Philosophy Bites

Edmonds and Warburton

  • 28 minutes 3 seconds
    Jonathan Birch on the Edge of Sentience

    Recent zoological research has shown us that a wide range of animals are likely to have sentience. We don't know for sure. There is sufficient evidence to think that it is likely that, for example, lobsters can feel pain. What should we do in the light of this? Jonathan Birch of the LSE,  author of The Edge of Sentience, discusses this important question with Nigel Warburton. 

    21 October 2024, 4:03 pm
  • 17 minutes 17 seconds
    Cheryl Misak on Frank Ramsey's Life and Thought

    The Cambridge philosopher Frank Ramsey died aged 26, but in a short brilliant life he made significant contributions to philosphy and economics. Here in the Bio Bites strand of Philosophy Bites David Edmonds discusses Ramsey's life and thought with his biographer Cheryl Misak.

    24 September 2024, 12:37 pm
  • 14 minutes 50 seconds
    Elizabeth Harman on Moral Heroes

    Moral heroes are usually thought of as people who go beyond what is obligatory. Elizabeth Harman discusses whether sometimes we ought to act as moral heroes. She is in conversation with David Edmonds for this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast.

    4 August 2024, 9:25 am
  • 13 minutes 58 seconds
    Walter Sinnott Armstrong on AI and Morality

    Can AI help us make difficult moral decisions? Walter Sinnott Armstrong explores this idea in conversation with David Edmonds in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast. 

    14 June 2024, 10:23 am
  • 20 minutes 32 seconds
    David Edmonds on the Life and Philosophy of Derek Parfit

    David Edmonds discusses the life and work of Derek Parfit who died in 2017 in this episode of the Bio Bites strand of Philosophy. David is the author of a recent biography of Parfit.

    10 April 2024, 5:26 pm
  • 30 minutes 52 seconds
    Yascha Mounk on the Identity Trap

    Yascha Mounk discusses some of the ways in which focussing on gender, racial, and sexual identities can distort political argument and be counterproductive for oppressed minorities.

     

    10 April 2024, 5:23 pm
  • 22 minutes 58 seconds
    Mark Rowe on J.L.Austin

    J.L.Austin was the best known exponent of what came to be known as Ordinary Language Philosophy. He was also a war hero. In this episode of the Bio Bites strand of the Philosophy Bites podcast David Edmonds discusses Austin's life and work with his biographer Mark Rowe.

    14 March 2024, 11:08 am
  • 20 minutes 50 seconds
    James Klagge on Wittgenstein

    In this episode James Klagge discusses the life and times of Ludwig Wittgenstein with David Edmonds. This is part of our mini series on the biographies of philosophers, Bio Bites.

    19 February 2024, 12:42 pm
  • 18 minutes 28 seconds
    David Chalmers on Technophiloosphy and the Extended Mind
    22 January 2024, 7:19 am
  • 17 minutes 18 seconds
    Agnes Callard on Sex

    What happens when people have sexual desires for one another? Agnes Callard from the University of Chicago discusses sex, eroticism, and much more in conversation with Nigel Warburton. 

    Not surprisingly, this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast involves mention of sex.

    27 November 2023, 5:35 pm
  • 19 minutes 6 seconds
    Michael Lamb on Augustine on Hope

    Augustine is usually described as a pessimist with a bleak view of human evil and corruption. Michael Lamb thinks that is a simplistic reading. Augustine has interesting things to say about hope as a virtue. 

     

    16 October 2023, 6:17 pm
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