Philosophy Bites
David Edmonds (Uehiro Centre, Oxford University) and Nigel Warburton (freelance philosopher/writer) interview top philosophers on a wide range of topics. Two books based on the series have been published by Oxford University Press. We are currently self-funding - donations very welcome via our website http://www.philosophybites.com
- Website
- http://www.philosophybites.com
- Description
- top philosophers interviewed on bite-sized topics
- Language
- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2024-05-09 02:47
- last episode published
- 2024-04-10 17:26
- publication frequency
- 16.42 days
- Contributors
- Nigel Warburton
- Owner
- nigelwarburton@aol.com (nigelwarburton@aol.com)
- Managing editor
- Edmonds and Warburton
- Author
- Explicit
- false
- Number of Episodes
- 376
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Episodes
| Date | Title & Description | Contributors |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-10 | David Edmonds discusses the life and work of Derek Parfit who died in 2017 in this episode of the Bio Bites strand of Philosophy. David is the author of a recent biography of Parfit. | |
| 2024-04-10 | 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. | |
| 2024-03-14 | Privileging one identity over others can be counterproductive for individuals and for society according to Yascha Mounk. He thinks there is an 'identity trap'. He discusses his ideas with Nigel Warburton in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast.... | |
| 2024-03-14 | 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 Edmonds discusses Austin's life and work with his bio... | |
| 2024-02-19 | 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. | |
| 2024-01-22 | ||
| 2023-11-27 | 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 surprisingly, this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast inv... | |
| 2023-10-16 | 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 virtue. | |
| 2023-09-27 | 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 question in conversation with Nigel Warburton in this episo... | |
| 2023-09-27 | 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 Rights of Woman (1792). |