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Back to SearchColin McGinn on Descartes on Innate Knowledge
Descartes believed that we can have knowledge that was independent of experience. In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast Colin McGinn makes …
12 years, 11 months ago
Tom Sorell on Surveillance
What, if anything, is wrong with surveillance? Why value privacy? Tom Sorrell answers these questions in conversation with Nigel Warburton in this ep…
12 years, 11 months ago
John Campbell on Schizophrenia
What can philosophers learn from schizophrenia? In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast John Campbell discusses this intriguing question with…
13 years ago
Kendall Walton on Photography
Philosopher Kendall Walton argues that we can literally see through photographs in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast. Philosophy Bites is …
13 years ago
Alan Ryan on Freedom and Its History
Ancient and modern concepts of freedom differ. In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast political philosopher Alan Ryan compares and contrasts…
13 years, 1 month ago
Who's Your Favourite Philosopher?
To celebrate the launch of our second Philosophy Bites book Philosophy Bites Back, we've released this special episode of the podcast. We asked a wid…
13 years, 1 month ago
Peter Adamson on Avicenna's Flying Man
Are we purely physical beings? Is the mind or soul immaterial? These questions have vexed philosophers for millenia. Avicenna, born in the 10th Centu…
13 years, 1 month ago
Tim Bayne on the Unity of Consicousness
Is conscious experience unified? A tricky question. Philosopher of mind Tim Bayne investigates it in conversation with Nigel Warburton for this epis…
13 years, 2 months ago
Liane Young on Mind and Morality
An important aspect of understanding morality is accurate description of what happens when people make moral judgments. In this episode of the Philos…
13 years, 2 months ago
Gary Francione on Animal Abolitionism
How should we treat animals? Jeremy Bentham argued that we should weigh animal suffering in our moral decision making, and Peter Singer's concept of …
13 years, 3 months ago