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Back to SearchDaniel Dennett on the Chinese Room
Can computers think? John Searle famously used the Chinese Room thought experiment to suggest that they can't. Daniel Dennett is suspicious about the…
12 years, 6 months ago
Dale Jamieson on Green Virtues
'How should we live?' is a basic philosophical question. In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast Dale Jamieson addresses the question in a pe…
12 years, 7 months ago
Simon Glendinning on Philosophy's Two Cultures
Most philosophers today self-identify as within an Analytic or a Continental tradition. Where did these two cultures of philosophy come from? What ro…
12 years, 7 months ago
Leslie Green on Same Sex Marriage
Is there any reasonable objection to same sex marriage? Les Green discusses this controversial issue from a philosphical perspective with Nigel Warbu…
12 years, 8 months ago
John Mikhail on Battery and Morality
Hitting someone, throwing a ball hard at someone's head, spitting at someone: these are all examples of harmful acts, called 'battery' in Tort Law, a…
12 years, 8 months ago
Noel Malcolm on Hobbes' Leviathan in Context
Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan, published in 1651, remains one of the great works of political philosophy. Noel Malcolm has recently published a 3 volume s…
12 years, 8 months ago
Mark Rowlands on Philosophy and Running
Is there any connection between philosophy and running. Mark Rowlands, who began running to exercise his pet wolf thinks there is. Find out why in th…
12 years, 9 months ago
John Gardner on Constitutions
What are constitutions and how are we to interpret them? John Gardner addresses these questions in conversation with Nigel Warburton in this episode …
12 years, 9 months ago
Fiona Macpherson on Hallucination
What is a hallucination? How does it differ from an illusion? Fiona Macpherson of Glasgow University discusses these questions with Nigel Warburton i…
12 years, 10 months ago
Jeff McMahan on Gun Control
Jeff McMahan argues against the private ownership of guns in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast. Philosophy Bites is made in association wi…
12 years, 10 months ago