Podcast Episodes

Larry Temkin on Obligations to the Needy

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 benefi…

Published on 7 years, 9 months ago

Sarah Fine on the Right to Exclude

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 pod…

Published on 7 years, 10 months ago

Eric Schwitzgebel on Scepticism

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 t…

Published on 7 years, 11 months ago

Philosophy Bites

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 Profess…

Published on 8 years ago

Katalin Farkas on Knowing a Person

Philosophers talk about 'knowing how' and 'knowing what'. But what is involved in knowing a person? Katalin Farkas discusses this question with David Edmonds in this episode of the Philosophy Bites p…

Published on 8 years, 2 months ago

Roger Scruton on Human Nature

Are human beings fundamentally different from the rest of the animal world? Can what we essentially are be captured in a biological or evolutionary description? Roger Scruton discusses the nature of …

Published on 8 years, 4 months ago

Anil Seth on the Real Problem of Consciousness

The Hard Problem of consciousness is the difficulty of reconciling experience with materialism. In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast, in conversation with Nigel Warburton, Anil Seth, a neu…

Published on 8 years, 5 months ago

Michael Puett on Ritual in Chinese Philosophy

Why does apparently trivial ritual play such an important part in some ancient Chinese philosophy? Michael Puett, co-author of The Path, explains in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast.

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Published on 8 years, 6 months ago

Aaron Meskin on the Definition of Art

What is Art? That's not an easy question to answer. Some philosophers even think it can't be answered. Aaron Meskin discusses this question on this episode of Aesthetics Bites. Aesthetics Bites is a …

Published on 8 years, 7 months ago

Shelly Kagan on Death and Deprivation

The process of dying can be horrible for many, but is there anything bad about death itself? The obvious answer is that deprives us of something that we might otherwise have experienced. But that lea…

Published on 8 years, 8 months ago