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Back to SearchNick Phillipson on Adam Smith on What Human Beings Are Like
Adam Smith, the great thinker of the Scottish Enlightenment, is best known as an economist. But much of his work was philosophical, and even his econ…
15 years, 1 month ago
What is Philosophy?
What is Philosophy? We asked some of our contributors this question for this bonus episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast. Philosophy Bites is made …
15 years, 1 month ago
Gideon Rosen on Moral Responsibility
What is moral responsibility? Are there ever grounds for saying that we have diminished responsibility? Gideon Rosen addresses these questions in thi…
15 years, 2 months ago
Alex Voorhoeve on Inequality
Does inequality really matter? Or should we be more concerned with raising the standards of the least well off than any disparity between those who h…
15 years, 2 months ago
Michael Dummett on Frege
Gottlob Frege was one of the founders of the movement known as analytic philosophy. In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast Michael Dummett e…
15 years, 3 months ago
Daniel Everett on the Nature of Languag
Since John Locke declared the child's mind a blank slate, philosophers have long debated the degree to which language-learning is innate. Are there a…
15 years, 3 months ago
Cynthia Freeland on Portraits
What is a portrait? What can it reveal? Cynthia Freeland explores the nature of portraits in this interview with Nigel Warburton for the Philosophy B…
15 years, 4 months ago
Joshua Knobe on Experimental Philosophy
Many people think that the idea of experiments in philosophy is a contradiction. Joshua Knobe disagrees. He is at the forefront of a new movement kno…
15 years, 4 months ago
Peter Singer on the Life You Can Save
If you saw a child drowning in a shallow pond would you save that child? If you would, why don't you give the small amount of money necessary to save…
15 years, 4 months ago
Hillel Steiner on Exploitation
What is exploitation? Hillel Steiner discusses this question with Nigel Warburton in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast. Philosophy Bites i…
15 years, 5 months ago