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Philosophy Bites

Edmonds and Warburton

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

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21:48

Teresa Bejan on Civility

Philosophy Bites ·

2018/08/20

Civility is a conversational virtue that governs how people talk to each other. How important is it in political life? In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast Teresa Bejan discusses this manner of speaking and writing and its history. We are grateful for sponsorship for this episode from the Marc Sanders Foundation and from our Patreon patrons.

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18:34

Robert B. Talisse on Overdoing Democracy

Philosophy Bites ·

2018/07/23

You can overdo most things, but can you overdo democracy? Political philosopher Robert B. Talisse thinks you can. He explains why in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast. We are very grateful for sponsorship from the Marc Sanders Foundation for this episode.

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19:56

Robert Wright on Why Buddhism is True

Philosophy Bites ·

2018/05/07

Robert Wright believes that there are a number of key tenets of Buddhism which are both compatible with present day evolutionary theory, and accurate about our relationship with the world and with our own minds. In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast he discusses Buddhism, reality, and the mind, with interviewer Nigel Warburton. We are very grateful for support for this episode from the Marc Sanders Foundation We are also grateful for the continuing support we receive from donations on

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21:04

Larry Temkin on Obligations to the Needy

Philosophy Bites ·

2018/04/02

How can we best help other people? Peter Singer has argued that we should give aid. Despite a lifetime spent believing this, Larry Temkin has started to question whether the effects of aid are beneficial. In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast he discusses some qualms about Peter Singer's arguments.

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21:10

Sarah Fine on the Right to Exclude

Philosophy Bites ·

2018/02/14

Do states have a moral right to exclude people from their territory? It might seem obvious that states do have such a right, but Sarah Fine questions this in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast. This episode of Philosophy Bites was sponsored by the Examining Ethics podcast from the Janet Prindle Institute for Ethics at DePauw University. You can subscribe to Examining Ethics on iTunes or listen to episodes at ExaminingEthics.Org

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18:32

Eric Schwitzgebel on Scepticism

Philosophy Bites ·

2018/01/11

How do I know I'm not dreaming? This sort of question has puzzled philosophers for thousands of years. Eric Schwitzgebel discusses scepticism and its history with Nigel Warburton in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast. This episode of Philosophy Bites was sponsored by the Examining Ethics podcast from the Janet Prindle Institute for Ethics at DePauw University. You can subscribe to Examining Ethics on iTunes or listen to episodes at ExaminingEthics.Org

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18:28

Philip Pettit on Robustly Demanding Goods

Philosophy Bites ·

2017/12/10

What is a robustly demanding good, and what has that got to do with friendship and love? Find out in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast in which Nigel Warburton interviews Princeton Professor Philip Pettit about this topic.

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17:58

Katherine Morris on Merleau-Ponty on the Body

Philosophy Bites ·

2016/03/02

Maurice Merleau-Ponty was one of the most interesting of the French phenomenological thinkers, but his reputation has been eclipsed by those of Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir. Katherine Morris discusses some of Merleau-Ponty's ideas about the body in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast.

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15:12

Michael Devitt on Experimental Semantics

Philosophy Bites ·

2016/02/14

Does the word 'Gödel' straightforwardly refer to the person who came up with the incompleteness theory of arithmetic? Some think the best way to find out to ask people about their intuitions on the topic? This creates all kinds of problems, as Michael Devitt explains in conversation with Nigel Warburton.

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16:43

Steven Hyman on Categorising Mental Disorders

Philosophy Bites ·

2016/01/29

Steven E. Hyman discusses the philosophical issues that arise from attempting to categorise mental disorders with David Edmonds in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast.

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18:32

Leif Wenar on Trade and Tyranny

Philosophy Bites ·

2016/01/10

Where does our oil come from? Does it matter? Leif Wenar, author of the recent book Blood Oil, argues that Western democracies are compromising themselves by buying either directly or indirectly from vicious tyrants.

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17:21

Katrin Flikschuh on Philosophy in Africa

Philosophy Bites ·

2015/12/16

In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast Katrin Flikschuh addresses the question 'What sort of philosophy is going on in Africa?'

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22:26

Carlo Rovelli on Philosophy and Physics

Philosophy Bites ·

2015/11/29

Some eminent physicists, including Stephen Hawking, have been sceptical of the value of philosophy to physics. Carlo Rovelli, a theoretical physicist with a strong interest in philosophy, disagrees. Here he discusses the relationship between philosophy and physics with Nigel Warburton.

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12:26

John Worrall on Evidence-Based Medicine

Philosophy Bites ·

2015/11/17

What sort of conclusions can we legitimately draw from the experiments that support evidence-based medicine? John Worrall questions some of the received opinion on this topic in this interview with David Edmonds for Philosophy Bites.

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12:19

Joshua Greene on the Construction of Thought

Philosophy Bites ·

2015/10/31

We take for granted the fact that we can combine concepts to give new thoughts, and understand the thoughts too. How do we do that? Joshua D. Greene discusses this question in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast.

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17:52

Graham Priest on Buddhism and Philosophy

Philosophy Bites ·

2015/10/13

What is the nature of the self? What is reality? How should we live? These are fundamental philosophical questions. Graham Priest discusses how such questions have been discussed in the Buddhist tradition for this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast.

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20:27

Jesse Prinz on Is Everything Socially Constructed?

Philosophy Bites ·

2015/09/27

To what degree is reality something created by us? Jesse Prinz explores this fascinating question in conversation with Nigel Warburton.

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23:56

Massimo Pigliucci on the Demarcation Problem

Philosophy Bites ·

2015/09/13

How can you tell science from non-science? Karl Popper argued that the falsifiability of a hypothesis is the mark of science. Massimo Pigliucci is not so sure about that.

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12:42

David Owens on Duty

Philosophy Bites ·

2015/09/01

What is a duty and what sort of obligation does it put us on? David Owens explores the nature of duty in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast. If you enjoy Philosophy Bites, please consider supporting us via Patreon.

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17:24

Kimberley Brownlee on Social Deprivation

Philosophy Bites ·

2015/08/19

We are a highly social species: we need human contact. But do we have a right to it? In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast Kimberley Brownlee suggests that this is an ingredient in a minimally decent human life...

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