's Ethics)
Patricia Churchland on her new book Braintrust: What Neuroscience Tells Us About Morality. We also discussed David Hume's ethics as foundational to her work, reading his Treatise on Human Nature (1739...
19 Juli 201133min
PREMIUM-Episode 40: Plato's Republic: What Is Justice?
Discussing The Republic by Plato, primarily books 1 and 2.
11 Juli 201131min
PREMIUM-Episode 39: Schleiermacher Defends Religion
Discussing Friedrich Schleiermacher's "On Religion; Speeches to its Cultured Despisers" (1799, with notes added 1821), first and second speeches. With guest Daniel Horne.
10 Juni 201133min
PREMIUM-Episode 38: Bertrand Russell on Math and Logic
Discussing Russell's Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy (1919), ch. 1-3 and 13-18. With guest Josh Pelton.
25 Maj 201133min
PREMIUM-Episode 37: Locke on Political Power
Discussing John Locke's Second Treatise on Government (1690). With guest Sabrina Weiss.
6 Maj 201130min
PREMIUM-Episode 36: More Hegel on Self-Consciousness
Part 2 of our discussion of G.F.W. Hegel's "Phenomenology of Spirit," covering sections 178-230 within section B, "Self-Consciousness."
11 Apr 201132min
PREMIUM-Episode 35: Hegel on Self-Consciousness
On G.F.W. Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit (1807), Part B (aka Ch. 4), "Self-Consciousness," plus recapping the three chapters before that (Part A. "Consciousness"). With guest Tom McDonald.
2 Apr 201129min
PREMIUM-Episode 34: Frege on the Logic of Language
On Gottlob Frege's "Sense and Reference," "Concept and Object" (both from 1892) and "The Thought" (1918). With guest Matt Teichman.
13 Mars 201133min
