All episodes of Forum for Philosophy

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David Edmonds, Maria Carla Galavotti, and Cheryl Misak discuss the life and work of Moritz Schlick, the informal leader of the Vienna Circle murdered in 1936

Published 02/18/22

Forum for Philosophy

Published 02/18/22

Punishment

Published 02/08/22

Anger

Published 01/25/22

Moritz Schlick | The Philosophers

David Edmonds, Maria Carla Galavotti, and Cheryl Misak discuss the life and work of Moritz Schlick, the informal leader of the Vienna Circle murdered in 1936

Published 12/14/21

Food

C Thi Nguyen, Or Rosenboim, and Ahmed Sinno explore the complex history, philosophy, and politics of food

Published 12/10/21

Silence

Monica Vieira, Rachel Muers, and Naomi Waltham-Smith offer perspectives on silence from philosophy, religion, and political thought

Published 12/08/21

Grief

Michael Cholbi, Will Daddario, and Priya Jay explore the nature of grief and grieving

Published 11/24/21

Simone de Beauvoir | The Philosophers

Kathryn Belle, Skye Cleary, and Kate Kirkpatrick on the life, legacy, and literature of Simone de Beauvoir

Published 11/17/21

Modern Conversations

Alexandra Georgakopoulou, Daniel Miller, and Rebecca Roache on what philosophy, linguistics, and anthropology tell us about how we communicate today

Published 11/09/21

Outer Space

Klara Anna Capova, Neil McDonnell, and Kelly Smith discuss the philosophy, ethics, and anthropology of space travel

Published 11/02/21

Fake It Till You Make It

Margaret Hampson on imitation and being good

Published 11/01/21

What’s Wrong with Rights?

Adam Etinson, Yoriko Otomo, and Lyndsey Stonebridge discuss the advantages and limitations of the human rights model

Published 10/26/21

Susan Stebbing | The Philosophers

Michael Beaney, Siobhan Chapman, and Peter West discuss Stebbing, a pioneer of analytic philosophy who applied her technical expertise to pressing social issues

Published 10/22/21

Addiction

Molly Mathieson, Alexander Mazonowicz, and Hanna Pickard explore the relationship between addiction, recovery, identity, and philosophy

Published 10/10/21

You Would Say That

Clare Moriarty on philosophical mud-slinging and ad hominem arguments

Published 08/22/21

Out of the Vat: Lucy Campbell

In this episode, we talk to Lucy about self-knowledge, sheepdogs, and pinhole photography…

Published 08/16/21

The Modern Mind

Adrian Alsmith, Tim Lewens, and Lauren Slater trace the development of our modern ideas about the mind

Published 06/15/21

The Philosopher Queens

Anita L Allen, Rebecca Buxton, and Désirée Lim discuss The Philosopher Queens and the history of women in philosophy

Published 06/12/21

Fantasy

Maria Balaska, Jason Mohaghegh, and Adam Roberts draw on philosophy, psychoanalysis, and art to re-assess fantasy

Published 06/08/21

Who’s a Good Boy?

In this episode, Kristin Andrews, Sarah Brosnan, and Susana Monsó explore whether non-human animals can be moral

Published 05/26/21

The Importance of Not Being Earnest

In this episode, Robert Newman, Kieran Setiya and Zoe Walker explore what's philosophically interesting about comedy

Published 05/18/21

The Human Paradox

In this episode, Fiona Hughes and Adrian Moore discuss Alan Montefiore’s latest book, Philosophy and the Human Paradox

Published 04/12/21

A Theory of Everything?

In this episode, Philip Ball, Vanessa Seifert, and Jessica Wilson assess the prospects for a general theory of everything

Published 04/06/21

Histories of Thinking | Logic

Sara Uckelman, Justin Vlasits and Audrey Yap on the history of logic, from Aristotle and medieval thought to its role in the so-called culture wars

Published 03/30/21