Neuroscientist discusses how the brain represents the world. This episode is is part of a short series Mind Bites made in association with Nicholas Shea's AHRC-funded Meaning for the project. That website is open for comments and discussion of the...
Pierre Bayle was one of the best-known philosophers in the Eighteenth Century, but his work is now rarely studied. , author of The Dream of Enlightenment, argues that he should be better known, particularly his work on toleration and on scepticism.
How should we understand the emotions that readers feel about fictional characters? discusses this question with in this, the second episode of Aesthetics Bites, a collaboration between the and , made possibly by a grant from the .
Immigration is one of the major, and most contentious, political issues of our day. Can philosophy help here? thinks so. In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast he speaks to David Edmonds about border controls and their justification.
What is laughter? What roles does it serve? , a neuroscientist, discusses this serious question with for this episode of Mind Bites, a series made in association with Philosophy Bites as part of Nicholas Shea's AHRC-funded project
Do we map the world in our minds? Does that imply that we have a little inner map-reader in our heads interpreting mental representations? discusses these issues with in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast. This episode is is part of a...
argues that evaluation is a central element of criticism of art, drama, dance, music, and literature. is the interviewer for this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast. This is the first of a series of 6 interviews on...
How should we remember and commemorate those who die in war? What about the enemy dead? discusses this issue with in this episode of the podcast.
Many philosophers deny the common sense view that we think with pictures. Are they right to do so? doesn't think so. In this episode of the podcast he explains to why we need to think again about thinking with pictures. This episode is part of the...
The mid-life crisis is a well-observed phenomenon. Is there a philosophical angle on this? MIT philosopher thinks there is. He discusses it in this episode of the podcast.
Epicureanism has been caricatured as a philosophy of indulgence. But what did followers of the Ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus really believe? discusses Epicureanism with in this episode of the podcast.
If determinism is true, can there be any justification for punishment? Gregg Caruso discusses this issue on Philosophy Bites.
This episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast focuses on several questions about representation and perception in the philosophy of film. talks to .
Maurice Merleau-Ponty was one of the most interesting of the French phenomenological thinkers, but his reputation has been eclipsed by those of Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir. Katherine Morris discusses some of Merleau-Ponty's ideas about the...
Does the word 'Gödel' straightforwardly refer to the person who came up with the incompleteness theory of arithmetic? Some think the best way to find out to ask people about their intuitions on the topic? This creates all kinds of problems,...
discusses the philosophical issues that arise from attempting to categorise mental disorders with David Edmonds in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast.
Where does our oil come from? Does it matter? , author of the recent book Blood Oil, argues that Western democracies are compromising themselves by buying either directly or indirectly from vicious tyrants.
In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast addresses the question 'What sort of philosophy is going on in Africa?'
Some eminent physicists, including Stephen Hawking, have been sceptical of the value of philosophy to physics. i, a theoretical physicist with a strong interest in philosophy, disagrees. Here he discusses the relationship between philosophy and...
What sort of conclusions can we legitimately draw from the experiments that support evidence-based medicine? questions some of the received opinion on this topic in this interview with David Edmonds for Philosophy Bites.